Showing posts with label Blogger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogger. Show all posts

Saturday, June 26, 2010

THEY DON'T NEED LEGISLATION TO KILL FREE SPEECH ON THE WEB

All they need is to distribute random bits of malware. Bloggers need a defense against this or it's back to the Guetenberg.

Here is what happened this morning, I opened up my blog in Google Chrome and was welcomed by this-


You see, it's not our fault - and Google is only doing their best to keep us safe (for now). But Gatewaypundit appears to host malware. Gatewaypundit is a great site that has been hacked.

This malware (these hackers) have successfully sent their message - "Gatewaypundit is dangerous. You shouldn't visit Gatewaypundit. Gatewaypundit will turn your computer into a smoldering hulk." And because of this association, my site is also viewed as "dangerous". The hacker message continues - "Everyone should go and read MSNBC's home page instead. Stay away from those dangerous malware blogs. You were a fool to go there in the first place."

If you have braved the malware and are still interested, here are the rest of the details.


In order to "safely" open up my site, I had to go into my Google account and remove Gatewaypundit's RSS link from my blog. This fixed the problem on my site. The hackers won the battle, but the war continues.

Is Gatewaypundit dangerous? I don't know. Is malware installed on Gatewaypundit's site? I don't know. But now what can I do? Should I risk damage to my computer to go to Gatewaypundit and warn them about the reported infection? All the while, Gatewaypundit's traffic drops, Kish Collections traffic drops, Kish Collections no longer links to Gatewaypundit and few are the wiser.

This is how they kill free speech on the internet. One day it's Gatewaypundit, the next day it's Kish Collections, and the day after that it's the Drudge Report, American Thinker and the Michael Savage Home Page. But here's the silver lining- with the recent crash of the newspaper market, you can pick up a used printing press really cheap on ebay.

Update - below is a screenshot from Gateway Pundit's Twitter Page
You can also follow Gateway Pundit on Facebook HERE. Jim- Please please send an email to jnkish [at] hotmail [dot] com when Gateway Pundit is fixed. I already miss your site, and the Internet is a lesser place without it.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Blogger Search Engine (powered by Google) is not working in my blog! - Blogger Help

I couldn't get the Google "Search This Blog" widget to work. The "Powered by Google" search box was and still is Broken on my newest blog-
Ironically, I used Google search to determine that this has been a widespread problem off and on since 2009.
The following link provides a workaround fix-
Blogger Search Engine (powered by Google) is not working in my blog! - Blogger Help


user davidchin38 says-
You can add another search box.
These are the codes:
Go to layout, click on:-
1. "add a gadget" (scroll down to html/javascript)
2. "add to blog" (paste these codes in the large box)
3. save (you can now drag and drop your new search box any where on your page.)

This is working fine for me until Blogger can fix the "Powered by Google" widget.

If you are having the same problem, you can help Google fix it by posting information here-
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=219c1929f5d3f57f&hl=en