Oh my goodness, I just about had a panic attack just now.
I’ve been installing things, mostly “widgets” on two WordPress blogs all day, tweaking things.
And then I started getting a Google pop-up about a navigational key that I needed to procure from the GOOG themselves. Out of curiosity I went to see if I could activate it. Without a lot of headaches–and without being further into GOOG’s pocket– no I can’t– but the pop-ups were happening at both sites. Every time the page loaded. I felt like my blogs were hijacked–by the eveeel Google!
After waaay too much plugging and unplugging, activating, deactivating, deleting and transferring, I have discovered that a photographic program, which I’d thought way nifty because it’s seeming ease of use and multi-functionality, was the culprit. It’s gone now, not to bring it’s Google-kissing buttocks back to my blog space. Hey developers, You are very nice but could you warn someone who Google is not happy with (in a collective, not personal* sense) about Google program keys embedded in your widgets?
It’s 3 a.m. I have conquered the GOOG for today. I suppose I should do some yoga and go to bed.
*It’s “just business.”
I’m simply a person who lost a ton of work for not following Google’s draconian rules–which I’d not ever heard of in re: my TypePad blog. Watch out for the GOOG!
Tags: annoyances, blog, blogging, evil, Google, Google is Evil, pagerank, personal blog, tech, The Love You Make, Weblog(s), widgets
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