Comments on: Getting Blogger To Release Unused Blog Name

Question: Getting Blogger To Release Unused Blog Name

JamesMessick — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:39:21 -0800

Is there any hope of getting Blogger/Blogspot/Google to free a blogspot name?

Is there any hope of getting Blogger/Blogspot/Google to free a blogspot name? Someone created a blog in 2003 with a name I want and has never posted, and I can't figure out how to contact this person. I only want it for hobby purposes, but if they never used it and probably aren't planning too....

By: matthewr

matthewr — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:01:24 -0800

Unlikely they'd do anything about it ("thin end of the wedge" etc). Sorry not to be more helpful.

By: Tuwa

Tuwa — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:40:23 -0800

They suggest you contact the owner directly, and no, they won't give out anyone's contact information for this purpose.

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 06:42:06 -0800

To contact the person do a whois on the domain name and look at the contact information. If the domain name is xxx.blogspot.com you'll have to contact blogger.

By: Brittanie

Brittanie — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:45:44 -0800

Why not just buy the domain for $2.99 from yahoo (or cheaper) and map the blogger address to the url you want? Once you add more regular content that the blog that hasn't been touched you'll rise much higher in search engine rankings than they are.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:29:11 -0800

Unless JamesMessick says otherwise, I think it's safe to presume that this is a foo.blogspot.com address; hence Google/Blogspot being in any way involved.

By: eckeric

eckeric — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:19:12 -0800

Blogger isn't the only game in town these days. Perhaps you could check wordpress.com or start a vox page or something?