ArtNudes.blogspot.com
Michael Barnes, the delightful chap who runs the famous Artnudes.blogspot.com has been through absolute hell with Google recently.
Firstly the poor guy had some member of the public complain about his site, resulting in Google putting up a page whereby visitors are warned about the content being possibly objectionable. All visitors now have to click on the “I wish to continue” button before they can view the blog. Then the mighty Google de-listed it completely. As a result, all of the hits disappeared.
Although Google appear to have re-indexed it for the time being at least, this cannot have been the most pleasant of experiences. Our day-job web site has been de-listed on Google occasionally due to screw ups by the Google-bots or changes in the spider algorithms. To say it was stressful would be something of an understatement. At the time. complaining to Google about the incident merely resulted in a stony silence.
After a traumatic few weeks, Michael has, quite understandably, been thinking about quitting the blog, after five years of dedication and effort. Please visit his blog, urge him to continue, and if anyone has any technical suggestions on how to get rid of that pesky content warning, please let him know. If the warning page remains, visitors to his site will be down substantially, as people will incorrectly think that such warnings indicate offensive content (i.e. porn).
All because of one prude, somewhere on the internet, who has a hang-up about nudity. This twerp, whoever he or she may be, has thus deprived thousands of people of one of the best collections of fine-art in the world. As Dilbert said "Since when did ignorance become a point of view?"
May I very strongly urge all fellow bloggers, and any readers who love Michael's site, to publicise this incident to the fullest extent, and bump up the ArtNudes.blogspot.com link to the top of their side-bar. This will show support for Michael, plus hopefully push his links and hits up.
And before you think, "Mmm, nice idea, I'll do that later" and then never get around to it, just remember, it could easily be any one of us next.
Claire-Louisa.
Firstly the poor guy had some member of the public complain about his site, resulting in Google putting up a page whereby visitors are warned about the content being possibly objectionable. All visitors now have to click on the “I wish to continue” button before they can view the blog. Then the mighty Google de-listed it completely. As a result, all of the hits disappeared.
Although Google appear to have re-indexed it for the time being at least, this cannot have been the most pleasant of experiences. Our day-job web site has been de-listed on Google occasionally due to screw ups by the Google-bots or changes in the spider algorithms. To say it was stressful would be something of an understatement. At the time. complaining to Google about the incident merely resulted in a stony silence.
After a traumatic few weeks, Michael has, quite understandably, been thinking about quitting the blog, after five years of dedication and effort. Please visit his blog, urge him to continue, and if anyone has any technical suggestions on how to get rid of that pesky content warning, please let him know. If the warning page remains, visitors to his site will be down substantially, as people will incorrectly think that such warnings indicate offensive content (i.e. porn).
All because of one prude, somewhere on the internet, who has a hang-up about nudity. This twerp, whoever he or she may be, has thus deprived thousands of people of one of the best collections of fine-art in the world. As Dilbert said "Since when did ignorance become a point of view?"
May I very strongly urge all fellow bloggers, and any readers who love Michael's site, to publicise this incident to the fullest extent, and bump up the ArtNudes.blogspot.com link to the top of their side-bar. This will show support for Michael, plus hopefully push his links and hits up.
And before you think, "Mmm, nice idea, I'll do that later" and then never get around to it, just remember, it could easily be any one of us next.
Claire-Louisa.
Labels: Art, blogging, Claire-Louisa
posted by Lin at 2:21 PM
5 Comments:
Wow. I am genuinely touched. Thank you so much. It's been a tough few weeks, but this really makes me feel better.
MB
It's just too easy for a disgruntled or offended user to click the "Flag Blog" link at the top of a blogspot page. Perhaps he should forget Blogger and move to Wordpress on a different server.
I think the work Michael is doing with his blog is extraordinary... I really hope he keeps it up!!!
The Art Nudes blog is on my everyday go-to list. Michael provides links to the work of many fantastic and inspiring photographers whom, otherwise, I probably would never be aware of. It's shameful that Google is so (PC) sensitive to those who attempt to act the part of "Morality Police." I sincerely hope he continues and I, for one, will continue to support his endeavors.
Thanks for the alert, Fluffy-folk. A/o Tuesday afternoon here in the midwest U.S., the warning page was gone. Someone at Google saw the light?
Stephen
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