Google/Blogger 'bots running amok

Well at least Bad Macro had company earlier this week - in the Google 'bots zest to stamp out SPAM blogs (apparently a big problem) they also took down The Bondad Blog.

Hey all --

I had a technical meltdown with Google. They have these things called robots that search the web looking for Spam web sites. They thought I was one, but I guess I'm not.

So, I'm back. Sorry for being away.

Robots? Where are the robots? I'll find them. Good boy!

Since this email was received yesterday afternoon and there is still no sign of life at the new blog, the worst fears of a fatal incident may yet be realized:

From: Blogger Help
To: "tliacono@yahoo.com"
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:41:17 PM
Subject: Re: [#178090425] Blogger Beta non-spam review and verification request: http://badmacro.blogspot.com/

Hello,

Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regular use so that
it will no longer appear as potential spam. If you sign out of Blogger and
sign back in again, you should be able to post as normal. Thanks for your
patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Sincerely,
The Blogger Team

It's kind of like they're taunting me now - either that or this is what it would be like to talk to someone on a far away planet where it takes 12 hours for messages to travel in one direction.

They've been advised that, despite their happy-sounding email, nothing has changed.

On a kharma related note, I just noticed that this 'ol TMTGM blog shows up at number five when doing a simple Google search on "Greenspan":