Since this blog is being created in Blogger (a public free service), it could be viewed by everyone who has access to the Internet. If a blog is made available to search engines, it is more likely that people outside of the class might access it.
If you want to make you blog more private and more likely to only be viewed by other members of the class, you can change the settings on your blog.
To make the blog more private, select "Settings" from the tabs under your main menu.
Once you are in the settings mode, you can edit the Title, Description. The next two questions are the ones you want to change if you want your blog more private.
- Add your blog to our listings?
- Let search engines find your blog?
Add your blog to our listings?
If you select "No" your blog will not appear in these places, but it will still be available on the Internet. This blog will still be displayed on your profile unless you hide it. To hide it from your profile you need to edit your displayed blogs. Follow the link to edit your displayed blogs on your dashboard, Settings page.
Let search engines find your blog?
If you select "Yes" we will include your blog in Google Blog Search and ping Weblogs.com.
If you select "No", everyone can still view your blog but search engines will be instructed not to crawl it.
While ticking the boxes helps to keep your blog out of the search engines, it is still potentially viewable by others who have access to your blog URL outside of the class.
If privacy is a big concern for you, think twice about what you are posting on your blog, since it is going out the Internet.
Blogger Privacy
You can read more about
Blogger Privacy and
Content Policy by following their links.
