How to Report a Spam Blogger Blog (Blogspot) in 2026: Abuse, Copyright & AdSense
Found a Blogger (Blogspot) blog that’s spamming, scamming, or copying your content word for word? You can report it, and Google does remove blogs that break its rules. Here’s how to report a spam Blogger blog in 2026, step by step, plus the other reports that hit spammers where it hurts: their search rankings and their ad income.
Quick answer: Click Report Abuse on the blog (usually in the footer, sidebar or menu), or go straight to blogger.com/go/report-abuse (external site). If the blog copied your work, file a copyright (DMCA) complaint with Google instead. That’s the fastest way to get stolen content removed.
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Signs of a spam Blogger blog (splog)
Spam blogs, or “splogs”, are popular on Blogspot because they’re free and need no domain or hosting. Typical signs:
- Posts copied from other websites without credit, often many sites mixed together.
- AI-generated or spun text stuffed with keywords and links.
- Pages covered in ads, pop-ups, or links to scam, betting or “free download” sites.
- No contact page, comments switched off, and no named author.
- Dozens of near-identical blogs linking to each other to manipulate search rankings.
1. Report a spam Blogger blog to Blogger
Every Blogger blog should have a Report Abuse link. Google added it to meet the EU’s Digital Services Act, and it’s in the default templates, typically in the footer, sidebar or navigation menu.
- Click Report Abuse on the blog. If the owner has hidden it, open blogger.com/go/report-abuse (external site) directly.
- Sign in with your Google account if asked.
- Choose the type of problem, such as spam, phishing, malware, hate speech or harassment.
- Paste the blog or post URL and explain which Blogger content policy (external site) it breaks.
Google reviews reports and can put a warning page in front of a blog, unlist it, or delete it entirely.
2. Blog copied your content? File a copyright complaint
If a Blogspot blog copied your articles or photos, a copyright (DMCA) notice works better than a spam report, because Google is legally required to act on valid notices.
- Go to Google’s Report content for legal reasons (external site) page.
- Choose Blogger, then Intellectual property → Copyright.
- Give the URL of your original work and the exact URLs of the copied posts.
- Sign the declaration and submit.
Only report content you own, and be accurate. A false copyright claim can get you into legal trouble. You can use the same process to remove the copied pages from Google Search results.
3. Report the blog to Google Search
Splogs exist to rank in Google and earn money from clicks. If one is using spam tactics such as scraped content, hidden text, link schemes or cloaking, report it with Google’s search spam report form (external site). There are separate forms for phishing and malware on the same page.
Google says it uses these reports to improve its spam detection and may take manual action against the site. Don’t expect a reply. Don’t include personal details in the form either, because they may be shared with the site owner.
For Bing (which also powers Yahoo search results), use the Report a concern link at the bottom of Bing’s search results page.
4. Report it to Google AdSense
Many splogs run Google AdSense ads, and copying content breaks AdSense rules. Report the site using the AdSense violation report form (external site), with the URL and what’s wrong. You can also click the small AdChoices (i) icon on any Google ad and choose to report it.
Cutting off the ad income is often the most effective step, because it removes the reason the splog exists.
How to find out who’s copying your content
- Search an exact sentence from your post in Google, in quotes.
- Set up a Google Alert for unique phrases or your blog name.
- Use Google Search Console: the Links report shows sites linking to you, which often reveals scrapers that copied your internal links too. See our list of free Google SEO tools.
- Try a plagiarism checker such as Copyscape to find copies of a page.
Frequently asked questions
How long does Google take to remove a reported Blogger blog?
There’s no fixed time. Valid copyright notices are often handled within days, while spam reports go into a queue and may take longer, or result in no visible action.
Will the blog owner know I reported them?
Spam and abuse reports aren’t normally shared with the blog owner. Copyright notices are different: Google may share a copy of a DMCA notice, including your name, with the blog owner and the Lumen database.
Can I report a WordPress.com blog the same way?
WordPress.com has its own abuse report form (external site) for spam and copyright issues.
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How many days the Google team will take to review our report? Also i have another question that is why blogger team doesn’t reviewing spam comments quickly that we being reported since many days? Is there any easy way to control them. I also submitted a report against to a spammy websites. Thanks for sharing this post….
I guess they get thousands of such reports and must be overwhelmed.
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My question is NOT about Spam, but rather does anyone know of an email addy (or some other means) to complain/express concern over images posted on blogspot that don’t fit any of the categories on the “Fix your issue now”?
My question wasn’t about someone stealing my content (I don’t think anybody wants to, (heck I might be flattered–kidding) I can’t stop this spam on my blog, and it’s messing up my stats. I finally had to turn off comments (members only comment) because they were relentless, and it was totaly unrelated crap. I don’t care if people post a link, that’s fine, I do it too, but it’s about the subject we’re discussing, so that doesn’t bother me, it’s the webcrawler spam I don’t know how to stop.
The same happened to me when I reported a blog. This shouldn’t happen.
Success! For the first time, I went to a content stealing blog and this is what I got: “This blog is in violation of Blogger’s Terms of Service …
how many time does it take since report is supplied ?!
so we are in 2k11, maybe some update are available ?
Sebastien
Recently I found some blog that just copied my posts. After reading this post, now I know how to deal with it. thx
Thanks for your great information. My site was ripped few days before. Hope this article will help me in the near future.
hi, thank you for this post. It taught me a lot of hidden issues of blogging. Let us pray that there will be more professional bloggers out there. Thank you again.
Unfortunately, Google doesn’t seem to care anymore about spam on blogspot.
Some people are taking articles that have been written by other people from Ezine Articles. They then post these articles on blogspot blogs that they create.
Throughout the body of the article they place links to their main sites. They do this to get easy backlinks so that they can manipulate the search results.
Thus, they not only violate the TOS of Ezine Articles, but also infringe on the copyright of those who have written these articles.
I have reported one blog three times over a period of several weeks for doing this. But Google has done nothing about it!
I think a class action lawsuit is called for here. Maybe that will wake Google up!
Dwayne – you have illustrated why blogging on blogspot or other free platform is not a good idea – your work of years can be taken away at someone’s whim.
Also, did anyone else notice that Kurye’s comment (26/2/08) was a spam comment?
Steve
You are doing a disservice to bloggers here and I’m sure it is not intentional. I have had one of my blogs reported as a spam blog by either mistake or someone just wanting to be mean. It is has been over a month now. I have asked Google for a review 3 times because evidently your requests time out. You have to continue to check. No feedback from Google one way or another and no way to find a link to contact anyone about an issue. I agree SPAM in any form is bad but so is killing good blogs and reader continue to send you email wondering why you are not postings anymore.
Nice listing, i have learn a lot from this article about report spam blogger blogs
Thank you for the list of things at least we can try.
What i mean to say is we can just try for some one stealing the content and we have to wait for the results.
thank you so much for the great tips. my blog is presently suffering from being copied my scrapers.
This is really a Quick Guide to “SPAM REPORT”… Thks
Congrats for the Entry. Very Good Tips to Report Spammers !!!!
I am running to a big problem with splogs showing up on obscure wordpress MU sites and their own domains. Then they are popping up on blog.com, friendster, livejournal, and other such sites.
Splog Reporter does not work anymore.
Splogs are like a virus invading the web.
Does Splogblog still run? Their list of recent splogs is not updated for long time. I reported few splogs but looks like there is no response to it.
Success! For the first time, I went to a content stealing blog and this is what I got: “This blog is in violation of Blogger’s Terms of Service …”
I have been reporting blogs which post my articles without bios or active links for over a year. This is the first time I’ve seen this message. Frequently, the blogs disappeared. And, then someone started posting my articles on p0rn sites–not a good image for a college instructor.
My attorney told me that authors need to fight copyright violations.
Thank you for the WordPress link. I hope to see some improvement with those blogs, too.
I disagree with the poster who said blogger.com is a slumlord! Many people started with blogger.com and can’t see a reason to change. All of my blogs have been shut down briefly because blogger.com’s robots thought they might be spam (nearly every post has a link to my site or another site of interest).
My articles have been misappropriated by wordpress blogs almost every day. Now that I’ve got a place to report, I’m going to start.
@Jeanette – If you’ve come across a blog on WordPress.com you believe is spam or spammy – report it
I noticed that the same evil sploggers switched to wordpress hosted on obscure sites. Do you have the link to protest to wordpress?
Thank you.
I’m sorry to break this to you guys, but Blogger.com is a slumlord. There’s about five serious sites left on Blogger.com and the rest are spam. Google bought it, but they haven’t done anything with it. When I was on it, I got zero response from anywhere for anything; there is no person reading the mail.
It’s in Blogger’s interest to allow spam. Google profits from the Adsense revenue just like the spammers do. Why should they stop a viable revenue avenue?
Champion! Thank you for the info! There’s at least one splogger out there who’s now been reported!
Hi,
Has anyone come across the issue of Blogspot spam that can not be flagged because the site forwards to the spam site or pill site in this case?
Thanks to the post above I was able to find where to report the URL. After 30 minutes at Blogspot I could not find that link!
Thanks for that one!
I have many experience in blog spams. I have more than 20 per day (maybe not alot considered), but it sure took me time to moderate these comments. All posting links to sell something.. This is a nuisance!
Google is doing evil via Blogspot.com. There is no reason they could not be checking thier own members content for hidden navbar flags, common spam keywords or other TOS violations.
Thanks for the info and especially thanks to Ryan for the direct link to the reporting page and to Rose for splogreporter.com
Actually, you can report a spam blog directly at this page:
https://support.google.com/blogger/?page=troubleshooter.cs&problem=&contact_type=Spam&Submit=Submit
Thanks for explaining these techniques. I can see how some of this advice would apply far more widely than Blogger, so i’ve just recommended your article to my readers.
Amy Gahran
When reporting splog to blogger, they reply with “Thank you for your note. Blogger is a provider of content creation tools, not a mediator of that content. We allow our users to create blogs, but we don’t make any claims about the content of these pages. In cases where contact information for the author is listed on the page, we recommend working directly with this person to have this information removed or changed.”
The Report a Spam Result returns a page cannot be displayed.
You can submit a splog to
The same happened to me when I reported a blog. This shouldn’t happen. They should respect people’s copyright! x(