The most populous blog in Nigeria according to Alexa ranking has been shut down by Google. Linda Ikeji came to limelight as a blogger in 2006 and after a lot of hard work quickly rose to become the number one blogger in Nigeria with followers from all over the world.After a very successful era as a top blogger, she became the target of cyber-squatters, hackers and jealous people so much that her blog's downfall were plotted by this same people.When you visit her blog now, you will see the above message.
She was often accused of plagiarizing other people's content and not giving due credit for other people's work but in this business that was a case of pot calling kettle black because every blog gets content from other blog, even the big brands.
Since Google has received alot of complaints from other people, they had no choice but to take her down,one of the disadvantages of using a free service like blogger for blogging.
All is not lost for Linda Ikeji, she will get a new site and make a comeback but one question is paramount right now "Can she make it as big as she used to, can she regain her number 1 spot again?
She was often accused of plagiarizing other people's content and not giving due credit for other people's work but in this business that was a case of pot calling kettle black because every blog gets content from other blog, even the big brands.
Since Google has received alot of complaints from other people, they had no choice but to take her down,one of the disadvantages of using a free service like blogger for blogging.
All is not lost for Linda Ikeji, she will get a new site and make a comeback but one question is paramount right now "Can she make it as big as she used to, can she regain her number 1 spot again?
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