The die may have been cast for popular blogger, Linda Ikeji as her blog has been shut down by online servicing company Google. The blog lindaikeji.blogspot.com was owned by model turned blogger, Linda Ikeji who is refeered to as Africa richest Blogger.
The action was carried out on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 by parent body of her blogspot, Google as a result of series of complaints and reports of unethical practices by the millionaire blogger. The blog www.lindaikeji.blogspot.com is known to have become the No 1 online portal for news, gists and entertainment stories but most of her stories are said to be devoid of clear sources as Linda Ikeji is alleged to have been lifting stories from other sources of news both in mainstream media and new media.
Linda Ikeji Blog, published on Google-owned Blogger, has grown to become one
of the most visited websites in Nigeria. The site mainly
aggregates and republishes news items and entertainment bits sourced from other
channels, although it occasionally publishes exclusive contents.
Its publisher, Linda Ikeji, has emerged to be one of the most successful online
entrepreneurs in Nigeria and has been rated amongst Nigeria’s most influential
young women. Lately, the site has been hit by multiple allegations of plagiarism with
critics allegedly prodding Google to suspend the blog. The tech firm disallows
plagiarism on its platforms.
It got worse when a claim by cybersquatter with the twitter handle
‘AyeDee’ notified Google of her practices.
This is what you see when you attempt to log on to Linda Ikeji.
According to Linda, Ayedee informed Google about alleged
plagiarism/copyright infringement of his works on her blog and Google shut down
the blog. Responding to the sad development, Linda who hails from Imo State and
acquired a Range Rover Evoque worth 21 million naira recently says that she has
been under severe attacks lately by some internet scammers known as
cyber-squatters who are doing everything humanly possible to pull her blog down
and they might succeed.
Ms. Ikeji said Mr. Dee and other tech-savvy publishers were out to have her
website suspended by Google, angered by her success and her recent acquisition
of a N24million SUV.
She however told her
readers via her twitter handle @lindaikeji: “Linda Ikeji Blog will be back in a
bit…biko bear with me…:-)”.
At 9:50 P.M. on Wednesday, she announced that she was trying to get a new site for her blog.
Meanwhile the blog is still available on mobi.
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