New blog post I wrote about Boracay Island not showing up?

Here is a working link to my blog entry: https://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Boracay/blog-910880.html.

I was exited about sharing it with the readers on this site, so I hope it will show up sooner or later. Reply to this

Hi Paul,

Sure -- we get a lot of new bloggers asking why their blogs don't show up on the latest blogs, newest blogs or front page. As a big website, we are under a constant deluge of spammers trying to get visibility. To counter this, TravelBlog works on a reputation system where bloggers must build a reputation in order to take advantage of other parts of the site. Even legitimate new and commercial accounts will not receive immediate visibility.

Technically, your blog breaks TravelBlog's terms of service (the link is available below and I've also included in a reply to your support email -- and I highly, highly recommend reading it). I cannot specify which rule as it would only make it easier for spammers to attack our site, which we work very hard to keep at bay.

We allow our trusted moderators to decide the status of new accounts as they come in and one of them chose to make your account "commercial" rather than suspending it.

Your blog status is not set in stone. We can definitely change the status of your account back after seeing that your posts are not of a commercial nature.

Thanks,
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