This is completely unethical on the part of Blogger to shut down a site without any notice. At least, the company should have given Dennis a chance to backup his blog.

We all understand freedom of speech brings with it the responsibility of ensuring that we should not violate the privacy, freedom or reputation of others. If Dennis has violated the guidelines he should have been given a fair chance to rectify the mistake or take the content to some other hosting site.

In the majority of the countries, even the criminals sentenced to death are given three chance to appeal for mercy and even if their mercy plea is rejected the authorities ensure to fulfill the last wish of the criminal. What kind of policy is this where even the accused did not know what crime he has committed.

One of the suggestions that have been posted here is to take backup of the blog but what about SEO efforts a blogger put in to optimize the content over the years. What about the age of domain that is also a ranking factor in search results. What about the backlinks one has built over the years. Such policy ruins the dream of a person within a second. Such policies should be strongly condemned by one and all.