As I was going to write a follow up on my initial WidgetBucks post, I was surprised to find out that TechCrunch and Problogger ranking in the first and second places for the term “WidgetBucks”. Did someone at Google actually noticed that WidgetBucks was hiding links?

This definitely puts an interesting spin on things. It may [...]

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Being subjected to the latest linking kindness by The Fantastic Lord Matt, reminded me again that I can do a better job linking to other bloggers.
In the past I have have attempted to do so via speed linking or as some may call it slow linking. Not finding a way to link out in a [...]

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I have been banned from Digg few months ago, however Digg for some reason decided to hold on to my e-mail address. I have received about ten e-mails to day like this one:
Another Digg user, XXXXX XXXXXX, has sent you a shout. You can read it at the following URL:
http://digg.com/users/VladTheGreat#send-shout
Cheers,
The Digg Teamm
Control what emails you [...]

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So, WordPress 2.3? Hmm, where do I begin? I think I would advise you if possible to wait for the version 2.3.x, which is probably around the corner.
I think taking the regular precautions an backing up your data is always a good idea no matter to what version you are updating.
When updating to WordPress 2.3, [...]

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I did not want to write about the WidgetBucks without actually trying it myself. As you can see from the title of the post I am not swept off my feet by it.
There are two major reasons why I dislike the program:

Although it is easy to configure and place it on your website, but once [...]

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Commenting on my most recent post about security issues I’ve had with one of my WordPress websites, Dane has mentioned that keeping up to date all your plugins can help you to reduce the risk of having your website compromised:
That is why it’s so important that you stay on top of upgrades. And not just [...]

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I thought that bloggers who did not use WordPress as their preferred publishing platform due to security risks were a little paranoid, I was wrong. In fact I was proven dead wrong the other day when one of my websites was hacked. As much as I like WordPress, I think the dislike is growing stronger [...]

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