WordPress 2.3.1 Update, What You Need To Know

Almost a month since initial release we have finally received a long expected bug fix update. But looks like WordPress 2.3.1 addressing more then just a few bugs but also a security issue. While that security problem only impacts people whose host still have register_globals enabled (shouldn’t be too many) it is still worth updating.

There is much already written on the topic and but one of the best ways to learn is to hit one of the sources. Peter provides all the details on what is been addressed in this release and reading through his blog it appears that at least some of the enhancements slated for 2.4 release made it in here as well.

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How CREDIBLE and TRUSTWORTHY Is Your Blog?

Blogs by its nature are INFORMAL online information medium and way too often don’t pay appropriate level of attention to credibility and trustworthiness and yet – we should! Being a webmaster I always used to put establishing trustworthiness at the top of my list of key tasks to be completed on launch. What happened you might ask?

While I have followed some of the basics even with my blog – the core fact that blog is less formal always managed to interfere and perhaps even made me ignore what I know has to be done. This post is designed to be as much of a guideline to myself as a form of benchmark you can use to determine just how trustworthy your blog is.

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On A Lighter Side Of Fun

Spending several years in technical support I tend to fall for “technical support” jokes. Granted some of them are bad and some misrepresent the truth to make fun but way too often most ridiculous joke hits it so close to the truth - it’s not even funny. Perhaps one of the most known jokes when lady calls tech support with request to help her turn on computer when lights are out …. yep! I have actually had this type of call.

Lately a new breed of the jokes emerged - video. And I simply want to share one that I thought was done very well and give you a few laughs. Go ahead - watch the video ….

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Move To Hostgator Completed

This is more of an internal note then anything else and my quick apologies to anyone who has a different experience while accessing my blog. This morning I started and now just about completed move of this blog to my hostgator account.

I got to so fed up with increasingly poor support and stability from Site5 hosting aver the period of last 2-3 month that I’m moving everything off of their servers. I have also removed this hosting from the list of my recommendations. Don’t take me wrong - they USED TO have one of the best options available and what you get for your money is probably still the best but their support is gone to sh*t.

So there you have it - an explanation on why you might have seen a few glitches this morning …

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Grade Your Blog SEO And Marketing Value

Every once in a while I run into a cool tool that attracts my attention and draws me into further investigation. Quite distracting but stats and performance analysis is one of  my minus and always have been  as long as I’ve been building websites. My justification always been simple - If I know what effort contributes more to success, I can spend more time on it and disregard tasks that give me less return.

A little while ago I have posted an article “Webmaster Tools Every Blogger Need To Know About” , where I listed some of the most useful tools in my opinion to perform tracking and get general overview. We are not talking detailed analytics here but an Great Overview of results. And Website Grader is another tool that should have made the list but I simply didn’t know about it until quite recently.

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What Does BUM Marketing Have To Do With Blogging?

BUM Marketing method spread like a virus in the beginning of this year and popularized Article marketing, bringing it to the masses. Many people have gotten their first taste of success using the methods described in the system not only because it was simple but also because it was COMPREHENSIVE and ACHIEVABLE.

Two major ingredients that make up successful product and when you add to it excellent price (FREE) – it made for an irresistible value. But what does this strategy has to do with blogging? Actually quite a bit and I personally think that anyone is not familiar with the method should check it out. But here I want to outline WHY you should do it …

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