The OnlineMBA.com Awards are Part of a Deceptive Link Baiting Scheme Aimed at Bloggers

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Hundreds of bloggers are falling prey to a deceptive link baiting scheme that I would like to expose.

The website OnlineMBA.com has a section for ‘awarding the web’. This award system is 100% illegitimate.

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Tags: blog controversy, blog security, blog seo, link building
Posted in Blogtap News | 36 Comments »

Gravatar Profiles Go Public, Privacy Concerns Arise

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

The Blogosphere just became much more of a personal place with the announcement of public profiles for everyone on the Gravatar Blog.

With the change, many of the avatars (small images that represent the authors) on blogs and websites will link to a public profile, complete with a biography, contact details and personal links.

The Gravatar service acts as a “centralized identity point.” Rather than uploading avatars and filling in biographies on multiple websites, individuals only need to fill out information in one location (Gravatar.com) and websites will have access to that information. (more…)

Tags: automattic, blog security, gravatar, technorati
Posted in Blogging News | 2 Comments »

Kidblog.org: a free blogging platform for the elementary and middle school classroom

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Blogging is a means of self-expression that extends to nearly every social sphere — moms, entrepreneurs, soldiers, athletes – bloggers can be found in every walk of life, every niche, profession and people group. Everyone has something to learn or share in a blog community. It is that idea that makes blogging such an ideal method of learning for children.

Surely Matt Hardy, an elementary school teacher, had this in mind when he created Kidblog.org, a blogging platform exclusively for elementary and middle school students and teachers. The platform creates a safe and simple environment for students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community.

Below Hardy answers some general questions about his free blogging platform, which has seen explosive growth in the past few months.

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Tags: blog security, blogging platforms, security
Posted in Blogging Resources, Blogging Tools | 2 Comments »

Wp-config.php security leak – hundreds of blogs hacked

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

**Important update below

Dark Reading has reported that hundreds of WordPress blogs have been hacked over the past week do to improperly chmod-ed wp-config.php files. The vulnerabilities were a result of owner hosting provider negligence and not faulty WordPress software.

All of the blogs affected were hosted by Network Solutions. The attacker used a type of scanner that extracts information from wp-config.php that have read and write privileges open for group and public, according to Sucuri Security Labs which has been working with Network Solutions.

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Tags: blog security, security
Posted in Blogging News, WordPress Blogging | 9 Comments »