Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on February 5, 2008

Wordpress released a new version of it’s blog software today to resolve a security issue.

WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. A flaw was found in our XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow any valid user to edit posts of any other user on that blog. In addition to fixing this security flaw, 2.3.3 fixes a few minor bugs. If you are interested only in the security fix, download the fixed version of xmlrpc.php and copy it over your existing xmlrpc.php. Otherwise, you can get the entire…

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Written by Rob Mead from Perfect Web Content on February 4, 2008

EVERYONE CAN USE FREE PROMOTIONAL TOOLS EVERY SINGLE DAY

It continues to amaze me how so many blog site owners out there still pay huge bucks to web site promotion companies to do most of the promotional work for their on line business that the blog site owners should be doing themselves for free.

By applying just a few of the following techniques to their overall blog site promotion weekly schedule, any blog site owner that is open for business today should be able to attract as many new viewers to his…

Written by Susan Gunelius from Women On Business on February 4, 2008

 Sk-rt.com is a fairly new social bookmarking site that uses the slogan, “Like that friend who always finds the best stuff. Only better.”  It functions similar to Digg wherein users submit content and other users vote on it, and entries with many votes are more likely to make it to the front page and thus get more traffic.  Sk-rt.com focuses on nine primary categories:

  1. Arts & Entertainment
  2. Design & Crafts
  3. Family & Parenting
  4. Fashion & Style
  5. Food & Home
  6. Internet & Technology
  7. Mind, Body & Spirit
  8. Travel & Leisure
  9. World & Business

Sk-rt.com was founded by Gabrielle Blair, Laura Mayes and Laurie Smithwick in 2007 and already…

Written by Elaine Ramos from Good Recruits on February 4, 2008

So, you were able to post more than three times a day but based on your blog statistics, your subscriber feed is down to a grand total of one. If you find yourself with this kind of situation then you better re-think about the strategies you have when blogging. Here are some prime examples on how to blog “the right way”:

a. Think of quality - Though an updated blog sounds very good, make sure that you put some quality into your blogging style. This means that presenting the facts and…

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Written by Deborah Ng from Freelance Writing Jobs on February 3, 2008

As someone who writes for about a dozen blogs, the question I’m asked the most is what it takes to be a celebrity gossip blogger. I find that interesting because no matter how many celebrity blogs are out there, more are introduced each day. While celebrity gossip blogs can do very well, some aspiring celebrity bloggers don’t make it past the first month because they’re not prepared to commit to the amount of work involved. I spend six hours or more each day blogging for Celebrity Cowboy and I know a few…

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Written by Mani Karthik from Daily SEO Blog on February 2, 2008

Hey, have you tried to kill your readership base? It would be fun, why not try it?

Listen carefully, and implement the following step by step.

Now don’t skip any step, go according to the order.

  1. Don’t blog for three weeks in a row.
    Do absolutely nothing on your blog for three weeks. Moderate no comments, post no new articles.
  2. Write nothing innovative, instead write about the same things you’ve written already.
  3. Don’t respond to comments. People will ask you questions, but never reply. After all, they don’t pay you for it.
  4. Promote affiliate products. If possible, promote only…
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