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Partial Feed for the Rest of this Month

I will be experimenting with partial feeds for the rest of this month. The splogger issues with my content is not yet resolved. I know switching to partial feed is going ass backwards and will inconvenience those who read my blogs on readers, but bear with me while I figure a work around.

// Tagged Announcements, Awareness, Content, RSS, Spam, Splog, Un, WP, blog, websites, wordpress // 05.13.2008 at 12:09 pm // Have your say »

Who is Stealing your Mojo? RSS Feed Scraping, Splogs and How to Fight them

If your site gets any traffic at all, chances are your RSS feed is scraped and misused by some one trying to score on SERP for the work you have toiled on. This very blog is constantly ripped by sploggers who have no regards to intellectual property rights or just plain simple dumb to realize [...]

// Tagged Awareness, Code, Contextual Ads, Design, Economics, Google, Google Adsense, HTML, Javascript, Malaysian, Media, RSS, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, Splog, WP, Web, Web traffic, blog, blog traffic, hacks, how to, resources, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, wordpress templates, xhtml // 05.06.2008 at 7:14 pm // 5 Comments »

WordPress 2.5 Upgrade: WordPress 2.5.1 is available! Please update now Message Appears after Upgrade Troubleshooting

When a client of mine upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1 from WordPress 2.5 she encountered an issue where the database will not upgrading, resulting in the “WordPress 2.5.1 is available! Please update now.” flashing in her dashboard and every other admin pages. On initial search of the WordPress support forum, we found the following strings that [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Awareness, Bug Fix, Code, Design, PHP, Security Fix, Spam, WP, Web, Web Hosting, blog, hacks, headsetoptions, how to, internet, news, resources, techniques, wordpress // 04.28.2008 at 10:27 am // 1 Comment »

SEO Tip Open Comment Author URL in new Window

For good SEO, it is preferential to open your comment authors URI in a new page. Why you might ask? Google and other search engines track sites you visit, they can tell what that site contains (obviously), how long you stayed there and where you went next. The intended use of this information is to [...]

// Tagged Akismet, Blogging Tips, Code, Conditional, Design, Google, HTML, Javascript, PHP, Pop-up, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Spam, WP, Web Design, Yahoo, blog, hacks, how to, resources, site validation, tag, techniques, tips, wordpress, xhtml // 04.26.2008 at 8:52 pm // 3 Comments »

Top Reasons to not use Yahoo! Hosting

I try not to write such posts, but the frustrations expressed by my clients who host on Yahoo! Small Business compels me to point out the obvious shortcomings. This non-exhaustive list is in no particular order, it’s just the top 4 reasons why I would not recommend/host any site on Yahoo!
One-Click-Install
A client recently used the [...]

// Tagged Design, Spam, WP, Web, Web Hosting, Yahoo, blog, how to, internet, resources, technology, tips, wandering thoughts, wordpress // 11.29.2007 at 8:57 am // 14 Comments »

No More RSS Feeds on WordPress.com

I guess folks at WordPress.com start talking about copyright violation only when it hits home. When we cried foul about WordPress themers ripping our work and calling it their own, no one cared except Thomas (and Lorelle).
The reality is, you can’t stop people from stealing content or code, it pinches those of us on the [...]

// Tagged Announcements, Google, Matt Mullenweg, Oddities, RSS, Spam, WP, Web, Yahoo, blog, blog traffic, blogosphere, competition, internet, mandarinmusing, news, socio-political, technology, wordpress // 08.10.2007 at 10:13 am // 3 Comments »

New Terror Funding Initiative

I recently received this email, I am sure many of you have encountered such Spam, this one however caught my attention because if I were a terrorist, I would totally use this strategy to find sponsors.
Read on.
Dear Sir,
We are an investment company that specializes in co-ordinating highyielding investments for our clients who want to make [...]

// Tagged Spam, Stupid, Terror // 07.28.2006 at 8:46 am // Have your say »

BBC News: Have Your Wha?

BBC’s “Have Your Say� should really be relabeled “Have Your Say, And If We Find Your Comments Agreeable With Our Views, We Will Post It, Else, We Will Pretend Like You Don’t Exist.�
F*** BBC, f*** censorship. 

// Tagged BBC, Censor, Conspiracy, Media, Oddities, Politics, Spam // 07.16.2006 at 9:12 am // 8 Comments »

Dear Spammer

If you are here trying to post a Spam, please remember, people do not come to this site to read your plugs on cheap prescription drug, or kitty porn, so stop f***** posting your shit here. Take your comments elsewhere.
Kind regards.

// Tagged Humor, Oddities, Spam, Stupid // 06.24.2006 at 8:31 am // 3 Comments »