List of Ping Servers for Blogs

My list of ping servers that I use when I do some blog posting. Not sure if they are all in use, so let me know if you run into any inactive ping servers. Also, some folks say that it is probably not a good idea to over ping from your blog. http://rpc.pingomatic.com http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2 Inactive …

WordPress 2.8.4 Security Release

Another day, another vulnerability with WordPress.  Make sure you apply the latest patch, because according to the WordPress blog, the latest vulnerability permits a situation where a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the …

Link Building with RSS Feeds

Just found out about a cool WordPress plugin that takes advantage of blog and RSS blog scrapers to build links to your site.  The plugin you’ll want to snag is RSS Footer plugin from the great Joost de Valk. (If you don’t have atleast one plugin from Joost then you are missing the boat with …

What are Tag Clouds?

This may seem like an easily answered question to many of you in the bloggosphere, but many others are not familiar with the concept of tag clouds.  I thought it would be a good idea to give some of you quick explanation of the concept of tag clouds. So what are tag clouds and why …

Self Aggregating WordPress Tool

As you know, I don’t promote many products. Frankly, most aren’t worth the time. But, every now and then one comes along that REALLY blows me away.  Ok, maybe I lied just a bit, because you know I DO promote quite a few products…this one however is stinking awesome. Many of you are in the …