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Re: Wordpress Blog Hacked | BPWrap

Maurice — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:57:58 -0000

A timely reminder/education for many WP bloggers and those on other platforms - there are many things you can do to make things more secure including protecting your admin areas through IP restrictions and password protection of admin directories.

Much of what I have learned about this was through other blogs and forums dealing with PHP security - the backup advice is still one of the most important though - being lazy can be very costly.

Re: How Do I Grow My Affiliate Marketing Business?

Maurice — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:48:24 -0000

This is advice that more people could do with reading - there are always exceptions that prove the rule, but generally speaking this is exactly how it works. Good post Jason :-)

Re: StumbleUpon Spring Cleaning: Accounts Banned

VladZablotskyy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:00:03 -0000

Maurice,

I think some of use may get caught up in this "social media traffic" fix. No
matter how do we twist nothing can beat natural search from big 3 (G, Y,
MSN) and the PPC on these three as well.

Thanks for stopping by on my new blog.

Re: StumbleUpon Spring Cleaning: Accounts Banned

Maurice — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:43:01 -0000

Hey Vlad,

Interesting. I guess like many marketers that means I have fallen foul of the TOS myself - but they do have a "marketing" category which is where most of my stumbles end up. If a user Stumbles something to promote a third party website that is commercial in nature but in which they have no financial I don't see the logic of labeling them as an "abuser" of the system.

I know self promotion is frowned upon but I've stumbled several of my own blog posts in the past if I think they are deserving of the exposure. I don't do it to excess. The thing is, where do you draw the line? The Internet is commercial in nature, so by the anti commercial/marketing crowd's standards, any website or blog carrying even one advertisement should be banned from places like SU along with any person who thumbs that site up? Ok I'm exaggerating, but we're discussing illogical reasoning and that is a logical opposing argument.

There are too many haters on SU nowadays and too many people who seem to feel that nobody is interested in any kind of commercial or money making online ventures just because it offends their own strange sensibilities. It's a shame, but it's going the way of Digg and after seeing one particular attack on a female internet marketer involving truly unpleasant verbal abuse it made me wonder just what kind of people would want to play in that environment. After all, if you're not interested in a site it takes a fraction of a second to pass on to the next.

I don't think if I ended up with a ban that I'd lose too much sleep over it. Most SU users spend less than 30 seconds on my site so I can only conclude that my content is not what most SU users are looking for.

Re: Yea Right!

Maurice — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:55:50 -0000

Ah, those were the days eh Bill? Ever the politician....a time...or was it two? Monica didn't inhale either apparently :0)

Re: Please Unsubscribe From My Blog

Maurice — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:51:45 -0000

Hi Vlad

Well, I got to this a bit late but I'll stick around my friend :-) Affiliate marketing and making money gets a bit wearing sometimes so reading about your new direction and passion will make for a refreshing change.

Good luck and keep on writing - I'll keep on reading what you have to say :-)

Mo

Re: Googlebot Just Got The Boot.

Maurice — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:58:51 -0000

Hi Vlad,

I echo the sentiments on your bold decision. I'm sure your existing readers will continue to read and promote your blog via all available means - I will certainly continue to do so FWIW :-)

We do all rely a little too much on the bloated beast that is Google, and the argument that they are "just a search engine" no longer holds any water. There are few bloggers prepared to consider alternatives to so many of their services, and thus they grow and continue to stifle many rival providers.

I shall watch your experiment with keen interest and wish you continuing success. Your page rank slap was an injustice, and I think everyone but Google would agree with that.

Looking forward to seeing how you get on with Yahoo, MSN Live et al.

Re: Googlebot Just Got The Boot.

Maurice — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:58:51 -0000

Re: Meeting Google Halfway

Maurice — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:51:02 -0000

Hi Vlad,

Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip to the South :-)

I must admit I'll follow this with interest. I don't want to cut myself out of the Google SERPS, but, I have made my choices regarding a move away from most of their services, and so far without too much pain ;-)

There ARE some good services available that they haven't yet bought!

Re: Meeting Google Halfway

Maurice — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:51:02 -0000

Re: Disappointing Third Time: WidgetSucks

Maurice — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:32:00 -0000

I've been using WB for a short while and although I read Andy Beard's post about the hidden link I didn't see how it would be harming me - as Jim says, surely it's more likely to hurt them in the SERPS than anything else if they upset the great God Google. This is likely as they are in direct competition for Adsense dollars ;-)

I'm happy enough with the way the widget looks and performs so far and have some signups too. I can't see what's so suspect in some people's eyes, although I respect anyone's decision to participate in any program, PPC or otherwise. I don't understand the reasoning behind the T.O.S. either, but why does that make the program unethical?

Like Jim I'm curious to know if I'm missing something that could be important. T.O.S. is odd, but hey, Adsense contains some real gems too :-)

Re: Disappointing Third Time: WidgetSucks

Maurice — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:32:00 -0000

Re: What Blog Editor Do You Use To Write Posts? (GBP-41)

Maurice — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:51:13 -0000

I've tried all the programs you mention, but eventually settled on Post2Blog which I prefer over all the others.

Sometimes these editors can be very fussy with lesser known platforms like NucleusCMS but it's very simple to set them up with the major players.

I first started using Post2Blog as it made adding tags to my Wordpress blogs so simple. With the advent of WP2.3 that's maybe not such an issue anymore and although there are plugins for tagging, it was still simpler to use the Post2Blog editor.

Re: Is BlogRush A Waste Of Your Time?

Maurice — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:58:40 -0000

@Josh I've no doubt of the veracity of your predictions Josh :-) Someone made me laugh on a post somewhere saying that the name BlogRush somehow translated in her mind to "BogBrush" (tr. toilet brush) and it remains to be seen if it (BR) will ever be as effective at doing what it was designed to do as that little implement!

Your comments about marketers are spot on, successful at what they do for sure, but somehow trying to emulate some of what they do makes you feel a little 'unclean' for want of a better word.

@Vlad Wow, I was beating your stats by four at the last count :-)~ aren't we the dogs!!

Re: Is BlogRush A Waste Of Your Time?

Maurice — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:58:40 -0000

Re: Is BlogRush A Waste Of Your Time?

Maurice — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:26:47 -0000

I think it's encouraging that they have responded to the criticism levelled at the idea. I still don't believe BlogRush will send me a "massive wave of laser targeted traffic........" blah blah.

However, on face value, it's going to stay in my sidebar even though traffic through the widget has been slow, it has sent some visitors and if it keeps doing that, I'll give it a fair chance at proving its worth.

I'm with you on the hypey (is that a word?) language, it's not needed, but it's a marketing sickness we'll never cure! I think the green widget looks good where you've placed it btw.

Re: Is BlogRush A Waste Of Your Time?

Maurice — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:26:47 -0000

Re: Is Dofollow a Spam Magnet? | Jangro.com

Maurice — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:09:24 -0000

It's also "ironic" that people try to game dofollow blogs, and justifies why the bloggers using dofollow are very wary of people just dropping one liners in an attempt to gain link juice.

http://money.bigbucksblogger.com/being-greedy-a...

Some people follow more than one thread on the topic ;-)

Re: Voices Carry. Watch the F-bomb! | Jangro.com

Maurice — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:20 -0000

I think it's a fair point and I'm with Jangro on the 'appropriate' theme. I still read Jim's post 'cause I have a cowboy mouth myself so I'm not easily offended and I enjoy his writing anyway.

But, mama raised me not to curse, so, although it didn't work, it did make me mindful of where I do it.

Re: Improving My Blog and Blogging In General.

Maurice — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:08:24 -0000

OK Vlad, I'm all done and thanks for the tag :-) For what it's worth I think your blog is very well written and always keeps me coming back, and I love the design too, so I usually pop out of bloglines to read your posts!

Re: Improving My Blog and Blogging In General.

Maurice — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:08:24 -0000

Re: Improving My Blog and Blogging In General.

Maurice — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:58:35 -0000

Hi Vlad,

Sorry, I was really slow to pick up on this meme, but, I promise to deliver my thoughts in the next day or so. I've never participated in one of these before either, but I will be giving this one some hard thought.

It could take a while simply because there is so much I consider wrong with my blogging ability :0)

Re: Improving My Blog and Blogging In General.

Maurice — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:58:35 -0000

Re: Wikipedia and Battle of The Ages: Vlad The Affiliate vs Vlad The Impaler

Maurice — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:03:08 -0000

Hi Vlad

Well I've done my bit for you so I only hope it helps you in your quest :-) For some reason I couldn't trackback or ping to this entry, (not a WP blog but Nucleus which can be fussy about trackbacks) thus the reason for leaving you this message.

Re: Wikipedia and Battle of The Ages: Vlad The Affiliate vs Vlad The Impaler

Maurice — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:03:08 -0000