An unknown intruder has compromised a WordPress server and added a remote
control tool to downloadable versions of the widely used blogging software. The
breach happened last week and was discovered on Friday, WordPress creator Matt
Mullenweg wrote on the WordPress Web site. Users who recently downloaded
WordPress 2.1.1 should upgrade to version 2.1.2 immediately. How the attacker
breached the WordPress system has not been released.
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Social networks are everywhere. You're on them, so are your "friends." Your kids
are on them, maybe even your parents. In the past year, brands have looked to
social networks to market to the community. But what if your brand lacks a
natural fit with the communities of mainstream social networking sites? We
encourage them to learn from the community by building community platforms that
encourage audience participation.
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The software maker said Tuesday that it will more aggressively pursue legal
action against companies that create domain names that are misspellings of
Microsoft product names in order to capture Internet traffic from typo-prone
computer users. In 1999, Congress passed the U.S. Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer
Protection Act, which makes it illegal to register domain names that infringe on
the trademark rights of individuals or corporations.
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While pretty much anyone that knows anything about search engine optimization
can tell you that links are important (ok, REALLY important), most of the small
business owners that I've spoken with really don't have any idea of why links
matter beyond the simple concept that links will help them rank better. Today,
I'll explore the idea of links as the threads of the web, helping both search
engines and humans find their way from one site to another.
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In the B2B world, your Web site contains a lot of glossy sales information. It's
more akin to the traditional sales pamphlet and less transactional than in the
B2C world. It's like a book, and the home page is the introduction and table of
contents. How is a book put together? The author doesn't throw every page on the
floor in a pile and say "read whichever page you want." There's order,
storytelling, and narrative.
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