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Attention Outdated Wordpress Blogs: Don’t Let Technorati Drop You
Social Media News Source: http://nowsourcing.com
Published: Apr 10, 2008 - 02:46 am
Story Found By: nowsourcing 1400 Days ago
Category: Social Media
Looks like Technorati is pulling rank, and will be dropping support on Wordpress blogs version 2.3.2 and under. Be smart. Upgrade.
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from WebGeek 1398 Days ago #
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Or, you could just remove your version # from your theme. :)

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from streko 1398 Days ago #
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meta tag..change to thismeta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.5"g2g

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from WebGeek 1398 Days ago #
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I’m not down with letting Technorati control my blogs. There are a lot of problems with WordPress 2.5 that need to be fixed. Forcing people to upgrade isn’t ok.

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from HarryWatson00 1398 Days ago #
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What sorts of problems are we talking about with 2.5? I just emailed Technorati to see if this story is indeed true so I guess I will let everyone know when I hear something but webgeek what are the problems with 2.5?

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from johnandrews 1398 Days ago #
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For Technorati to get specific  about the WP exploits suggests Technorati’s business plan is in trouble (it can’t handle the spam links). Awareness campaigns are fine, but strong-arming like this has to be resisted. If technorati actually drops 85-90% of the blogs published on WP, will Technorati be relevant?

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from IncrediBILL 1397 Days ago #
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I never knew technorati was relevant as it has zero impact for me, yawn.

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from WebGeek 1397 Days ago #
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@johnandrews: I agree 100%! I don’t like strongarming tactics like this at all.  Exactly...their relevance is in question.@ HarryWatson00: Every time a major version of a new program/app/operating system is released, there ARE bugs, and it takes time to fix them, so it’s rarely wise to upgrade right away. Some examples include a LOT of themes and plugins that have been broken by WordPress 2.5. I dug deeper into it and some key hooks in the code are broken. (I develop plugins so I have to stay on top of it.) This could cause a lot of problems for business owners with custom themes that could be broken by upgrading, along with other problems. It may cause costly downtime for businesses...that’s not a joke.Also, just because WP 2.5 is new doesn’t mean it’s more secure - it’s just that the security flaws haven’t been discovered yet. There could be a whole slew of new security flaws waiting to be exposed.I realize my opinion here may be unpopular, but I feel strongly about this, and it needs to be said. Don’t be lemmings, people - say NO to this.

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from WebGeek 1397 Days ago #
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Anyone interested can read my response here: http://sphinn.com/story.php?id=40009

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from WebGeek 940 Days ago #
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This is bad advice. There are a lot of problems with WordPress 2.5 that need to be fixed. Forcing people to upgrade isn’t the answer.

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from johnandrews 940 Days ago #
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awareness campaigns are fine, strong-arming is bad.

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from cartermason 940 Days ago #
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Forcing upgrades to new versions is also a security risk, especially if the version is for feature enhancements and not security patches.

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