mvandemar

Avatar Went Hot: July 2, 2008 - 4:44 pm
Posted By: mvandemar 3 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-scoop.com)
Category: Blogging
Great post by Donna Fontenot that covers both prevention of and recovery from hacker intrusion, for blogs and other non-blog sites alike. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 25, 2008 - 10:47 am
Posted By: mvandemar 10 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Blogging
Step by step guide on how to completely clean out all signs of intrusion in your WordPress after you have discovered that you have been hacked. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 23, 2008 - 1:15 am
Posted By: mvandemar 14 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Water Cooler
For anyone who hates having to change their passwords because it means memorizing a new one, I built this nifty little tool that generates strong passwords with built in mnemonics. Please, feel free to share this with your family members who still i read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 18, 2008 - 8:59 am
Posted By: mvandemar 16 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Blogging
Taking what little hassle there is out of installing WordPress. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 13, 2008 - 8:33 am
Posted By: mvandemar 24 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google AdSense
If you're an AdSense publisher, and you're not using the free widget, it's time to update your privacy policies again. :) read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mvandemar 29 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Water Cooler
Pictorial evidence of what could potentially be the darker side of social media giant Digg's founder, Kevin Rose. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mvandemar 29 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google AdSense
Not the kind of answer I was expecting when I asked for clarification on the AdSense policies concerning AdSense in Feedburner feeds. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 3, 2008 - 7:11 am
Posted By: mvandemar 33 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google AdSense
A nice little tool I built to help easily stay in line with the new AdSense privacy requirements as far as third party ad providers go. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 28, 2008 - 8:30 am
Posted By: mvandemar 38 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google Searching
Some confusion over an interpretation of one of Google Webmaster Guidelines. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 23, 2008 - 8:31 am
Posted By: mvandemar 42 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google Other
Last month Google revealed a new crawling method that they were testing out, whereby they were filling out forms on sites that they came across, in order to help facilitate the discovery of new pages. Now there appears to be some unintended side eff read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: May 21, 2008 - 2:15 am
Posted By: mvandemar 45 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google Other
Should Google be more upfront in it's promotion of Google Health about the possibility of a data mishap? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mvandemar 64 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.stevepavlina.com)
Category: Tips & Tools
Do you honestly suffer from a shortage of good ideas in your life? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 29, 2008 - 7:50 am
Posted By: mvandemar 67 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Blogging
New WordPress comment form spam protection plugin, plus I introduce the LinkMyPics widget to help convert hotlinking into links. Please Note: some pics on the page might be considered NSFW, but they are well below the fold and only PG13. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mvandemar 78 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://onlinemarketingbanter.com)
Category: Blogging
From the article: "Guest blogging rules. No shit Sherlock… I hear you saying. There are literally tonnes of articles out there already promoting the benefits of guest blogging... Yet despite all the guest blogging banter, I am yet to come across a c read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mvandemar 86 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.cmsjam.com)
Category: Other Online Marketing
No matter what CMS package you decide to go with, there are some steps you should take to prepare for the creation of your new site. You should begin the site creation planning long before you determine which CMS will best fit your needs, and you sh read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 9, 2008 - 10:39 am
Posted By: mvandemar 87 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google SEO
NetSol has apparently started engaging in a practice that Google deemed ban-able 2 years ago: subdomain spamming. The twist? They're not subdomain spamming with their sites... they're doing it with *yours*. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: April 4, 2008 - 2:41 pm
Posted By: mvandemar 91 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: News Sites
Having trouble making everything fit nicely on your page, while still maintaining usability? Here are 5 essential lessons garnered from observing industry giant Digg.com. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mvandemar 92 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://ekstreme.com)
Category: Microsoft Other
eKstreme goes Terminator on the rogue Live.com bot. Hasta la vista, MSN! read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mvandemar 102 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Blogging
Kind of surprised that Stanford.edu wasn't better protected myself... this is a blog off of the main www domain that got hit. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 24, 2008 - 7:32 am
Posted By: mvandemar 103 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Blogging
Different from the hidden links injection reported earlier this month, this one involves the attacker creating a new physical directory in your Wordpress installation, and populating it with HTML files that then use Javascript to redirect visitors t read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 14, 2008 - 6:52 am
Posted By: mvandemar 113 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: SEO
If you don't think Matt Cutt's retro post on building links to your site that he recently published applies to you, then perhaps you need to reshape your thinking. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 5, 2008 - 5:21 am
Posted By: mvandemar 123 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Google Other
On the same day that comScore reports a large downtrend in Google's paid click performance, their Senior Vice President decides for some reason to dump a very large chunk of his stock in the company. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 2, 2008 - 9:31 am
Posted By: mvandemar 126 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Other Social Media
In the grand tradition of Slashdot and Digg, Mybloglog takes down Twitter today! :D read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: February 28, 2008 - 3:35 am
Posted By: mvandemar 129 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Other Social Media
An Open Letter To A Borderline Sphammer :) read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: February 23, 2008 - 6:08 pm
Posted By: mvandemar 133 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Apparently you don't actually have to be a member in good standing to help a story go hot on Sphinn these days. read more »
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