Pin Itemailprint The war is on, and we’re participating. Even though the White House has denounced the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), there’s still a chance these bills could pass. In response, Blippitt will be “blacking out” on January 18th, along with several other websites including Reddit, BoingBoing, Mozilla, [...]
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If you run a blog that uses WordPress, you’ve probably had quite a day. Today, WordPress.com was on the receiving end of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that’s being described as the largest in the company’s six-year history. Many blogs in the blogosphere that use the WordPress VIP service (Financial Post, TechCrunch, etc.) were down [...]
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If you like to use public, unsecured WiFi hotspots, beware…someone might just be spying on you. A new Firefox extension called “Firesheep“, which was developed by Eric Butler, will basically let you eavesdrop on any open WiFi network and capture users’ cookies. What does that mean in English? Butler himself says it best. “As soon [...]
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We all love the internet. The amazing technological advances, the sense of social connection, the instant gratification in our quest for knowledge. Here are a few people, though, who have taken that love to the extreme by tattooing their favorite web logos directly on their persons, for all eternity. More here: Funny Lists Incoming search [...]
In case you hadn’t noticed, we had a little trouble with our RSS feed over the last day or two. It seems that the latest WordPress update caused some compatibility issues with our RSS feed and Feedburner. We’ve corrected the problem now and you can still get our feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/blippitt. Thanks for reading Blippitt!
On Thursday, WordPress.org released WordPress 2.8.1 for bloggers who enjoy hosting their own blogs. As for blogging platforms, you simply can’t beat WordPress. It’s free and search engines absolutely love it. WordPress 2.8.1 fixes several known bugs and enhances security for plugin administration pages. What else is new in WordPress 2.8.1? Certain themes were calling [...]
Over on his blog, Matt Cutts just posted a copy of the slideshow he used to give his talk at WordCamp San Francisco 2009. If you’re thinking that this is just another bunch of cryptic mumbo-jumbo, think again. While it’s not the “Google Algorithm for Dummies,” it very well could be. There are some genuine [...]
Image via CrunchBase So the move is over. We moved from Monty’s Mega Marketing to Blippitt almost a month ago now. As much as I feared making the switch, it really wasn’t that bad. Actually, it was pretty easy to move from one domain name to the other. You can even do it WITHOUT having [...]
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Many marketers have trouble breaking things down and seeing how truly simple it can be to make $200 per day online. In our ongoing series, we’ve covered a couple of good ideas already. Today, let’s talk about web hosting. Did you know that Hostgator will pay you $100 per sale? Yes, $100 per sale. Now, [...]
Image via CrunchBase OK, bloggers – it’s always an exciting day when the latest version of WordPress becomes available. It’s also a bit of a pain in the rear knowing that I have to upgrade all of my blogs. Well now, if you’re using WordPress 2.7, you can upgrade automatically to WordPress 2.7.1. You can [...]
Image via CrunchBase Dan Zarrella has released a new WordPress plugin called TweetSuite. This plugin builds on the TweetBacks utility of displaying all of the tweets that link back to a blog post by throwing a few extra goodies in the mix. TweetSuite adds a server side fully-featured TweetBacks service, complete with a Digg-style “Tweet [...]
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Image via CrunchBase, source unknown If you’re trying to make a little money with your wordpress blogs and diversify your streams of income, then Chitika has a new plugin for you. If you are worried about using Chitika ads on a page with Google Adsense, check out these Frequently Asked Questions… How Does Chitika | [...]
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