If your concerned about securing your blog then you should be aware that Wordpress have released the latest version Wordpress 2.5.1 - which has 1 very important security fix.

Wordpress are asking everybody to either upgrade to the full level 2.5.1 or upload the security patches.
They stated :

“The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.”

The link to the 2.5.1 security patches :
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/

Guide to upgrade to Wordpress 2.5.1 :
http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress

Don’t leave this too late!!!

I have been skulking around since mid last week after receiving the news that my wee SEO blog had been hacked. Its difficult to explain the feeling, the best I can pit it against was when the sister-in-law had her house burgled – how she cringed at the thought of an unknown someone traipsing through her stuff. Perhaps some may feel that’s quite a strong similarity to assign a blog hack against – to tell the truth that’s just the tip of my anger – this place is my baby, my business, my livelihood.

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Over the last week I have been the victim of a rather unhelpful individual / company submitting my site to various FFA sites. Now I’m not too sure about the effect having my site included in these directories will have, if any. But its more the annoyance factor that is bothering me.

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An awakening is about to hit the streets of Edinburgh. SEOClass, one of the most informative courses available for those willing to learn more about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) has a date destined with Edinburgh on the 23-24th of June 2008.

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As a Scot I’m proud of my country and I’m proud of my heritage. So, when I was on Sphinn today and saw this headline in the up-and-coming section it kinda grabs my attention:

Men Are From Mars, Bloggers Are From Scotland

So I decided to investigate a little further. Upon clicking through to the blog I’m confronted with this:

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As you know we at North South Media are no strangers to getting “The Begging Bowl” (cheers for that Shaun ;-)) out and hitting on the big boys of the corporate world for a share of their well earned dough. Well the opportunity has arisen once more and this time its the Top Ten SEO League that’s up for grabs.

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One of the most respected companies within the SEO Industry in Scotland is being sued for Defamation and Libel. I ain’t going to get into the nitty gritty of the details in-case the company doing the suing turn their attention to myself but I’ll give you a quick run-through of what actually happened.

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There seems to be a movement happening in Scotland right now and one I’m very proud to be part associated with - SEO (or to give its Sunday name - Search Engine Optimization). Our SEO Clan is extremely strong and without a doubt in charge of some lucrative accounts available.

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I recently updated the blog with a new web design and installed permalinks but in the process the comments were wiped - so I apologise to those that have posted here. I will make it up to those that have posted though as their is space in the footer and I’ll use this to link back to the posters that contributed the most/best comments — which means a link back to your site on every page — now that’s link luv that is.

I’ve had it getting the train into Glasgow. Forget about carbon-offsetting I have done my bit. 10 months commuting a daily grind of 4 trains in total — 3 hours out of my day stuck beside some unknown reading the daily broadsheet and violating my personal space and never mind the screaming inaudible noise from those with their heads plugged into their MP3 players. I physically baulk at the thought of sharing a train in the over-cramped conditions vying to breathe some fresh air from the hutch-like open windows. Rats get transported in better conditions.

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