Stop Sbloggers on Wordpress MU
Okay while working alongside LBLOG I was involved in the work on reducing and trying to eliminate spam user registration. Here is our first step, a very simple step but also fairly effective. Roughly halfing the number of spam users. A simple Google search for "Spam Wordpress MU Users" found a simple fix and we are testing currently to see if it helps. Here is the solution :
# BEGIN ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-signup\.php* RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*lmblog.co.uk.* [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ RewriteRule (.*) http://die-spammers.com/ [R=301,L] # END ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION
This code should be placed into you .htaccess file, at the end appears to be best. This system is not impossible to beat but is atleast one more wall between you and spammers.Also remember to change the lmblog.co.uk to your blog address. die-spammers.com is a common address to send spammers to but you can make this whatever you want. Adgitize to Provide Targeted Marketing
Press Release by Adgitize :
Many advertisers over the last year and a half have requested the ability to target their ads to specific markets within the Adgitize Ad Network. Target Marketing is the ability to show your ad only on specific publisher blogs that write for a specific subject or category.
Target Marketing to Subject Matter
We received the first request for targeted marketing back in December 2008. An advertiser requested to only show their ad on blogs with a subject matter of sports. Target marketing will allow our advertisers to specify a specific subject matter category like sports, computers, politics or music and video. Adgitize has created 32 specific subject matter categories within which our advertisers will be able to specifically target their ad.
Adgitize has also created regional or continent categories, so you will be able to target a specific area of the world. This new geographic categorization will enable advertisers to aim their ad to a particular audience.
10+ Billion Songs Sold On Itunes
Johnny Cash's Guess Things Happen That Way has become the 10 billionth track to be sold at the ITunes online store.
Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling was officially named the site's most downloaded track, with their single Boom Boom Pow the third biggest seller.
Lady Gaga's Poker Face took the number two slot, with hits Just Dance and Bad Romance also featuring in the top 25.
Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia bought the 10 billionth track winning a$10,000 (£6,500) iTunes gift card.
Flo Rida, Katy Perry and Rihanna are all credited with two tracks apiece in the top 25 most downloaded chart, with British artists Coldplay and Leona Lewis featuring in the top 10.
All 25 songs were released in the past five years, with the exception of the Journey's Don't Stop Believin', which has gained popularity after featuring in the hit TV show Glee.
Stay safe On The Internet – Part 1 – Passwords
More and more people are loosing money and important online accounts when someone gets a hold of their password. In many cases this can be stopped or the damage, at the very least, minimised. So here is my crash course on how to avoid any problems with passwords.
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Use a difficult to guess password, dont use a name or nickname, these are very easy to guess and will be the first choice for any password hackers. Try to include a number (or more than one) within your password. whether it be at the start, middle or end. This in itself will just add a little more complexicity to the password. THe number does not necessarily have to be "1", "1" is very easy to guess.
Google Buzz (Taken from BBC.co.uk)
Google has taken the wraps off its latest social network known as Buzz.
The service - integrated directly with its e-mail service Gmail - allows users to post status updates, share content and read and comment on friends' posts.
The site pitches Google directly against rival networks such as Facebook, which has amassed nearly 400 million users since its launch in 2004.
Buzz will try to capitalise on the number of regular Gmail users, which is currently around 170 million people.
BBC News technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said that the launch appeared to be a "major land grab by Google for the social networking space".
"They've launched Buzz with plenty of interesting new features, particularly for mobile users, but the real question is whether there's enough to entice social networkers away from sites like Facebook and Twitter," he said.