Comments on: Blogosphere Alert: Prevent your WordPress blogs from being hacked!

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:38:47 +0000

You’re welcome Dave! I’m glad I was able to help.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:33:13 +0000

Thanks for the tips, I found the silence of golden php index file in 3 of my web site folders and I also found 2 users that were admin status in my wp. My site isn’t that much so I never checked it but those files were there for 5 months! the secure tips you gave are needed and I think I got things straight. Thanks again!

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By: dani

dani — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:16:40 +0000

Very interesting post. I have some blogs and realy usefull this post.

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:55:02 +0000

You’re very welcome. Let me know if there’s anything I could help.

By: David@Wedding Photographer Nottingham

David@Wedding Photographer Nottingham — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:52:55 +0000

Many thanks Mathdelane. Much appreciated.

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:35:41 +0000

Hi David.
For SEO (Search Engine Optimization), links are classified into two–”nofollow” and “dofollow”. When your site for example has outbound links or URLs going to different sites, Google follows the links and trust a vote on the site you are linking to and that is if the link is set to “dofollow”, if it’s a “nofollow”, Google will not follow the links and therefore there will be no vote cast on the site you are linking to.

Google gives a higher page rank on the sites who has numerous pages linking to it as long as the sites linking to it are of high page rank or is trusted by Google. However, with the current changes in Google’s algorithm and its take against page rank sculpting, they will still follow the links on a web page whether it has a “nofollow” attribute.

Normally, URLs embedded on a page uses this code–> rel=”nofollow” if the site owner doesn’t want to share page rank juice.

I hope this helps as this is what I thought could be the simplest way I could explain it.

By: David@Wedding Photographer Nottingham

David@Wedding Photographer Nottingham — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:52:39 +0000

Many thanks Mathdelane. I’ve noticed there’s a big debate going on about types of ‘Follow’. I don’t actually know what that means, what the options are or which is best. I don’t suppose you have a basic explanation for me?

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:18:14 +0000

Thanks for dropping by David. Let me know if there’s anything I could help you set up a blog.

By: David@Wedding Photographer Nottingham

David@Wedding Photographer Nottingham — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:54:23 +0000

This is really useful stuff. And just the sort of info. I’ve been searching for recently. I have installed Word Press but so far I’m just tinkering and reading scary stories about what can go wrong if you run a blog. Maybe I’ll get around to going for it around New Year but I’m not ready yet. This really helps. Many thanks.

By: Andrei

Andrei — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:55:03 +0000

Happened to me too, and i cannot access my wp-admin anymore. The only way i can connect is through FTP. The main thing is that i have no idea what to do o.O

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:50:51 +0000

Hi, Andrei. I’m sorry to hear that. Can you still access your blog admin Cpanel? Go to your account’s File Manager and double check if there are PHP files that had been compromised via text editor. Also, inform your host about it and seek assistance. I cannot recommend right now that you download your database because of risks that it could be injected with malware or malicious codes that would allow them to keep coming back even if you decide to transfer them and do a clean install. The problem has to be tracked down first. I hope this helps.

By: software_critics

software_critics — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:51:05 +0000

You're welcome and thanks for visiting! It was indeed alarming and it doesn't make anyone less vulnerable. The fact that this happened to me, it can also happen to anyone else. As long as I can write something as valuable as this, I'll certainly do so.

By: BunnygotBog

BunnygotBog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:37:13 +0000

Thanks for this post. This has issue has been bugging me a lot.

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By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:04:27 +0000

Thank you for visiting my blog. It’s my pleasure to share helpful and relevant information in today’s highly unsecured blogosphere.

By: Tracy Wheeler

Tracy Wheeler — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:37:06 +0000

Great post! Something all bloggers should know and do to keep their blogs safe!