As WordPress content management system has a commenting and trackback system, it’s always on the target of spammers. Trackback links are added below the post content. A spammer who wants his website or YouTube videos to rank high in Google or Bing will drop useless comments with some URLs. If you’re allowing dofollow backlinks, link juice will be transferred to the commentators...
Akismet is no doubt one of the best plugins to avoid trackback, pingback and comment spam. It is free for WordPress sites. Paid version of this service will cost the user within 5 to 30 dollars. The pro version (security and enterprise) will give WordPress users access to the backup tool and advanced reports. They’ll also get quality support from Akismet team. Once you install Akismet...
This is post 10 of 10 in the series “Intrusion Detection” TCP Congestion Control Installing Wireshark on Mac OS X (Yosemite) What are Rogue Access Points? Two Common Router Security Threats Modern Application Frameworks, Legacy Browsers and Security Implications What are Covert Channels? Mobile Considerations in Network Security Architecture Common Bluetooth Vulnerabilities to be...
WordPress, being a versatile plugin allows you to launch all types of sites. It allows users to install plugins to make website search engine friendly, faster, highly rewarding, etc. WordPress has millions of users. The WordPress repository hosts over 100k plugins of all types. An experienced blogger using WP platform may not difficulty in choosing the right plugin. But the newbie users may get...
Siteground hosting offers various plans that are suitable for deploying new or established websites. Like many other hosting platforms, SG claims to offer 99.9 percent uptime for your site. This is impressive because your blog will be hardly down. Thus your online earnings and revenue will not be impacted by unnecessary downtime. Once my high traffic site was down for 3 hours when it was hosted...
The default WordPress commenting system is good, but some people may want to replace it with a third party plugin like Disqus, Livefyre for better control, spam protection, and administration. Disqus adds a lot of weight to your site, and you should think before using it. I’ve seen LiveFyre plugin on high traffic websites, and it looks great. I’ve not tested it. In case you’re...
Commentluv is a powerful WordPress plugin that comes in 2 versions – free & paid. The free version can be found in WordPress.org directory, and it has limited features. The premium or paid variant of CommentLuv offers many interesting and useful utilities that help a webmaster in many ways. When paid or free version of this plugin is active on a blog, visitors will be able to add any of the...
WordPress CMS has been prone to many online threats ever since Matt Mullenweg and the team officially launched it. The content management system is impressive, but you can’t stop hackers from attacking websites powered by WP. Attacks can be prevented by installing a WordPress security plugin. If the internet is the only source of your income, you shouldn’t risk your site. There are a...
This is post 6 of 7 in the series “Cyberspace and Cybersecurity” Government Cybersecurity Initiative for a Universal Internet ID Malicious Code Intrusion Password Cracking – An Exercise Using Cain and Abel to Crack User Passwords What exactly is Cyberspace and Cybersecurity? Security Concerns with Outsourcing IT Services Baseline Security Analyzer – Testing a Standard...
This is post 2 of 7 in the series “Cyberspace and Cybersecurity” Government Cybersecurity Initiative for a Universal Internet ID Malicious Code Intrusion Password Cracking – An Exercise Using Cain and Abel to Crack User Passwords What exactly is Cyberspace and Cybersecurity? Security Concerns with Outsourcing IT Services Baseline Security Analyzer – Testing a Standard...
Let’s face it: web design is hot. With the internet’s popularity skyrocketing, younger and younger kids are getting into design and web projects, even freelancing! Not to say this is bad at all, it’s actually started a large spread of web design and development tips and inspiration, mostly posted onto blogs
Sharing files over the internet used to be a devilish task. Finding the right application, storage space, or transporation method for files used to be very difficult only 5 years ago. Now with file upload sites and forums/bulletin boards to share files, sending your friend a song or posting up a funny picture has never been easier.
I have recently been scoping out some cool web 2.0 sites to add to my blog for my first interview, and I found my answer lying in the new startup task.fm. This app has only been online for about a week so far, but already has a booming userbase of 1000 regular users and growing daily. Task.fm allows its users to have reminders sent through e-mail, phone, and SMS. The reminders can be entered by...
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