Thousands of IM’ers were hit by Panda update several months ago. Now thousands more got hit by the most recent Google update - Penguin.

What is PENGUIN update about?

This new algo update is directed by Google to 3 main things:

1. Webspam – Over-Optimized Pages, misused keywords and Keyword Stuffing using invisible text

2. Backlinking Schemes – Linking from blog networks with intent to game Google for higher ranking. Unnatural backlinking...

Here are my thoughts about Blog Networks.

1. If you want to give exposure to your writing talents, Blog Networks would be good. You would also drive traffic from Blog Networks directly to your sites via embedded anchor texts.

2. If you plan to use Blog Networks as a tool to drive Search Engine Traffic, improve Search Engine Results Positions or raise your Page Ranks, then you need to think again.

Based on what I read so far, I can sum up that all these Blog...

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Word Press is becoming ever popular among IM'ers. Some IM'ers even own hundreds of WP sites each. What's worrying right now is the increasing number of hacking and hijacking incidents. So what can we do about these threats?

To be clear, here are the obvious differences between HACKED and HIJACKED.

Hacked - the landing page of a web site was changed ( defaced ) by a hacker with his own messages. The real owner has some control of the site's administration....