To all WP fans out there, the latest version is out. It was scheduled 2 weeks ago but I guess some stability work was needed to be ironed out.
We love you Wordpress!
Download the latest update here.
–aj
Myo Kyaw Htun think so. He writes about how to effectively copy (steal?) a wordpress theme here.
Excerp from the blog:
“But I’m afraid that my guideness will lead you to be a thief. Keep in mind that you should consider copyright and respect other’s people work. - Myo Kyaw Htun”
Original link: How to steal a wordpress theme
–aj
The blogosphere waited for the much awaited release of Wordpress 2.5 which was scheduled today 3.10. However, upon checking wordpress.org, version 2.5 isn’t out yet.
Obviously, it is delayed. But I don’t see anything on the net that says this.
Well, I’ll try to check later again to see if there’s anything that will show up.
–aj
Maybe it’s my timezone? DST? 
According to boren.nu, version 2.5 of Wordpress is nearing its release date which is scheduled on March 10th. Wordpress is currently 2.3.3.
Excerp:
We’ve set March 10th as the release date. This gives us a month of bug fixing. We’ll start off our bug hunt cycle with a hunt on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 17:00:00 UTC. If you’re comfortable with testing almost-beta code, stop by #wordpress-bugs and help us polish up the new admin design, test the plugin updater, and fix bugs. After the bug hunt, we’ll announce the schedule for our weekly beta packages and bug hunts.
Can’t wait guys! Thanks.
–aj
While checking out the search keyword “level of education required to understand your blog”, I found this widget which has a spam link on its code. The supposedly helpful tool “Blog Readability Test” inserts the below link in the html code:
<p><small>Fast <a href=”http://www.cashadvance1500.com”>Payday Loans</a></small></p>
So, if you have placed this code (widget) in your blog. You might as well remove it as it gives a backlink and additional PR for this very intrusive widget.
Always be careful before you place anything on your blog.
–aj
5 Deadly Sins Guaranteed To Kill Your Link Requests
by Eric Ward
Link Week Here in the Link Week column, we mostly discuss intermediate to advanced linking related subjects, but I’m compelled to cover a very basic topic this week. Link requests. The link builders are out in force this summer. The proof is in my inbox. Over the two weeks since my last LinkWeek column, I’ve counted the number of link requests I’ve received. The total? Forty-two.
This is both funny and tragic. It’s funny because I do not give out links, I do not swap links, I’ve never had a links page, and the only place I’ve ever provided outbound links is within my LinkMoses blogscroll, and even that is limited to about twenty-five other sites, all of whom are run by people I know and have great respect for. So any link builder seeking a link from me has either not visited my site, does not know me, or does not care who he/she spams. Funny!
It’s tragic because you would think that with all the attention link building has received over the past few years, people would better understand the right and wrong way to ask for a link. For me, the single most important rule of all is to realize you must respect the person on the other end of your email. You must send a different link request to each person based upon the site and context you are seeking a link for. I don’t send a casual all lowercase email to a college professor and I don’t send a formal three paragraph grammatically perfect email with a Microsoft word attachment to 14 year old blogger. But the links from each are just as important.
There are many ways to screw up your link requests, but I’ll start with the following four Deadly Sins of link request emails. Why are they deadly? They are deadly because they each occur before I’ve even considered reading the body of your email. You have treated me like I do not matter before you have even gotten your URL in front of me. That’s deadly.
Deadly Sin #1
The email address you used to reach me does not exist anywhere on my site. Since my server is set to catchall, I get every email sent to my domains. However, there are only 3 or 4 specific email addresses to be found on my site. If you sent me email to an address that is not one of those addresses, then you’re a spammer, and you have been deleted.
Deadly Sin #2
Your subject line has an exclamation point in it, usually “Check out my site!!!!!”
Deadly Sin #3
Your subject line does not have an exclamation point but says any of the following:
* Check out my site
* Let’s swap links
* Link request
* Press Release
* Awesome new site
* How much for a link?
Deadly Sin #4
Your email begins with:
Dear Webmaster…
or
To Whom it May Concern…
or, as Mike Grehan has said many times, Dear Mr. Inquiries…
Deadly Sin #5
You apologize in the first line of your email, and/or write this:
I apologize if you are not the correct person to handle this inquiry. Please forward it to the proper person.
That’s five Deadly Sins—and I haven’t even started reading your email yet.
Eric Ward has been in the link building and content publicity game since 1994, providing services ranking from linking strategy to a monthly private newsletters on linking for subscribers. The Link Week column appears on Mondays at Search Engine Land.
BlogPerfume just launced Feed Analysis version 1.1. This handy tool is a very useful addition to your blog analytics.
In their own words:
By the use of Feed Analysis, the number of subscribers for each month is neatly shown on the column chart. You can also view the number of subscribers, hits, views and clicks for every single day from the line chart. The best/worst day of the week is also available which is displayed on the pie chart. And also, Feed Analysis can give you an estimated value for your blog / site according to the number of your subscribers.
Check it out!
–aj
Just in case you were wondering why your blog isn’t available.
I’m sure they’ll be up soon. They’re backed by Google. Remember?
–aj
