Are You Protected From Blog Security Issues?
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Recent news from Technorati should have all WordPress bloggers checking their blogs, particularly their blog content for any hidden links. If you have used WordPress versions pre 2.3.3 then your blog may have been compromised.
It seems spammers had found a way of getting into your posts and leaving small hidden links to sites - generally speaking, sites that you would not want to be connected to. This has several consequences which as bloggers, could be quite serious.
Google Penalty
As they are using hidden text, this could see you coping a penalty from search engines like Google. They consider hidden text within your blog content to be a black hat technique to get higher rankings.
Lose your Technorati index
Technorati will discontinue indexing blogs that are using WordPress pre version 2.3.3 because of the security problems and the potential for spam links.
These issues have serious consequences for anyone who blogs. If you rely on a blog to promote your business then you can ill afford the loss of resource such as Technorati.
The solution of course is very straightforward. Either upgrade your WordPress blog to version 2.3.3 or go straight to the top and do the upgrade to 2.5. The bottom line is, can you afford to have your blog compromised? Can you afford to have your Google ranking penalized? Can you afford to lose a valuable resource such as Technorati? Three strikes and your out. I think its time to upgrade.
