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GoDaddy sites hacked again

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After the massive hacks injecting malware into shared hosted sites from several providers back in April and May, it seems they are back at work. Many sites hosted by GoDaddy are being hacked at the moment I am writing this post. Two of mine were affected an hour ago. Update: Hit again this morning (Sept [...]

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Is blogging still fun?

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I am not sure how often I feel like walking a road, ending up somewhere at a hurdle. And then I look around me and think “How did I end up here?”. I mean this “blogging thing” is great. It gives the power to distribute information “to the masses”. Being an anti-authoritarian at heart, I [...]

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Shared hosting: Pay Peanuts, Get Monkeys

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See the bottom of the post for updates on my adventures with GoDaddy shared hosting.. My experience in selfhosting my blogs with GoDaddy moved from a glowing enthusiasm via consternation and frustration into a deep distrust and disbelief. In this post, I want to take you through the past year, as I discovered some of [...]

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WordPress 3.0 is out. Should you upgrade?

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If you don’t selfhost your blog, skip this post. It talks about a common problem all of us, selfhosters have. But if you don’t selfhost, you’re immune to this disease, which has as symptoms: anxiety attacks, dizzy spells, recurring nightmares, adversity to “check for upgrades” or even “admin menus” buttons, and above all: fierce regret [...]

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How to block users uploading malware to your blog?

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Many shared hosts don’t protect you from users uploading and executing malicious code to your website. Here is how to close that loop hole for hackers.

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Godaddy hacked again. Another way to cure your site.

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Godaddy got hacked again this morning (This is what Godaddy has to say about it). Update: and again on May 20. And again on September 18 and September 21. If you host your blog on Godaddy, you would do well to check your site regularly for any malware, and here is how. The hack is [...]

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How to cure your GoDaddy WordPress hacked blog

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Update: I adapted a script to easily verify and cure the infection on your site. Check this post for more. The GoDaddy hosting service got hacked three times in a row now. On April 27, May 1 and May 7, many sites, including thousands of WordPress blogs, got infected by malware code. Update: GoDaddy hosted [...]

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Selfhosting or not: Hackers

In a previous post, part of a series about selecting the right blog platform, I urged you to think if you want to selfhost your blog or not. I revisited the subject, stressing the fact that when you choose for selfhosting, you should be aware of the many things bloghosting platforms like Blogger would do [...]

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Selfhosting your blog. Or not?

In a previous post I touched on the subject of selfhosting in a series about selecting the blog platform suited for your needs. The subject is important enough to elaborate a bit more. When you start a blog, you have the choice of either using your blogservice to host your blog, or to rent server [...]

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Selecting a blog platform – Part 2: Selfhost or not?

After reading Part 1 in this series, you will agree with me that selecting the right blog platform, the software you will use to create and maintain your blog, is critical. Which of the four platforms we are considering will it be? WordPress, Tumblr, Typepad – Movable Type or Blogger? Your right selection will be [...]

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