Reflections
Blog security for beginners
While reading ProBlogger’s "Value Blogging" today, Darren touched on something that really made me think. Alot of the Blog Security readers are fairly technical but what about those who arent?
The whole idea behind BlogSecurity is to be a value based blog where we not only share ideas, and practical know-how but also tools and resources [...]
What is OpenID?
Here’s a quick intro to OpenID and how it can be used whilst blogging and commenting, in the coming weeks we’ll be posting more articles on the weakness of OpenID and how mistakes can be avoided.
OpenID is a single sign on service which allows you to use your blog or web page as a unique [...]
Power Bloggers Vulnerable
The term "Power bloggers" as used in this article will be defined as blogs earning over 4 figures a month or blogs that represent a well-known organisation.
For some time, I have often thought how secure these top blogs are? They are on the frontline and provide some of these individuals their income. If I was [...]
Should you display a subscriber count?
Marcin made this comment:
Now the thing is, does publicizing the number of subscribers you have improve subscriber numbers? My logic being: a visitor sees that there are quite a bit of people subscribed to a blog, it must be a good one, so they then subscribe to the feed.
Just wondering what your thoughts were on [...]
Developer vs User hosted blogs
Developer-hosted blogs come in the form of Blogger and Livejournal. They allow you to setup an online blog in a matter of seconds (i.e. yourblogname.blogger.com).
User-hosted blogs utilise blogging software such as WordPress and Drupal and initial costs start from around $10. They generally require a little more effort to setup.
Usually, I like to be objective. [...]
