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If you were with me on the money train, when sponsored posts were just hitting the scene. You were enjoying every minute and the cash flow was awesome! Especially if you had a PR of 5 or more like I did.

But all of a sudden, Google decided to slap all of us around for making money from advertisers instead of using their AdSence service. At least that’s the way it felt anyway. But the truth of the matter was that we were all breaking Google’s TOS with link farming tactics and didn’t really know about it. At least I didn’t know. But it was in their TOS about using the rel=”nofollow” when linking to other sites, especially when you were being paid for them. Google wants people to link to other sites without being paid, so the PR is true as far as popularity goes. At least that’s the way I understand it anyway.

So here we are. PR stripped away like the rank from a soldiers sleeve. How humiliating right? If we only knew in advance. Or if we were aware in advance. OK, if I wasn’t so stupid, I would have added the rel=”nofollow” tag OK!! There. I’m an idiot, and I’m paying the price for it now.

Some have went as far as deleting all their old sponsored posts, since most were OK to delete after 30 days with most sites, but advertisers really want them permanent and I don’t blame them. Some have also gone as far as adding the rel=”nofollow” tag to all their posts manually. Seems like a lot of work if you ask me, especially when I have over 2,400 pages to sift through!

You know what? There’s an easier way. Thanks to Miak there’s a plugin that will take care of all that for you with a simple click of the mouse.

With Miak’s No Follow Links In Posts plug-in, you can have Wordpress automatically add the rel=”nofollow’ tag to your posts that are an X amount of days old. I have mine set to 31 days now. Because there are a few advertisers that don’t like the rel=”nofollow” tag on their sponsored posts, even though I’ll be steering clear of them in the future, but if I do have one, they’ll get 31 days without it. Thanks to SocialSpark, that’s not a problem as it is mandatory to have rel=”nofollow” in all the links.

INSTALLING IT AND USING IT:

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When you upload it to your Wordpress plugin directory and activate it, you simply go to the settings screen and select the (1) ‘Nofollow Links in Post’ link and (2) add how many days old the post needs to be before the rel=”nofollow” tag is added. I enabled (3)‘individual posts to override….’ option so I can choose to leave out the rel=”nofollow” tag in links to sites I do not wish to have the tag. You can choose (4)what categories you want the plugin to apply the rel=”nofollow” tag to also.

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(5) This is the place in the Write Post screen that gives you the option of leaving out the rel=”nofollow” tag alltogether. This is when you choose to enable (3).

There’s only one downfall with this in the future. The advertisers that paid to have the nofollow tag in their post will still likely add a ban on you from taking any more of their opportunities. So that’s something you might want to consider when using this on those type of opportunities.

Nofollow Links in Posts plugin enables you to add the “nofollow” attribute into links in a post within a specified category.

This plugin is useful if you are doing sponsored posts. You can set the plugin to add rel=”nofollow” into links in posts older than “X” days.

Currently, the plugin only works with Wordpress 2.5+. There are no plans yet in making this plugin compatible with prior versions of Wordpress.

Get the plugin by simply clicking on over to TheMiak.com. If you can spare a few extra bucks or some change, send it over their way to thank them for a great plugin that will more than likely save you a shitload of time, and possibly getting your old PR rank back again too.

I also found that in aincent times I also added some text stating the post was a paid review or a sponsored post, I didn’t want to go through all my posts and manually edit them all so I looked for an easier way and found Search and Replace. I just recommend you backup your SQL Database as this edits it directly and there’s no way to undo the changes should it crap out on you.

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I’ve just installed Wordpress 2.5 and only two plug-ins barfed up.

Unfortunately, I can’t really get into it at the moment because I have to get my ass off to hell work.

I would just like to say that I like what I am seeing so far.

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It’s another round of Upgrading. Some seeded, some could have done without.

First off, it’s the much needed Wordpress 2.3.3 version with a few bug fixes that a few of you multiple author blogs might be interested in. Yea, I know, upgrades are a pain in the ass. But keep reading. I’m going to tell you about something that might make you do back flips!

WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. A flaw was found in our XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow any valid user to edit posts of any other user on that blog.

If you hate doing these update as much as I do, then the Wordpress Automatic Update plug-in might be something you’re longing for. To make a story short;

Here is what Wordpress Automatic Update does;

1. Backs up the files and makes available a link to download it.
2. Backs up the database and makes available a link to download it.
3. Downloads the latest files from http://wordpress.org/latest.zip and unzips it.
4. Puts the site in maintenance mode.
5. De-activates all active plugins and remembers it.
6. Upgrades wordpress files.
7. Gives you a link that will open in a new window to upgrade installation.
8. Re-activates the plugins.

The plugin can also can be run in a automated mode where in you do not have to click on any links to go to the next step.

I bet that will make a lot of your days, huh?

Secondly, if you have been using your Yahoo TV Guide and happen to live in the Maritimes, specifically in Fredericton NB, you might notice that your Rogers/Yahoo TV guide no longer allows you to actually see the channels provided by your cable company.

Apparently they made an update that was not needed. I say, “If it ain’t broken, then don’t fucking try to fix it!”

So now my usual way of seeing what going to be on the Ole’ boob tube and checking on the TV Show times is now shot to hell because half the stations that I get don’t display in their new format. It doesn’t even allow me to input the necessary information for my location, format, and provider. What’s up with that?

That pisses me off to and mostly because I’ve been using it to set up my PVR to record TV Shows while I’m at work. Bummer!

I hope they fix that thing or revert to the old guide that actually worked.

And the last thing, is either good or bad. I got my credit card statement today and I noticed a lot of extra numbers. Not owing numbers, but the available credit had a lot more numbers in it than just three.

I initially got this so I could have to make online purchases, or for emergencies. It started off with just a $300 limit, as I thought it would be more than enough. Didn’t they go and add an additional $2,000 credit limit on the account.

I have to say that my eyes popped out of my head when I saw this. This is a credit card that is for people with bad credit. LOL It’s to help gain your credit history back.

I don’t have a lot charged on it, so my payments lately have been either null, or very small. And it’s going to stay that way, dammit! So maybe that’s why they jacked it up. Trying to coax me into blowing it all away so I’ll end up owing them more money than I have.

Nice to know it’s there for one of them ‘just in case‘ moments, but I hope that moment never comes.

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OK, some of you might have noticed by now if you’re using news readers and pulling my RSS feed from here that I have been using the Optional Excerpt.

I have been doing this in hopes to keep my shit from being scrapped by the scum sucking puss-filled pieces of festering shit peanuts. (I think that name is just perfect.)

But, I think it’s time to ask you opinion on the matter. I also use the Google Reader to keep up with all my blogs, and I really don’t mind it when some of ya’ use the read more tag making it so I have to visit the page to read the rest of the post. But that’s just my opinion to which you’re entitled to. But what do you folks think?

Do I continue using the Optional Excerpt, or just go back  to the  display of the first paragraph?

What do ya’ all want?

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Hello everybody! Lets welcome a new blogger to our group.

AussieFeral Blog is a converted site from an entertainment community where users used to submit their files and videos now turned blog. He also has a new entertainment site in the works and you can check the progress in the top left sidebar as he makes it, and it will have a new domain of it’s own to take over it’s predecessor.
He is new to the WordPress community and could use all the link love you can give.

Be sure to drop by and say hello!

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OK! This is really bothering me!

I can’t find a simple FREE script that I could encode into my sidebar that will display the Feed from two different blogs.

I want to be able to display the last 2 or 3 posts from both Macs Opinion and MacBros’ Reviews. I only want the title of each post to show and not the content. This way readers here will see if the other sites have been updated. A date would be nice to have show too.

So does anybody out there know of a good script or plug-in? I want a free one of course.

So, just so you know, I’ve complete another review, Number 23 is up for your thoughts.

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Like the ‘U Comment - I Follow‘ was all about. This post is pretty much about the whole DOFollow movement. What good is a blogging communit, if we don’t pass along a little link love amongst ourselves?

So thanks to Manila Mom, I’ve snatched her list to add to mine in order to keep it growing.

This while topic is based on removing that stupid tag with the nofollow property. Why does getting rid of that tag a good thing? Because it doesn’t work! It’s purpose was to denture spam comments from getting free linkage from your site. Just take a look at your Akismet or whatever spam filter you use, and look at the amount of caught spam. So do you think the ‘nofollow’ tag is working? The only thing this does is stop you from showing a little link love to the real commenters on your site.

If you want to be able to share a little link love with your readers and commenters, then follow the following instructions on how to get started. And when you’re done add my link to the following link list and let me know by commenting here and I’ll add you to this one also.

How is this done?

Follow Andy Beard’s instructions on how to remove the NoFollow for comments from the html of your blog template. He has instructions for Wordpress and other formats, as well as blogspot. There are plug-ins you can search for, too.

Once your comments are DoFollow, you can host the DoFollow List on your site.

These are the instructions:

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1. Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to break up the duplicate content. Someone took the time to add you so the least you can do is give them an extra link back.

2. Copy the list of originals below COMPLETELY and add it to your blog. If you would like a different keyword for your blog then change it when you do your post and it should pass to most blogs with that keyword.

3. Take the adds from the blog that added you and place them in the “Originals” list.

4. Add at least 1 new blog that you KNOW is using the DO FOLLOW plugin to the list in the “My Adds” section. (Add no more than 5!) Let the people you’ve added know, so that they can keep the list going!

My Adds:

Vegan Momma
Dragon Lady
Corey Thompson
MacBro’s Reviews
Macs Opinion

I tag YOU - the first five visitors who have DoFollow on your blog and who leave a comment here with your link.

If you still don’t have DoFollow and wish to do so, hurry home and fix your blog so you can come back and be among the first five.

Originals:

MacBros` Place
Manilenya
Female-Gamer
Manila Mom
3 Dogs, 3 Pigs and A Family
Cafe Romanza
Earn Global
Credit Ability
My 2 Centavos Worth
Macuha.com
Flee the Cube
Smart Wealthy Rich
MomReviews.net
Fellow Eskimo
Pajama Mommy
Amanita.net
WebStyle
Meredith’s Weight Loss Blog
Pink Blog
Tricia’s Musings
Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot
Midlife Musings
Utterly Geek
Whatever I Feel Like
My Dandelion Patch
Surviving NJ
GeekySpeaky
Simple Kind Of Life
3DayMom
BuyMeBlog
The Hockey Dad

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UPDATE: After Googles PR bitch slapping. I no longer have this option on my blog. All links will revert back to nofollow links. Sorry. Don’t blame me, blame the bastards over at Google. 

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