This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the resources mashup, Dofollow blog directory updates, and a bit about what I think of Go Daddy after the recent malware attacks.
The Resources Mashup
Here are some of the best articles I have stumbled upon and retweeted on @kikolani this week.
Blogging / Writing
- Are you motivated enough to take your blog to the next level
- How to maximize your time writing articles
- 5 sure fire SEO tips for bloggers and structuring your blog for SEO
- Does your blog provide value to your readers?
- 6 ways to improve your blog’s credibility
Business / Career / Finance
- Creating an awesome online resume
- Do you need a superpowers coach? (Leave a comment or send Karl an email by midnight May 14th to have a chance to win.)
- How a guy landed his dream job using Google Adwords
- 10 social media FAQs for business
- Top 5 ways for small businesses to save money
- Location based services coming to Facebook (Geo-tagging, brands, and privacy issues.)
- 9 ways to enhance your Facebook fan page
- How to know a good fan on Facebook
- 7 scientific ways to promote sharing on Facebook
- 7 things to stop doing now on Facebook
Humor / Infographics / Inspiration
- 8 websites you need to stop building
- Creating Twitter status designs for your inspiration
- 7 great coming soon page designs
- Showcase of unique blog post designs
- 50 great looking, high quality Drupal themes
Link Building / Keyword Research
- Breathe new life into your email link requests
- 8 common mistakes in link request emails
- Vital link building tip (Hint: It’s not about the requests.)
- Link building is about answering one simple question (Give an answer to this in a link request, and you are more likely to get a positive response!)
- Value of a link based on document features and user data (What tells Google it is a good / bad link.)
Making Money Online / Online Marketing
- Are you getting bankable results from blogging?
- From zero to ebook superstar
- Step by step guide for launching a virtual product
- The truth about buying UPC codes
- 3 email marketing examples not to copy + 5 irritants in web marketing
Personal Development / Self Improvement
- How to be a dean’s lister part 1 and part 2
- How to know when an idea won’t work
- 100 ways to improve your relationships
- What does it mean to be true to yourself?
- Boost creativity with these 7 unusual psychological techniques
Photography / Digital Art
- Differences between black & white vs. color photography
- 10 food photography tips to make it look tasty
- 40 most beautiful mosques in the world
- 35 astounding examples of waterscapes
- 88 examples of bokeh photography (Technique using blurring.)
Search Engines / SEO / Traffic
- Google’s May Day update – what it means to you in terms of rankings
- Define competitors – step 4 of the 8 step SEO strategy (Post includes first 4 steps – great series.)
- Why Google’s redesign is good news for social marketers
- 36 SEO myths that won’t die, but need to
- SEO at Wall Street Journal – Interview with WSJ’s Chief Search Strategist
Social Media
- Social networking for law students – 50 tips and tools
- Snapshot of your social media presence – your network
- Pet friendly niche social media and Internet marketing strategies for pet lovers
- Are you making these social media measurement mistakes and the metrics of social media
- 4 social media marketing tweaks that make a difference
Social Networks
- 10 tips for effective marketing on StumbleUpon
- Use titles & descriptions to get the best exposure & SEO for your site on social networks
- How to rank higher on LinkedIn (Great tips!)
- New privacy option for Youtube videos (Go unlisted – direct link access only.)
- 10 ways for a non-profit to use Foursquare
- 8 easy steps for local businesses to dominate Twitter
- Not all retweets are created equal
- Tweetbaggery – for some celebrity related Twitter humor (Plus some parody accounts.)
- Hootsuite vs. Tweetdeck – a comprehensive analysis
- Be human on Twitter (Or how to separate yourself from a bot so you don’t give people a reason to unfollow you.)
WordPress
- Using default links to build CommentLuv links with your anchor text
- The ultimate roundup of WordPress tutorials, themes and guides
- 9 excellent WordPress hacks to try (Including the text Feedburner & Twitter count.)
- Best new porfolio themes for WordPress
- Top 6 WordPress backup services (If you’re not backing it up, you should. Now!)
Dofollow Updates
It’s been awhile since I have done a dofollow blog directory update, so I thought I’d mention that there are now 250+ dofollow blogs now, including several new categories. So check it out, and be sure to submit your dofollow blog to the directory today if you haven’t already.
Also, if you support dofollow blogs, be sure to show it with the following tweet:
Find the best #dofollow blogs and resources on http://dofollow.info + follow @dofollowinfo for updates! #ff #followfriday
Rethinking My Hosting
Earlier this week, my site was hacked for the third time in less than a month – this time was the Holasionweb script. After the last two hacks (the first which I wrote about extensively) I…
- Scanned my machines and removed any viruses / spyware (the first time there was a trojan on my laptop, but the second time there was nothing.
- Changed all my passwords (Go Daddy main account, FTP, database, WordPress admin, etc.).
- Deleted and reinstalled all WordPress files, plugins, theme files, etc. with the latest versions.
- Changed file / folder permissions.
- Moved my wp-config into another folder.
- Thought I was safe.
So even after all of this, I was still hacked… again, and again. What I know is…
- The sites (two on separate accounts) that I have on Go Daddy that were upgraded to the latest WordPress versions were the ones that got hacked.
- The sites I have on Godaddy on two other separate hosting accounts that were not upgraded to the latest version (or even secured) were not hacked.
- A former Go Daddy client who switched to HostGator after the first two attacks but before the Holasionweb script site remained unaffected even without additional security measures.
At this point, it seems silly to stick with Go Daddy with the imminent threat of another attack always looming over my most trafficked sites. But at the same time, other hosts like Network Solutions have been hit with this thing as well. So who’s to say that if I moved to another host the same thing wouldn’t ultimately happen to them.
Why do I still like Go Daddy? Because up until this point, I have received nothing but great service from them. They have gotten my site up quickly when it went down due to a plugin instability that I couldn’t figure out. They helped me re-register a domain because I misspelled it during registration. They helped me remove services from my account that I couldn’t figure out how to do online. Overall, I have always been satisfied with them without any problems.
While I acknowledge that Go Daddy is responding and working on things, I would like to hear them stop repeating the same broken record about upgrading the sites and changing the passwords, because that is obviously not working. There is something else going on. I want to know what that is, and when it will be solved.
For other Go Daddy readers, here is a good post on reasons to reconsider hosting with them. And affiliates, watch out that they might drop you.
Facebook in Real Life
Continuing on a humorous social media theme that started with throwing Tweetbaggery in the mix with the Twitter articles, here is a funny view of what Facebook interactions would be like in real life.
And in case that isn’t enough for you, check out what Ari Herzog just shared on what Facebook is really for in his latest post.
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I did not know that our blog might be hacked, i do not take any precaution for it. I have bought domain name from godaddy, but hosting from one of my friend. Now I will have to keep attention on it.
I have sent you friend request on facebook and myspace, hope you will accept. Also what is your digg and mixx account. I am active on both site.
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Twitter: DennisEdell
May 14, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Go Daddy, the webs #1 domain registrar should stick with their strengths. They have always had a bad track record with hosting, at least ever since I started in early 2000; but I’m not getting into that argument again. lol
What I find interesting here is, you separate Twitter and Facebook from Social Networks…
.-= New from Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing Web Income Experiments DotCom Wins Hands-Down! =-.
Twitter: kikolani
May 14, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Yes… I always find a lot of articles on Twitter and Facebook each week, but not necessarily enough from other social networks to give them their own section, so I do the general social networks to cover other sites or articles on multiple specific networks.
Twitter: DennisEdell
May 15, 2010 at 8:13 am
That says something right there, don’t it. I wonder if the “other guys” are reading. lol
.-= New from Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing Web Income Experiments DotCom Wins Hands-Down! =-.
Excellent list this week Kristi. I’m loving the latest from the Oatmeal!
Sounds like you’ve experienced some major frustrations with GoDaddy. I agree with Dennis–the issues with their hosting have been hashed out elsewhere, so no point in going into that. I am surprised that you have had to deal with back-to-back-to-back attacks on your site(s). What is GoDaddy doing over there? Sheesh.
Here’s hoping your site stays protected and php-exploit free!
.-= New from Annette from SocialBigTop.com Poll: Is Blog Commenting Worth Your Time? =-.
Regarding blog hosting, I can’t speak high enough of Tubu. They’re a small hosting company in Pittsburgh that hosts my three domains. I’ve been with them since migrating my blog from Blogger to Wordpress in the fall of 2008.
Prices are competitive (they offer blog hosting rates and web hosting rates, with the former more affordable based on your bandwidth and storage requirements) and customer service is top-notch.
If you click to my affiliate link, you can learn more about Tubu.
.-= New from Ari Herzog@Online Media Strategies Happy Birthday, Blog! You’re 3 Years Old! =-.
First time on here but what a brilliant list. Particularly like the Facebook vid
Thanks as always for the great links and I always love the variety of categories to learn from. I’m always a fan of the personal development items (and thanks so much for including my relationships list) and your tips for online marketing and social media. So much to learn from the content you provide, keep it up, thanks!
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Something for everyone here. I clicked through to the “Awesome Online Resume” article and found the article very useful for rewriting our “about me” page.
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Twitter: andrewrondeau
May 14, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Another great list! Loved everything but most especially like 100 ways to improve your relationships and Differences between black & white vs. color photography. Keep up the good work!
Twitter: FamousBloggers
May 15, 2010 at 7:42 am
Congratulations for winning the (Best Blogger’s Resource & Guide Blog) contest, I think you should blog about this today
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Thx for that, will definitely go thru the dofollow directory!
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Hi Kristi! Thanks for sharing my post with your readers! And that Facebook video was hilarious by the way – because it’s so true!
.-= New from Kiesha @ We Blog Better Guest Post Rejection: How to Deal =-.
Hey Kristi – Since I started reading your list after being mentioned in it a couple of weeks ago, I always find something really cool. The post at imjustsaying.com re: GoDaddy affiliate dropping was very interesting.
Thanks for mentioning a couple of my (and my guest blogger’s) posts this week. I always appreciate your recognition!
Tia
.-= New from Tia@BloggingGuide Common Sense Blogging: BizChickBlogs’ Guide to New Post Ideas (5 Ways) =-.
The articles on link requests provide a lot of value to me right now thanks for that.
Although the best advice for link requests will always stay this: what value is in it for the person that links to you.
Ah, another huge update on the dofollow directory, awesome!
The facebook in real life clip is glorious, have you seen the South Park episode covering Facebook
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Twitter: benwaynet
May 15, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Love your Friday post, and the video very funny.
How long does it take you to compile these Friday post? I assume your collecting these links throughout the week?
.-= New from benwaynet Top list – April =-.
Hi Kristi,
Hosting companies are doing their best I believe but clearly there are some hosting companies that are better than others.
I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had some hacking problems that don’t seem to go away in spite of doing everything you can.
I don’t use Go Daddy but from what I’ve heard more than one internet marketer say I would be very careful.
I hope that the issue will get resolved soon. It may be better to move on and not wait too long for them to tackle this. If they keep on repeating the same thing that may be an indication that they aren’t on top of things.
Vance
.-= New from Vance@Wealthy Affiliate University Rip-off Wealthy Affiliate Uses Forced Continuity, Ignores Refund Requests =-.
You talked about upgrading to the latest version of Wordpress, but that one wasn’t a security upgrade, so I didn’t bother with it. Figures, 2.9.2 gets hacked all the time, but 2.9.1 doesn’t, which is what I’m still sitting on. And GoDaddy just seems to be a name that’s so well known that people go after it, kind of like people going after Microsoft more than Apple. Glad you recovered, but it had to be irritating.
.-= New from Mitch Sunday Question – How Would You Like To Be Remembered? =-.
A lot of blogs have these weekly “roundups” of the best articles, videos, etc from last week. Most of them are pretty useless, but this one I came away having found a lot of great reads. I love to say this because I love to hear others say it too…”Thanks for sharing!”
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Hi Kristi,
I always learn new things from your Friday posts. This week, I was most interested in the facebook section, as I’m attempting to make/improve a fan page for one of my sites.
Thanks.
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The problem I have with some do-follow blogs is that they won’t post your link if it’s not relevant to the discussion(I’ve seen it in some comment policies). If you’re a webmaster forum than any website should be relevant to the discussion! You learn more from what people do than what they say, what better way to learn internet blogging then seeing somebody’s niche blog.
You should categorize by comment policy in the do-follow list: whether they allow anchor text as comments, whether they require website to be relevant, and how stingy they are about approving comments.
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I’m sorry your blog got hacked. Heard that from several of my Go Daddy hosted friends.
Love Fetching Friday. You have the best resources. I find I ‘Evernote’ almost all of them.
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yup nice post i like the idea of maximize your time for article writing and don’t forget the Mix up the anchor text, sub headers and page content it’s also very important seo tips for article writing great resources…
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Just wanted to say thanks for the 5 surefire SEO tips article – I really need to pay more attention to that stuff, and that article looks like a place to start.
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Yet another great list! It took me several visits to get through the entire post, but that’s what I love about it, haha. Whenever I read your fetching Friday posts, that tab seems to stay open, even if in the background, for quite some time!
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Never been hacked before though I know of a Hostgator customer whose account was hacked into by some chinese guys. Hostgator had it fixed in no time. You’d probably have to take a look @ security options for wordpress blogs. Limit login attempts plug-in works amazingly well as well as secure wordpress plug-in.
.-= New from Udegbunam Chukwudi@Make Money Online Make Your Blog 10x Faster With W3 Total Cache Plug-in =-.
Sorry to hear about your trouble with GoDaddy. I used to have one of my sites hosted with them for around a year. I was never hacked, but always found their hosting to be quite sluggish. I use HostGator now, and haven’t had any problems with them.
- Gillian
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