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WordPress has recently come under attack from hackers exploiting the older versions of WordPress… I myself have been compromised!

If you are running an older version of WordPress (anything before version 2.8.4) please check your user panel, how many admin are showing? I have one admin, in the user panel and it was only listing me, however above it showed “administrators (2)”.

It occurred to me that something may be wrong because in the past week 3 subscibers joined even though i dont give this oprtion on my blog.

To date, although WordPress have admitted their is a problem i have been unable to find a definitive definition of a “fix”. I have however managed, after much deliberation, to delete the extra administrator. I deleted them like this:

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Whilst reading the Affiliate Window blog i noticed a post with the above title and a link to a poll on the A4U forum. It appears that affiliates are consciously deciding not to use video banners and are opting instead to continue with both static and flash.

The poll conducted at A4U appears to have concluded that there are many reasons affiliates do not want to use these, however at no point does anyone mention the fear of being viewed as  ‘selling out’. I create and run my sites for a specific audience and am very conscious about my advertising- it is only this week that i have added any form of advertising to this site  and am still not 100% sure that i will keep it! I am worried that subconciously my readers will not trust my reviews and feel that i am only here for profit. Even without advertising i would still be writing my drivel.

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Carter:Philips Affiliate Network Ltd was founded in 2004 and primarily deals with Financial related programs. Their big selling point with Merchants is that they do not charge any fee to set up a program with them, but instead make their money solely from the override which i believe is approximately 30% – roughly the same as most other networks.

When i approached them about promoting a particular offer in October 2008 they couldn’t have been more helpful. In one of our short discussions with regards to the network it became apparent that they were looking to expand and expand massively. Whether this will happen still remains to be seen, however in my couple months promoting the programs on their network i can honestly say i am very happy.

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Popularity: 14% [?]