Posts By: Lachlan

Dofollow Comment Links for Authors

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I’ve found that using dofollow for all links in WordPress comments is generally not good because it attracts unmanageable amounts of spam – basically spammers use bots (scripts, automated programs) to surf the web looking for dofollow blogs. When they find them they come and personally leave spammy comments hoping that the author will approve… Read more »

WordPress Ping List

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I just wanted to thank Vladimir Prelovac for his WordPress Ping List. I have just added it to this blog and a couple of others – It’s a much more comprehensive list than the one I was using previously.The list should be entered into Writing Settings > Update Services in your WordPress admin. When you… Read more »

Welcome to MacKinven.com

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Welcome, I’ve just put this blog up and am quite pleased with how it’s come together. I wanted something very simple and minimalistic, where I could post my off-topic thoughts that do not fit into the context of my other web properties. I started with WordPress, an excellent free web publishing application – or blog…. Read more »