If your blogging to promote your business and using WordPress then you should look at which version of WordPress you are using. Technorati has been a popular tool for bloggers over the years however they are now starting to remove sites using older versions of WordPress from their index.

The older versions of WordPress had security issues which enabled spamers to insert hidden links within your posts. This has compromised these blogs as they are no longer a trusted source. The simple solution is to either upgrade to 2.3.3 or go straight to 2.5. Companies that are blogging to support their main online presence often don’t see the upgrade as a priority. This could prove costly.

You can check your blog through Firefox by selecting Tools, PageInfo and clicking on the Links tab. This will display all the links coming from your blog. It is then a simple matter of scrolling through to ensure that all links are legitimate. Blogging is a powerful tool for small business so the last thing you need is a series of dud links that comprise your rankings.

While on the subject of updating WordPress, you can download an Auto Update plugin that does all the update work for you, quickly and painlessly. That is sure to make your blogging life a little easier.

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