Attention bloggers if you have manually installed WordPress then you should immediately upgrade to 2.6.3. There are security issues in 2.6.2 which are now fixed in 2.6.3.

For those who installed WordPress with Fantastico, Netenberg usually has the upgrade released a week or two later. We do post Fantastico updates on the blog so keep an eye open for that.

Please also note we will post when it is time for Managed Blog hosting customers to upgrade in this blog.

Wow with so many of the hosts that have these crazy unlimited space and bandwidth packages I am feeling left out. Here is our Unlimited Space and Bandwidth package that could be available shortly…

BlueFur Insane

- Unlimited Disk Space
- Unlimited Monthly Transfer Limit
- Personal Support Staff available via Cell 24/7
- Guaranteed 99.999% up time.

The cost of this plan would be $55,000 per month. Not much considering you are getting unlimited everything!

After reviewing this I am sure our payment gateway will have a heart attack.

Do not fall for these hosts that lie.

Remember if you pay a service that thinks your a commodity you will be treated like one.

A couple of weeks ago, we took a look at a recent Secret antiperspirant commercial where they seemed to imply that while Secret gave women confidence, it also made them terribly annoying. I’m pretty sure this isn’t the message that the marketing team was trying to achieve.

Today, we take a look at another series of television commercials that again take on a message that is certainly less than ideal. You may have seen some recent commercials for the Suzuki SX4, a compact car that is available in both hatchback and sedan form. In an effort to better compete against the Yaris and the Fit, Suzuki has put together quite the campaign to promote the SX4. The problem with these ads is that they may be giving Suzuki a very bad company image.

An example of these commercials can be found on YouTube. They say that this is the Suzuki SX4 challenge and how they’re prepared to do “whatever it takes” to get you to test drive the new SX4. In these series of commercials, we see the Suzuki representative sabotage potential customers by flipping over their cars, trapping their cars in parking lots, and placing skunks in the trunk.

The idea, I suppose, is that their current car is rendered inoperable and as such, they are “forced” to take the SX4 for a test drive. Is this really the image that Suzuki wants? Do they really want customers to think that if they don’t test drive the SX4 that Suzuki will come and destroy your current vehicle? Personally, I think these ads, while mildly amusing, hurt the Suzuki brand image more than it helps it.

There are different schools of thought when it comes to the application of blogrolls. Some people say that it will take away from your PageRank and hurt your Google rankings, because you have permanent outbound links on every page of your blog. Others say that linking out to the rest of the blogosphere is mutually beneficial and it’s a great way to make friends on the Internet.

The trouble with the standard blogroll is that it is simply a list of links. Visitors to your blog have very little way of knowing what to expect when they click through to one of the blogs on your blogroll. That’s where the helpful Live Blogroll plugin for WordPress comes into play. Instead of displaying a simple link, your blogroll can actually pull the live RSS feed from the blogs on your list.

What happens is that when a visitor hovers their mouse pointer over one of the links, a small window pops up overlaying your content and this window shows the most recent items in that blog’s RSS feed. This is all done with AJAX and the style of the pop-up can be adjusted through CSS. This sounds like it could be a pretty handy plugin, but some people may not like the intrusiveness of the pop-up windows.

You can find out more information and download the Live Blogroll plugin at Prevolac.com. Thanks to Damien Riley for the heads up.

Last week we asked has the Web 2.0 bubble burst and 56% said No. This weeks question is…

Experts in Advertising, User Experience and Design, Analytics and Social Media will instruct individuals and businesses on the fundamentals of online promotion, marketing and advertising. Participants will learn how to harness the power of Search Engine Optimization, Google Analytics, Facebook, and a variety of Page Ranking and Web Analysis tools to help optimize and drive traffic to their websites.

This is the first in a series of hands-on Continuing Education courses to be offered at the Centre for Digital Media, home of the successful Masters of Digital Media Program. Register early for this intensive and intimate workshop as space is limited.

When is the event happening?
Friday, October 24 to 26, 2008 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Where is it happening?
Centre for Digital Media – 577 Great Northern Way - Vancouver

Registration
To register for this event you need to register here.

Event Fee
This event costs $595 for the full workshop or $185 for each session.