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Reasons Not to Choose Free WordPress.com

by Russell 20 July 2009

Wordpress.com versus Wordpress.org?

I’m sure you know the difference, but there are two types of Wordpress blog. There’s the one you can get for free at wordpress.com – no hosting charges, just choose your blog name and get started, or there’s the one you get from wordpress.org. You have to download software, configure it and host it yourself. Plus you have to deal with any technical problems that arise, as they will from time to time.

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WordPress 2.8.2 Security Update

by Russell 20 July 2009

Zero Click Upgrade for Wordpress

Power Blog Service clients are all now running on Wordpress 2.8.2.

This Wordpress release fixes an cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability when people comment on your blog.

No database upgrades were required for this release.

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WordPress 2.8.1 Upgrade Problems

by Russell 14 July 2009

Zero Click Wordpress 2.8.1 Upgrade at the Power Blog Service

Here at the Power Blog Service we manage Wordpress Upgrades for our clients so they never need to worry about the hassle of manual or automatic upgrades.

Automatic upgrades do work for most of the people, most of the time, so they are a great step forward. However, depending on your host, your theme, your plugins and your customizations, you can end up with no blog. It is typically not gone, it just won’t display properly or at all.

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Websites for Semi Retired Professionals Starting Consultancy Services

by Russell 30 June 2009

Leverage Your Experience To Build Another Income Stream In Retirement

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Having just retired from a professional career you may want to continue on a part time basis with some consultancy work – partly for continuity of working with people and also perhaps for financial reasons. Let’s face it, the pension may have to last another forty or fifty years and another income stream may come in handy.

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How Our Site (and Matching WordPress Blog) Were Built

by Elizabeth 23 June 2009

The Power Blog Service Site

I thought it’d be interesting to some readers to hear about how we built our web site.

As our business is about making professional Wordpress blogs more accessible to small business, both new and established, the blog section of our site has been implemented in Wordpress.

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A Super Fast Start at Low Cost

by Russell 19 June 2009

How Does an Entrepreneur Launch a New Business Successfully?

Running a small business is like being an orchestral conductor

When launching an online business you want speed, efficiency and low cost.

If you can get early to market with a good product, with a high margin, then you definitely have a viable business.

To achieve this you need an excellent set of tools that work well together

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