phpBB Hacked – Developers Locked Out | Threadwatch.org: Again through awstats and this time the developers cannot get into the server, even in single user mode. Please, please, please, if you are running a version of awstats on your server/account, make sure it is at the latest code and your stats are locked out from the rest of the world.

Introducing: Tagback: An alternative to trackbacks. What do you think? Are trackbacks and pingbacks so much of a nuisance (considering the recent wave of trackback spam) that we have to resort to filtering tags through online aggregators to create a blogosphere? Can XFN be extended to support some of this?

* Submit Your RSS Feed To MSN Search Via XML-RPC: It is now possible to submit your RSS news feed to what is set to become one of the major RSS search engines out there: the all new, freshly launched MSN Search.

PaidContent.org: Bloglines sold to AskJeeves: Can ANY small Internet company last anymore? I hear of Flickr being worried about acquisition by various bigger fish as well.

Site-Flavored Google Search: Check to see what “flavor” your site profile falls under. There is some discussion that profiles might become essential for SEO. Thanks JD

PaperBlogs: Print your blogs into real books The Print on Demand vision has crossed over to the blog world, which until now has been exclusively electronic. A new service called blogbinders is offering to “turn your weblog into a book!”. It supports a variety of blog types, including Movable Type, LiveJournal, Typepad and Blogger.