Sex Scandal In Brazil Affects WordPress Bloggers

A recent Brazilian YouTube sex scandal threatened to close down every WordPress blog around the world.

Did you hear about it? It’s already called “YouTube Gate” — apparently a spicy sex scene was posted on YouTube and someone discussed it on a WordPress-hosted blog.

The problem is the Brazillian courts placed a ban on viewing the IP address of the entire WordPress website…

… And that means potentially thousands of bloggers can’t have their content shown in their country.

Even worse, this isn’t the first time a violation like this closed down an entire network of blogs.

But the bottom line is this should be a wakeup call for those who rely on hosted blogs (like WordPress) to tweak their strategy and avoid getting their own blogs banned.

The good news is the fix is simple… just host WordPress on your own server or a hosting provider (rather than hosting it on the WordPress site).

It’s no doubt that many have blogs have started to feel the tension from this block, the court in Brazil is going to review their verdict and try to reach a compromise.

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I would like to thank Chris for taking time out of his day to reply to my questions. I know the book that he and Darren are putting out is going to be a huge success. If you would like to preorder ”ProBlogger Book — Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income“.  Just click the link and away you go. You can find more out about Chris Garret and all the services he offers at ChrisG.com

 1. If starting a new blog from scratch what would be your process for choosing a niche? (Does the book cover starting from scratch?)

We aimed to put in everything, so yeah it does cover selecting a niche. Broadly there are two ways, choose something you are passionate about or go where the money is. If you can get those to overlap then you are going to do even better.

Of course where the money is depends on how you will generate revenue, but it is worth checking what the adwords prices, affiliate opportunities and WordTracker traffic scores tell you.

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Well I was jumping around on Alexa’s website last night, and I noticed I’ve now got an Alexa rating. It’s not the greatest rating on the net but I will take it.

What that actually means is that there are people that visit this blog, and they have the Alexa tool bar installed. How does that work? Good question, let’s take a look at it.
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