Here is how to register your Free WordPress blog in Google Webmaster Tools:

1. Log in to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ with your Google account.
2. Enter your blog URL and click Add Site.
3. In order to access most of the features, you will have to verify your site, so click on the Verify link.
4. You will be presented with several verification methods. Choose Upload an HTML file.
5. Copy the filename, which looks something like google1234567890abcdefgh.html
6. Leave the verification page open and go to your blog dashboard.
7. Create a new page (not a post) with the filename as a title and publish it. Don’t worry if the dot from the filename is stripped, like in google1234567890abcdefgh html.
8. Go back to the verification page and click Verify.

That’s it. Webmaster tool verification is done.

Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress. This particular worm, like many before it, is clever: it registers a user, uses a security bug (fixed earlier in the year) to allow evaluated code to be executed through the permalink structure, makes itself an admin, then uses JavaScript to hide itself when you look at users page, attempts to clean up after itself, then goes quiet so you never notice while it inserts hidden spam and malware into your old posts.

The tactics are new, but the strategy is not. Where this particular worm messes up is in the “clean up” phase: it doesn’t hide itself well and the blogger notices that all his links are broken, which causes him to dig deeper and notice the extent of the damage. Where worms of old would do childish things like defacing your site, the new ones are silent and invisible, so you only notice them when they screw up (as this one did) or your site gets removed from Google for having spam and malware on it.

I’m talking about this not to scare you, but to highlight that this is something that has happened before, and that will more than likely happen again.

A stitch in time saves nine. Upgrading is a known quantity of work, and one that the WordPress community has tried its darndest to make as easy as possible with one-click upgrades. Fixing a hacked blog, on the other hand, is quite hard. Upgrading is taking your vitamins; fixing a hack is open heart surgery. (This is true of cost, as well.)

2.8.4, the current version of WordPress, is immune to this worm. (So was the release before this one.) If you’ve been thinking about upgrading but haven’t gotten around to it yet, now would be a really good time. If you’ve already upgraded your blogs, maybe check out the blogs of your friends or that you read and see if they need any help. A stitch in time saves nine.

Whenever a worm makes the rounds, everyone becomes a security expert and peddles one of three types of advice: snake oil, Club solutions, or real solutions. Snake oil you’ll be able to spot right away because it’s easy. Hide the WordPress version, they say, and you’ll be fine. Uh, duh, the worm writers thought of that. Where their 1.0 might have checked for version numbers, 2.0 just tests capabilities, version number be damned.

Read more on WordPress.org

How do I access the Privacy option in the WordPress Blog?

Go to Dashboard—>Settings——>Privacy

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Where do i set the password for the WordPress blog post ?

If you want to set the password for the published post then

Go to Dashboard—–>Edit Post

else

Go to Dashboard—–>Add Post

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Most of the following Content Import scripts can be found under the “Import” tab of your WordPress administration interface.

If you run into specific problems, a search on the WordPress Support Forum will likely lead to a solution or try the Codex FAQ. Users of a blogging system not listed here who wish to switch to WordPress are invited to ask for help in the WordPress Support Forum as well.

To help you understand the differences between WordPress and other existing software, we recommend you review the WordPress Features and more on Working with WordPress.

Source:WordPress.com

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