Wordpress 2.3.2 is out. Usually, when there’s a triple digit update, people are kind of reluctant to upgrade their Wordpress right? Well, this time, you shouldn’t. Especially provided the fact that you time-stamp your posts. Why exactly should you upgrade?

• Draft-post bug.

Did you know that people can read your future timestamped posts with Wordpress 2.3.1? Yes, they can. Anyone who wanted to know what your article is going to be tomorrow, or steal the article and put it in their own blog, can do so, right now! And that’s the major ‘why’!

I was going through the Google Operating System’s posts a few days earlier and found this post which is giving some predictions about things to come on our way. You can read the full post here. Meanwhile, I thought of sharing some noteworthy predictions and evaluate them from my perspectives. See whether we can break the Google code.

• The Maka-Maka Project

This will probably be “Google in your face” for Facebook. Yes, I am so sure about that. They are on their way unifying all the applications for probably the biggest social network ever built.

Before I break the grounds, let me just say that there are hundreds of full-time bloggers earning thousands of dollars per month. The point conveyed here is that blogging for money hardly works. As in, if your ultimate motive of blogging is to find money, it sometimes may end-up in ruins. Making money, as a side-effect of writing about something you’re passionate about, really works.

To make money blogging, there are a few things you must first fulfill.

• You must really have a passion for what you’re writing.
• You must have a worked-out writing frequency.
• You should stick to a definite topic or a niche to encourage subscriptions and discussions.
• If you want to continue making money, you should not get tired of the blogging niche and be willing to continue at all costs.
• You should make it through the rough times of $0 income and ‘no comments’.

Unless you fulfill these things, you will not live to see your first check.

Well, this whole new perspective struck my mind when one of my good friends inquired me on what platfor he should start blogging. Blogspot or Wordpress. Well, among many of us bloggers the obvious answer would be “Wordpress!! Yes dude, I’m definite!!” right? But I was like “Wordpress.. But not entirely sure”. Well, for him and all of you, here’s the justification of the phrase.

Let’s be honest. There’s no blogging platform on this planet which at the moment, beats Wordpress. Mainly because it’s free, and has got great support from all around.