If you use or visit blogs on Blogger.com, watch out for programs looking to load malicious code on your machine. Unsuspecting business owners looking to save a few dollars use Blogger’s blogspot to create their business blog. Then to add things like music and other bells-and-whistles to their blog, they download and install special plugins. When they do, these innocent players make their business blog a platform for the delivery of malicious code to visitor’s computers.

Most of the security breaches have to do with Microsoft Internet Explorer (ooooo — that’s a big surprise.) If you’re using either of the free (and infintely more secure/stable) FireFox or Maxthon browsers, you shouldn’t be susceptible.

Many of the attacks seem to happen when using th “next blog” feature at the top of each blog hosted at blogspot. You can read about the full details and how to protect yourself in an article written by Stefanie Olsen over at news.ZDnet.com.

When you read about these type of issues, don’t let it cause you to miss out on integrating blogs into your business grwoth and marketing plans. Done correctly, business blogging is one of the most powerful tools you can use to master the marketplace of the new millennium.

The blogosphere may seem like the world of Oz — but there is a yellow brick road you can follow.

There’s a powerful course called “How to Master Business Blogging” that’ll show you how you can be up and running as a business blogging professional in 37-days or less! In this interactive multi-media business blogging course you’ll be coached how to:

- Get your web sites indexed in 72-hours and obtain top rankings for your chosen keywords within 45-days or less!

- Establish yourself as a recognized expert in your industry or niche

- Quickly build trust and rapport with your qualified prospects and ideal clients

- Create, maintain, and keep total control over as many blogs as you like, without spending a dime! and save yourself hundreds of dollars per year

You can learn more about the course here: http://www.howtobusinessblog.com

The bottom line:

You need to be aware of the type of issues that Stephanie highlights in her article. And you must also understand that you can avoid those type of problems when you take a serious professional approach to business blogging.

Blogger and many other “hosted” blogs (free or for fee) are great for personal use. But when it comes to serious business blogging that’s going to make a long term measurable impact on your business growth — it’s best to step it up to a whole new level.