Umm you guys know right – there’s a killer contest happening in the blogosphere. Make sure you join if you haven’t! 
Okay first things first – a few of you will notice a new page on the blog, called Testimonials. I ditched the Links page, as it wasn’t of much use; however, I have put everything on the Links page @ the new one until the end of the month.
Basically, I want to know, and I want others to know, what people think of this blog. If I’ve helped you make money; let me know, if you like the posts, let me know; if you think I’m a person that you could spend all day laughing at, let me know. In exchange for your 1-2 sentence testimonial, you’ll get a permanent slot on that page and maybe a monthly kind of thing in the sidebar (I’m working on that, something for later).
Think like a testimonial for sales pages, but I’m not selling anything, just free blog posts. However, it’s always easier to get people to subscribe if others recommend doing so, so I want others to see what readers of this blog think.
You can post your testimonial in the comments on this post (use your URL and name for whatever site you want) or you can email it to admin[at]theuniversitykid[dot]com or you can send it to be via instant messenger – all up to you. Remember, permanent link to your website 
Now then – I’ve promised to post up useful content for a month, however this is an occasion that warrants a one time change – I’d like to post this to warn you guys not to upgrade to Wordpress 2.6.
There have been people having pretty large problems with it, from their databases being wiped to plugins killing themselves – you should never upgrade to something less than a week or two (I usually wait a month) after it releases as there will always be bugs.
For WP 2.6, I believe quite a few of the plugins are having problems, namely All In One SEO Pack and Top Commetators, two of the most useful ones out there – if you want a normal, functional blog, ignore that annoying message under your WP dashboard and upgrade in a few weeks.
This holds true for anything – I’m still on the older version of many programs and am not having a problem; I love Windows XP but hate Vista; you get the idea. Always let the ‘early movers’ – people who want to be the first to upgrade things etc – let them be the first and let them test out all the problems so that you don’t have to.
I should really have posted this earlier, as I know a few people are having problems with it – anyways, learn this and never upgrade things too quickly in the future. Being lazy has worked well for me, so follow that and you’ll be fine.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:22 am
pages :O your blog has pages!? where they are!? if so i dont have microscope to search
anyways i just thought to upgrade to 2.6 as that dashboard always shows that new version is there, new version is there so to stop that i just wanna move to 2.6 but you just stopped me 
so now i wont upgrade anything hot 
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July 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Hey Jason,
I’m an avid reader of TUK, but this is my first comment here. Anyways I was wondering what are the issues with AIO SEO that you talked about. Today I did update BloggersWalk to 2.6 (although I haven’t finished updating the other blogs to 2.6 yet) and it seems to be working fine.
Care to enlighten me? If it’s really that bad, I’m willing to go back to 2.5.1.
Static’s last blog post..BloggersWalk Updated to WordPress 2.6!
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:20 am
THAT F**KING UPGRADE MADE MY SITE GO DOWN FOR 2 DAYS.
http://g.slashdox.com for my rants <_<
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:20 am
@static- AIO SEO issue that I had after 2.6 install was that the plugin disappeared on my posts (where you normally put in title, descrip, keywords) it was just gone. I checked and it was still activated, so not sure what the dealio is. I also have been having database issues since the upgrade. I will be taking tuk’s advice for next upgrade.
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July 18th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I haven’t had any problem?? I do not have the SEO plugin but i sure do have the top 10 commentator plugin and its working perfectly!
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July 18th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Hi, great post. An interesting read, I was considering upgrading my wordpress blog to the new 2.6 version, but I had the same thoughts as you, to leave it a few weeks, and then upgrade. I see I am not the only one paranoid about these things.
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July 18th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
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July 18th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
@Sell Porn Make Money:
Did you try upgrading to the latest version of the AIO SEO? The problem does not seem to be happening on my side.
Static’s last blog post..Should I Upgrade to Every Release?
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July 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I upgraded to WP2.6 and I haven’t seen any problems so far.
/Andreas
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July 18th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I got problems with RSS Footer, but they fixed it 2 days later and now it works perfectly again….
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July 18th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I’ve upgraded fine, but another problem with the upgrade is with bbpress. Apparently they don’t coexist as nice as they once did, so that’s not as nice as it once was
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July 18th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I am not going to upgrade, this is one of many bad reports of Wordpress 2.6. Until 2.5 my mom was still at Wordpress 2.1.I willl be writing a testimonial as well for I do like this site and would of course like a permanent link. Isn’t this day 2 of egg white type content?
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July 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I haven’t upgraded yet, when I tryed my site went down but thanksfully I had restored the files minutes before.
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July 18th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
AIOSEO works fine for me on 2.6, and I consider it to be a functional and secure release.
The addition of Google gears certainly makes it faster. I disagree, Jason
heh.
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July 18th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I know there are problem I updated but then used my backup to get back to 2.5 thx god I had a backup
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July 18th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I had issues with ‘All in One SEO’ plugin but I just read the error and edited the code to fix it. Everything runs fine now. Other than that… its not been too much of an issue. I don’t think there were enough changes in it for people to upgrade right away. Not like it was a security update.
CreatingRevenueOnline.com’s last blog post..Great Article from The University Kid
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July 18th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I haven’t had any problems with it. Post gave me a laugh though. Oh no! Suicidal Plugins!!!!!!!!!! eeeek!
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July 18th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I’ve upgraded 7 blogs to 2.6 with no problem. Great release!
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July 18th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
I’ve upgraded my blog to 2.6 and even put up a picture tutorial. I have had no problems. I use All in one SEO pack and Top commentators. There is no problem. Probably the plug-ins need to be upgraded. I think you should upgrade soon too. I was really amazed to see a post saying not to upgrade.
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July 18th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I upgraded it and love it. I completely disagree, sorry.
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July 18th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I’ve upgraded a couple of blogs, and all seems to be going well. I haven’t upgraded my main blog yet, but I may soon. It is a rule of practice, to wait, coming from an IT background, waiting to upgrade is normal, unless you have a “test” blog you can upgrade first.
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July 18th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
I made sure I backed up all of my content before upgrading and I haven’t had any problems at all since I upgraded. I love 2.6, it is incredible. Works really well for me on my financial blog
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July 19th, 2008 at 12:23 am
I say wait a month as well, I took the plunge this time and upgraded I wrote a post explaining exactly what to do to avoid the normal pitfalls of an upgrade just in case. I used these to upgrade my blog in 10 seconds with all my plugins carrying over just fine. I am on hostgator swamp and otherwise Ive had a buggy theme. This being said if you follow the directions its easy and simple as long as you wish to take the plunge. I wouldnt worry so much about plugins vs security risk when 2.5 was released and the 2.5.1 patched. If you interested stop by and see how it went for me and see how you can do it as well.
http://www.benjaminpatton.com/update-your-wordpress-blog-to-version-26-as-easily-as-possbile/
This will get you through it if you decide that you need to upgrade.
Big Ben Patton’s last blog post..5 Steps To Higher Blog Commentation
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July 19th, 2008 at 12:29 am
My comment for free link:
The original motivating factor for my blog launching from my thoughts and into the blogosphere was infact simply put in as few words as possible inspired by Jason from TheUniversityKid.com You will not find any other blog in the blogosphere that actually delivers honest, quality and informative cotent on a consistent basis. Hands Down one of the best their is.
Big Ben Patton
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July 19th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Hehehe, it’s weird, nobody posted their testimonial here, I guess they all went with the IM and Email option
Anyway, here’s mine:
“The University Kid is one of the many blogs that make money online, but the only one to that teaches you how.”
By the way, I’m going with you Jason and waiting a while before updating, even though I’d like to get rid of that annoying bar!
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July 19th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Ben beat me to it!!
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July 19th, 2008 at 1:32 am
so why not mine
“you have been following many MaKing Money online kings” hoping that you can make money like them but people dont know that they are juicing the money from them but unlike them, TUK will make you juice from yourself and make real money on your own then depending on others
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- now say big thanks to Jason
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July 19th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Thanks for the warning. I don’t think I’ll upgrade for awhile anyway because there have been so many WP releases and most of them are not worth it.
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July 19th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Strange advice of not upgrading to Wordpress 2.6.
Pls upgrade your All in ONE SEO and Top Commentators plugin too and then think. Nobody is facing problems as such if you see the comments above here.
Navjot Singh’s last blog post..Wordpress 2.6 is out
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July 19th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
If your All in one plugin doesn’t work, use the platinum SEO plugin. The platinum plugin is an improved version of the all in one. You can put nofollow on a post.
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July 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Hi,
Well I don’t see much testimonial here?!! … But I think I read it right! a backlink
Ok, here is mine…
This blog is unique “very unique”…I mean it’s not like any blog in the way the posts are written, the talk… just not copied from anywhere, and informal too.
From the first day I came across it, I saved it, and every while I came back to check…. I am always impressed by how young bloggers are working, and how at their age they manage and grow a blog…. at their age I would never though about that (P.S: I am not so old, just 25!).
The design is neat and the I just love the header
Keep it up!
Roseate
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July 21st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I never upgrade new version until I check fellow bloggers testimonials for problems.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
if you had saw me few days back i was one of those guys who was always the first to upgrade to everything new but i changed my practice since vista(fortunately i did not upgrade to vista because of my friend’s bad experience) and now i normally wait for 2 months to try a new thing. anyway thanx for the heads up on wp 2.6
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July 24th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
That’s good for you DR.
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July 25th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I generally upgrade right away but after hearing some of the horror stories of bad experiences people have had upgrading to 2.6 I decided to hold off. Thanks so much for the info.
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July 25th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Yap, there are some things missing in 2.6.
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August 6th, 2008 at 9:01 am
I did upgrade. It was easy but the biggest problem for me is that 2.6 knocks out Podpress. So i’ve reverted back to 2.5. I wonder when things will be fixed?
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