If you own WordPress website and you haven't updated your WordPress version you will be getting warning soon. And no this is not the warning you get when you inaugurate WordPress CMS it is warning from Google.. The e-mail or message in WMT briefs you site seems to be running version of WordPress and that you will update because otherwise site may be resistant to hacking or malware... When asked Twitter about Matt Cutts responded it was in fact policy from Google... The fact that Google is 'pushing the updates is remarkable but also makes smell. Not-upgraded WordPress sites well hackable and therefore danger for Webspam in the SERPS.. If you are thinking. how does Google know I am running the recent version.. the answer is simple it is in your code. I think excellent that Google is sending out these messages and urging people to upgrade. Upgrading WordPress and the plugins within is the best way of keeping secure first to making sure you have good successor of directory and files... It does look name this is part of something which Google need to do two years ago but that only really got off the ground.
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