How To Identify Email Phishing Scams

If you are a Google Adwords advertiser, an email like this would certainly get your attention:

Dear Google AdWords Customer,

We were unable to process your payment. Your ads will be suspended soon unless we can process your payment. To prevent your ads from being suspended, please update your payment information.

Beware of this Chinese Domain Name Sales scam

The creativity of scammers and spammers never ceases to amaze me.

If you get an email headed something like:
URGENT-dispute of Domain name and Internet Brand/China

I’d recommend that you just ignore it.
This conpany (whose message appears below) is using fear tactics on domain name owners to get them to register uneccessary domain names in China – probably [...]

Google tells you how to set up your website

Google has just released a guide that tells you what to do if you want to improve the chances of people finding your website.

Almost Everyone these days has a story to tell (or an E-Book to sell) about "How to optimise your site for the search engines".
Unless you know what you are doing, it can [...]

Rogue ISP shut down – Worldwide SPAM volume falls 60%

Over the last couple of days, the volume of mail passing through our mail server has fallen dramatically.

The reason for this was that one Californian ISP – McColo – has been shut down.

This rogue ISP was the host for a large variety of spammers and hackers.

It’s hard to believe that one ISP could have so [...]

Your Website – How It Works.

Many people don’t realise that a website is made up of several things that are joined together, and a friend said that it was all too complicated for normal people to comprehend.
So, rising to the challenge, I created this video – my first.

I’d appreciate any feedback, and suggestions for improvement.

Three Essential Newsletters.

I subscribe to lots of newsletters, and just skim through most of them.
However, I always read through these 3 newsletters as soon as I receive them.

Is Your Website Listed on Google – Find out in 10 seconds.

Is Your Site Listed on Google?
Go to the main google search page at www.google.com

In the search box, type in site:yourdomainname.com

How To Use Web 2.0 to Earn Money

Do you want to learn about all the new methods of using the internet to make some money?
Then I strongly suggest that you go over to www.ThirtyDayChallenge.com and sign up for this free training course.

This is the third (or is it the fourth?) year that Ed Dale and Dan Raine have run this [...]

Essential Ingredients for Internet Success.

In my recent survey, one of the most common responses was that people wanted to use their websites to make more money.

OK, Great. I can certainly show you ways of doing that.

However due to endless amounts of internet sales crap, many people are under the impression that you can make a gazillion dollars a year [...]

Making Comments, and Joining the Internet Bloke Mailing lists

A couple of people have said that they visited this blog, but didn’t know what to do next.

OK, here’s a quick run down.

The Internet Income Smorgasbord. What Do You Want To Do?

Most people’s idea of using their website to make money doesn’t go much beyond creating a some sort of website, and then hoping that somehow this will translate into some sort of increased income.

Perhaps they’ll also pay hundreds (or thousands) of dollars to someone who sends them an email promising to “get them to the [...]

How to Sell Your Stuff on the Internet

It’s really easy now for small businesses to sell their products on the internet.
Especially if you haven’t got hundreds of products, or a high volume of transactions.

Dealing with the Rats Nest of Power Cords in your Office

At last count, my office contained 26 things that need connection to the AC power supply.

And when something needs to be unplugged, it used to take me ages to find the right cord, and I often would unplug the wrong thing and the computer or some other item would die.

I tried labelling the cords with [...]

How To Check Your Website Statistics.

Who is visiting your website, and how did they get there?
Many people ask me about putting "Hit counters" on their site.
These things are a relic of the early days of the internet, and provide no meaningful information to you.

Giveaway Of the Day gives you free software

Giveaway of the Day provides you with a free daily software program that is available to download and install within 24 hours of its release. .
As with all free things, you’ve got to be careful though.

Eric Graudins

You could waste thousands of dollars if you make the wrong decisions about your Internet Business.
So don't even THINK about building a website or starting any kind of Online Business before reading my definitive "Website Owners Guide".