Starting Your Web Business – 5 Things you Must Know
To new and old webmasters starting a web business: These five basics will help you get your internet business off to a great start – and possibly make improvements to your existing one.
Quick Website Tip: Put contact Details on EVERY page.
Many websites only show their contact details on a special contact page.
This is a mistake that could be costing you business.
Many people use the internet for research, and print out WEB pages for later reference.
If your contact details are not on this page,
How To Make Telemarketers Hang Up. Politely.
Here’s a polite way to get rid of those telemarketers who disturb your day with their sales pitches.
Just say to them -
Email Phishing Links – How To Identify Them
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.
Internet Explorer Security Warning
If you’re still using Internet Explorer, I’d suggest that you immediately change over to Firefox , Opera, Chrome, etc.
A newly found security flaw in all versions of Internet Explorer allows criminals to take over your computer, steal passwords, and do other unfriendly things.
Microsoft are working on the problem.
cheers, Eric G.
References:
http://www.builderau.com.au/tag/brow…r-security.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm
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TWITTER. I was Wrong. Damn it!
Over a year ago, I tried out a funny little web application called Twitter.
After playing with it briefly, I decided that it didn’t really make sense, and so I forgot about it.
After all, why would you want to send out little 140 character messages about what you were doing?
The buzz about twitter kept going, and recently turned into a deafening roar.
After taking another look at it, I realised that I had made a mistake about twitter. It’s actually VERY useful if you use it properly. Especially now it’s now reached the point where SO MANY great people are using it.
Online Security Tests for your PC
It’s a bit difficult to tell whether your computer is protected from outside attack, or whether anyone can get through your defences and select from the smorgasbord of data on your hard drive.
After all, your router just sits and flashes lights at you. You don’t REALLY know whether it’s effective.
Cheap Broadband Plans – A Costly JOKE!
If you’re thinking of getting a broadband internet connection, please don’t fall for the cheap options that are currently being promoted in the lifestyle magazines.
They are pretty useless if you actually want to USE the internet, and could end up costing you hundreds (or thousands!)of dollars in excess charges every month unless you are VERY careful.
How To Protect Your Internet Computer
20 minutes.
That’s how long it takes for harmful programs to start finding your unprotected Windows computer on the internet. And install themselves.
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.
