Sep 01 2010
Digg is Back Online!
Well after a long upgrade, Digg is back. It looks like they figured out way to slide some sponsor ads into your saved Diggs.
Looks like there was a little bit of change in the menu, but looks good.
Sep 01 2010
Well after a long upgrade, Digg is back. It looks like they figured out way to slide some sponsor ads into your saved Diggs.
Looks like there was a little bit of change in the menu, but looks good.
Aug 31 2010
I ran across these Google Analytics Videos on YouTube. I find them useful.
Google Analytics Interface Tutorial
From Google
Beginning Analytics: Interpreting and Acting on Your Data
From Google
Advanced Techniques in Google Analytics
From Google
Aug 20 2010
How Spammers Use Low-cost Labor to Solve CAPTCHAS
Workers in Russia, Southeast Asia, and China are paid a pittance to solve millions of CAPTCHAS.
What can only be described as an epic new analysis by a cadre of researchers at UC San Diego has uncovered the seedy underbelly of a sophisticated, highly automated, world-wide network of services that help email, blog and forum spammers get past the CAPTCHAS that are designed to keep them out.
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Aug 18 2010
Ian Paul, PC World
Aug 18, 2010 8:57 am
Security firm Sophos recently discovered a new clickjacking scam on Facebook that spreads via the social network’s “share” feature and could be costing you $5 a week. The new malware is similar to a so-called “likejacking” worm discovered last May. But instead of exploiting Facebook’s “Like” button, the new scam uses the “Share” feature that posts content to your profile wall where your friends are encouraged to click on it.
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Aug 07 2010
I think Yahoo and Microsoft are moving closer to the transition where Microsoft will be running Yahoo’s Advertising. This E-mail I recently received explains a little more about this transition:
Dear Advertiser,
As your transition to the Microsoft Advertising adCenter platform approaches, we have more details to share to help you prepare for the changes to come.
adCenter account
Soon, you’ll need to either create a new adCenter account, or link an existing adCenter account to your Yahoo! Search Marketing account. Later this month, you’ll see an “adCenter” tab within your Yahoo! Search Marketing account. Clicking there will take you to the beginning of the account transition process, where we’ll walk you through the simple steps to create or link accounts.
Budgeting
Once you create your adCenter account, it will be active and your ads will be eligible to serve on Bing right away. As a result, you’ll be managing both your new adCenter account and your existing Yahoo! Search Marketing account in parallel until ad serving for Yahoo! traffic transitions to adCenter, so plan to budget accordingly.
Microsoft Silverlight
With Silverlight installed, you’ll be able to see and address key differences between your Yahoo! and adCenter accounts as you transition. Download Silverlight now.
Organic search transition
Yahoo! organic search results will be powered by Bing as early as late August. If organic search results are an important source of referrals to your website, you’ll want to make sure that you’re prepared for this change. For more details, check out this blog post.
As we’ve stated previously, our primary goal is to provide a quality transition experience for advertisers in the U.S. and Canada in 2010, while protecting the holiday season. However, please remember that as we continue to go through our series of checkpoints, if we conclude that it would improve the overall experience, we may choose to defer the transition to 2011.
We are committed to making this transition as seamless and beneficial for you as possible. We appreciate your business, and look forward to bringing you the benefits of the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance.
Sincerely,
Your Partners in the Search Alliance, Yahoo! and Microsoft
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Jun 30 2010
It’s dinner time – 5:26pm – I get a phone call on my office phone – called ID says “Unassigned”
I did not answer, but the system left a voice message just the same.
The automated message stated they were marketing their website – the greatest bla bla bla. This is a ridiculous way to market a website. How many people want to be bothered at dinner time with a phone call for visiting a website?
I’ll never post the website, but I will post the do not call. If you get a call you can report it.
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Update 7/16/2010 - Got a phone message from the person that was listed here. They claim they never do any automated marketing and that I was I am mistaken.
First, I do not take any of this lightly and do not post crap because I need more drama in my life.
I have two choices:
Either remove the listing of the individual based on the fact they called and left a sincere message about the issue in a way that seems they are more of a victim of this nonsense automated marketing call.
Or this person is trying to cover his butt.
I am inclined to believe he was sincere, although I did get a automated call advertising his website, this could also have been a competitor trying to cause him problems as well. Who knows.. I decided to remove his contact information from this post because he sounded sincere about not using automated calling.
We did speak by phone and now realize he is a victim of this crank call.
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If you are on the do not call list – you can register a complaint:
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2
I think they should make it illegal to use any automated calling systems.
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/tcpa.html
Congress first passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in 1991 in response to consumer concerns about the growing number of unsolicited telephone marketing calls to their homes and the increasing use of automated and prerecorded messages.
the FCC’s rules prohibit the use of autodialers in a way that ties up two or more lines of a multi-line business at the same time. All artificial or prerecorded telephone messages must state, at the beginning, the identity of the business, individual, or other entity that is responsible for initiating the call. If a business is responsible for initiating the call, the name under which the entity is registered to conduct business with the State Corporation Commission (or comparable regulatory authority) must be stated. During or after the message, the caller must give the telephone number (other than that of the autodialer or prerecorded message player that placed the call) of the business, other entity, or individual that made the call so that you can call during regular business hours to ask that the company no longer call you. The number provided may not be a 900 number or any other number for which charges exceed local or long distance charges.
The FCC can issue warning citations and impose fines against companies violating or suspected of violating the do-not-call rules, but does not award individual damages. If you receive a telephone solicitation that you think violates any of these rules, you can file a complaint with the FCC. There is no charge for filing a complaint. You can file your complaint using an on-line complaint form found at esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm.
You can also file your complaint with the FCC’s Consumer Center by:
What to Include in Your Complaint
The best way to provide all the information the FCC needs to process your complaint is to complete fully the on-line complaint form. When you open the on-line complaint form, you will be asked a series of questions that will take you to the particular section of the form you need to complete. If you do not use the on-line complaint form, your complaint, at a minimum, should indicate:
It is obvious to me that they do not study the guidelines nor care whether they adhere to them.
Jun 17 2010
The New version WordPress 3.0 – otherwise called “Thelonious”
The thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download
Major Changes:
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Jun 07 2010
Adobe warns over unpatched PDF peril
By John Leyden – theregister.co.uk
Hackers are exploiting critical, unpatched vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player.
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