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The Harvesters - Part 2 by Laurie Rogers Copyright 2001 Remember from part one, we are not talking about those folks who pick veggies out of the garden in the fall. This is definitely NOT an episode from Martha Stewart, although I'm curious to know how get my tomatoes to stop bruising, ooops, sorry got a little side tracked for a moment! It happens to the best of us, espicially when you're weeding (pardon the pun) through all that spam trying to find your "real" email messages. You know the ...
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The Misconceptions of Spam Filters by Laurie Rogers Copyright July 2002 Unfortunately there are a lot of people online that all have many misconceptions regarding Spam Filters. Today I'm going to answer some questions that people have asked me about my "Spam column" for DEMC Small Business Ezine regarding them. With regards to spam filters, one can never have enough knowledge, so I do hope that this article will clear up any misconceptions that you may have. 1. Don't spam filters ONLY apply to ...
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Anti Spam Fanatics ARE RUINING YOUR Business! by Laurie Rogers Many marketers online are seriously doubting that "Anti- Spam Fanatics" are ruining thier businesses. I have a bit of news for you, IF YOU currently hold that "mindset", it is time for a rude awakening! Not only are they killing newsletters and ezines with a variety of filtering software programs, they're also black listing domains, ISP's and web hosts. Don't think so you say? Check out a few of these ...
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"Spam not, lest ye be spammed." ~Mari Peckham Just yesterday, I received over 40,000 emails from a person who had harvested a contact email address from one of my websites. The person may or may not have personally secured my email address, but since I use it only to receive email feedback from my website and never to send mail, I know that it was a harvested address. Because of the nature of my use of this email address, I also have a "Thank you for contacting us." autoresponder message in ...
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Fighting the never ending tide of spam mail can turn into a very frustrating experience if you don't know the real tricks of the trade. After all, there's a whole lot more to it than simply responding to a (usually bogus) From: address with a peevish complaint! Here's a fairly extensive overview of resources that will aid you in effectively combatting unsolicited email, showing you the possibilities (and, alas, the limits!) of your endeavor. General resources ----------------- The Spamhaus ...
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One of the most popular pages on about-the-web.com is about avoiding scams, hoaxes and urban legends on the Internet (http://about-the-web.com/shtml/scams.shtml). Here are a few ways to avoid some of the perils associated with being connected to the rest of the world. As a general rule of thumb, beware of any offer that sounds too good to be true. This applies to products being offered on the Internet and especially to any unsolicited offer or spam you receive in your email. Many of these are ...
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/p> The return on investment (ROI) for the implementation of a website is directly related to the level by which the website is able to achieve its objectives. Even though this concept may sound trivial to the majority of business owners, establishing a series of objectives for a website and putting in place a methodology for measuring how well these goals are being met typically become more challenging tasks. Traditional business managers and economic strategists have always had at their ...
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An Web User's browser sets Cookies (when enabled) that include tiny amounts of data on the internet User's computer right after a visit to any internet website. Cookies help DishTVforPC.com in tracking World wide web Users' activities beginning from a Publisher's internet website or subscription e-mail by way of an Advertiser's internet site the Web User links to from the Publisher's web site or e-mail. If the World wide web User re-visits the Advertiser's website directly, ...
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Engineering is considered as a dream profession among student's majority all over the world. Students and even their parents keep their fingers crossed to bag a degree in engineering from a reputed institution. But the route to success is never easy and students get stumbled often in their studies. Proper guidance is a must in such a case. Thus most of students recently make sure that they stay connected with some online tutoring services. TheGlobalTutor is such a service which can ...
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Introduction It is estimated that up to 60% of new traffic to your Web site will come from search engines. This means that unless you are already so well known that people will be using your name to search for your site, you need a search engine strategy. Thousands of new Web sites are created daily, so the axiom "Build it, and they will come" does not apply. Effective Web site promotion requires a serious and continuing investment of time and resources, whether you do it yourself, or hire a ...
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