A question for the DNS boffins out there :). I received a phishing email posing as an eBay notification an hour or so ago. Nothing unusual there. The URL in the source code looked something like this 0×3a669dfd/etc/etc…
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Just a quick tip I wanted to pass on to those of you who have sites under construction - password protect them. There’s a couple of good reasons for this..
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Somewhat of a milestone was passed on this blog today. When I logged into my Wordpress admin interface, Akismet, the anti-spam plugin, announced to me: “Akismet has protected your site from 100,142 spam comments”
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With online stores becoming increasingly complex and feature ladened, it’s possible that customers are either not taking advantage of the shopping options available to them; resulting in missed sales, or - and particularly in the case of those new to online shopping - being scared off altogether.
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CAPTCHA is a spam protection method used on forms that displays images with distorted text that the user must decipher in order to submit the form. The reCAPTCHA MailHide project makes protecting your email address from spambots and email address harvesting systems an easy task - and the service is free.
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Some larger retailers have adopted sending emails daily to special opt in lists they run - perhaps its and idea worth considering for your online store?
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What keeps online shoppers loyal to a particular ecommerce site? This new survey report provides some insights.
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3 posts about Google in a week? Oh my, I was afraid of this happening :). It’s an aberration, not a trend I promise you and speaking of trends - introducing the latest feature from the mighty G - Google Hot Trends.
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These broadband statistics are a little old I guess, but interesting nonetheless. According to a recent report, the total number of broadband connections globally reached over a quarter of a billion by the end of 2006.
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It seems that many Google Adsense publishers with MFA (Made for AdSense) sites or participating in click arbitrage have received emails from Google over the last couple of weeks notifying them that their AdSense account will disabled as of June 1st.
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