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Another Web Hosting Client Fired

by Scott | Mar 24, 2009 | Spam prevention, Web Hosting

We got hit today with another 48 hours of Microsoft spam blacklisting, this time because a brand new hosting client sent out 30,000 e-mails in one day. When I looked at the website of this new client, I did have just the slightest hesitation when I saw that he was an...

You Need Better Passwords Right Now

by Scott | Jan 27, 2009 | Spam prevention, Spyware, Viruses and Scams, Web Hosting

A dozen years ago or so, I had one password that I used for everything, and it wasn’t until some bad experiences that I understood the wisdom of having stronger passwords. That said, to this day, I have some very simple passwords for literally dozens of online...

Peak Studios – Boulder, Colorado – Actually Harming Clients

by Scott | Dec 9, 2008 | Industry News, sempdx, SEO, Spam prevention, Viruses and Scams

Peak Studios is a “search marketing firm” in Colorado that deserves special recognition for being incredibly stupid. Apparently, they’ve decided to leave fake negative reviews on my local business profile in Google, and they’ve done the same...

We’ve Been Spam Bombed

by Scott | Sep 25, 2008 | Spam prevention, Web Hosting

If you’re one of our 900 hosting customers having sporadic trouble with email for the past 36 hours, here’s the deal, and we’re pretty sure it’s totally unrelated to my public criticism of Linux Magic. At approximately 7:45AM Pacific, one of...

Email Fascism by Linux Magic – Wizard Tower Technoservices

by Scott | Sep 23, 2008 | Spam prevention

Does your business send e-mail to your customers? How about emailing invoices or monthly statements? Do you ever communicate with them to let them know about issues with their orders, or changes to their account? Do you ever send them a newsletter, even one that they...

Copied Your Website – What Can You Do?

by Scott | Jan 25, 2007 | Google, SEO, SEO-101, Social Networking, Spam prevention, Technology News, Viruses and Scams

Today I got notified by a hosting customer that his website had their content and design copied and reposted under another domain name hosted elsewhere. The copied domain is here – www.nim-company.com while the ORIGINAL design and content are here –...