by Scott | Oct 19, 2009 | Viruses and Scams
There seems to be a new scam going around, that’s a new twist on an old game. The old scams set out to steal your domain names under the banner of Liberty names of America” or “Domain Registry of America” and the way they do it is to send...
by Scott | Sep 23, 2009 | Viruses and Scams
Did you get a twitter message that says this? rofl – this you on here? – Then that’s followed by a link to see a video, but is appears as if you’re suddenly logged out of Twitter? Don’t be fooled and DON’T log in ! It’s a...
by Scott | Aug 19, 2009 | Viruses and Scams
In light of recent news about Microsoft and Yahoo search, I almost fell for this bogus e-mail, which is a phishing expedition for usernames and passwords. The fact that I’ve been advertising an affiliate offer heavily in Yahoo Sponsored Search over the past...
by Scott | Jul 2, 2009 | Viruses and Scams
In the fall of 2008, a Portland Oregon small business owner found a local developer, and told him that she’d like to have her website redone, and she wanted some search visibility. Her current site was old, not showing in the results, and she’d lost track...
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...
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...