Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category

My Web Guy Disappeared! (and other horror stories for developers and clients)

My web person disappeared! It’s something that I’ve heard many times. How can the developer or the client prevent this from happening? There are lots of scenarios, but the most common problem (assuming the web developer is not an all-out thief) is probably unrealistic expectations due to poor communication. Communication is key. When a client [...]

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WOT Internet Security And Ratings Utility

The WOT addon for Internet Explorer and Firefox warns you when you are about to connect to a web site that contains spyware, adware, viruses, internet scams, credit card fraud, phishing, lottery scams, or simply has a poor user rating.

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Excluding Your Web Site From Search Engines

People often write about how to increase your search engine ranking by using noindex and nofollow meta tags to avoid indexing of links & pages that lead to duplicate content, and robots.txt files to invite the search engines in, but what if you don’t want your site indexed at all? This is useful for private [...]

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Geocaching – Treasure Hunting the Hi-Tech Way

“Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of community and support for the environment.” [...]

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Facebook Ads using YOUR name & picture – WTF?

Today while logged into Facebook I looked in the upper right coner of my screen, and saw the word Advertisement. Not much of a surprise except for the fact that the ad below had my friend Jessica’s full name and photo, and pointed out that she had recently joined a certain FB group. I saw [...]

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