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Despite the fact that Federal legislation (the CANSPAM act) made it illegal, harvesting email addresses from the web using automated robots remains alive and well. Spammers who need fresh email addresses release software spider programs that comb the Internet and suck email addresses off Web pages, guest books, and anywhere else you might post your email address.

Once they get your email address, spammers will trade it around like 5th graders with a new pack of Pokemon cards at recess and you can expect the avalanche of email to begin flooding your inbox. In order to combat this still rampant practice of stealing email addresses from websites and sending people email they don’t want, the following tips should help protect you.

** Break It Up **
Obviously the best way to avoid getting picked up by an email harvester is not to post your email anywhere on anyone’s website (including your own). If the only way someone can get your email is if you give it to them, that creates a similar situation to operating with an unlisted phone number.

If telemarketers can’t get your phone number, they can’t call.

If you must post your email address, post it in a way that a robot won’t recognize it as an email address. Instead of posting YOURNAME@YOURDOMAIN.COM, you can put YOURNAME (AT) YOURDOMAIN.COM and then, in parenthesis, put (replace AT with @ to email me). Though it seems like an extra step for legitimate email, you’ll find it a very effective technique.



** Use An Image **
Currently, online spiders (ANY spider, including search engines) cannot read text that appears in a graphic or picture. If you must display an email address on a page, then do it by typing your email address into your favorite graphics program and saving the image as a .gif or .jpg. Then post the image onto your web page so people can see the email, but spiders cannot. This too creates an extra step for people because they must type in your email address, but it’s an effective solution if you must display an email address on your own website.

** Use An Email Form **
Another way to cut down on spam originating from your own website is simply not to display an email at all. Instead, allow customers and prospects to contact you through a form where they fill in fields, click a button, and your website emails you their message.

A note of caution: make sure the form script you use does not keep your email address visible in the form code. If the form code contains the email address, spam robots can find it even though you don’t see it on the page.

** Make It Hard To Guess **
Sometimes you’ll get unsolicited email because a spammer guessed your email address.

It’s not a far stretch to imagine that someone probably has the email Jim@yourdomain.com, so spammers will do a “dictionary” attack on common usernames.

One way to defeat this is to place a “dot” (.) in your email address, such as Jim.Edwards@yourdomain.com. The dot makes it virtually impossible for spammers to guess your email address.

If you run a small company, you may find that the world of blogging for business owners is a world that you want to be a part of. Blogging is a great way to get theword out to consumers about your product or service, and it can even be useful for inspiring employee loyalty and helping you keep your workers at peak morale. If you are looking for a way to take your business to the next level, consider what starting a blog might be able to do for you.

Blogging for business owners has a lot in common with all other types of blogging, but it has its own unique pitfalls and strengths. The key to having a successful blog as a business owner is keeping your goals clear and concrete at every step of your blogging adventure. It ncan be all to easy to get sidetracked, especially if you nare just learning about the exciting possibilities of
blogging technology, but if you want your blog to succeed you need to stay focused. Write up a plan for how often you will update, how you will promote your blog and retain readers, whether you will feature photographs or video, and other aspects of your blog, and then stick to it with the same kind of determination that you used when you built your company.

Hey, have you ever heard of phishing? It’s those emails or websites you get that look like they’re from a real company, but are actually fake. These days, fake emails are getting more sophisticated, so it can be tough to know whether an email is real or not. But PayPal is there to help. Test your knowledge with the Fight Phishing Challenge to learn what to look for and how to avoid a scam sites & emails.

Well there’s a new Fight Phishing Challenge that can show you how good you are at spotting the fakes. I just took it. You should try it - I’ve earned a badge by scoring a perfect 5 out of 5.

Just open a new browser and type www.paypal.com/fightphishing.

 Let me know your score when you’re finished.

Researchers recorded the monkey’s brain activity, predicted the pattern of locomotion, and sent the signal from the motor commands of the animal to the robot.

We found that certain neurons in multiple areas of the brain fire at different phases and at varying frequency, depending on their role in controlling the complex, multi-muscle process of motion,” said senior research investigator Nicolelis.

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Yesterday i’ve noticed that my ads from Adverlets won’t load even i’m refreshing the page several times. Instead of that, my page seems to be redirected to THIS page. The domain “Advertlets.com” said to be expired? It’s so funny & sad though… Because of that, i’m removing the Advertlets ads from this blog until it’s going fine/online again!

“This domain name expired on Jan 03, 2008 Click here to renew it.”

Redirected to this page, what’s going on Adverlets?