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Networking: breaking into the buzz - Helen Wilkie
Breaking into conversational groups is one of the things people ask me about when I'm conducting networking sessions. There's a buzz that hovers over a crowded room that comes from all those people conversing. You need to break into that buzz to be...
Building Your Business with Books - Penny C Sansevieri
In a world inundated with ads, business owners are clamoring for a way to rise above the "noise" of advertisers and bring customers flocking to their door. One way to do this is by writing a book. Too overwhelming you say? Well, consider this....
How To Conduct Effective Meetings - Susan Cullen
Before you call your next meeting, the FIRST step is to decide if it is really essential. To determine that, ask yourself the following: · Is this meeting essential? · Can we do without it? · Can we accomplish the task without a meeting? · Can it...
7 Top Home Business Time Wasters - BB Lee
What I call "Time Wasters" is any action interfering with running your home based business. What Are The 7 Most Common Time Wasters? Check Out The Following! 1. Email. Email is without a doubt a very important factor in operating your...
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How To Avoid Spam Robots
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Written By:
Jim Edwards
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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 - continued below ...
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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.
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how
to use fr^e articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted
visitors to your website, affiliate links, or blogs...
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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
co-author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how
to use fr^e articles to quickly drive thousands of targeted
visitors to your website, affiliate links, or blogs...
http://www.the-easy-way.com/traffic.html
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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER - Bud Fredrick
Do you know all that you NEED to know to succeed in business? WARNING -- If you brushed past that question, you could well end up one of the many small businesses that fail. Here's how to avoid the trap. There are basic areas where you must have...
Are You Ready To Be Your Own Boss? - Abel Cheng
You have this burning desire you want to be on your own. The temptation is so great that you want to quit your job. Enough is enough. You're sick of working for other people for a ridiculous pay. To be your own boss means controlling your own...
First Impressions - What Your Site Is Saying About You - Jenean Matthews
First Impressions - What Your Site Says About You. By Jenean Matthews I'm sure you've heard the saying "First Impressions, are lasting impressions". This saying is very true. Every time you meet someone for the first time an impression is made....
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