Archive for October, 2007

Oct 31 2007

37% don’t know what phishing is?

Published by linda under Internet

So I went to my online banking today and noticed they had a simple quiz about phishing. I took the quiz because I wanted to see the results. Almost 38% of people don’t even know what phishing is, and over 22% don’t know what to do about it. Those results horrify me.
I am super careful. […]

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Oct 31 2007

Testing your will and a grocery store giftcard

Published by linda under bloggers

I use my blogroll to visit sites I like because my bookmarks are insane. I think they’re breeding in that folder… but that’s a story for another day.
 So, while I was at John’s blog, I ended up wandering off to his old blog. Link chasing, I clicked a link called “Test Your Will” (testing will is […]

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Oct 29 2007

Marketers; stop makin’ bacn

Published by linda under marketing

I apologize for the length of this letter, but I didn’t have time to make it shorter.
Mark Twain
Bacn (pronounced bacon) is the term given to electronic messages which have been subscribed to and are therefore not unsolicited but are often unread by the recipient for a long period of time, if at all.   [wikipedia]
Now, why […]

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Oct 29 2007

Google Proves Website Traffic Not the Key to Domination…

Published by linda under seo, Google

If you think that getting “hits” (website traffic) is the key to dominating your industry, take a lesson from Yahoo. Yahoo is currently the top viewed site on the Internet but despite the eyeballs, they’re a distant contender to Google’s domination.

Read more at eMarketer and HitsLink.
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Oct 29 2007

Apple sends Cease and Desist to 9 year old girl

Published by linda under opinion, news

Apple computers sent a cease and desist letter to a nine year old girl that had written them with ideas for making the ipod nano better.  Watch the video, it’s unbelievable.  Article here…
 Whoops… edited to add;
Apple has since called and apologized to the little girl, and sent a letter of apology as well.  They have […]

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Oct 28 2007

Celebrities, YouTube Videos and Bad Press

Published by linda under opinion, news

So, a Mom posted this video (below) at YouTube of her 18 month old baby dancing… and got smacked on the hand by Prince, who said people shouldn’t be posting his music without permission. You can read the whole story at ABC News, and see the public response at TMZ.

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