WEBMASTER ADVICE
Practical information for website owners and businesses.
Government agencies are now looking upstream to nail spammers. They’re going after web hosting services.McColo, a U.S. hosting service, was considered a major source of online scams. They provided the means not only for the remote management of compromised computers, but also for the sale of fake security and designer products and child porn sent […]
Ever heard of Google sculpting? Search engines have been getting slammed with internet comment spam. What happens is people post their web site links onto blogs and forums, thereby increasing in-bound links to their site. This benefits them because one of the factors that determine page rank by Google is the number of links into […]
If you’re a Google Adwords advertiser, watch out for the phishing e-mail that could put your account at risk. Phishing means (from Wikipedia) “a fraudulent attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.” Communications purporting to be from PayPal, eBay, […]
We helped out on FeralJundi.com, a security operations and weapons review blog today. Head Jundi, the author, praised JDoe.com. Thanks for the endorsement Matt!
Q. We’re getting hit with a lot of spam. I checked the header of the offending e-mail in my thunderbird mail program. It was a bogus reply address, but there is an “originating IP “. Is there a way I can trace this number?A. To explain, an IP address is a unique identifying number. All […]
TIP – What can I do about persistent Spam in my In-Box?Report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Send a copy of unwanted or deceptive messages to spam@uce.gov. The FTC uses the e-mails stored in this database to pursue law enforcement actions against people who send spam.You can also notify them if a “remove me” […]