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Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. If you run a web search on the name of this organization you'll see lots of posts with words like "ripoff" and "scam". This one came via U.S. mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. This is a solicitation.

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JavaScript now mandatory for Google Search, Google confirms

TechSpot

Google recently confirmed that JavaScript is now required for users to submit queries to its web search service. Read Entire Article

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Lame spam of the day: weight loss blog comment

Robert Weiner

Some of the lamest spam I see comes in the form of comments on my blog posts. Some sounds convincing, but my spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) are incredibly good at catching them. It's particularly entertaining when the spam is trying to link to one of my spam of the day posts.). Here's an example.

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Lame spam as blog comments

Robert Weiner

I wrote recently about spam in the form of blog comments. Fortunately, my anti-spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) caught them. I assume that most of these are planted for search engine optimization rather than to get people to click a link. When in doubt, do a web search. Thank you and looking for more posts.

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours.

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How most startups mess up their marketing

The Next Web

Those who don’t can often be found with a quick Google search, or better yet via an intro through a mutual connection. This story continues at The Next Web. The post How most startups mess up their marketing appeared first on The Next Web. In fact, many reporters in the startup world provide emails in their Twitter bios.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Brands that blog report 97% more links to their website and 434% more indexed pages in search engines. Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. Blog Design Best Practices.

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