Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I wrote recently about spam in the form of blog comments. Fortunately, my anti-spam filters (Akismet and Bad Behavior) caught them. For instance, the first one is promoting a financial planning site -- who would hire a financial adviser based on this kind of marketing? When in doubt, do a web search.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 14, 2012

I've seen two versions of this spam claiming to be verification of Facebook social sharing on Digg. We look forward to seeing you around the site. We look forward to seeing you around the site. Let your friends see what you're reading as you discover the best news around the web. Subject: Thank you for registering.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

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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Byte Technology

MAY 14, 2021

At Byte Technology , we are a very knowledgeable web design and development company. After the installation of WordPress, there are a few set-up procedures for your site. Change site title, time zone, and tagline. Setup spam protection. Upload site icon and favicon. Add a contact form. Setup WordPress SEO.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 13, 2017

And that slowness can mean a lot to a popular blogger trying to retain a loyal readership or, more critically, to someone running an e-commerce site where dollar and cents are vital to staying in business. Remember this always: when a visitor first lands on your site their initial impression is everything.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

You’ve heard many (many) times that all your nonprofit’s blog and site content should be optimized to drive traffic. Nikoleychuk predicts that search engines will release more spam and useful content updates in 2024 to try and weed out low-value content.” When a search engine crawls your site, it sees words and code—not the image.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

That’s how many websites tech security experts and analyze estimate are hacked every single day, a staggering number even when you consider there are some 644 million active sites operating at any one time. However, most people don’t consider an equally startling fact: WordPress sites are some of those most commonly attacked.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Google Analytics :: analytics.google.com Google Analytics is a freemium web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: archive.org/web The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 17, 2012

These spams aren't 100% lame -- at least they included a logo and some design elements. For more information on how to get started using Intuit GoPayment Merchant, including tutorials, FAQs and other resources, visit the Merchant Center at web site. Hey, spammers: how about deduping your mailing lists? Here's a screenshot:

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

According to the AICPA's web site it's a phishing scam. Unlike most lame spam, at least they bothered to make it look real. I'm crushed. I didn't even know I had a CPA license, and now it's being revoked. Over and over (19 times in the past 2 days!).

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

And use anti-malware tools that will warn you about suspicious web sites. If the text above does not appear as a full, clickable link, please copy the whole web address and paste it into the address box of your browser. An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm Text: Dear Member of our site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

WordPress powers 34% of all sites on the web and is one of the most popular digital marketing tools used by organizations in the world. Here’s a list of plugins that will help save you time, make your site more engaging and easier to use for staff and visitors; and is secure: Productivity and Workflow.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 27, 2012

Since I don't use ADP it's obvious that they're spam, but others may fall for them. Text: Your Transaction Report(s) have been uploaded to the web site: https://www.flexdirect.adp.com/client/login.aspx (links lead to [link]. I've been seeing a variety of these recently. Sender: ADPClientServices@adp.com.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2016

And while WordPress has some terrific plugins available that can help you create and manage a comment section on your site, too often unforeseen problems and lapses exist that stymie the commenting process. Regardless of why a site doesn’t foster an active comment board, there are some quick and easy ways to change the issue.

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Byte Technology

MAY 2, 2017

No matter whether you’re a WordPress newbie or a seasoned pro who has been building and managing sites on the platform for years, it’s absolutely inevitable that, at some point, you’ll hit a snag and need some help. This is convenient sure, except that it makes your site look sloppy and amateurish.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 10, 2012

The following comment (with a link to an unrelated web site) was left on my blog. Using fractured English to correct someone's (nonexistent) spelling errors struck me as a novel approach to SEO. Certainly like your blog on the other hand you have to check out the actual spelling on some of your content.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. But if you subscribed us to your organization's bulk email list without our permission, then you are sending us spam." Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 30th). " Lights.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 15, 2017

After all, WordPress sites are made up of many different component parts, including the core program, hosting, software, plugins and even themes. Throw in all your unique content and imagery and it’s obvious that, if even one of the parts should fail or become corrupt, there could be devastating effects throughout your site.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 16, 2012

The From address doesn't even try to look real, the message was written poorly, and there are no graphics, contact info, or links to a web site. But I was able to resist because of the lameness of the message. I do like the use of "automatical" -- that should be a real word. Yours or no" is good, as well.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Like its more well-known counterpart Facebook, LinkedIn is a social networking site geared towards professional networking and workplace circles. Due to its increasing popularity, there are now more concerted efforts to use LinkedIn lookalike spam to fool users in clicking links within it. Tools Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. The company said it employs "hundreds" of staffers in several offices around the world to handle the millions of user reports it receives every week about everything from spam to threats of violence. Why is this happening?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of August 15th).

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Robert Weiner

JULY 11, 2011

We are continually improving our Web site to better serve you. NOTE: The form needs to be opened in a modern, javascript enabled, browser. (ex: ex: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 3, Safari 3, Opera 9). We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. -.

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Byte Technology

JULY 11, 2017

In Part 1 of this column we learned that, thanks to the vast and incredibly helpful community of WordPress users, there are countless hacks, tricks and tips to make designing, building, editing and administering a WordPress site a lot easier and, often, a lot more fun. Then visit “Comments, Comments Like Dislike” and configure the settings.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 19, 2017

An eye-catching design; award-winning content; a strong and reliable host server; an intuitive and engaging user experience—the best websites incorporate all these things and more, and missing the boat on one or more of them can spell doom for an e-commerce or blog site. bicycles,” “.blog” So try to settle on a name that’s catchy.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

Web Consultant and Dan Mouyard, Sr. Web Developer, TerpSys. In an ever-changing world of social media and web collaboration, tools for user interaction and engagement are becoming increasingly prevalent. When developing social sites, personal user accounts and profiles form the backbone of such destinations.

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Kindful

JUNE 17, 2021

With Gmail, you can set up email accounts with email addresses at your company’s domain so that your communications look professional and authentic; it also lessens the likelihood that important email communications will end up in the recipient’s Spam folder. Google Sites. Google Calendar.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 12, 2015

As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. Historically robots aren’t able to solve the distorted text, but new artificial intelligence programs are changing that, allowing non-humans to gain access to sites with a scary 99.8%

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The use of CAPTCHA requires the user to type letters or numbers or combination of the two from a distorted image that appears on the web page. prevention of comment spam. user gives up trying to figure it all out and leave the site. Are your community of users web or tech savvy or not really? e-mail address protection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

These groups now claim about 30% of the site’s user base, according to third-party statistics website Quantcast.com. Then late in 2007 and throughout 2008, the spam on Myspace started to become overwhelming, while at the same time the naysayers and fearmongers were growing larger and louder.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

For anyone who designs, owns, manages or administers a WordPress site, the importance of the “community” that surrounds the wildly popular content management system cannot be understated. Attending a WordCamp can be incredibly helpful for those who are very serious about building and growing their WordPress site. Go to camp.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. One of your web servers has been hijacked and has been sending out hundreds of thousands of messages from some fellow named "Wilson." The links connect to a malware site that installs a drive-by Trojan. Suddenly you're a spammer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0:

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0:

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Job postings in the NTEN Discuss group and other myNTEN discussion groups have increased in the last couple of years and we''ve heard about it: many group members have flagged these posts as spam, asked staff to delete them, and often requested discussions stay on topic. We don''t want to discourage hiring from this community!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

My guess is that 99.99% of nonprofits (or more) have not yet been invited to beta test Google+ ( sign up here ), but if you are a regular reader of Mashable, TechCrunch, or The Next Web, you might be feeling like your missing out on the fruits of being an early adopter (before the site is even out of beta – craziness!).

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