If you’ve been following the saga of Sarah Palin having her Yahoo email account hacked into, you know that it was accomplished by answering simple security questions. Here’s how to avoid having the same thing happen to you: Your logins are only as secure as their weakest link. Your actual password may be completely unguessable, ...…
In the “everybody makes mistakes” department, I just pulled up Google using Firefox 2 and there’s a glitch on their homepage, part of the HTML is visible on the page: google.ac.i(document.f,document.f.q,”",”") Looking at the source code, it looks like it’s may be missing a closing left paranthesis bracket farther down the string. The glitch isn’t ...…
Whenever you upgrade to a newer version of WordPress, there’s a danger that the plugins you’ve installed won’t work correctly. Before you upgrade, you should deactivate all plugins, upgrade, reactivate the plugins, and then make sure they work. Case in point: Before leaving on vacation I upgraded WordPress, and the upgrade caused my comment spam ...…
Business websites can be very entertaining, but you can’t sacrifice usability and functionality for the “wow” factor. I new Chipotle Grill restaurant was just built near my house, and I wanted to find out if they were open for business yet. I found their corporate website here. If you want to find out why I’m ...…
…by learning from its non-marketing mistakes regarding product changes. I’ve got a cat. Cat litter stinks the more it gets used. The brand “Fresh Step” is way more expensive than other brands, but it’s scented, has pleasant looking white and green granules, and works better than the cheap stuff at hiding odor. Recently, they apparently ...…
The FDA cracked down on online fraudulent cancer cure products this week. Besides the fact that they don’t work, they can also dupe buyers into thinking they don’t need to seek legitimate cancer treatment they need, which could kill them. If your product causes death by deception, you might want to look into another line ...…
I warn people just starting online businesses that they’ve got to have thick skin… No matter how nice you are, no matter how great the products you’re selling, no matter how much you try, you’re going to run into people that are going to give you grief. Don’t take it personally. Here’s a good example: ...…
I just finished hearing yet another business adviser saying not to run your business like a Lemming. You know about Lemmings, right? They’re so stupid that they commit mass suicide by following the Lemmings in front of them as they all kill themselves by jumping off a cliff. So how could I possibly tell you ...…
There was a little dust-up this week on marketing forums after an established info-marketer offered to give the URL to a free website… for a price. In all fairness, included in his offer were video tutorials of him showing how to use the resources on the free website to maximize its potential, and the “how” ...…
