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It's Open Phishing Season Again
By Jim Edwards · 16 years ago
The online scam technique known as "phishing" is not new. Phishing has plagued Internet users for several years now, but its effectiveness has caused the practice to grow to record levels among online criminals. "Phishing" ...
Is Email Ruining Your Life?
By Jim Edwards · 16 years ago
Recently I started reading a book with a seemingly improbable title, "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferris.
In the book, Ferris makes a number of assertions about how we all, whether employed or self-employed, can ...
Fraud-Proof Your Online Business
By Jim Edwards · 17 years ago
I know a business that had their website hacked, their entire customer database hijacked, and thousands of customer credit card numbers stolen at the same time.
In the following months, the hackers did their best ...
Auction Sites Trafficking Stolen Goods Online
By Jim Edwards · 18 years ago
Ah yes, eBay! The online auction giant that makes all your dreams come true for finding that special something you can't find anywhere else.
It's like a giant garage sale in the sky.
Unfortunately, eBay's ...
Email "Toll Booths" Coming Soon
By Jim Edwards · 18 years ago
The end of the free ride for email marketing looms on the horizon.
The days of building up or buying a big email list and freely using it to market and sell online are numbered ...
Free Websites Showcase Your Videos Online
By Jim Edwards · 18 years ago
If you didn't realize that video will take over online this year, you haven't been paying attention.
Everything from video blogs to full-blown website infomercials keep cropping up all across the Internet.
The driving force ...
Google's Video Store Premiers
By Jim Edwards · 18 years ago
The trend for selling video on the Internet "vending- machine-style" got a huge boost with the announcement by search giant, Google, that their online video store opened for business.
On the surface, it appears they'll ...
How To Start A Video Blog
By Jim Edwards · 18 years ago
Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," came into the mainstream about 2 years ago.
Not really a newsletter or traditional html page publishing, blogs resemble more of a web-based diary where the creator records ...
"Black Monday" and Cyber Santa Tips
By Jim Edwards · 18 years ago
When I started writing this column in Fall of 1998, the idea of doing all your holiday shopping online rated quite daring and trendy.
Fast-forward to today and online shopping represents a very sizeable share ...