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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Left Unchecked, Comments On Your Facebook Ad Will Kill Its Effectiveness

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Planning the perfect Facebook ad is quite time consuming. Some ads, like Valentine's Day promotions, are only good for a few weeks, while others could be good for quite a long time. You could boost a regular post VIEW FULL GOLD NUGGET


AT: 02/17/2016 01:38:21 PM   0 COMMENTS
Monday, August 17, 2015

When Moderating Blog Comments Leads to Malware Attacks

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When Moderating Blog Comments Leads to Malware Attacks daily-golden-nugget-1321-20
Those of us who try to make an honest living using the internet are often overshadowed by those who use the internet as a tool for destruction.

Cyber security is a real threat, and it comes in various shapes, sizes, and disguises. Even though we might spend lots of money maintaining our anti-virus and firewall software, there are still Trojan types of attacks that can catch you completely off guard.

I was able to identify and document a Trojan cyber attack last wee...
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AT: 08/17/2015 07:57:55 AM   0 COMMENTS
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Examples of Link Building and Bad Blog Comments

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It never ceases to amaze me that jewelers are either paying for, or directly engaging in link building schemes that are bad for them. With all the talk of Google Penguin since April 2012, I'm surprised that some businesses still don't understand the difference between good and bad link building.

Here are some basics of potentially good ways to build l...
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AT: 07/22/2014 11:23:25 AM   0 COMMENTS
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

CAPTCHA: Good and Evil

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Perhaps one of the most heated website design debates I've read recently was about the use of CAPTCHA on website forms. You know what CAPTCHA is, right? It's that annoying string of characters or words you have to retype before you can submit a website form.

CAPTCHAs are used to prove that a real person is submitting the form on your website rather than a computer program. Spammers use automated programs to send solicitations through your website forms. The reason behind this Nugget in the first place is a recent flurry of s...
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AT: 07/15/2014 09:22:55 AM   0 COMMENTS
Monday, June 09, 2014

Dealing with Google+ comment spam...

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In this edition of Google+ Monday Golden Nugget, I need to explain some Google+ commenting etiquette. In fact, the type of etiquette you should be practicing on Google+ is the same type of good etiquette you should be employing on other social networks and when leaving comments on blogs.

Simply said, you should never spam someone's social share. "Spamming" isn't just for emails; it also applies to an unwanted solicitation as a comment on a social post, or on a blog post. This is referred to as "comm...
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AT: 06/09/2014 12:09:23 PM   0 COMMENTS
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