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5 Golden Rules for Improving Your Search Engine Optimisation

There are Golden Rules that can help quite a bit in dealing with the problems associated with search engine optimisation.  Remember to use them when optimising your website and the challenges are likely to be much smaller.

These Golden Rules exist to guide you. It makes little difference what your goal is or what challenges you face, just choose the applicable Golden Rule and use it to improve your website.

Here are 5 of my best Golden Rules for search engine optimisation.

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Who Am I If My Identity Is Stolen? Part 3

Additional Ideas for Internet Security – this time for Keeping your Website Safe

Chances are that your web site is safe, but do you know that for sure?  Many users new to managing a  website rely on something we used to call “security by obscurity”.  They assume that they are too small and not well-to-do enough for anyone to be interested and that anything more than an anti-virus package is too much security.  Nothing could be further from the truth. Read the rest of this entry »

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Who Am I If My Identity Is Stolen? Part 2

Identity Theft Is Not Just For People

What exactly is identity theft? 

It is the theft of personal details and/or documents which are then used to apply for credit cards, bank accounts, loans, other financial services, benefits such as housing, tax credits, income support, child benefit, a driving licence, vehicle registration, a passport or a mobile phone contract ALL IN YOUR NAME and without your knowledge.  With a few bits of information from your PC, from your emails, your post or paper from your dustbin, criminals can become YOU. Read the rest of this entry »

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Who Am I If My Identity Is Stolen? Part 1

Internet Security for Individuals & Businesses

Everyone from NASA, to the New York Times, even Microsoft and Google, to you and the guy next door, have felt the pain, irritation and inconvenience (or more) of being hacked. 

Ironically Google was hacked shortly after publishing a blog about security.  In that instance it was a flaw in the program for Adwords that allowed a malicious file to be installed onto users’ computers which then obtained their passwords and got into their banks accounts, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

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Business Tips – Outsourcing

A small business is unique in its needs and requires special consideration of the things that need to be done.  On a normal day, you’ll probably need to complete lots of tasks to keep the business running, expenses under control etc., but what about those things you can’t do (don’t excel at) or don’t want to do? Read the rest of this entry »

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