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How To Be An SEO Guru

Do you see yourself as a budding SEO Guru and want to spot the next big thing? Have you heard lots of conflicting SEO advice but are not sure which to follow? Have you ever wondered where SEO companies go for inspiration and great advice? Web Marketing and SEO are inextricably linked so that is . . . → Read More: How To Be An SEO Guru

Think Twice Before Outsourcing

One of our SEO and Website customers has spent the day lamenting once again the outsourcing of the bulk of their network infrastructure to an external contractor. Following a botched configuration change by the network supplier, their much depleted IT department spent the whole morning jury-rigging alternative network connections so that people in their headquarters . . . → Read More: Think Twice Before Outsourcing

Visa Scam Email Circulating

The spam filters are currently picking out a Visa Scam Email circulating at the moment which is claiming that your card has been blocked for security reasons. If your email browser will render the html, it looks something like this Visa Scam Screenshot:

Visa Scam Screenshot

Analysis of the content shows a hyperlink which . . . → Read More: Visa Scam Email Circulating

Max Rebo Band Website Live

The featured Blog this week is Max Rebo Band Website, which is a WordPress site using the default Twenty Eleven 1.2 theme. Kudos to Rich Pegler, the band’s drummer and webmaster, who has set this great site up from scratch. This just shows you the flexibility of WordPress out of the box, and the Max . . . → Read More: Max Rebo Band Website Live

Bredolab Botnet Still Active

More Tax Payment malware news today, with a resurgence of the Bredolab botnet.

Our MessageLabs Anti-Virus Service reported a suspicious email, similar to the Tax Spam Malware Warning yesterday. The message title once again was Your Tax Payment ID [Random Number] is failed

This time Symantec reported it as Trojan.Bredolab, which is a likely . . . → Read More: Bredolab Botnet Still Active

Tax Spam Malware Warning

The spam filters are currently working overtime catching dubious email messages about tax payments having failed. As you might expect, this is a Tax Spam Malware Warning, so take care before opening anything that tells you that Your Tax Payment failed.

This email, which purports to be from US tax payment service Electronic Federal Tax . . . → Read More: Tax Spam Malware Warning

Malware Scripts Added To Websites

A couple of our customers have experienced hacks to their websites this last week, with malicious code (or malware) added to several pages. Normal visitors to the site have a little extra script added when they load the page, which good antivirus software will identify as a malware script. Kaspersky Labs identifies the Trojan loader . . . → Read More: Malware Scripts Added To Websites

Spear Phishing Attack Warning

A warning which is currently circulating in security circles concerns a Spear Phishing attack masquerading as a company virus warning. The object is to trick users into installing malware on their computers which would compromise their security.

Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details . . . → Read More: Spear Phishing Attack Warning

Block Spam from WordPress Contact Page

Have you been having trouble with Spam from your Contact Page on your WordPress blog? This is a quick way to Block Spam from a WordPress Contact Page.

Every good website has a Contact page to ensure that users can get questions answers, and customers can engage before buying goods and services. The trouble is . . . → Read More: Block Spam from WordPress Contact Page

What is Conversion Rate Optimization?

OK so we have seen SEO, so what is Conversion Rate Optimization or CRO? In the language of Internet Marketing, the process of improving the experience of the visitor in order to convert them into a paying customer is called conversion optimization, or sometimes conversion rate optimization.

So when we have just managed to get . . . → Read More: What is Conversion Rate Optimization?