Will You Start Afresh With Yahoo! Profiles?

I was very concerned when I learned that Yahoo! quietly wiped out all our Yahoo! Profiles and force us to start a new Profile. I think that they did that in a bid to enter the social networking arena and compete with Facebook.

The thing that angered many of us long time Yahoo! user is that there was no prior notice at all and we were all very surprised to see that every on our profile that many of us painstakingly built years ago, have gone down the drain just like that. if they could wipe out our profiles with just a click on the button, are our email accounts even safe with them?

I have had my Yahoo! account since 1990 or so and I have various IDs in my profile for different purposes. I am very concerned that now Yahoo! has forced us to only use ONE name in our profile as it no longer supports multiple IDs. So what happens to the profiles of all my other IDs? Would I have to set up different Profiles with different Yahoo! Mail accounts?

What about my email account? What about my Yahoo! Messenger? Of course, to solve this problem, I could just delete my whole Yahoo! account but I still have people writing to me in my old Yahoo! email and I have many emails still in my inbox which I do not know how to move out. I am subscribed to some pretty interesting newsletters and that is easy to change to a new email but I also use my Yahoo! Mail to log in to some websites too and that would be pretty difficult to have that changed.

In short, I hate it that Yahoo! has made a mess out of my network of IDs and the uses of Yahoo! that have suited me all these while.

Hosting By Geekz

If you think that just because I buy web hosting from a couple of hosts to run my blogs, websites and ecommerce sits, and therefore must be very familiar with all aspects of web hosting, then you couldn’t be more wrong.

I tell you, for most of the services that I took out, I just buy them and keep my fingers crossed that I have got the right package and that it will meet all my requirements and then some.

Therefore, I was delighted when I got to know that Hosting by Geekz, unlike their competitors, only offer ONE hosting package. At a low price of just $4.99 per month, you will be receiving all the necessary features to successfully run your website(s).

Hosting by Geekz is not just a hosting company, but also offers design, coding and website development services among others.

Hosting by Geekz know that many people get confused with all the various hosting packages that are being offered by each company that they decided to come up with the ultimate hosting solution whether you are a small or medium size webmaster.

If you are on the market for web hosting, do hop over to Hosting by Geekz to read in detail the kind of features that you will receive for $4.99 per month.

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Spammed Big Time

A couple of days ago, I don’t know what happened but spam comments flooded my inbox, so much so that I went to my blogs to see if somehow my Akismet Spam plug-in was somehow deactivated. However, besides the fact that it has a new version that I have yet to update, Akismet was still active.

The thing I noticed is that while some of these spam comments appeared in my list of comments to be moderated, some of them did not even land on my blog, which means that they somehow bypassed my blogs and landed straight to my inbox.

And the weird thing is that even though I received over a hundred annoying spam comments on that particular day, the spam comments came from all my blogs except one. The blog that escaped being flooded by spam comments is hosted by another host. Maybe that’s why?

After a couple of days, spam has stopped flooding my inbox but I still am keeping an eye on my blogs, especially for links to pharmacy or porn sites. Am keeping my fingers crossed!

Up-to-date Information On Precious Metals

If you have been reading my blog, you will know that my friends and I are currently looking for ways to invest some of our spare cash. Since I am stuck to the computer at all hours, I think I am better informed than they are on currency and stock trends.

However, I think that right now, it is safer to invest in precious metals, especially silver. I have been checking the website of Monex Precious Metals for the latest prices and precious metals like gold and silver are currently trending downwards. I am not surprised since the global economy is taking a beating.

In any case, I will keep checking and look for the right time to enter the market. As you know, when prices fall, that would be a good time to enter and hold some bargain priced precious metals.

Gmail Tip: End Of Message [EOM]

If you are one of those people who love to write one-liner emails and would rather write your one-line messages on the Subject line, then I am sure you have been annoyed like hell on the Windows prompt asking you if you would like to proceed to send a blank email.

Well, Gmail came up with a trick to send the message directly without the prompt if you prefer to write your message on the subject line.

All you need to do is to type in EOM at the end of your message at the Subject line. EOM stands for End Of Message. I tried it just now and sure enough, it worked. It is not case sensitive so you could type EOM in capital letters or in small letters.

The only problem was that at the receiving end, EOM also appeared in the Subject line. For people who are not familiar with this Gmail trick, if they received an email with a subject title that has EOM at the end, I bet they would be scratching their head wondering what that means.

So if you would like to use EOM, I think you should explain it to your recipients first. LOL

Web Searching Healthy For Brain

I read today that scientists have conducted a research on the effects of the internet on our brain and guess what? They concluded that web searching is actually beneficial to our brain, particularly middle-age and old-age people who already know how to search the web.

You know, I use the search engine many times a day and I sometimes feel that I am facing information overload. There is so much information that sometimes you have to choose which link to click, which article to read and which piece of information to retain in my brain. But all these are actually healthy for our brain function, like crossword puzzles, except that web searching is less complex.

Scientists also discovered that the activity of web searching will only have a positive effect on people who already know what to do when facing a search engine. However, for those who have never searched the web before, they would easily pick up the “skill” after a week of learning. This means that web searching is basically beneficial to everyone.

Now, when I am Googling for information, I would have the excuse of doing some brain exercise. Use it or lose it.

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing

As the owner of an ecommerce site, I know firsthand how important traffic from search engine is. Did you know that landing on the first page of prime search engines would increase sales by about 70%? Now you know why webmasters try so hard to rank as high as possible for their specific keywords or key phrases.

Although I have come across many, and even dealt first hand with a few search engine marketing websites, today, when I was told of Headland, I decided to check out their website to see what services they offer besides Search Engine Marketing.

Besides designing and building websites, Headland also provides internet and search engine optimization and marketing, email marketing and ebook application, Pay Per Click (PPC), eSurveys and online press releases, all the while keeping track of results and growing contact database of their clients.

Generally speaking Headland, a UK based company, provides their clients with ecommerce, emarketing and brand design & development. I browsed through their list of clientele and have to say that I am very impressed that even large companies trust Headland to deliver the results that every client desires.

If you have a website, particularly a commercial site, you should optimize your site to increase traffic, and in turn, increase sales and profit.

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