Adventures in living a healthy, juicy life
by Cheryl Ragsdale
I’ve been bumping into nefarious websites lately.
I did some research to find out what I need to do to protect myself.
Don’t Click Weird Links
Direct from PayPal:
Usually, a phishing email will have a fake story that’s designed to lure you into clicking a link or button in the email or calling a phone number. The sender is trying to steal your identity by tricking you into revealing your password or other personal information.
You may be tempted, but don’t trust an email address. It’s pretty easy to alter and is not an indication of whether the email is real or not.
This one is easy. We will never ask you for the following personal information in any PayPal email:
- Your full name
- Your password
- Driver’s license number
- Social Security number
- Credit and debit card numbers
- Pin numbers or bank account numbers
We promise to never email you an attachment or software update to install on your computer.
Never install attached software or even open an attached file.
It’s not safe – it could be spyware or a virus.
Many phishing emails have links that look valid, but send you to fraudulent sites instead.
Here’s what you should do: Open a new browser window, type https://www.paypal.com and log in to your PayPal account directly.
- If you get an email that may be fraudulent, alert us by forwarding it to spoof@paypal.com.
Plus one more…
Five Ways to Keep Online Criminals at Bay
Must read this one – excellent software suggestions for combating attacks that you didn’t see coming:
“Criminals have found abundant opportunities to undertake stealthy attacks on ordinary Web users that can be hard to stop, experts say. Hackers are lacing Web sites — often legitimate ones — with so-called malware, which can silently infiltrate visiting PCs to steal sensitive personal information and then turn the computers into “zombies” that can be used to spew spam and more malware onto the Internet.”
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Article Directories
Switching gears from that dreadful subject.
Each week, I feature a tip from Yaro Starak’s Blog Profits Blueprint. This week’s tip is about submitting your blog posts to article directories:
2. Submit your articles to EzineArticles.com. This is another tip that doesn't bring in hundreds of new visitors immediately (although it can if you keep doing it) but it's worthwhile because you simply leverage what you already have - your pillar articles. Once a week or so take one of your pillar articles and submit it to Ezine Articles. Your article then becomes available to other people who can republish your article on their website or in their newsletter.How you benefit is through what is called your “Resource Box”. You create your own resource box which is like a signature file where you include one to two sentences and link back to your website (or blog in this case). Anyone who publishes your article has to include your resource box so you get incoming links. If someone with a large newsletter publishes your article you can get a lot of new readers at once.
Click here to download the Blog Profits Blueprint
I’ve tried this tip by sending two articles to Ezine Articles. Now that I’m reviewing this tip, I think I haven’t put enough effort into this tactic. Something to think about (and add to my To Do list) going forward.
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Your Turn
What kind of experiences are you having on-line either with sending your posts to article directories?
Have you had any run-ins or bad experiences with phishy websites?
Please leave your comments in the comment section located half-way down the page on the right hand side of this post OR click the green button labeled comments above this post to be taken directly to the comment section.
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26 More Blogging Tips From Expert Bloggers
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community
- Zhu presents Blogging Etiquette | Correr Es Mi Destino posted at Correr Es Mi Destino, saying, “Behaving well in the blogosphere is important because: * Reputation stays forever on the web * We are all from different cultures and must learn to respect each other * Blogging = communicating… isn’t it?”
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- Annabel Candy presents Exclusive Blogging Advice: Killer Email Script and Top Bloggers’ Replies posted at In the Hot Spot, saying, “Hi Cheryl, thanks for the email about this. This post is an exclusive with blogging and business advice from Leo Babauta, Penelope Trunk, Chris Brogan, Chris Guillebeau, Jonathan Fields, Glen Allsopp. It has: An introduction to some great bloggers and their smart ideas. Tips on how to build good relationships with influential players in your field. The script for a persuasive email people will reply to. Expert advice – are two blogs are better than one? Hope you like it and thanks so much for taking the time to read this. Definitely all on board for promoting your carnival. xox Annabel”
- Simon Townley presents Beware the curse of ‘zombie’ copy: does your writing lack the spark of life? posted at Write Mindset.
- Robert Bravery presents The ABC’s of Blogging posted at The Brave Programmer, saying, “Blogging can be real fun and rewarding if you follow some simple rules. Perhaps they are not so much rules than characteristics. Applying them to your blog will ensure success.”
- Robert Bravery presents What is The Purpose of Your Next Blog Post? posted at The Brave Programmer, saying, “Why do you write blog posts? Is there some thing that you hope to achieve by your post? If your blog post has no purpose, why write one at all.”
- Robert Bravery presents The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get on BloggingThe Brave Programmer, saying, “The web is littered with all sorts of advice. Just Google any word and there is bound to be a tutorial regarding it. So then what advice can I give you that will make you a better blogger. Read on to find what I consider to be the best advice anywhere on the planet concerning blogging.”
making money online
- Ryan presents Blogging for Money ? Comments or No Comments posted at bloggingformoneymasterplan.com, saying, “Are comments helpful or not? I sound off on the topic.”
- Ryan presents Earning money with a Blog posted at bloggingformoneymasterplan.com, saying, “What I believe to be the best way to use a blog for online income.”
- Jose Anajero presents Starting An Online Business, Again posted at INTERNET MARKETING WITH PURPOSE.
- Jose Anajero presents How to Find Extraordinary Joy in Your Internet Business posted at INTERNET MARKETING WITH PURPOSE.
- Ziki presents 6 Effective Ways to Make Money With Video Sharing Sites Using Video Marketing Strategies posted at Video Marketing Strategies
. - Ziki presents Introduction to Affiliate Marketing and Video MarketingVideo Marketing Strategies .
seo
- Rosette presents SEO Packages posted at Ricky Deez, saying, “Find some of the most successful SEO campaign packages to help grow your business online.” Simon Townley presents The number one thing about SEO that people just don’t get posted at Write Mindset.
- Jose Anajero presents 15 Step By Step SEO Tips For Writing Blog Posts posted at INTERNET MARKETING WITH PURPOSE.
- Richard C presents SEO: Error Traffic Control | Richard Cummings posted at Richard Cummings, saying, “If you want to build immediate traffic to your website, there is one sure fire way to accomplish this, but it’s filled with errors.”
- Patrick Whalen presents WordPress Unplugged posted at BlogConduit.com.
social media
- Israel Baline presents 5 Social Media Sites for Healthcare Professionals posted at MS in Nursing, saying, “Social networking sites are an important aspect of delivering proper health care. Interaction with patients, colleagues and other working professionals is a must in trying to stay on top of an ever changing field. Social networking is crucial to furthering one’s career and education.”
- Whoopie Patterson presents 5 Social Media Sites for Nurses posted at LVN to BSN, saying, “Listed here are five helpful social networking sites to help potential and professional nurses gain an edge in the healthcare industry.”
- Eadwine Walter presents 5 Social Media Sites for Scientists posted at Masters in Clinical Research, saying, “Throughout history Scientists have made the most important discoveries by working together, bouncing ideas off one another, and helping each other succeed. Now, through social networking and media sites, scientists have even more access to working together from all over the world.”
- Robert Bravery presents 10 Top Tips for Twitter posted at The Brave Programmer, saying, “Twitter the social phenomenon has almost taken over the world. Well maybe not quite, but it certainly is very popular. Problem is that many have misunderstood it’s prime purpose.”
- stanya16 presents 5 Social Media Sites for Managers & Executives posted at Masters in Healthcare Management, saying, “Social networking is one of the best tools to expand your business contacts, meet people who are interested in the same things you are, and be up to date on the latest news in your industry.” Anthony Dominick presents Top 50 Blogs by Divinity Students posted at Masters in Divinity, saying, “This post has managed to cull 50 top blogs written by divinity students across the U.S., categorized by degree and a bonus category filled with groups of students who blog.”
- Blake Willson presents 6 Essential Android Apps for Health Professionals posted at Master of Science in Nursing, saying, “Every tool you need in your healthcare career can be at your fingertips if you have an Android Smartphone. Google’s Android platform works with an ever-increasing number of smartphones, including the T-Mobile G1. If your phone has Android, be sure to check out these applications that will make your life and work a lot easier.”
- Diane Laine presents 5 Twitter Users Every Info Junkie Should Follow posted at Master of Health Informatics, saying, “We’ve come up with a list of 5 twitter users every info junkie should be following. These twitterers update their accounts often and will always have some of the best breaking stories out there.”
- Dallas Burrows presents 5 Excellent iPad Apps for Nurses posted at LPN to RN Bridge, saying, “With the release of the iPad, nurses now have access to a robust tablet that many industry insiders believe will revolutionize the healthcare delivery system.”
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Specific software is very important for security purposes. Without certain software, your computer is at risk to many hackers who are wanting personal information. So many people want to affect other people over the internet, so security for my is number one. This software can be updated as hackers find new ways to hack your computer. This is essential for blogging as you often go to websites that are unknown.
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I had two times troubles concerning PayPal phishing mails. Great that guys from PP support knows enough about how and who tryuing to grab your money
Still no troubles with Twitter and Facebook.
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Hi Cheryl, this came at a good time for me. My Twitter account got hacked. It happened once before. Someone sent me a direct message saying “You gotta see this pic of you, it’s hilarious.” When I clicked on the link my account for hacked and the same message sent on to hundreds of my follower.
Now I’m wiser and never click on any link if it sounds dodgy. But still my account got hacked a second time I have no idea how. Most of the people who got the dodgy DM knew it was spam. Two people got angry with me but it really wasn’t my fault.
Anyway,I just wanted to warn people while we were on the topic:)
Thanks for including my post here. It’s so kind of you and an amazing job you do here. I am indeed off to promote it now:) Muchas gracias amiga!
.-= Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot´s Last Fabulous Post blog ..How to Stay Focused in 9 Words =-.