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When I first attended the Internet Marketing groups here in San Diego there where only a few people attending these events, now there has been a huge surge in Interest in starting an Internet based business. Now is a great time to get online ans start a business but many will find it is not as easier as that late night Infomercial guy stated. I have spoken with several people just this week about one national company that has been in town selling there “Snake Oil” website for only $39.00 and them telling the sucker I mean client that they really need 5 or 6 to be successful and then they upsell them on expensive coaching programs.

These company know only too well that most people who join these programs are unlikely to succeed. To succeed online it not easy but it is not hard there are a number of things that you must do including good site design,good seo, great content and a solid back linking strategy. This is something I have been focusing on for all of my sites and my clients sites.

Good luck to everyone in this New Economy, call me on 760 230-8687 if you need some guidance.

Regards

Simon White

Everyone might want to read this.

I suggest a different password for every site then use roboform or lastpass with multifactor authentication.

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and BRAD STONE

Published: July 15, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — You might think your password protects the confidential information stored on Web sites. But as Twitterexecutives discovered, that is a dangerous assumption.

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Bits Blog: The Debate Over Publishing Stolen Twitter Documents

The Web was abuzz Wednesday after it was revealed that a hacker had exposed corporate information about Twitter after breaking into an employee’s e-mail account. The breach raised red flags for individuals as well as businesses about the passwords used to secure information they store on the Web.

On Web sites containing personal information like e-mail, financial data or documents, there is usually just a user name and password for protection. More individuals are storing information on Web servers, where it is accessible from any online computer through services offered by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, social networks like Facebook or back-up services like Mozy.

But password-protected sites are growing more vulnerable because to keep up with the growing number of passwords, people use the same simple ones on numerous sites across the Web. In a study last year, Sophos, a security firm, found that 40 percent of Internet users use the same password for every Web site they access.

The attack on Twitter highlights the problem. For its internal documents, the company uses the business version of Google Apps, a service that Google offers to individuals free.Google Apps provides e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets and calendars over the Web.

The content is stored on Google’s servers, which can save time and money and enable employees to work together on documents at the same time. But it also means that the security is only as good as the password. A hacker who breaks into one person’s account can access information shared by friends, family members or colleagues, which is what happened at Twitter.

The Twitter breach occurred about a month ago, Twitter said. A hacker calling himself Hacker Croll broke into an administrative employee’s e-mail account and gained access to the employee’s Google Apps account, where Twitter shares spreadsheets and documents with business ideas and financial details, said Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder.

The hacker then sent documents about company plans and finances, confidential contracts, and job applicants to two tech news blogs, TechCrunch, in Silicon Valley, andKorben, in France. There was also personal information about Twitter employees including credit card numbers.

The hacker also broke into the e-mail account of the wife of Evan Williams, Twitter’s chief executive, and from there accessed several of Mr. Williams’ personal Internet accounts, including those at Amazon and PayPal, Mr. Stone said.

TechCrunch revealed documents showing that Twitter, a private company that so far has no revenue, projected that it will reach a billion users and $1.54 billion in revenue by 2013. Michael Arrington, TechCrunch’s founder, said in an interview that the hacker had also sent him detailed strategy documents about potential business models, the competitive threat from Facebook and when the company might be acquired.

Some analysts say the breach highlights how dangerous it can be for people and companies to store confidential documents on Web servers, or “in the cloud.”

But Mr. Stone said that the attack “isn’t about any flaw in Web apps,” but rather about a bigger issue that affects individuals and businesses alike. “It speaks to the importance of following good personal security guidelines such as choosing strong passwords,” he said.

Instead of circumventing security measures, it appears that the Twitter hacker managed to correctly answer the personal questions that Gmail asks of users to reset the password.

“A lot of the Twitter users are pretty much living their lives in public,” said Chris King, director of product marketing at Palo Alto Networks, which creates firewalls. “If you broadcast all your details about what your dog’s name is and what your hometown is, it’s not that hard to figure out a password.”

Security experts advise people to use unique, complex passwords for each Web service they use and include a mix of numbers and letters. Free password management programs like KeePass and 1Password can help people juggle passwords for numerous sites.

Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle, a network security company, suggested choosing false answers to the security questions like “What was your first phone number?” or making up obscure questions instead of using the default questions that sites provide. (Of course, that presents a new problem of remembering the false information.)

For businesses, Google allows company administrators to set up rules for password strength and add additional authentication tools like unique codes.

The Twitter hacker claims to have wanted to teach people to be more careful. In a message to Korben, the hacker wrote that his attack could make Internet users “conscious that no one is protected on the Net.”

The already powerful SENUke is adding 600 Web 2.0 Sites to its Arsenal

This will help with backlink building big time!

Email from SENULKE Team Below

This brand-new module called "Web 2.0 Profile Nuke" will create accounts at almost SIX HUNDRED different websites..
There’s…
1 PR8 domain in there…
13 PR7 domains in there…
56 PR6 domains in there…
93 PR5 domains in there…
88 PR4 domains in there…
130 PR3 domains in there…
94 PR2 domains in there…
86 PR1 domains in there..
You will NOT see any other software in the market being able to automate so many high PR websites!
Once the accounts are created with AUTOMATIC captcha solving and everything, SEnuke will be able to post your links and RSS feeds to all these websites in all their do-follow glory!
It’s ridiculous how much link juice these websites will bring for you, and going after "difficult" keywords will become a piece of cake
Stay tuned… should be ready within 2 weeks…

Traffic Geyser is also adding Article Directories to its line up.

I also here Howie Schwartz is working on a big tool that will kick everyones ass.

Google 47,000,000 Competing Pages

Position and Page vary daily!

Page 1  for my twitter account

Page 2 for SimonWhite.us

Page 3 for my twellow profile

Bing 29,000,000 Competing Pages

Page 1 Position 2

Page 2 Position 2

Page 4 – Twitterholic

Yahoo 101,000,000 Competing Pages

Position 2, 2 double indent and Position 3

We it sounds cool but do all these tools really work.

I have tried many tools out there and here is my final answer for today, it may change tomorrow as the Internet and the tools change rapidly.

Keyword Research Tools

I like and use both Market Samurai and Micro Niche Finder.

I have used an tried many other tools but these are easy tools to learn an use.

Video Marketing

I have to say it Traffic Geyser is the best!

Tube Mogul is okay but limited, heyspread does a reasonable job but it is Traffic Geyser that is the hand down winner.

Yeah I do consulting on traffic geyser if you want  a few video distributed call me 760 230 8687.

Article Marketing

I use Unique Article Wizard and SENuke – both tools are worth paying for if you are going to be a player!

I use a number of other tools but I am not going to reveal them on a public blog.

If you use any of the above tools, your chances of success in the Internet Marketing  World will greatly increase.

Good Luck and Keep on Blogging!

Original from WikiPedia

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others’ updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to other users – known as followers – who have subscribed to them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. The service is free over the Internet, but using SMS may incur phone service provider fees.

Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained notability and popularity worldwide. It is sometimes described as the "SMS of the Internet",^[2] as it provides the functionality—via its application programming interface (API)—for other desktop and web-based applications to send and receive short text messages, often obscuring the Twitter service itself.

Through SMS, users can communicate with Twitter through five gateway numbers: short codes for the United States, Canada, India, New Zealand, and an Isle of Man-based number for international use. There is also a short code in the United Kingdom which is only accessible to those in the Vodafone network.^[3]

Twitter is ranked as the 26th most popular website worldwide by Alexa‘s web traffic analysis.^[4] Estimates of the number of daily users vary, because the company does not release the number of active accounts. However, a February 2009 Compete.com blog entry ranked Twitter as the third most used social network,^[5] which puts the number of unique monthly visitors at roughly six million and the number of monthly visits at 55 million;^[5] however, only 40% of users are retained.^[6] In March 2009, a Nielsen.com blog ranked Twitter as the fastest-growing site in the Member Communities category for February 2009. Twitter had a monthly growth of 1382%, Zimbio of 240%, followed by Facebook with an increase of 228%.^[7]

Spun Article – An Okay Job but not really that different.

A much better solution is to write useful original content. Article spinning might be considered grey or even black hat to some.

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others’ updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of at least 140 characters, shown on the writer’s profiling page and dropped at other users – known as disciples – who have subscribed to them.

Senders can prohibit delivery to those in their group of friends or, by default, permit open access. Users can send and receive tweets thru the Twitter web site, Short Message Service ( SMS ) or external applications.

The service is free over the web, but using SMS may attract telephone service supplier costs. Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained notability and recognition worldwide.

It is frequently described as the "SMS of the Internet",[2] as it supplies the functionalityvia its application programming interface ( API ) for other desktop and internet-based applications to send and receive short texts, often obscuring the Twitter service itself.

Thru SMS, users can communicate with Twitter thru 5 gateway numbers : short codes for the US, Canada, India, New Zealand, and an Isle of Man-based number for global use. There’s also a short code in the UK which is only accessible to those in the Vodafone network.[3]. Twitter is ranked as the 26th most well liked web site worldwide by Alexa’s web traffic analysis.[4] Guesstimates of the quantity of daily users alter, because the company does not release the quantity of active accounts. Twitter had an once a month expansion of 1382%, Zimbio of 240%, followed by Facebook with an increase of 228%.[7].

A question many people ask  is how often should I update my blog?

Many will say as much as possible, the more competitive you niche the more unique content you will need and the more back links you will require to get anywhere with the search engines.

How do you generate Unique Content?

1) Write it yourself – The Best Solution in my Opinion

2)Use Article Writers – Second Best Solutions

3) Re-Write other articles – hmmm maybe

4) Use Content spinners – Don’t do this on you Authority site, maybe it is okay on some feeder sites or Web 2.0 sites but really are you adding any real value to the web?

If you are going to be successful with building back links you are most likely going to use some form of article marketing. There are several flavors of article marketing tools, 1)some send the same article to lots of article directories, 2) some re-write paragraphs and distribute pseudo unique content and 3) some use article spinning to generate unique content that is hardly human readable.

I have tried all, I prefer 1) and 2) myself and have good success at getting good back links.