Newbornbusiness

All you need to know before And after building your online business
Subscribe

Archive for March, 2008

← Previous Entries

Pharming Scam, New scamming technique you have to avoid

March 30, 2008 By: Newbornbusiness Category: Scam No Comments →

Pharming Scam is one of the latest online scams and rapidly growing threat on the Internet. It is Similar to phishing scams but with a new twist. Hackers get into Domain Name Servers and redirecting your Internet browser. The ideal thing the criminal wants you to do is click on an e-mail link that takes you to a web site that looks authentic. You are redirected without your knowledge to a bogus site that looks identical to the genuine site.

There is no indication to the end user that a redirect has occurred. The web browser still shows the original web address. This behavior makes pharming attacks more difficult to detect.

This scam can fool even an experienced computer user. Once you log in with your login name and password, the information is immediately captured by the scammer.

Many computer security experts are predicting that pharming attacks will continue to increase as more criminals embrace these techniques. Pharming effectively eliminates the need for “bait” emails and is therefore potentially more dangerous than normal phishing scams and can cast a wider net in which to snare victims.

Pharming is really dangerous and can cause a lot of harm as well as loss of personal and financial information; to avoid becoming a new victim of the pharming scam here is a list of recommendations that will help you:

- Always make sure that you are submitting your financial information into a secure website; the beginning of the Web address in your browsers address bar should be “https://” rather than just http://

- Set up a well protecting antivirus and anti spyware to your pc, regularly check that your browser is up to date and new security patches are applied.

- Log into your online accounts on a regular basis. Check your bank, credit and debit card statements to ensure that all transactions are legitimate.

- As more and more web sites start using digital certificates to authenticate their identities, you will begin to see more popup windows asking you to accept these certificates the first time you visit the web site. Always read the certificate details and ensure the web site really is the one you wanted to visit.

- Never follow a link or open an attachment in an email, if it claims to be from a financial institution or simply somebody you don’t know.

Always protect your information, Pharming Scam is really skyrocketing and you have to be careful with the sites you visit and the information you give out.

Bookmark and Share
[del.icio.us] [Digg] [Google] [StumbleUpon] [Windows Live] [Yahoo!] [Email] More »
Powered by Bookmarkify™

5 Simple steps to Skyrocket your earnings from your Blog

March 28, 2008 By: Newbornbusiness Category: Promote Your Business No Comments →

Blogs have become so popular. It can help you earn money from the internet as well as give you a venue to express and publish your ideas, what is caused its popularity and many online marketers consider Blogs as an essential need to facilitate their mission to communicate to the internet users.

To earn from blogging, you need to do extra effort aside from writing creative, unique and useful articles. Here are some simple techniques to follow:

1- Always come up with well written blog entries. With every post you write, try to come with a new idea or great information that will add to your visitors. If you really want to be serious in earning through your blogs, you should make sure that each entry is well written.

2- Give credit; if you got a picture for example from another website, always give appropriate credit. As much as possible, include links to where you got your data from. This way, the other websites will appreciate that and could see that you practice courtesy and may even place a linkback to your blog.

3- Start spreading your writings; grow your network, sign up in as many social network sites as possible and claim your blog there. Promote your blog site and encourage your network to visit it. You can register in as many forums as you can and promote your blog as well. You can do this by posting links to your blog either on the main message board or in your forum signature. This can increase your traffic effectively.

4- Link with other blogs; if you have numerous blog sites linked to you, their readers can also find your blog. This means another source of web traffic.

5- Monetize your blog; monetization has been ignored by a large number of online marketers, although it can let you an immense profit from your blog. There are several ways to monetize your blog, affiliate marketing, where you promote other people’s or websites’ products/services and in return, you make a commission for each and every sale that you refer, is considered one of the most profitable ways to make money online, whether you’re a blogger, or a full-time affiliate marketer.

These are the top 5 principals that can guarantee your blogging success; just applying these simple but worthy steps to your blogging business can really let you make the most profit of your BLOG.

Bookmark and Share
[del.icio.us] [Digg] [Google] [StumbleUpon] [Windows Live] [Yahoo!] [Email] More »
Powered by Bookmarkify™

How to find the right keywords to use

March 26, 2008 By: Newbornbusiness Category: Keywords No Comments →

Choosing keywords is not quite as easy as simply naming a product or category. There are many factors that should influence your decision as to what defines the right keywords.

An important tool that you can use to find the right keywords is the keyword tracking tool; Keyword tracking tools can be of immense help when finding keywords and their synonyms. Once you enter the main keyword in keyword tool, the result given will content the main keyword, as many numbers of times it is used and next would be the related keywords and synonyms. This will give you the general idea of the keywords and enable you to decipher the popularity of each of your keywords and keyword phrases. Retain the most popular or frequently searched terms and discard those that are rarely searched.

Google Adwords, Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool and Alta Vista’s Prisma are also good tools to use when choosing keywords.

After that you will need to check out each keyword and find out whether or not it is relevant for your website. Your target should be those which are useful to you in spite of their densities.

List down the most commonly used keywords for your type of business; Research your competitors and view their Meta tags to see which keywords they are using. You have to always look to update your keywords based on the feedback received from visitors to your site, customers and website logs. Website logs can give exact information on which keywords are successful and which are not.

Remember that using perfect and targeted keywords cannot just increase your sales; it also ends up bringing meaningful traffic to your website.

Bookmark and Share
[del.icio.us] [Digg] [Google] [StumbleUpon] [Windows Live] [Yahoo!] [Email] More »
Powered by Bookmarkify™

What is Phishing Scam and how can you avoid it?

March 24, 2008 By: Newbornbusiness Category: Scam No Comments →

Millions of people lose their identity and a lot of money to these scammers every year. Just thinking of Falling prey to a phishing scam is a scary thought; no one wants their identity stolen.

Phishing scam also called “Spoofing” and “Carding” is when a spammer sends you an email claiming to be from a reputable bank or website. It always comes in the form of; “We were unable to authorize charges to the Credit Card Number you provided” OR “Your Amazon Account will be closed”

The email complete with authentic logos asks you to log in and verify your account information. Then the spammer captures your account information and helps himself to your account. They sometimes will sell your information to other criminals and you can become a victim of identity theft.

Check Link location; checking the link attached into the email sent to you, can be a great guide for you in such cases; you have to always remember that;

- Legitimate companies do not send impersonal letters or even ask for sensitive information via emails.
- Regularly check your bank account and credit card statements.
- Always type in the URL of the Web page you need. Phishing schemes depend on embedded links that take you to fake sites.

- Call the company, Do not use the phone number provided to you, some scams are sophisticated enough to set up elaborate phone answering systems to make them look more legit.

- NEVER give any sensitive information (personal or financial) to an organization that you don’t know.
- NEVER send your personal or financial information via email; it is not secure at all.
- And finally, if you already received a phishing letter forward it to spam@uce.gov.

Take extra care to protect your personal information because once it is out there it is very hard to get back. Just use these worthy tips and your common sense to avoid phishing scams and you can make your online experience a good one.

Bookmark and Share