Latest Gmail Phishing Very Tough To Spot – Watch Out

July 4, 2009 – 5:06 pm Source of Post: Barry Welford | The Other Blokes Blog

If Phishing is a new term to you then please read this post.  I have now twice received a message apparently from Google within the past three days that read as follows:

phishing Gmail message

When you click on the link, then you see the familiar Google Gmail Welcome page. 

Phishing Gmail Welcome Page

Except that this is not the regular Google page.  If you look up at the address field, you will find the URL is on the domain, Phishing website .

Checking WhoIs for this page you will find that the administrative contact is the following person.

Phishing Administrative Contact

Undoubtedly if I had keyed in my Gmail username and password, that gentleman would have had access to my Gmail account and could do whatever he wished with it.  Needless to say I immediately changed the password, in case he had already been there.

This is a particularly difficult one to spot, so it is important to be extra vigilant.  Google has some good information about Messages asking for personal information.  It also provides more detailed information about Suspicious results and strange behavior: Phishing attacks in other words.

You can forward such phishing Gmail messages to phishing@google.com and can send the Phishing URL to the Google Phishing team using their Phishing Report.  Google also provides a link to Stopbadware.org, where you can learn more about malware that can infect your computer.

Some phishing attacks are not too difficult to spot, often including spelling mistakes and somewhat curious links.  This particular current Gmail phishing incident is highly professional and the only clue is that URL address when you click on the apparent Google link. 

Please spread the word rapidly.  If you are on Twitter, then please ReTweet the message below.

Pl.RT: Important Alert: Latest Gmail phishing exploit is very tough to spot: http://su.pr/5SFqGS : pass it on.

Undoubtedly many people will be taken in.

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Bulletproof’s Blackberry Boot Camp

July 3, 2009 – 12:38 pm Source of Post: Bulletproof InfoTech
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Will Boomers Lead Economic Recovery?

July 3, 2009 – 12:31 pm Source of Post: Lina Ko

According to The National Post, when the long slow grind to economic health begins, it will likely be spearheaded by baby boomers and midlifers, who are set to bring their considerable knowledge, skills and energy to a pursuit that could change the small business landscape for years.

Unlike retirees of the past, many of the soon-to-retire boomers plan to take up careers in entrepreneurship. Several studies show more than 70 per cent of Canadian boomers plan to work beyond their corporate careers. About half of these aim to set up small businesses, mainly in the knowledge-based businesses such as consulting, contracting, or another service-related business. They also tend to focus on areas governed by their interests, knowledge and passions rather than forecasted economic boom areas. Experts have long said the most critical success factor for an entrepreneur is a combination of passion and knowledge.

In the U.S. where boomers number about 80 million, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which studies entrepreneurship, just released a study titled Coming Entrepreneurship Boom that indicates boomer entrepreneurs likely will power the economic recovery, running contrary to existing worries about retirement funding and other age-related issues. Surprisingly, there have been few studies in Canada on this, even though, proportionally, this country has one of the largest cohorts of boomers in the world with 10 million people who are within 10 to 15 years of traditional retirement age. Let’s hope that similar to the U.S., the largest age group of our population is also the most entrepreneurial which will bode well for our economic future.

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BWelford’s Monthly Round-Up For June 2009

July 2, 2009 – 11:52 pm Source of Post: Barry Welford | The Other Blokes Blog

This is the online version of the SMM Newsletter. It offers a highlights summary and a selection of the most popular posts written by Barry Welford (online name BWelford) during the past month.

Monthly Highlights

The Google Bombshell

The biggest news item this month was the bombshell that Matt Cutts delivered in an SMX conference in Seattle that rocked the SEO world. Danny Sullivan described why SEO experts were so incensed in signaling that Google Loses “Backwards Compatibility” On Paid Link Blocking & PageRank Sculpting. The key points that emerged were:

  1. Google for over one year had not revealed that it had reversed a significant search algorithm policy which it had previously recommended.
  2. Non-of the major SEO experts had spotted this feature was no longer working (and apparently had missed others according to Cutts).
  3. Clients had therefore paid for SEO effort that was without effect.

A new domain for BPWrap

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The blog BPWrap has now been transferred from a subdomain of the Cre8asite Forum’s website to its own domain, www.BPWrap.com. Using a 301 permanent redirect, visibility and ranking in Google keyword searches have been maintained without interruption. The toolbar page rank indicator is updated infrequently so does not yet show a rating for the new domain.

If you have linked to BPWrap posts, it would be appreciated if you would update the URLs. If you wish to transfer a WordPress blog to a new domain successfully, then please contact us.

A new domain for Local Business Online Smart Tips

This SMM mobile website is now to be found at www.lbost.com. The Internet world is increasingly going mobile. In some parts of the world, the mobile web is now much more active than the traditional Internet. Your traditional website is almost guaranteed to be unsatisfactory when viewed on some mobile device. If your most savvy customers might be checking you out via their iPhone or Blackberry, then you should carefully check your mobile presence. Contact us for assistance on this.

Top Twelve Posts

We hope you will find this round-up of a dozen of the most popular posts instructive and in some cases thought-provoking. You can receive an e-mail version of this if you prefer. In that case, please subscribe via the field in the middle of the right sidebar.

The blogs in which the posts appeared are indicated by the following abbreviations after the date: BPW = BPWrap; SGL = StayGoLinks; SMm = Senior Money Memos; SSc = SEO-Scoop, a Search Engine People blog; SEP = Search Engine People blog; TOBB = The Other Bloke’s Blog
SEO Clients Deserve NoFollow Discounts – 06/24/2009 SGL
Google now say PageRank Sculpting and the use of the NoFollow tag on hyperlinks is ineffective. SEO clients have paid to have such work done.
A URL Shortener For Maximum RTs (ReTweets) – 06/22/2009 OBB
StumbleUpon has introduced a new URL shortener that displays the blog post within a frame that maximizes the possibility that the post will be retweeted.
SEO Gets Simpler In 2009 – 06/19/2009 BPW
PageRank sculpting has largely been downplayed as a useful technique by Google. This still leaves important issues to address in SEO.
10 Reasons For Editing Your Published Blog Posts – 06/18/2009 SEP
Editing previously published blog posts is very effective in improving the value to readers and optimising search engine visibility.
Canada Text message rates have huge markup – 06/17/2009 SGL
Testimony before the US Senate suggests that Canadian text messaging fees are way above the cost. This has stifled the demand for these services.
Blog Comments And Google – 06/15/2009 OBB
Based on recent discussions on pagerank sculpting and the nofollow tag, the wisest course seems to be to limit the number of comments on a blog.
Google Mobile gives search by voice whatever your accent – 06/15/2009 SGL
Search by voice and transit directions comes to Google Maps with a whole host of new features. You can now search Google Maps for Android using your voice,
Retirement Planning – Pensions Galore – 06/14/2009 SMm
While UK pensioners, particularly those abroad with frozen pensions, have a hard time making ends meet, the politicians have all the pensions they could wish for.
Tweet Tips For Max ReTweets (RTs) – 06/11/2009 SGL
By carefully crafting the tweet signaling a new blog post with hashtags, the number of retweets can be significantly increased.
PageRank Calculation – Null Hypothesis – 06/09/2009 BPW
PageRank as it applies in the Google search algorithm may possibly be calculated in two phases. Phase 1 calculates PR for all URLs: Phase 2 applies filters and tags.
Avoid WordPress Duplicate Content Problems With Google – 06/03/2009 BPW
WordPress is an excellent blogging software but can produce many web pages with duplicate content. This can be avoided by using the right robots.txt file.
With A Little Help From My Friends – 06/03/2009 SSc
By establishing a good reputation in social media, it is possible to have friends assist in publicising new blog posts.

If you need creative help or ideas for important blog posts for your own blog, why not check out the new SMM Title-Plus Service. You will be amazed how little it costs.

Barry Welford

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Chickwagon! Online Extras

July 2, 2009 – 7:00 pm Source of Post: ssparks

The Chickwagon! Foundation for Women celebrates a decade of memories

Founders Arlene Flock, Lynda Hay and Rita Egizii regale look back on the last 10 years of a Calgary Stampede icon and share their most memorable stories.

LISTEN
Arlene Flock, president, Flagworks Inc.
Chickwagon founder

Lynda Hay, investment advisor, TD Waterhouse Private Investment Advice
Chickwagon founder

READ
Rita Egizii, acting director, development and alumni relations, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Chickwagon founding member, founding president and first executive director

Although she was unable to provide an audio account of her experiences with Chickwagon, founding member, founding president and first executive director Rita Egizii participated via email, providing the following passage:

“Chickwagon is not about one story. It is about a kaleidoscope of stories that all run together with a common theme – camaraderie.

“Was it watching my ‘Chick-Mate’ standing in the rain on the tarmac, loaded down with 150 purses, as all the women-dressed in pink dropped everything they had and screamed their chuckwagon driver to the finish line? Perhaps. Or was it the year Jerry Bremner won 7 out of 10 races and we thought ‘wow – we may actually be going up on that stage to be with him when he’s presented with that big cheque.’

“Was it helping wash down the sweaty overexcited horses after a race or riding the Midway with some of the ‘barn rats’ (as chuckwagon offspring are called by those close to them)? Was it trying not to faint from heat exhaustion in 28 C weather wearing a fleece velour chicken suit along the Stampede Parade route as hundreds of beaming faces shouted back at me, ‘Go Chicks Go’?

“Was it crying when Chickwagon was mentioned as a significant life experience during the eulogy of a member who passed away suddenly and tragically of childbirth at just 30 years old? Was it the tears of disbelief from a young girl at the YWCA’s Safe Haven, who had never had anyone provide her with anything at all, let alone an entire new bedroom, complete with fluffy pink pillows and all the lovely things she had always seen in magazines that were always ‘for someone else’?

“Perhaps it was that one night behind the barns, after the races were over, the crowds had gone, the smoke from the fireworks had cleared and the horses were quiet and settled. That was the time a few of us Chicks would just hang out and share stories about family, politics, ranching and big business in the heart of the New West with chuckwagon drivers, rodeo cowboys, ranch hands and their families.

“My most memorable experience could have been any one of these, but I believe it was all of these. The Chickwagon experience made an indelible mark on my life in more ways than I can ever count. I learned humility, humbleness, generosity, compassion and the love for a sport that thrives in the blood of all chuckwagon families. I feel honoured that I was able to get just a tiny glimpse of that special world. Thankful for the friends met and relationships grown. Proud of the community work done and legacy left behind.

“Not bad at all for 10 years and the efforts of over 500 women.”

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