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A quick lesson in social media reputation management

Once I made a surprisingly popular comment on a Facebook post. Then the trolls showed up, and I learned a lesson in social media reputation management.

Blogging Tips

ICANN Domain Abuse Email Scam (also Domaincop, others)

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Ransomware: how to protect your PC, and why bloggers must

How to merge WordPress blogs together

Making commenters work for you: the comment policy

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How to tell if it’s spam

How to make a GTD WordPress blog

Hosting Lessons: Watch for core dumps

Zoho Notebook and Zoho apps

Social Media Lessons

How I got a Facebook penalty for two words

Is there such a thing as a Facebook penalty? Read on to find out why I think there is, and one of my pages got hit with one.

A quick lesson in social media reputation management

Once I made a surprisingly popular comment on a Facebook post. Then the trolls showed up, and I learned a lesson in social media reputation management.

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Cool Stuff

Plugins to Replace Social Warfare

Why I Don’t Have an Email List

Why I Decided Against GetResponse

The Theme I Use

I use Genesis on all my sites. I've tried a lot of free themes, ThemeForest themes and DIY (Thesis), and Genesis wins hands down.

My favorite Host & Analytics

TigerTech Hosting and Domain Registration
Clicky Web Analytics

My anti-virus

If your PC gets infected, your website can become infected, too. Don't let it happen! My PCs run:

Emsisoft - great AV and firewall suite
Malwarebytes - designed to run along with other AV software
CryptoPrevent - a small program that blocks ransomware. Read more here: Cryptowall: how to protect your PC

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