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s if we didn't have enough to worry about, greeting card spam serving as a cover for malicious downloads has been hitting inboxes recently in the form of fake Christmas cards.

he latest batch of these cards presents itself as a link to Yahoo's greeting card site, run in conjunction with American Greetings

he fake URLs in the spam mask the true destination. If someone clicks on the URL in the message, the fake site appears with a request that the visitor download the latest Adobe Flash Player.

eems harmless enough. Adobe is a well respected company. But instead of the latest version of Flash, the download brings in a malicious file. The payload infects the machine, collects information from it, and sends the details along to the malware's author.

lways check the URL shown in your browser window after clicking any link. If a site's address looks suspicious or is not what you were expecting to see, it's probably not safe.

ust a little bit of common sense and caution will go a long way in keeping you and your computer safe from Malware, Viruses, Scumware, Keyloggers, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Browser hijackers, and tracking components

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Feature Article

Getting A New Site Indexed In 24 Hours

by: Michael Jensen
SoloSEO.com

Most SEO's will advise you to buy an existing site/domain (lots of age benefit), but there are times when you need to start from scratch with a fresh domain.

It can sometimes take a couple of weeks to get a new domain indexed by Google (even longer to start ranking!). In order to speed up the process of getting your site indexed quickly, even in 24 hours, follow the steps outlined below:

1) Create 5 pages of content

Skip the "under construction" page and write several pages of real content, at least a few paragraphs.

2) Create Internal Links to your Pages

Put the content in a template with a menu structure to make this step easier. You can find free templates at oswd.org and other places, at least to get started. Link to the content through the menu, and if you have a major landing page, link to it from the content of a page or two.

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3) Tag on Social Bookmarking Sites

After just a few minutes to create an account with these sites you can submit a link to your site. This gives you an instant way for Google and other search engines to find your site because these social bookmarking sites get visited by the search engine bots (like the Googlebot) quite regularly. A few bookmarking sites to recommend: Del.icio.us, BlinkList, StumbleUpon.com, and Furl. Make sure you tag them with common words, like those you find on their tag clouds (BlinkList has a good one, just scroll down on the page to see it).

4) Comment on popular and recent blogs (with your link)

Find 5 blogs that are fairly popular, relevant to your site, and have a recent blog post (last day or two). Read the post and add a comment that contributes to the discussion, including a link to your site in the URL field.

5) Create, Submit, and Ping your XML Sitemap

You can create a free XML sitemap here then upload the file to your site (just save it as sitemap.xml). Then ping Google with your sitemap by typing in the following URL in your browser, replacing the domain name with your own:

http://google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/
ping?sitemap=http://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml

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Next, create an account with Google Webmaster Central, add your site, and submit your XML sitemap.

6) Install Google Analytics

Add Google Analytics (free) to your site. Don't forget to verify your site with them to get the data collection started.

7) Run some Google Ads

Create an account with Google Adwords and start running some ads, even if its just for the domain name, company name, or some long tail keywords. Google has to go to your site because of their quality score, which includes "your landing page quality". Just spend a couple of bucks and it can help jumpstart the indexing.

With these steps, you should see your site indexed fairly quickly. I can't guarantee the 24 hours, but it is possible. At the very least it will speed up the indexing significantly (from weeks to days). Look for the "googlebot" to visit in your site analytics. Then look for your site to show up with Google by doing a search with the site: operator (for example, site:sphinn.com). Enjoy!

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Michael Jensen is a co-founder of SoloSEO.com, an online service for SEO project management and do-it-yourself SEO tools. SoloSEO.com allows web marketers of any skill level to manage keywords, content tracking, link building, and competitor data.

Michael started as a web application programmer, and has since managed, developed, and co-founded several web technology companies. His applications are providing document and workflow management solutions to businesses in various industries, from small businesses to large corporations, including several Fortune 500 companies.

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This weeks Tip

Status Bar Messages

Have you ever noticed the status bar on your browser? You know, the strip at the bottom of the window that shows you the status of current document transfers and connections to remote sites. Did you know you can code a message to appear in that box in place of the default on mousing over hyperlinks? This is very easy to do and can entice the user to click if the right message is used. Here's how it all works:

<a href=" home.html" onMouseOver="self.status='Go Home!' ; return true;">Home</a>

<a href=" page2.html" onMouseOver="self.status='Go to Page 2' ; return true;">Home </a>

Notice the JavaScript I've included within the anchor tag. This defines the message and targets the URL in question. You can have as many of these as you have links on your page! Custimize the fields in red to reflect your own links and status bar message.

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Second Article

Do I Have To Pay To Become An Affiliate?

by: Jonathan White
AffiliateSeeking.com

As you browse through an affiliate directory you will see that each affiliate program has something different to offer you. Generally you will find that affiliate programs are free to join assuming that your website is suitable to the merchant. Every now and then you may find an affiliate program that requires you to invest something to get started. If you are considering joining an affiliate that requires you to invest you need to really stop and think about how successful you think you could really be with this program. If there are no guarantees and the affiliate program doesn’t seem to be any more worthy than any other you might want to pass on it and find a comparable program that doesn’t require an investment.

You Don’t Have To Pay!

It’s important to remember that you do not have to pay to become a member of an affiliate program. A good number of affiliate programs that you will find in any given directory are free to join and can earn you quite a bit of money. While affiliate programs of the past would often require an investment times have changed and you must be aware that you do not have to invest anything, other than time, to get started with legit programs.

Does the Program Warrant a Monetary Investment?

You may believe that you have found the perfect affiliate program for you after browsing through an affiliate directory until you see that you have to make a financial investment to get started. This should stop you in your tracks, at least until you can determine if the affiliate program is worthy of your investment. Some of the affiliate programs are worth an investment, for instant some can guarantee you earnings within the first 30 days or they have certain incentives that make it worth small investments on your part. Before you pay one cent to be a part of an affiliate program you need to determine why you should have to pay to be a part of this program and what makes it more special than all of the others.

Read the Fine Print

Before you become an affiliate for any program that requires you to pay to be a part of the program you should read all of the fine print. The fine print will often tell you the reasons for monetary investment as well as if there are any circumstances in which you can get your money back. This will likely be the place that will tell you all about any guarantees for payment, if there are any. It’s important that you read all of the information you can get on the affiliate program to make sure that you understand what you are investing in and whether or not it is worth it.

Affiliate programs, whether you have to pay for them or not, can be a great way to make extra money. In fact, many people who are very determined are able to make them their sole source of income without ever investing anything more than their time. It’s important for all interested parties to realize that there are no investments necessary, though you shouldn’t dismiss a program just because it does require payment. The worthiness of the investment is all in the details, so be sure you get them all!

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Jonathan White has been involved in affiliate and other online marketing for over 4 years. He is the owner of
www.affiliateseeking.com & articles.simplysearch4it.com

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