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"The thief has come to steal, to kill and to destroy!" - this line comes with a biblical truth.  Although it speaks about Satan stealing man’s salvation, eternal joy and destroying an abundant life, we could say, too, that a lot of men have come to steal, kill and destroy a fellow human being.  Sad but true.  Theft is rampant these days, an in various ways.

I ran across David Airey’s blog.  And read about how a cracker stole and held his davidairey.com domain for ransom.  In his site, he stated how it was taken away, how it was recovered and how much damage it caused him.  In this form of theft alone, David is not the only victim.  I’m sure there were others who didn’t quite know how to retrieve their stolen goodies.

I used to work as a Customer Finance Assistant where I get to handle banking information,  SSNs and details valuable to one’s finances, business, properties and one’s life even.  I heard sad stories of people with hacked online accounts, of people who had to pay for something they did not purchase with their card themselves, but they pay anyway just to maintain a good credit standing.  Poor thing.  But that’s a lot better than a stolen identity.  Criminals will steal just anything valuable, all in the name of money.

LifeLock.com is an interesting website to find about this topic.  LifeLock is America’s #1 Identity Theft Prevention Program.  Works like an insurance, they guarantee to shield your identity up to $1,000,000.  They’ll prove to be the most advanced, safest and easiest to use in cases of Identity theft.  They have an Identity Theft Quiz form.  They offer protection services for a minimal fee and even discounts.  Try visiting their website to get your own LifeLock promotion code and subscribe to their services.

Online dating can be fun. But don’t neglect safety and common sense when you try to hook up with a mate. At minimum, take caution in the following areas.

Protect Your Computer
Take care of your equipment and systems before you head out into the Internet realm. You need to have a firewall and anti-virus protection for your email and for when you search websites and interact online. At the bare minimum, you may want these two solutions that are offered at no charge to home computer users (i.e. not for commercial use):

Free Firewall Download: ZoneAlarm www.zonelabs.com
Free Anti-Virus Download: AVG Anti-Virus www.grisoft.com

Protect Yourself

Take care of yourself, too, by choosing appropriate dating sites. Seek and choose a reputable online dating service. How? Begin by asking around with friends, neighbors, co-workers and others you may know who have tried online dating, and see which places they recommend. In addition, search online dating services and keep a notebook of their URLs or website links, the fees, rules and regulations, complete contact information of each and any other useful information that spikes your interest. Then compare each place. Try only those places where you feel safe.  Avoid the others.

So take care. Arm your computer and yourself- with the correct tools and knowledge!

Some interesting bits from Jenny.  A list of abbreviations and lingos currently used in the Internet communications.  Funny how men could devise ways to shorten and speed things up… including chatting *lolz*  Read up and enjoy!

Abbreviation Meaning

<3	heart
404	I haven’t a clue
ADN	Any day now
AFAIK	As far as I know
AFK	Away from keyboard
ARE	Acronym-rich environment
ASAP	As soon as possible
A/S/L?	Age/sex/location?
B4N	Bye for now
BAK	Back at the keyboard
BAS	Big a** smile
BBIAB	Be back in a bit
BBL	Be back later
BBN	Bye bye now
BBS	Be back soon
BEG	Big evil grin
BF	Boy friend
BFD	Big f***ing deal
BFN	Bye for now
BG	Big grin
BIBO	Beer in, beer out
BIOYIOP	Blow it out your I/O port
BL	Belly laughing
BMGWL	Busting my gut with laughter
BOTEC	Back-of-the-envelope calculation
BRB	Be right back
BTA	But then again…
BTDT	Been there, done that
BTW	By the way
BWL	Bursting with laughter
BWTHDIK	But what the heck do I know…?
CICO	Coffee in, coffee out
C&G	Chuckle and grin
CNP	Continued in next post
CRB	Come right back
CRBT	Crying real big tears
CU	See you
CUL	See you later
CUL8ER	See you later
CYA	See ya
CYA	Cover your ass
CYO	See you online
DBA	Doing business as
DFLA	Disenhanced four-letter acronym (that is, a TLA)
DL	Dead link
DLTBBB	Don’t let the bed bugs bite
DIKU	Do I know you?
DITYID	Did I tell you I’m distressed?
DOM	Dirty old man
DOS	Dozing off soon
DQMOT	Don’t quote me on this
DTRT	Do the right thing
DWB	Don’t write back
EG	Evil grin
EMFBI	Excuse me for butting in
EMSG	E-mail message
EOM	End of message
EOT	End of thread (meaning: end of discussion)
ETLA	Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA)
F2F	Face to face
FAQ	Frequently-ask question(s)
FC	Fingers crossed
FISH	First in, still here
FLA	Four-letter acronym
FMTYEWTK	Far more than you ever wanted to know
FOMCL	Falling off my chair laughing
FTBOMH	From the bottom of my heart
FUBAR	F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition
FUD	Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FWIW	For what it’s worth
FYI	For your information
G	Grin
GA	Go ahead
GAL	Get a life
GIGO	Garbage in, garbage out
GD&R	Grinning, ducking, and running
GF	Girlfriend
GFN	Gone for now
GGP	Gotta go pee
GIWIST	Gee, I wish I’d said that
GL	Good luck
GMAB	Give me a break
GMTA	Great minds think alike
GOL	Giggling out loud
GTRM	Going to read mail
GTSY	Glad to see you
H&K	Hug and kiss
HAGN	Have a good night
HAND	Have a nice day
HHIS	Hanging head in shame
HIG	How’s it going
HT	Hi there
HTH	Hope this helps
HUB	Head up butt
IAC	In any case
IAE	In any event
IANAL	I am not a lawyer (but)
IC	I see
IGP	I gotta pee
IHA	I hate acronyms
IHU	I hear you
IIRC	If I recall/remember/recollect correctly
ILU or ILY	I love you
IM	Immediate message
IMCO	In my considered opinion
IMHO	In my humble opinion
IMing	Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as playing trivia or other interactive game
IMNSHO	In my not so humble opinion
IMO	In my opinion
IMS	I am sorry
IOW	In other words
IPN	I’m posting naked
IRL	In real life (that is, when not chatting)
ITIGBS	I think I’m going to be sick
IWALU	I will always love you
IYSWIM	If you see what I mean
J4G	Just for grins
JBOD	Just a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.)
JIC	Just in case
JK	Just kidding
JMO	Just my opinion
JTLYK	Just to let you know
k	ok
KISS	Keep it simple stupid
KIT	Keep in touch
KOTC	Kiss on the cheek
KOTL	Kiss on the lips
KWIM?	Know what I mean?
L8R	Later
L8R G8R	Later gator
LD	Later, dude
LDR	Long-distance relationship
LHO	Laughing head off
LLTA	Lots and lots of thunderous applause
LMAO	Laughing my a** off
LMSO	Laughing my socks off
LOL	Laughing out loud
LRF	Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other equipment)
LSHMBH	Laughing so hard my belly hurts
LTM	Laugh to myself
LTNS	Long time no see
LTR	Long-term relationship
LULAB	Love you like a brother
LULAS	Love you like a sister
LUWAMH	Love you with all my heart
LY	Love ya
LY4E	Love ya forever
MorF	Male or female
MOSS	Member of the same sex
MOTOS	Member of the opposite sex
MTF	More to follow
MUSM	Miss you so much
NADT	Not a darn thing
NFG	No f*****g good
NFW	No feasible way or no f*****g way
NIFOC	Naked in front of computer
NP or N/P	No problem
NRN	No response necessary
OIC	Oh, I see
OLL	Online love
OMG	Oh my God
OTF	Off the floor
OTOH	On the other hand
OTTOMH	Off the top of my head
PANS	Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to “POTS”)
PAW	Parents are watching
PCMCIA	People can’t master computer industry acronyms
PDA	Public display of affection
PEBCAK	Problem exists between chair and keyboard
PIBKAC	Problem is between keyboard and chair
PITA	Pain in the ass
PM	Private message
PMFJIB	Pardon me for jumping in but…
POAHF	Put on a happy face
::POOF::	Goodbye (leaving the room)
POTS	Plain old telephone service
PU	That stinks!
QT	Cutie
RL	Real life (that is, when not chatting)
ROR	Raffing out roud (Engrish for “laughing out loud”)
ROTFL	Rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFLMAO	Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off
ROTFLMAOWPIMP	Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in my pants
ROTFLMBO	Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off
RPG	Role-playing games
RSN	Real soon now
RT	Real time
RTFM	Read the f***ing manual
RYO	Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper)
S^	S’up - what’s up
S4L	Spam for life (what you may get when you become someone’s customer or client)
SHCOON	Shoot hot coffee out of nose
SEG	S***-eating grin
SETE	Smiling ear to ear
SF	Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site)
SHID	Slaps head in disgust
SNAFU	Situation normal, all f***ed up
SO	Significant other
SOL	Smilling out loud or sh*t out of luck
SOMY	Sick of me yet?
SOT	Short on time
SOTMG	Short on time must go
STFW	Search the f*****g Web
STW	Search the Web
SU	Shut up
SUAKM	Shut up and kiss me
SUP	What’s up
SWAG	Stupid wild-a** guess
SWAK	Sealed with a kiss
SWL	Screaming with laughter
SYS	See you soon
TA	Thanks again
TAFN	That’s all for now
TANSTAAFL	There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch
TCOY	Take care of yourself
TFH	Thread from hell (a discussion that just won’t die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group)
TGIF	Thank God it’s Friday
THX	Thanks
TIA	Thanks in advance (used if you post a question and are expecting a helpful reply)
TILII	Tell it like it is
TLA	Three-letter acronym
TLK2UL8R	Talk to you later
TMI	Too much information
TNT	Till next time
TOPCA	Til our paths cross again (early Celtic chat term)
TOY	Thinking of you
TPTB	The powers that be
TTFN	Ta-Ta for now
TTT	Thought that, too (when someone types in what you were about to type)
TTYL	Talk to you later
TU	Thank you
TY	Thank you
UAPITA	You’re a pain in the ass
UW	You’re welcome
VBG	Very big grin
VBSEG	Very big s***-eating grin
WAG	Wild a** guess
WAYD	What are you doing
WB	Welcome back
WBS	Write back soon
WDALYIC	Who died and left you in charge?
WEG	Wicked evil grin
WFM	Works for me
WIBNI	Wouldn’t it be nice if
WT?	What/who the ?
WTFO	What the F***! Over!
WTG	Way to go!
WTGP?	Want to go private?
WU?	What’s up?
WYSITWIRL	What you see is TOTALLY WORTHLESS IN REAL LIFE!
WUF?	Where are you from?
WYSIWYG	What you see is what you get
YBS	You’ll be sorry
YGBSM	You gotta be s***tin’ me!
YMMV	Your mileage may vary.
YW	You’re welcome

 

Here’s a very interesting post I found.  I believe all women need to be aware of this and be prepared for any beauty accident.  Else, you might yourself queuing for a Toronto Rhinoplasty because you broke your nose after a very humiliating "semplang" moment.

So, here it goes: 

Your Very Own Beauty Survival Kit
By Kate M. D’Imperio

Whether you have the job interview of a lifetime, a hot date or merely a night out on the town, countless beauty snafus may be lurking just around the corner! Don’t fall victim to some of womankind’s oldest enemies…instead, be ready and armed for whatever beauty blunders may await.

Different situations may call for suitable actions, so consider your destination and any possible snafus that may come up while you are there.

At a very bare minimum, your beauty survival kit should include the following:

Clear lip gloss or chapstick - No matter how kissably soft you know your lips are, it can never hurt to add some moisture and shine with a deliciously flavored lip gloss. Applying gloss in front of your date may even entice him to test out your soft and supple lips!

Dental floss and toothpick - A single strand of floss coiled up and tucked away can really save the day in case your romantic candlelit dinner for two becomes a dinner for three, if you count the broccoli between your teeth as a single entity! A toothpick may also be a good item to include for dental hygiene purposes away from home.

Mini mouthwash – Fresh breath in an instant! Just take a small swig of mouthwash after dinner or before you head out the door. Chase the taste of your lunch, dinner or even strong coffee away with a quick rinse with some minty mouthwash.

Mini trial size perfume spritzer - Freshen up anytime you like by carrying a miniature purse-sized fragrance spritzer with you. Scent is often considered the sense most tied to memory, so let your fragrance linger and leave a lasting impression wherever you go!

Hairspray or gel – Long events often leave much room for hair calamities to engage by the end of the night. If you simply can’t stand to have a single hair out of place, it is in your best interests to pack a miniature bottle of hairspray or gel. Just a spritz here or a dab there will fix any potential problems before anyone else even notices!

Visine and pressed powder – Did you know that Visine doesn’t just “get the red out” of your eyes? A tiny drop applied to a bright red blemish can often tone down the abrasive color, which can then be further diminished with a gentle blotting of pressed powder complementary to your skin tone. A concealer stick may also come in handy!

Tissues – You never know when your allergies might act up or a sudden event may cause the waterworks to spring a leak. By prepared to sop up any unexpected tears with a few tissues packed handily inside your pocketbook.

Miniature bottle of lotion – Whether dry hands or peeling skin from harsh sunburn ail you, ward off any unsightly flakes with a few drops of your favorite lotion in a travel-sized bottle. In the dire absence of hairspray or gel, you can also use a tiny bit of lotion to smooth down fly-aways and cowlicks.

For more exclusive events and outings, you may wish to include:

Extra pantyhose or at least clear nail polish – The last thing you want to deal with is a runner in your pantyhose when you’re off to nail that job interview so you can get your foot in the door of your dream occupational field. Worse yet, imagine being in the bridal party with short gowns and a foot-long runner from just above your ankle to your knee! Always be prepared, even if it means stashing an extra pair of hose in your car’s glove box.

Toothbrush and toothpaste – Keeping your choppers a pretty pearly white can really be a daunting task if you are on the run all the time. Why not buy an extra toothbrush and tube of toothpaste to keep with you in your car, or in your purse when you know you’ll need it? Fresh breath and clean teeth can be yours all the time, even if it does mean brushing away in the office restroom!

The growing number of blogs has caused problems for search engines, problems such as the highly frequent blog spam. Spammers use blogs to promote their websites. Spammers are trying to win the attention of search engines, not of bloggers or their readers.

Spam in blogs (also called simply blog spam or comment spam) is a form of search engine spamming done manually or automatically by posting random comments, promoting commercial services, to blogs, wikis, guestbooks, or other publicly-accessible online discussion boards. Any web application that accepts and displays hyperlinks submitted by visitors may be a target of ‘Link Spam‘ (Wikipedia, 2006b). This is the placing or solicitation of links randomly on other sites, placing a desired keyword into the hyperlinked text of the backlink. Blogs, guest books, forums and any site that accepts visitors’ comments are particular targets and are often victims of drive-by spamming, where automated software creates nonsense posts with links that are usually irrelevant and unwanted (Wikipedia, 2006a).

Link spam dishonestly and deliberately manipulates link-based ranking algorithms of search engines like Google’s PageRank to increase the rank of a web site or page so that it is placed as close to the top of search results as possible. A link-based ranking algorithm gives a higher ranking to a site that has many backlinks, especially from highly-ranked sites/pages.

The link spammers’ underlying assumption is that link spam within the comments of blogs increases traffic to a site from search engines and optimizes site backlinks to help search engines index the site better. The big advantage of this to spammers and marketers/advertisers is that it probably gives their site a great PageRank (Google’s ranking algorithm). The more links the spammers can propagate across the Web, the better their rankings in the search engine results.

According to the PageRank methodology explanation, Google interprets a link from page ‘A’ to page ‘B’ as a vote, by page ‘A’, for page ‘B’. But Google considers more than the sheer volume of votes, or [back]links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important" (Google, 2006).

If site ‘A’ links to site ‘B’, Google calculates this as a vote for site ‘B’. The higher the number of votes, the higher the overall value for site ‘B’. In a perfect web society, this would be true. However, some bloggers and authors abuse the system, implementing ‘link spam’ and Google bombing: linking to web sites that have little or nothing to contribute. It is obvious that web bloggers and authors have been able to "bomb" Google and are still playing with Google and other search engines.

Spammers may use different methods to spam, for example they may praise other blogs, linking to their own site/page. However, in some cases it is not clear whether it is spam or not. Therefore, not all blog comments are spam. But now the question arises, "Do search engines use backlinks in blog comments to crawl and rank web sites?" When a search engine crawls a blog comment, its crawler reads what the anchor text says about the page that it is linked to, and then follows each link to index the target page/site and the topic or theme of the page. From a search engine’s point of view, anchor text determines the topic of the page the link points to.

A simple search on Google shows that it displays blog comments and thus it presents site backlinks in blog comments. For example,
          "Comments +on" site:blogspot.com

It seems that backlinks in comments can increase the visibility, popularity and PageRank of backlinked sites. However, Google does not allow a link search to be restricted to a special site. Therefore, it is not possible to perform a combination search with link command (i.e. link:). For example,
          link:webology.ir AND site:blogspot.com

But it is possible to perform a combination search with link command on Yahoo. A link search shows that Yahoo counts links in certain blog comments for the Webology site and blog. For example,
          linkdomain:webology.persianblog.com AND site:netbib.de
          linkdomain:webology.ir AND site:netbib.de
          linkdomain:webology.ir AND site:blogspot.com

 

References:

 

• Google (2006). Our search: Google technology, PageRank explained. Retrieved Mach 25, 2006 from http://www.google.com/technology/index.html
• Hicks, Matthew (2005, January 18). Search Engines, Bloggers Team to Fight Spam. eWeek. Retrieved Mach 25, 2006 from http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1752331,00.asp
• MSN (2005, January 18). Working Together Against Blog Spam. MSN Search’s WebLog. Retrieved Mach 25, 2006 from http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/2005/01/18/nofollow_tags.aspx
• Wikipedia (2006a). Spam in blogs. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved Mach 25, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_in_blogs
• Wikipedia (2006b). Spamdexing. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved Mach 25, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamdexing

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Thanks to Link Specialist for the info. 

Written by Jenny
 

Ever wonder why Google SERPS has different ranking results from one PC’s to another? Know about its datacenters and you’ll understand what I mean. It is important to know those datacenters because it serves as a tool that will give an indication to seo gurus of the time Google update its algorithm and it’s Page Rank. Try to query searches using a huge list of datacenters below:

1. 64.233.161.18
2. 64.233.161.19
3. 64.233.161.44
4. 64.233.161.80
5. 64.233.161.81
(more…)

Got this SMS just today:

Some day, we’ll all be looking to those days we learned to love, get hurt, cry and fight for it. Maybe when that time comes, we’ll be laughing at our old dumb selves, realizing how stupid we were to stand up for things we knew was not really meant for us. But I guess learning takes time, and mistakes make one’s journey fun. Life is what we make it. Love makes the world go round. So let’s live, love and take whatever pain brings — for now

What do you guys think about that?

Google updates every 3 months.  SEO companies always look forward to every period that Google updates PageRank. 

Here’s an excerpt from an article from an SEO company shown by my friend clyde:   

This Page Rank Update/Export List History contains the dates that Google Toolbar Pagerank (PR) was exported. As of January 11th, there has not been a Toolbar PR export for 105 day(s). The longest time between toolbar PR exports recorded in the below Page Rank Export List was 122 days (Oct 19/2005 to Feb 18/2006).

*Note: Toolbar Pagerank update, Google Directory Pagerank update, and Backlink updates as of Sept 04/2005 will be referred to as Toolbar Pagerank Export, Google Directory Pagerank Export, and Backlink Export on this page.

This better reflects what is happening when there is a visible change in these three items. There is only an export not an update. The word update will be reserved for Algorithm Updates which will cause a change in the search engine rankings.

The Toolbar Pagerank, Google Directory Pagerank, and Backlink exports don’t cause a change in search engine rankings. Any ranking changes during the export of the values of these three items is due to on going everflux changes - unless there is an algorithm update happening at the same time.

If you want to read more, click here.

You guys might be interested to know what are the ways to earn through the web. I have made a post about earn through your blogs, but it didn’t offer much. Here now is my compilation of Web Opportunities where you can earn without bounds. Most of these are SEO related stuffs. If you understand how SEO works, this whole thing of earning through blogs, surveys, forums and emails would probably make more sense to you.

Click on to join and read more.

1. BlogToProfit Philippines- earn through sponsored post. They will send you links of various criteria and you will be paid as soon as those links and keywords are found anywhere within the body of you posts. They pay through PayPal for US and Western Union or Bank for Philippine blogs. Read more..

2. MyLot.com - It’s like a discussion board. Create your own account and customize it to your style. Trigger an issue, get others to respond to you and earn through it. You can also earn by responding to other member’s comments and referrals. I’m not sure how they compute it but your money points accumulate depending on the frequency and quality of your posts. They pay through PayPal and Ikabo. Open only to countries where these 2 mode of payments are available.

3. E-mailPaysU.com - Register and you will receive a number of emails, depending on your listed interests. Just read those emails and viola! $$$ come in. Options include clicking on links and join online games. This is open internationally, except for some countries.

4 . Money4blogs - Register your blog sites and have it evaluated. These guys from UK will respond with an offer and how to go about it. Their price offer, i believe, is based on your ranking and network "of influence". My friend, HighDenzity, is earning good heaps through this one. He even bought a weeelly good phone as soon as he received the payment… They will place text links on your side bar. Nope, it’s not a payperclick type. You will be paid as soon as the links are live and should stay there for at least one year. Mode of payments include PayPal, Cheque and Xoom.

5. SurveySavvy - Earn by filling out survey forms. Surveys will be received through email. Frequency will vary depending on ethnicity and location of the members.