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How Websites Make Money Off of Us Here are 10 tricks that websites use to make money off of us: 1. Adware - As if your proclivity for shopping online isn't enough of a financial burden, now these websites are collecting your shopping info so they can sell you even more unnecessary stuff. I don't need someone keeping track of my spending habits, unless it's my accountant. And now that I think about it, I'm not really so sure about him either. 2. Pop-up ads - Sure, you can filter them out, or just close them yourself. for the most part; but then there are the ones that move around when you try to click on them, or activate an ad regardless of where you click the window. I honestly don't know how this seemed like a good idea for sales, but I guess it must work on some people because they just keep popping up. 3. Selling your personal info - Why does every e-merchant need to know that you've just purchased an ionic air humidifier for R1...

This video is the first of a series demonstrating how to create and use a blog on the Wordpress.com platform. In this video we demonstrate how to register for an account and some basic features of the wordpress platform. http://youtu.be/6TR7kH94P2o If you have any questions or comments please contact me. Regards Gerald Website: http://www.webcraft.ws E-mail: gerald@webcraft.ws Twitter: WebcraftGuru Facebook: Webcraft Guru I'm protected by SpamBrave http://www.spambrave.com/

Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties Large search engines attempt to filter their search results by removing any results that duplicate the content of other search results. Such filtering is referred to as "duplicate content penalty". It is important to understand and identify what "duplicate content" actually is. Duplicate content is generally defined as substantive blocks of text that are copied from one site to another. Some webmasters try to use duplicated content in an attempt to manipulate and influence search engine rankings. The search community still occasionally debates the legitimacy and existence of duplicate content filters, but whether they exist today, or will exist tomorrow, is really irrelevant. Most webmasters have simply accepted the fact that the duplicate content penalty is currently enforced by at least some of the major search engines. With that in mind, how does the search engine determine which version of the cont...