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I have never been a fan of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and have never hidden the fact either. But the latest news is warning of a massive failure in it’s security leaving corporations, and it’s users to be highly vulnerable to attacks.

Microsoft has asked ALL it’s users to ensure they have updated to the most recent ‘fixes’ and security patches in the hope to bandaid it’s flawed web browser.

My local news reporter suggested we even find an alternative to Internet Explorer, temporarily…. If you want my advice, go get Firefox now and cover your bases.

But I have all my favorites in Internet Explorer

When you install Firefox you have the option to import all your history / favorites etc so you have no excuse to say goodbye to IE

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Tags: Add new tag, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

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Whether you are a veteran internet marketer or just trying to break the bank for the first time, at one time or another felt the need to beg others for help. If you didn’t actually beg anyone, I am sure it crossed your mind! And to those marketers who have broken the bank (ie: you actually see income from what you do) then you probably have had an email or two with pleads for help.

I admit, I sent these emails out not too long ago myself, and now am receiving them from others.

2009 has been hard for many, and like fellow who sent me this email today, new years stops for no one!

S***** ****ni wrote:
> hello friend
> i need your help
> plz help me i need a job for my education
> and for my family
> plz give me a free job because i have no money
> this time i have no only 100india rs
> now i have only my mind and i want to earn plz help me
> plz help me my no is +91 92********
> S***** ****ni
> plz friend help me plz

So to him, and anyone else, can I suggest this following….
(this is my response to todays email)

S*****,

Straight to the point. With no money to start a business, the internet marketing campaigns will probably not be what you seek as they normally require some kind of money to start.

If you downloaded the book “your first $1000 in one month” then there are several good ideas to help get your first money online.

Once you have done this, you can use that money to create more wealth as an affiliate etc…

All I can suggest besides this, is join elance.com or other sites that allow you to sell your services for a fee, then offer the public your services.

These services could be anything from article witting to data entry, web coding to software coding, graphics to well, you get the idea. First you need to work out what you can do from home, then offer that as your service. Be sure not to over charge, and remember, never sell yourself short either!

All the best in the new year S*****,
Adam Arnold

So to all, I wish a most prosperous, and life changing 2010.

Never give up on your dreams!

Tags: Internet marketing, Marketing and Advertising

You see, to some people the thought of searching for “no win no fee accident claims” might get you some results like forums discussing options, or legal services that provide checklists etc… Maybe you searched for “education student loan consolidation” and hoped you would find some solutions to your student load needs.

Well the fact is, searches like these make business open their digital wallets my friends!

If you searched for “no win no fee accident claims” and clicked the number 1 ad, you just cost that company a little over $50!

Yes, you read that right!

So my point I am trying to make here is, are you spending money on ppc? Are you making sure you are giving the searcher what they want?

You may not be spending $50 a click, but you are spending money so do it wisely!

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Tags: a little help, advertising revenue, profit through advertising

Not what you expected really.

First off, let me start by telling you the #1 source for online videos are google sites! In fact they have over 30% of the market!

So, #2 might surprise you to be a site that is country restrictive (although they are working hard to get it ALL over the globe!)

Hulu.com

For most videos viewed, Hulu comes second to the google operated sites (such as youtube etc..)

When it comes to unique visitors to a video site, hulu drops down the list a bit (of course google sits pretty at #1 ) and Fox, Yahoo and CBS take a jump up the ranks!

Here is some interesting facts found in this survey by comscore:

• The top video ad networks in terms of their actual delivered reach were: BrightRoll Video Network with 16.5 percent penetration of online video viewers, Tremor Media Video Network with 15.5 percent, and BBE with 13.6 percent.
• 84.4 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.
• The average online video viewer watched 10.8 hours of video.
• 125.3 million viewers watched nearly 10.4 billion videos on YouTube.com (83.1 videos per viewer).
• 41.1 million viewers watched 313.5 million videos on MySpace.com (7.6 videos per viewer).
• The average Hulu viewer watched 20.1 videos, totaling 2 hours of videos per viewer.
• The duration of the average online video was 3.9 minutes.

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Tags: general rant, Video Blogging

Yes, our senior citizens are online and reaming the internet like George Michael in a public toilet!

Our savvy online seniors are making quite a hit right now and don’t look like backing off any time soon…… or at all!

A study recently taken by eMarketer tells that a majority of Internet users over the age of 65 used e-mail, shopped online, researched health information and news, and banked on the Web. In fact, seniors were more likely than any other age group to conduct e-commerce activities.

Yup… more likely to conduct e-commerce activities than ANY OTHER AGE GROUP!!

“The technology adoption behaviors of the younger generations is studied frequently and their impact on advertising and marketing is widely known.” said CTAM president and CEO Char Beales in a statement. But, he noted, “Boomers and Matures, who have significant purchasing power, are active online and more comfortable with technology than often reported.”

It makes sense, no? I mean who are the people with the most time, and most disposable income? … Besides internet marketers

eMarketer estimates that in 2009 Internet users ages 45 to 63 make up 28.8% of the total, or 57.4 million users.

Source: eMarketer

Tags: If you’re blogging, running a small company, senior users