There are a few simple things you can do to greatly reduce or even nearly eliminate your likelihood of being deluged by spam. First, I want to distinguish what I mean by “spam” as opposed to “another annoying email.” If you have an account at Macy’s or buy from Amazon.com or got some software from […]
Is it spelled web site or website?
Glad that’s settled! Following some tweets inquiring as to whether it is more properly “website” or “web site” — the question posted by @jonimueller of Pixelita Designs — I was interested to see an answer as my complete OED dates from the mid-90s and doesn’t include the term.
Domain name (registrar) settings
This is critical information for you to review. Your domain name is registered (“rented,” if you want to think of it that way) through a “registrar.” These are accredited by ICANN so that they can do this service for a fee. However, there are a lot of bad apples in the group; frequent complaints involve either (a) […]
Safety online
This is not to say that there aren’t a lot of baddies out there with plenty of time and nefarious goals. But most internet safety is common sense.