Archive for August, 2005
YPN (Yahoo! Publisher Network) Beta Launches: Myopic Webmasters Don’t Get It.
Forums across the Internet are filled with Webmaster/Publisher complaints and large doses of dribble and noise about the YPN. Way to many posts about their dissatisfaction in not being able to join, useless micro management posts and a feeble attempts to compare a Beta product with Googles AdSence. For the most part, these Webmasters/Publishers don’t have the slightest clue nor a desire to even learn about the proper way to enter the PPC (Paid Per Click) space and the most important issue and benefit that a tightly controlled and restricted Beta provides.
A Parents Cry for Help: Instant Messenger Abuse.
It’s not unusual for me to receive phone calls from this sites visitors who need help. This call was different. Mom and teen daughter were in a panic and indicated a scruffy looking stranger was at the front door asking to see the teenage daughter and even worse, the stranger knew far to much about the teen. This was an exclusive gated Community which required a Password to open the gate and located a few miles from my office. I advised Mom not to open her front door, politely ask the stranger to leave, use the Panic button on her alarm and then call the police. It would take me a few minutes to reach the house with my “digital kit” on a pro bono house call. What I saw and learned not only confirms my view that the Internet is a very dangerous place but lot’s of Parents and teens need a strong dose of reality and training.