Most websites have the objective to keep you coming back, but unfortunately many use deceptive tricks to get you to do it - something we refuse to do. These sites tend to use tricky color schemes, mazes, sneaky designs and confusing language. There purpose is to influence your behavior into a direction that benefits primarily them. Here are some examples:
One of the things that I hate the most is having to deal with Captchas, but I hate spam more. When I first set up this website, I was spending hours deleting spam user accounts and posts. Trying to go over my site logs was a nightmare because the majority of the logs were filled filled with bots trying to attack my site. So I gave in and installed captchas. I added extra questions to my webforms to try and filter out the spam. While these efforts helped, the bots just became smarter and found ways to get around them.
Being into all things computer, I read an interesting article about the WWW code being up for auction. Tim Bernes-Lee, a London-born computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989. This ended up revolutionizing the sharing and creation of information - one of the most significant inventions since Gutenberg invented the printing press back in the 15th century.
Although we have our own in-house web development, we are always getting requests from people who want to sell their web or marketing services to us. But, something new popped up in my mailbox this week. In what appears to be a legitimate invoice mailed to my business address, a phony directory company called ‘Domain Networks’ requests up to $289 for ‘listing maintenance’. It really is an impressive looking invoice - that really isn't an invoice.
I wanted to take a moment and introduce you to our latest business partner: LearnWorlds
LearnWorlds is the best online course platform for creating, selling and promoting your online courses and very competitively priced. Don't you think it's time to start monetizing your skills, experiences and your audience?