Bloggers are using RSS and other data bite formats in droves. But if RSS is to be the next wave to sweep the rest internet, there'll need to be a revenue model to support it. I don't mean to say that no revenue model means death to data bite, but clearly, if there is a...
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Following up on yesterday's post, there may be one more place to forward your spam. If you have a system where the sender uses a form on your website to send messages, you have the opportunity to record the IP address from which they accessed your site. Then, you can look up the ISP who...
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Bloggers and news sites are the main publishers of RSS and Atom feeds today, but if data bite formats are to be the next wave to sweep the internet, they'll need to be used more widely. Where will the wave take us, and how can we prepare for the ride?

Many of the answers will...
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We've covered a bit of what not to do when you get spam previously--don't click the links. Today, let's talk about what you should do when you receive spam.

Most of the time, just deleting it is probably the best thing to do--don't let other people waste your time. But sometimes, you may want to...
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I did a little more brainstorming on the idea of a name for talking about RSS, Atom, Info Bite, etc. all at once. Here are the results:

What does "syndication" mean? From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: "Syndicate, verb ... a: to sell (as a cartoon) to a syndicate [syndicate, noun: "a business concern that sells...
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With RSS and similar technologies in their current state, publishers run the risk of using significantly more bandwidth than with an email newsletter. Why? Let's say you have a list with 20000 subscribers. If you email them all a 2K newsletter once a day, that's 40MB/day of bandwidth. If you have an RSS feed with...
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Many techniques are used for spam filtering: searching for user-specified words or phrases, statistical analysis of text, etc. One of the oldest involves creating a black list of sender email addresses from which all messages are blocked. Spammers have long since learned to work around blacklists by changing their addresses often and even using fake...
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Unsolicited commercial email, a.k.a. spam--the fact that people are willing to cause others so much trouble to make a buck--is a sad sign of our society's bustedness. As if we didn't already have enough legitimate email in our in boxes, we have to deal with the fact that about half of everything we receive is...
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Don't click links in spam--EVER! Even if you're interested in the product. Even if it looks like a legitimate company that just made a bad decision about how to attract new customers.

Even if you don't enter any personal information on the spammer's website, the link that you click to get there may include an...
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Many people are predicting a bandwidth crunch as RSS usage accelerates. Already, I've heard stories from people of how subscribers to their RSS feeds have pushed their bandwidth usage up so high that they either have to pay huge amounts for extra bandwidth or take the feeds offline. What can we do to stave off...
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