Im not one to condone any form of illegal activity, but recently I was browsing an internet forum where individuals were talking about the sale of large lists of active email addresses. Why, I wondered, would anyone want such a list? Perhaps to send...

When I bring up a new site, I now aim for month-on-month traffic growth over at least a six month period. Initially, I thought this might be an unrealistic aim, but I am finding that it is possible. I started two forums3 months ago and at this stage,...

For the last few months, I have been overwhelmed with other ventures and issues pertinent to my impending move to the extent that I have neglected this blog entirely. Although I founded this blog on a particular precept that has now expired, I plan...

With May now neatly parcelled up and shelved away in the cupboard of history, I can add to my previous post about new sites and traffic growth. First, the blogs. I started three new blogs about 6 months ago. I have performed only minimal promotional...

Although the powerful Akismet plug-in quells about 99% of the spam received on this blog, I have taken the step of experimenting with another plug-in, namely WP-Hashcash. This plug-in operates in an extirely different way, employing client-side...