A number of Australian businesses have been the victim of ransomware attacks co-ordinated by organized crime gangs. (more…)

What’s the connection you ask? Read on and all will be revealed (no genitalia pics, I promise). (more…)

I’m not a big fan of most consumer review sites, but it’s good to see Yelp cracking down on fake/paid consumer reviews – and in a less than subtle way. (more…)

Received an “unnatural links” warning from Google? Getting rid of their effect may be made a little easier with Google’s new “disavow links” tool (but there are a few caveats). (more…)

Pinterest appears to be light years ahead of Facebook in terms of helping people “find” what they want to buy. (more…)

How many emails a week is too many? (more…)

I deleted 3 very important emails from a government department recently due to the sender not understanding basic email good practices. (more…)

It seems many merchants still aren’t taking notice of the time of day when their customers are active on their web sites. (more…)

There are plenty of lessons to be learned by small business from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones’ current crisis – even if he doesn’t appear to be learning himself. (more…)

I’ve become desensitized to a lot of crap on the web, but stuff involving children is a different matter. (more…)