Link rot is the bane of directory editors. If you run a niche directory site, such as I do, one of the things you want to make sure of is that your links are current ie. that they do not give 404s or other errors. There is no point in fooling yourself into thinking that you can take on the likes of Google, but you can offer good resources for your chosen subject. The backend of … [Read more...] about Avoiding Link Rot – Browse.ie link checker
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Content Filtering with MailScanner – Part 1 – File Types
Mailscanner allows for a very fine level of control over email content and security via its configuration and ruleset files. This article shall look at setting up per user or per domain rules for file types. It is based on my experience with MailScanner on RPM based systems, however it should work on any system running a standard install of MailScanner. Why would this be of … [Read more...] about Content Filtering with MailScanner – Part 1 – File Types
SPF alla Microsoft – sender ID
There has been a lot of commotion in technical circles in the past week following on Microsoft's announcement that it was implementing Sender ID for hotmail. Microsoft's original plans for sender ID seemed to be quashed when the Open Source community, most notably the Apache Software Foundation, made it clear that they did not support Microsoft's implementation. The original MS … [Read more...] about SPF alla Microsoft – sender ID
IE Deleted List revisited
A couple of months ago the IEDR released a list of deleted domains. So how is the "after market" faring? Are the domains being "snapped up" as quickly as their availability is made known? It's hard to say unless you check the list on a regular basis, however it does seem to be turning up some gems. The list today, for example, included gems such … [Read more...] about IE Deleted List revisited
Adwords & Adsense – CPM changes?
So Google launched site targetting a few days ago. I have both an adwords and an adsense account with Google, or more precisely, the company has one of each and I have an adsense account as well :) From an advertiser's perspective I would have thought that selecting a range of sites would have led to impressions clocking up, but I was obviously wrong. With the standard adwords … [Read more...] about Adwords & Adsense – CPM changes?