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10 Website Maintenance Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If it is not installed on your website, this tutorial provides set up instructions. If you have a contact us form, add a Google reCAPTCHA to help stop spam emails. 3) Use and monitor Google Analytics. Google Analytics is an essential website analytics tool for nonprofits. 4) Prioritize SEO. 10) Utilize Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).

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Lame spams of the day: Fake Amazon and PayPal receipts

Robert Weiner

These aren't as lame-looking as most of the spam I write about: they use the right logos, fonts, and typefaces. The giveaways are: 1) Hover over the links and see where they point before clicking (that's the best way to prevent phishing attacks and malware infections from spam). 3) I got a dozen of the Amazon spams. ld} {le}. {lf}

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Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. Some are from people who paid the fee (it used to be $100, now it's $150) and in exchange received the freely available form and instructions about how to renew your FBN. This one came via U.S. mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. Caveat emptor.

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Lame spam of the day: Meeting invitation from George Adoo

Robert Weiner

This spam arrived in the form of a meeting invitation. My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn''t seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin filter on my mail server. Scam Spam' I''m not sure if this one is lame (the subject, text, and double salutation are certainly lame) or clever.

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Lame spam of the day: targeting golfers

Robert Weiner

The latest lame spams in my inbox are aimed at golfers. Text: If you haven't visited the brand new Golfers Insider website, then you are missing out on FREE golf instructional videos from top PGA teaching professionals like Martin Chuck, Mark Evershed, Eddie Merrins and Roger Fredericks. How's that for micro-targeting?

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Lame spam of the day: IRS notices

Robert Weiner

I got two spams this week claiming to come from the IRS. You can obtain the rejection details and re-submit your appeal by using the instructions in the attachment. They look like different schemes -- one is trying to get me to call a 900 number at $4.79/minute, minute, the other includes a link. Subject: Rejection of your tax appeal.

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Lame spams of the day: confirmation from [insert social network name]

Robert Weiner

In the past 2 days I've received spams in the form of confirmations from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare. We will not cancel your account unless you follow this instructions. Is it a trend or just me? They don't look related, but it's an odd coincidence. Sender: Myspace (noreply@message.sease.com). Text: You're… leaving us?

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