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  • Reading Spam Is Like Reading Comics

    Don't get mad at your computer – laugh at the spam!

     

    I always look at what my spam catchers catch on my blogs because they err on the side of catching too much…

    The email spam I do not open!

    I like that better than catching too few….

    Here are some spam comments that have appeared on a few of my blogs – I bet you get them as well. They sound sort of reasonable until you realize you've seen the same words more than once, or twice, or 50 times…

    So I thought – why not post about what fun it is to read this stuff….giggles sure beats getting ticked off about the spam…It's going to continue to happen and I will continue to giggle at it.

    Here are 3 examples of spam that were on one of my blogs..all comments on a page and not a post. 

    [I'm still wondering what keywords got them there…]

    1- The charm and appeal to our cleverness as bloggers:

    I like what you guys are up also. Such clever work and reporting! Keep up the superb works guys I have incorporated you guys to my blogroll. I think it will improve the value of my site :). "Live among men as if God beheld you speak to God as if men were listening." by Seneca.

    2- Making us feel we are really really special:

    I think other website owners should take this site as an example , very clean and fantastic user friendly design . “Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” by Carol Burnett.

    3- Attempt at both of the above

    Fantastic goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff previous to and you are just extremely magnificent. I actually like what you’ve acquired here, certainly like what you are stating and the way in which you say it. You make it entertaining and you still take care of to keep it wise. I can’t wait to read far more from you. This is really a tremendous site.

    Spam is a factor in life – so laugh at it…..

    And I'll let you all know if posting these comments leads to lots of spam on this post

     

    YUP – whatever words are in these spam comments above, they attracted more spam

     

    Thoughts? Comments? Thanks….

  • 5 Traps That Stop Me From Using “Me” Videos On My Blog


    There are many traps that keep me from making videos for my blog. 

    Here are 5 of them.

    Trap 1 – Video is much too complicated

    This is the first trap I overcame.  Video can be complicated – but it need not be.

    I used to work at a cable access station and had to learn to use all sorts of complicated equipment and programs to upload a video, digitize it and then edit it.  It took hours to do and sometimes more hours than I liked.

    Now I have 2 cameras that take video and I use the small less expensive one as that video is easier to upload to my computer and all I then need to do is some quick editing on imovie.  The other is a film camera and that makes for many extra uploading steps – so I use that one more sparingly now.

    But still – I don’t do any “me” videos – why?

    Trap 2 – Editing takes so long 

    Yes it does – or can.  But once I got past the original learning curve on transitions and other things it actually became fun playing with editing.  And I have edited a few short videos on outdoor topics. 

    [And imovie makes editing so much faster than the FinalCut program I also own.]

    To read the remaining 3 traps – see blog video traps – my article on ezinearticles and then come back here and let's chat about it….

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