Don’t Post Your Email Address on the Internet


UPDATE (June 10, 2014): Visit a revision of this post at Cutting Out the Spam: Disguising Your Email Address (and Phone).

If you don’t want spam, don’t post your eAddress on the internet (or your Twitter name with the @ sign).

Why

Spammers use computer software to search for the @ sign so they can harvest your email address. (Because I’m using it in this post, I’ll get more hits.) They might also be searching for the “mailto:” HTML code for your email link.

What You Can Do

WordPress.com support recommends you use a contact form on your blog or website for people to reach you, but if you’d like to put your email address on a webpage (or that’s your only option), try one of these work-arounds Continue reading “Don’t Post Your Email Address on the Internet”

Today is the First #GivingTuesday


I’m sure you’re well aware of Black Friday , Small Business Saturday , and Cyber Monday. Our national holiday to celebrate the goodness of God has become a retail-driven shopping frenzy! There’s a good change in 2012, though.

Several organizations and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, started a national campaign promoting #GivingTuesday, a day to volunteer and/or donate to charitable causes. Continue reading “Today is the First #GivingTuesday”