Things Newbies Need To KnowWritten by Richard Lowe
Be Cautious - Be cautious about anything you read on web, in an email or on a newsgroup. There are so many scams and frauds that best thing to do is ignore all of them entirely until you have enough experience and knowledge to be able to effectively judge what's really going on. Ignore newest thing, "fantastic" money making opportunities and so forth. When I was a newbie, I fell for Don Lapre 900 number scam, lost $700, but learned my lesson. You need to understand there is no free lunch, no quick get rich scheme and no one tells you how to make a million for a hundred bucks.Don't use a debit card on internet - debit cards are attached directly to a checking account. If there is fraud, why not let it be banks money (with a credit card) instead of your own money (with a debit card) that's at risk. Learn to design - Take a web class on web design before you learn HTML or any other language. Design is much more important and significant than code. See "A well designed site is a pleasure and a money maker" - http://www.internet-tips.net/Webmaster/design.htm Choose your domain registrar wisely - There are hundreds of companies that will register your domains. Take your time, read some reviews and choose a registrar that gives you a good price, excellent features and that you feel comfortable with. To register a domain, you should expect to pay less than $10 per year and you should have a web-account to be able to make changes at will. Remember, in case of domain registrars biggest and most well known is not best by any means. Practice safe computing - Install a hardware firewall appliance to protect your home computer; Install an anti-virus program and keep definitions up-to-date on a weekly basis; Program your spam filters to block all executable attachments; And, most importantly, backup, backup and backup (and test your backups to be sure they work). See "Backing up your system is an essential part of your security scheme" - http://www.internet-tips.net/Security/Backups.htm Never, ever spam anyone - It might seem attractive to send out a newsletter to a hundred people who don't know you from Adam, but don't do it. And, of course, those 200-million email address CDroms are to be avoided at all costs. Teach your kids about dangers of internet - If you have children this is a must. Tell them about dangers of chat rooms and strangers. Inform them that things are not always what they seem. And watch everything they do while on computer.
| | Net companies will have to reach a broader market to surviveWritten by Tina Bhole
Only 6% of world's population is actually online which includes email facility only, or; web presence AND email facility combined. Amazingly enough though, only 0.16% of worlds population are advanced, with ability to establish their own web presence. If Internet use remains this minimal then results will remain minimal, not a good plan for this new medium's survival. Internet technology companies have turned in on them selves they are so focused on introverted growth that they have missed real opportunities. Managements are chasing growth rates based on last years sales, looking to past where looking to future and at present would be more use. The technology industry needs to employ more realistic goals, such as: "How do we get more of worlds population to use Internet specific devices?". Internet Technology companies should take notice of how many people are using their products as a percentage of Global population. Technology companies would do better to set a goal for themselves, for example, to get 20% of worlds population connected to Internet within next 10 years. The result would be a larger market to trade in, with greater business opportunities. Internet related technology companies may wonder why Internet presence percentage is so low. These may be few of present barriers: Too much complexity in new innovative programs, Systems and networks are too slow, maybe still in hands of non-fully Internet sympathetic telecommunications and media companies, Software, systems, programs and applications don't fully work; released too early with too many bugs, Data is at risk of being lost, stolen or corrupted with no real guarantee of safety, International financial barriers still preventing real trade; banks and other financial institutions will not get off "side-lines" and help, preferring to wait and watch. Can tech companies understand that there is no point in adding new features and functions to pre-existing bugged applications, just to satisfy 6% of worlds population. If they were asked, it is likely 6% would prefer better first versions, ensuring confidence in products, applications and networks; with results being that more people will feel comfortable using Internet.
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