Donald 7 | 86 Observer
Oct 03, 2016 | #1
Two updates on the "academic paper industry" world :)
1. For webmasters - there was an important Google update (called "Penguin"). In short, now Google should not penalize websites for spam links because competitors may be ones building such links. Instead, Google - in theory - will ignore such links. It should help websites in competitive industries to be somewhat protected from $5-Fiverr negative SEO attacks. In truth, nobody knows how it's going to work and using a "disavow file" may still be needed during bad attacks, but the effectiveness of these shady SEO techniques are believed to be minimized now. Ukrainians website owners focus on hacking bonanza, but thankfully there are easy patches (Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal) that can be applied to prevent them.
2. For students / customers.
IMPORTANT - be very careful when creating an account with writing services from foreign countries (ESPECIALLY from Kenya, Pakistan, Ukraine). When you create an account, you are usually given a choice to create your own password. In law-abiding countries, passwords are supposed to be encrypted so that even website owners cannot read them. But in other countries, such laws don't apply and whenever you enter a password, it can be read and analyzed as clear-text by website operators from the unlawful countries. In result, they have both your email AND password. Now ask yourself - do you tend to you the same or similar password in more than one place? If you do (probably 50% of you do), your email/Facebook/Twitter, etc account may be hacked by these unscrupulous services! Having your email account hacked is worse than getting your credit card stolen - with an access to your email account they can recover and steal access to your other accounts, be it Paypal, BANK ACCOUNTS, and others.
So - if you're a student and have ever wondered HOW someone can get hacked, you have an answer now.
SOLUTIONS?
- If you are given an option to "choose your own password" - NEVER re-use it, but generate a NEW and UNIQUE one (you may check retireyourpassword.org to safely generate a new safely).
- Second, avoid foreign based services that may read your password like an open book and then login to your email account and/or find your social media profiles and try to use it to login and blackmail you or steal from you. If you have a choice or are unsure about the service location / legality, avoid creating new user accounts with them at all.
- Don't fall into revealing a "PIN code" (or answering questions like "What was your favorite teacher?" / "What was your least favorite class in college?") - those questions have only one true answer and scammers who know the answer may try to recover your password this way.
1. For webmasters - there was an important Google update (called "Penguin"). In short, now Google should not penalize websites for spam links because competitors may be ones building such links. Instead, Google - in theory - will ignore such links. It should help websites in competitive industries to be somewhat protected from $5-Fiverr negative SEO attacks. In truth, nobody knows how it's going to work and using a "disavow file" may still be needed during bad attacks, but the effectiveness of these shady SEO techniques are believed to be minimized now. Ukrainians website owners focus on hacking bonanza, but thankfully there are easy patches (Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal) that can be applied to prevent them.2. For students / customers.
IMPORTANT - be very careful when creating an account with writing services from foreign countries (ESPECIALLY from Kenya, Pakistan, Ukraine). When you create an account, you are usually given a choice to create your own password. In law-abiding countries, passwords are supposed to be encrypted so that even website owners cannot read them. But in other countries, such laws don't apply and whenever you enter a password, it can be read and analyzed as clear-text by website operators from the unlawful countries. In result, they have both your email AND password. Now ask yourself - do you tend to you the same or similar password in more than one place? If you do (probably 50% of you do), your email/Facebook/Twitter, etc account may be hacked by these unscrupulous services! Having your email account hacked is worse than getting your credit card stolen - with an access to your email account they can recover and steal access to your other accounts, be it Paypal, BANK ACCOUNTS, and others.
So - if you're a student and have ever wondered HOW someone can get hacked, you have an answer now.
SOLUTIONS?
- If you are given an option to "choose your own password" - NEVER re-use it, but generate a NEW and UNIQUE one (you may check retireyourpassword.org to safely generate a new safely).
- Second, avoid foreign based services that may read your password like an open book and then login to your email account and/or find your social media profiles and try to use it to login and blackmail you or steal from you. If you have a choice or are unsure about the service location / legality, avoid creating new user accounts with them at all.
- Don't fall into revealing a "PIN code" (or answering questions like "What was your favorite teacher?" / "What was your least favorite class in college?") - those questions have only one true answer and scammers who know the answer may try to recover your password this way.