Month: October 2014

Searching for images.

When doing image searches, we recommend two sites.  The main one, and the one most know about is Google image search at https://images.google.com/ but there’s also the lesser known http://tineye.com/ that’s also worth checking out.  These are great tools to see if the photos you’ve been sent have been used elsewhere.

Online Dating Service Agrees to Stop Deceptive Use of Fake Profiles

From http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/10/online-dating-service-agrees-stop-deceptive-use-fake-profiles   FOR RELEASE October 29, 2014 TAGS: deceptive/misleading conduct Bureau of Consumer Protection Midwest Region Consumer Protection Online Advertising and Marketing Online Dating Note: Steve Baker, Director of the FTC’s Midwest Region Office, will take reporters’ questions by phone: Date: October 29, 2014 Time: 2 p.m. ET Call-in: (800) 230-1951, confirmation number 341247 Call-in […]

Spam is a funny old thing.

Recently I had an email offering to help our site’s SEO score.  No big thing in itself, but here’s the thing that made me laugh.  They were offering to help me raise the rank for the word “Wayne” from page 30 something in Google to page 1.  Why?  Why in the hell would I want […]

A little spit and polish.

We’ve been working on making a few changes to the front page of our site.  Our two main links are now much more prominent, and we also have links to some of the media articles we’ve been featured in.  Still a few things to do, but it’s already looking better than it used to.