What do I recommend? Anti Virus Protection, a must!

Hopefully if you are reading this, you already have some sort of Virus Protection, if you don’t, I recommend that you get protected quick! Trust me, not having a good anti-virus software, is like walking around in a bad neighborhood with cash hanging out of your pockets and a sign on your back saying “Rob Me!”

I know, you get bombarded with all sorts of ads wanting to sell you the “Best” virus protection on the market! I do too, but, what is the best? That is easy, one that works!

I know, every new computer comes with some sort of FREE antivirus program installed or available on a disk, but is it any good? What is the difference, both Norton and McCaffee, and the others, cost about the same, which is better? Well, either one is better than nothing, but there are better ones out there. I have heard so many of my “Computer Geek” buddies profess that the best is from CA or Computer Associates, however, after purchasing it, there were some sort of conflicts with my firewall, which I also recommend, and other AdWare/MalWare protection that I use, none of which would I want to do without, so, I didn’t use it!

I live in the sticks, so my choices of ISP’s, Internet Service Providers, is limited to either Dial-Up or Sattellite, so I have both! Along with my Internet Service, WildBlue gave me a FREE year of F-Secure, ok, I had a few months left on my Norton, so I waited until that ran out and then installed the F-Secure. Had I known then, what I know now, I would have done it immediately! Trust me, I got three viruses in 6 months!

After installing the F-Secure, I now know why! Just surfing the web, my f-Secure has protected me dozens of times, from real threats, not those fake ones you see!

Since I build and also host websites, I get a lot of eMail, mostly junk, and about 100 times a week, full of Viruses or Worms or some other bad thing, and F-Secure cleans it all up, before it gets to my computer! Just make sure you turn on all the features, like web scanning, it will blow your mind at what kind of stuff tries to attack you! Granted, I am online pretty much 24/7 and working a big portion of that, I love building websites so its ok.

I am sure that you have picked up on the Anti Virus Protection I believe in, F-Secure, not only does it work, it is updated every few minutes! Yeah, every few minutes it checks for updates, if available it installs them, all automatically, I am busy enough so I really like that! Yes, it costs a few bucks more, but it IS worth it! How many computers do you have? You can install F-Secure on up to three computers, that will save you some cash there! So, if you have a subscription that is about to expire, give F-Secure a shot, you will not be disappointed, I know I haven’t been!

Just in case you need business cards, a very useful tool to promote your website, I use Overnight Prints for mine, they are the best I found on the web, as far as quality and price, you can’t beat them!

Monetizing your Website: How do I choose an Affiliate Program?

Monetizing your site is a matter of preference in my opinion. There are so many different “offers” out there, choosing what works for you is a personal matter. Myself, I hate ads on a website and nothing is uglier than having Google ads splattered all over the place! If you use Google AdSense, they pretty much own that space on your website and they even dictate how you can promote your site, and how many page views is too many and so on. Here is my philosophy on this.

I will only advertise products that I use, and/or that I believe in. There are many different Affiliate Programs out there, and yes, you can sign up with all of them if you want, and to find the products that you use or want to promote, you may have to join multiple programs. One thing to remember is that many people, including me, use ad blocking software, so make sure that you use both text and image links, the text links won’t get blocked.

How do you find them? Well, I could list a few here, but I won’t, why? Because I believe that just signing up with these programs does you no good if you don’t know where to find the product you wish to promote, so, go to the website of that product or company and look for a link that says “Affiliate” or something close, click that link and it will set you up, but be forewarned, many advertisers are picky and may not approve you! I am still waiting on approval from a couple of them now, wish me luck!

Also, remember, when promoting these ads, if you use a traffic exchange, do not put pages that contain ads in your surf rotation, these could be considered a bad thing and get you kicked out, I know Google will drop you in a hurry! So, always be careful!

Now, I am going to list the products that I am affiliated with, yes, if you click the link and purchase something, I will get paid a buck or two, thanks in advance! As I stated before, these are products that I believe in and/or use myself, so I know they are good companies.

The first one, is by far the most important of them all, if you have a computer, and surf the Internet, you need a good anti-virus program! I have used several, and believe me, they are not all the same!
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If your current anti-virus software is about to renew, give F-Secure a shot, here is a bonus, unlike the others, you can install F-Secure on up to three computers with just the one license!

Second,if you don’t have a Web Host yet, I use Hostmonster, I have been with them almost a year now, and switched from Yahoo. Yahoo is great for a starter, but it is not good for using Wordpress, there are way to many restrictions on file types that you can upload, so, you are limited on what you can do with your site. Yes, this is an affiliate link, and yes, if you signup with Hostmonster I will get paid a few bucks, here is the deal, I will deduct what Hostmonster pays me, if you register your domain with them and hire me to build your site! Is that fair or what?

Maybe you never heard of Hostmonster, they are the same folks as Bluehost , if you prefer, check them out, as far as I know, the only difference is the name.

Take a look at Hostmonster You can even Demo the control panel and see how it works, I have never been so happy as with Hostmonster If I need support, I get a human on the phone quick, and they speak english, I love it!

Just in case you have never heard of TigerDirect.com, below is a banner that will take you there. TigerDirect.com is where I buy everything I may need for my computer, like hard to find stuff for older machines, and they have saved me a lot of money over the years. I have hunted all over the Internet for better prices, but there are none and the service is fantastic, my orders have been shipped and delivered as fast or faster than anything I have ever ordered online, this is definitely a company that I use and trust!

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I hope that this information is helpful, if you need any of these products, check them out, I know you won’t be disappointed and maybe I’ll make a buck or two!