Bots, Scrapers, Harvesters And Crawlers – Tools Or Misuse?

Bots and Crawlers (on web hosted sites) Bots certainly run the gamut, so it’s hard to label them all at good or bad. For instance, search engines like Google rely upon bots, known as spiders, to crawl the Internet and add your content to databases. If you want visitors to be able to find your… Continue reading Bots, Scrapers, Harvesters And Crawlers – Tools Or Misuse?

Shortcut Your Design Success

Awesome! After a stroll in the spring sunshine you’ve come up with this truly awesome idea for a new website. A great new icon concept. Or alternatively, a great new idea for a theme. But do you have to do all of the work yourself? When most people consider designing, they tend to think exclusively… Continue reading Shortcut Your Design Success

United States Agencies Seize 150 Counterfiet Merchandise Sites Just Before Cyber Monday

Just how can a site afford to sell you quality, brand name merchandise for more half the price of every other competitor? It turns out that very often, they cannot. Counterfeit products have existed for years, peddled by street vendors who try to talk you into an amazing deal. The internet is no stranger to… Continue reading United States Agencies Seize 150 Counterfiet Merchandise Sites Just Before Cyber Monday