Free White Papers & More Added
Written by Lonnie

We have just added a new section to the Recognized Genius site on the right titled Free White Papers. So far we have a couple of great technical docs offered in there and will be adding more shortly.

Current White Papers

  • It’s All About the Sales Person: Taking Advantage of Web 2.0
  • 10 Steps to a Successful CRM Implementation

Soon we will be adding great free magazine links, Microsoft demo software, etc…

Enjoy and we look forward to getting more up shortly!


Free Virtual CD/DVD Drive
Written by Lonnie

Slysoft Virtual CloneDrive LogoI came across a company called SlySoft today. I have seen them in the past but hadn’t paid as much attention due to there being no need for what they offer. Well today, I decided to look their site over a little more in depth and came across this Gold nugget for our readers. It’s a piece of software titled Virtual CloneDrive. They offer this completely free and it’s definately worth checking out.

The software creates a Virtual Drive so that you can eliminate the need for constantly inserting a cd/dvd. Granted you will still need a utility to create an image of the disc (ISO image file, etc…), but this can be done with many different CD Burning Applications (E.g. Roxio Easy Media Creator).   I haven’t had a chance to try this on any of our servers yet, but will likely test it on one in the near future. It appears to be compatable with most clients and workstations though. I have tested it today on Windows Vista Business and it runs really smooth. Great Virtual Drive Application and definately worth the price (FREE)!!!


Mobilize And Monetize!
Written by Karen

I recently discovered a really neat service that I’m using on my own personal blog.  The service is called MoFuse and what it does is allow your site to be viewed easily from mobile phones as well as PC’s. Speaking from my own experiences, some of my friends were unable to read and/or comment on my blog prior to signing up with MoFuse. Now that I’ve got my blog mobilized with MoFuse, all of my friends are able to read, comment, and take part in my blog! :)

Signing up is very easy and doesn’t take much time at all.  Not only that, but once you’re all signed up, you can also register to monetize your blog!


MoFuse Logo

We offer our users the ability to monetize their MoFuse mobile site through our revenue sharing program.

We’ll split the revenue 50/50 with you. All you need to do to enroll is click the box below and choose which mobile advertising program you want to use on your MoFuse mobile site.

In addition to the services I’ve already mentioned MoFuse offers what they call MoStats. They give you all the stats you could want. Visitors, unique visitors, page views…you name it. Keep in mind that all of this is for free!

The folks over at MoFuse are providing a really awesome service to all of us. I’m so happy that I’m using what they’ve got to offer. It has opened my site to an entirely new audience. All of my stats have increased since I’ve been using MoFuse, so that’s all I need to know to be sure that I made the right choice!


Stomper STSE 2 Deal Even Sweeter!
Written by Lonnie

I just received an email today regarding my order for this deal in the previous post about “The Net Effect” & “Stomping The Search Engines 2″. The great thing is that they have decided to add a ton of bonuses for everyone that has previously ordered and for anyone ordering before September 15th 2008. They have added for free things like: Article Submitter Gold, AutoLauncher, Additional SEO Training Videos from Jeff Jonhnson (sold previously at $997), Advanced Training/persuasion/copywriting training from Eben Pagan and the list keeps going!

If you are at all interested in getting one of the best deals on the net for the price of S&H (roughly $10-$13) then check out what they have for us at by watching the video here: http://bonus.stompernet.net/

Just so you know this is not an affiliate link, we don’t get anything for sharing this. This is something that is just too good to let anyone miss the opportunity! Check this out if you want to benefit from something I myself am receiving for my design firm to get the extra edge.

Please let me know if this post benefits you as I would love to know how to continue taking good care of our visitors!


Blog Action Day
Written by Karen

I will be participating in Blog Action Day this year.  I thought I’d post something about it now so that people who’ve not heard of it yet will have time to really think things out and decide how they are going to participate. I think it would be awesome if we all pulled together on October 15th and do our best to make a difference. This year’s topic is Poverty.

“Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters, and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.

First and last, the purpose of Blog Action Day is to create a discussion. We ask bloggers to take a single day out of their schedule and focus it on an important issue.

By doing so on the same day, the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the web and focuses audiences around the globe on that issue.

Out of this discussion naturally flow actions, advice, ideas, plans, and empowerment. In 2007 on the theme of the Environment, we saw bloggers running environmental experiments, detailing innovative ideas on creating sustainable practices and focusing audience’s attentions on organizations and companies promoting green agendas. In 2008 we aim to again focus the blogging community’s energies and passions, this time on the mammoth issue of global poverty.

If you would like to register your blog, simply go HERE and fill out the form. :D


StomperNet The Net Effect Offer

FREE $497 - Stomping the Search Engines 2

Written by Lonnie

The Net Effect JournalAlthough I am running on empty this evening, I thought it very important to share this traffic changing resource with you. Since July of 2004 StomperNet has (starting with Andy Jenkins and Brad Fallon) provided some of the best, if not the very best, SEO education on the entire world wide web. The company that offers the $800/month limited access, StomperNet membership packed full of top quality expert advice and training to it’s member base, is now offering something amazing! They have decided to offer a monthly publication titled “The Net Effect” for just under $40/month. This print journal is going to be worth much more than the measly monthly $40 investment as it should be PACKED full of some of the best traffic and SEO advice available. The thing that sweetens this deal is that they are offering their normally $497 “Stomping The Search Engines 2″ DVD course for free with a subscription just for the cost of shipping and handling. To make this even more palletable to those unsure that they will fork out the monthly subscription price for this journal, they are including the first issue free. All you have to do is pay shipping and handling for the publication and DVD’s. There is no commitment, meaning you can cancel with only paying for the delivery of these incredible items.

For more reviews about this launch, just Google StomperNet and check out what many have to say about StomperNet Stomping The Search Engines 2.

I normally would not consider pushing anything onto the Recognized Genius readers, but will be taking advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity myself. If you are serious about an online business and would like to know how to increase your traffic and organic search engine results,  you definitely will not want to miss this. This applies to seasoned Optimization professionals as well. These guys are the best of the best when it comes to Search Engine know how!

Stomping The Search Engines 2 DVD Set

To catch this offer go to: http://stse2.stompernet.net/ tomorrow 9/4/08 and wait for the scheduled rescheduled release at 2 PM EST.


Have you seen this one yet?
Written by Lonnie

Today is the second time I have received this email with a virus attachment. This is a pretty nasty attempt to get the average users system infected. Although I’m not uneducated enough to open the attachment and infect my system or better yet put our in office Trend Micro software to the test. I am irritated enough to write about this thing. Here is the email:

From: AirTran Airways [telug-request@telug.it]
Subject: Your Online Flight Ticket N 99343
Attachment: e-Ticket_S737.zip (19kb)

Email:
Good morning,
Thank you for using our new service “Buy flight ticket Online” on our website.
Your account has been created:

Your login: admin@blackwidowtechnologies.com Your password: passZNEQ

Your credit card has been charged for $646.71.
We would like to remind you that whenever you order tickets on our website you get a discount of 10%!
Attached to this message is the purchase Invoice and the flight ticket.
To use your ticket, simply print it on a color printed, and you are set to take off for the journey!

Kind regards,
AirTran Airways

These things are so incredibly agitating to receive when they actually get your attention. If, for some reason, you do not have good anti virus software on your system, then get one. Some great suggestions are found at our main company website along with other down loadable security software trials. My professional suggestion as an IT Consultant would be Trend Micro and is the reason we have partnered with this excellent anti virus provider.

Let me leave this post with the obvious advice: DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS UNLESS YOU KNOW THE SENDER.

As always, If you find this post useful at all please comment. We’d love to know how useful this is for our audience!


Preventing SQL Injections attacks and more in ColdFusion
Written by Lonnie

If you work at all with ColdFusion and databases then you’ve probably heard of SQL Injection attacks. If you are a CF Developer and still don’t know what this is, then drop whatever you’re doing and go look it up immediately! Why, you ask?

An article was recently released in a nationally recognized hacking magazine that included an in depth article aimed at exposing security issues found in plenty of ColdFusion sites and servers on the Internet. This magazine is “Hacker Magazine” and the article can be found at http://www.0×000000.com/?i=610 - Attacking ColdFusion. One of the mentioned topics in this article are SQL Injections. There are, of course, some ways to avoid this common attack. Using CFQueryParam is a thing that should already be in your db query. If not, read this article: Pete Freitag’s Mastering CFQueryParam or To CFQueryParam or not to CFQueryParam by Charlie Griefer.

During a visit to the ColdFusion Developer’s Journal website today, I came across this excellent block of code included in a short article: How to prevent an SQL Injection attack. I thought our readers might get some really good millage out of this code and chose to get this much needed post out of my system.

If you find this post (or any other on this site) helpful in anyway please comment. I’d love to see how useful this is to our visitors!


Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Beta
Written by Lonnie

I became aware today of Adobe Labs offering Dreamweaver CS4 Beta. I thought to myself who better to share this with than you.Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Beta

A few new features are -

  • Live View
  • Related Files (it’s about time)
  • Code Navigator
  • Code Hinting for AJAX and JavaScript frameworks
  • Photoshop Smart Objects (very nice feature)
  • Subversion integration (another feature that has been missing for to long)
  • Adobe AIR Authoring support

There are more things worth mentioning like a more unified interface with the CS Suite.

I think I’ll leave the rest for you to see Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Beta for yourself.


Temporary Spambox
Written by Karen

Do you ever feel uncomfortable giving your email address to websites who require it for their services? I know I certainly do. The last thing I want is to open my inbox to discover that it’s filled with tons of spam! Well, thanks to the folks over at spambox.us, we no longer have to worry about our email addresses being added to spam lists.

Spambox.us offers a free service where you can create a temporary email address that will forward all incoming mail to your usual email address. No more worrying about your email address being given out to spam lists! :D

We create for you a temporary e-mail address that will expire in the time you chose, all the mails directed to this e-mail will be transparently forwarded to your real e-mail.
For example, you need to register on a forum that requires e-mail verification, so you generate a spambox e-mail with an expiry of one hour. The generated e-mail will expire in an hour, way enough for the Forum to send you the verification code.

I’m aware that this type of service has been around for a while, but I’ve personally tested this one out on a few different occasions, am very happy with it, and highly recommend it. ;)