If your laptop gets slow, you will be waiting longer and longer for it to complete it’s tasks.

If your Windows Registry contains a lot of outdated entries, you’ll end up with a very slow Windows 7

One of the most important files on a Windows PC is the Windows registry. A log of different information about your computer resides here. E.g. where are your programs installed? Where are the DLL files placed? What application does each short cut in your start menu and your desktop point to?

Everything you do while using Windows ends up in the Windows Registry. That could be the location of the latest files used (documents, spread sheets, images, videos etc.). You will also find data about the applications installed and uninstalled.

Many things can cause a PC to become slow, and they can hit any PC.

You can make your computer fast again using professional tools.

These 3 steps are typically followed by a profressional tool:

• Analyzing the computer looking for known errors that usually makes a computer slow.
• Cleaning up and removing the errors
• Eventually your computer is faster, it will also boot faster because it no loger has any registry errors.

Additional factors that can cause your Windows PC to be slower

Sometimes it is not your Windows Registry that you can blame for your slow notebook.

Sometimes anti-virus programs causes your PC to be slow due to bad configuration

If your anti virus is set up to check for viruses i

Add to that your anti virus software may be set to scan both your local harddrives and all network drives.

Regular scans of your network drives takes a lot of your CPU time, the reason is that network drives are much slower than local harddrives

Beware that normally there is only a minor risk involved if you set your anti virus program to disable analysis of your network drives.

- John Mckinsey Bates

The web is a complex and ever-changing environment. Because of this, it is necessary to constantly be on the look out for new and better ways to market your website. Currently, fresh content is the best way to attract search engines to your site. Having up-to-date information will keep the search engines coming back to your site looking for more. Because of the search engine’s attraction to new content, your updated site will be rewarded with higher placement in search results. Exactly how fresh should your content be? Consider updating your content several times per week - if not every other day, then twice weekly.
One popular trend to providing fresh content to a wide audience is the use of an RSS Feed.

RSS Feeds. What are they?
There are several beliefs as to what “RSS” stands for, but the most commonly adopted meaning is “Really Simple Syndication”. This term is quite appropriate, in fact, because of the ease of creating an RSS feed for broad distribution of your content. One example of effectively using an RSS feed is to create custom-written articles for your website. Put your articles on their own page (http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/articles/article1.htm).

After you create your RSS Feed, your subscribers will be able to link to a specially created web address to access your feed. Subscribers to your feed will paste a code on their own website which will display the headline and a few words (a description) of your article. The headline will act as a link back to your article (on your website). This is a direct benefit to you, both building in-bound links to your domain and pointing search engines to your website for fresh content.

Making an RSS Feed
RSS Feeds use a language similar to HTML called XML. You must be careful when using XML, not closing tags or failing to validate the code can cause problems. The RSS Feed includes information about your feed (Title of your article, short description, and a link back to your original article). Your audience will see this information instantly as you update your content. Think of the potential - thousands of websites displaying YOUR content to their visitors, and each of those visitors having the ability to get to your website with one click.

To create your RSS feed, simply copy the following code into your favorite text editor and edit a few fields. As you can see, the first part of the code (below the RSS version), is used to identify information about your website and company. The second half, beginning at , is used to identify information about your article.

Change YOUR TITLE HERE with the title of your RSS Feed. This can be anything; I would suggest using your brand, for example “Jacob Madison Marketing Solutions”. Then, replace YOUR URL HERE with your main URL, for example, “http://www.jacobmadison.com”. Once you have done this, replace YOUR DESCRIPTION HERE with the name of your feed. One example would be, “Internet marketing solutions”.

Finally, replace YOUR ARTICLE TITLE HERE with your article title, YOUR ARTICLE URL HERE with the web location of your new article, and YOUR ARTICLE DESCRIPTION HERE with a quick summary of your content.

Save this file to your domain, for example,

To keep your readers from being overwhelmed, I recommend keeping the number of articles to the 5 most recently published.

You have now created an RSS Feed that is ready for syndication.

Syndicating Your RSS Feed

By advertising your RSS Feed, you will immediately boost the web traffic to your website. Syndication of your RSS Feed will allow others to easily add your feed to their website - increasing your exposure quickly. There are a few ways to syndicate your feed.

One way is to submit your RSS feed URL to various RSS aggregators and news readers. This will allow them to check your RSS feed for updates. Popular aggregators are:

- Daypop.com
- Feedster.com
- Postami.com
- Syndic8.com
- Userland.com

Another option is to place an XML button on your home page. This little orange button has quickly caught on and is appearing everywhere, indicating that an RSS feed is available from that website. To get this on your site, copy the XML image and paste it on your homepage, linking it to your RSS page. Your code should look like this:

Keeping up on your RSS Feed
Be sure to maintain your RSS Feed, failing to update it regularly will cause search engines to loose interest, counteracting all of your hard work. Also, be sure to link each article back to your website to increase traffic to your website.

Utilizing RSS Feeds is a great way to improve your search engine rankings. As your audience expands, you will be naturally building incoming links to your website. RSS Feeds are a new approach to internet marketing, once you set them up, however, it takes very little time to see the traffic to your website increase.

Jacob Madison is an internet marketing professional specializing in high-return growth and advanced marketing tactics. Find out more about him at http://www.jacobmadison.com

RSS(Real Simple Syndication) is the talk around the net these days because of its many benefits.

I’m sure you’ve received several emails(like I have) telling you to jump on the “RSS” band wagon and that it’s the answer to all your Internet and Email marketing woe’s because of its syndication capabilities.

With RSS Directories and Search Engines coming into the mix as well these days for RSS feeds you really have to decide whether or not you really want it get in on the “RSS” craze.

Now, before I get to far ahead of myself here I want to make sure you know exactly what RSS “IS” and WHY it’s becoming such an essential tool for Your online business and other businesses around the world.

I’ve received a lot of feedback from people just starting out online and/or other webmasters who are not quite sure asking… “what is “RSS” in Plain English and do I need it for my online business?”.

I wrote an article earlier this year stating the “10 MOST Powerful Reasons WHY You Should Be Using RSS”, but I guess I clearly didn’t explain what “RSS” IS which left the readers kind of stumped.

If you wish to read that article as well I’ve provided the link below.

http://www.internetwondersezine.com/article_15.html

With that said, lets ‘Now’ define what RSS(Real Simple Syndication) “IS” in plain english for those of you who are NEW to it and for those of you who are still a little bit confused about it and its uses.

RSS is by definition — an acronym for “Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Site Summary”, and the .XML extension is the format used for distributing YOUR news headlines via the Web, which is known as “Syndication”.

“Syndication” is where the TRUE power of RSS is unleashed, getting your message or information across the web in an INSTANT to websites, your subscribers and/or readers.

Now, to put this in plain english, “RSS” is simply a technology that distributes YOUR information(whatever it might be — ex. Articles, Special Offers, Product Reviews, Resource Announcements) by syndicating it across the net.

It’s that simple.

It doesn’t have to get any more complex then that.

The more websites, subscribers and/or readers that opt-in to your RSS feeds, the more FREE targeted TRAFFIC you’ll receive from their websites.

How can you take advantage of this NEW technology… Starting Today?

Set up a BLOG!

Blog’s are great because they are “RSS” ready.

If you don’t know what a “BLOG” is here’s a link to another earlier article I wrote that explains BLOGS in full detail since the nature of this article is to make sure you understand what “RSS” IS.

Here’s the link:
http://www.internetwondersezine.com/article_12.html

You can set-up a Free BLOG account through Blogger.com — http://www.blogger.com — and begin posting to it within minutes.

All you have to supply is the ‘Content’.

Well, there you have it, “RSS(Real Simple Syndication)– EXPLAINED In Plain English”.

I truly hope this article cleared up any confusion you might of had about “RSS” and will help you take that next step to deciding whether or not “RSS” is for You and your business.

My final thoughts are, don’t be afraid to do a little research, you’ll be amazed at what you might find if you spend a little looking for it on the net.

Want to get MORE ‘Insider’ marketing Secrets on How-To drive HUGE amounts of Laser Targeted Traffic to your website? Then you need to subscribe to Cory Threlfall’s ezine called… The Internet Wonders eZine at — internet marketing

Within the United Kingdom, identity fraud has become one of
highest rating crimes to date. The UK government estimates
that each year identity fraud costs them 1.3 Billion.
Identity fraud has worked because many companies and people
in general have been convinced in some way to hand over
their items, documents or money. Identity fraud can remain
undetected for several months before anyone realizes what
has been done.

The UK has come up with an idea that is due in the year
2007. They intend to issue Identification cards that
contain information biometrically about the individual.
This information could come in the form of fingerprints or
an iris scan. Many people do not believe this will solve
the problem. No matter what the government does to protect
your identity, one thing will always remain the same. The
protection of your identity is largely your concern.

There are a few things that you can do in efforts to
prevent identity theft. This of course, is no guarantee,
but it is a great step in protecting yourself from thieves
and fraud.

When you are cleaning out your desk, do not simply throw
your personal items away. Items such as bank statements,
credit card statements, receipts and utility bills should
be destroyed. You could burn these items or obtain a
shredder. A shredder can do multiple things; it can destroy
your personal documents as well as compact discs or floppy
disks that could contain identifying information.
Additionally, some shredders will shred a credit card as
well.

Protect your credit cards just as you would your cash.
When you receive a new credit card, it should be signed by
you immediately. If you must destroy a credit card, you
should shred it by either using a shredder or cutting it
up thoroughly with scissors. If your credit card should
become stolen or lost, report it to the credit card
companies instantly, this will prevent the card from being
used. Another thing many people do not consider, is when
you are dining out, be watchful of letting your card out
of sight. One popular fraud is to simply take an imprint
or write down the numbers for use later.

Lastly, when you receive your credit card or bank
statements open and review them immediately. If you see
anything out of the ordinary upon the statements, you
should call the company right away and begin a
investigation into it. Additionally, if you should ever
notice your statement has not arrived on time, you should
make a telephone call to the company to investigate this.
It is possible that is has been routed to an address other
than your own.

Jeff Lakie is a contributing author at our website where
You can get a free Secured Loans Quote right now. Take a moment and see
for yourself.

I received an e-mail message from “Paypal” not to long ago. The e-mail stated that PayPal needed me to update and verify my security information for their database. I didn’t. One of the sentences in the e-mail read:

“Complete the necessary verification tasks within 5 days, or
your account might get temporarily suspended.”

That didn’t sound like the PayPal I’ve been doing business
with for several years. The grammar of “your account might
get temporarily suspended” raised an alarm bell. Also the
logo while quite professional looked odd.

But the obvious giveaway was knowing Paypal would never contact me at an e-mail address I never gave them. I could have become a victim of a technique called phishing. Just another form of Identity theft.

The effort criminals put into stealing your identity
staggers the imagination.

With Phishing also called brand spoofing, criminals set up phony but legitimate looking websites then spam you with e-mails like the one described above in the hopes of catching a percentage of internet users. 2003 saw identity thieves target Ebay account holders, this year it’s Paypal’s turn but any company with a database of information remains a target.

Choicepoint a veritable clearinghouse for the insurance
industry finds themselves trying to explain how identity
thieves tapped into their system to defraud 145,000
customers across the U.S. Investigators in California place
that number closer to a half a million.

The hackers apparantly used previously stolen identites to apply for and receive business licenses then bought information from ChoicePoint whose database totals 19 billion public records.

The FTC estimates that this year alone identity
theft will cost the business community 4.2 billion dollars
and 8 billon by the end of 2006.

Easy access to computers provide more chances for identity
theft but the majority of cases according to the Better
Business Bureau happen offline. Telephone scams that target
the elderly, mail fraud, or public spying known as “shoulder
surfing” contribute greatly to this epidemic.

Many banks changed their ATM’s due to criminals rigging the machines. A person uses the ATM but after putting in the pin# the machine keeps the card. Usually when the person goes to report it, the thief strikes, taking card, pin # and most
importantly the victim’s identity.

The methods of madness can include something simple like
going thru your trash (dumpster diving) or an elaborate hoax similar to the one reported by the Associated Press.

A family in the Pacific Northwest posed as tax preparers and used stolen identities to go on buying sprees across several states that included millon dollar homes and luxury vehicles. According to authorities, since the thieves stole the social security # of children as well as adults, the damage won’t be fully known until these young people start applying for credit
later on.

Law Enforcement officials believe the next step with this criminal outfit involved applying for health care positions.
Hospitals and doctor offices provide a wealth of personal
information. Perfect for Identity thieves

These methods along with old fashioned robbery show why identity theft according to the Department of Justice
maintains it’s ranking as the number one and fastest growing crime in the U.S for 5 consecutive years. Unfortunately it will probably maintain that ranking for the forseeable future.

Daryl Campbell, President of Campbell Marketing, L.L.C. is a historian, screenplay and technical writer. He loves movies, music, his wife Kay, and internet marketing. His website http://www.winthemarket.com is a guide to everything needed to grow and protect a business on-line.

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