Dean Dhuli » Miscellaneous http://deandhuli.com On Copywriting, Business Growth and Life... Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A nightmare week! http://deandhuli.com/a-nightmare-week/ http://deandhuli.com/a-nightmare-week/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:22:18 +0000 Dean http://deandhuli.com/?p=61 Early last week… on Monday or Tuesday I think… my computer got infected with a virus.

I’ve been through such things before, and I’ve managed to wipe clean the entire system without formatting the hard disk. However this time, it was different.

This time, the virus kept returning no matter how many times my antivirus software deleted it, and it just wouldn’t bulge.

So I eventually had to format both my systems (yes, both my laptop and desktop got infected)… and thought the ordeal was over.

But little did I know that this was just the beginning.

Just as I was done reinstalling Windows on both my systems and was about to heave a sign of relief, I found that my FTP account password had gotten compromised and my account hacked!

The hacker had messed up files on all my sites, most of which were wordpress blogs.

This was like a shock to me because this is the first time that my websites have been hacked.

I always thought who the heck would hack MY websites when there are a lot of other bigger fish out there.But this shows that just about anybody can get hacked.

So over the last one week, I’ve been working overtime to restore my sites to normalcy.

Some of them have been restored. As for the other sites, I’m still working on them.

To sum it up, it has been a nightmare week!

Now I believe some of you guys out there are better versed with Wordpress security than I am. So if you’ve got any tips for me or you’d like to talk about a similar experience that you’ve had, just reply to this post.

Thanks,

Dean.

P.S. One tip from me…

Don’t assume your hosting guys will have back ups of your site when something like this happens. When I asked my host “Hostgator” if they could restore the sites back to their initial state, they gave me the standard answer — that they don’t have backups since my inode using is high.

So does that mean we have unlimited storage but we’re not supposed to be using it?

]]> http://deandhuli.com/a-nightmare-week/feed/ 0 How to spy on your site visitors… http://deandhuli.com/how-to-spy-on-your-site-visitors/ http://deandhuli.com/how-to-spy-on-your-site-visitors/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:15:40 +0000 Dean http://deandhuli.com/?p=56 Did you know that you can actually see… and record… every single move visitors make on your webpage?

You can see what they see, you can see what they click on, you can see what they read, what section of the page they stay on longer, where they went to from there, and so on.

But why would you or anybody want to know all this?

It’s simple — if run allow your visitors wander aimlessly on your webpage, you’ll never accomplish the goals you set for your website or yourself.

The basic idea of having a direct response website is to make them perform the action YOU desire.

And that’s what these new site recording tools can help you do.

Simply put, what these new tools do is they record your visitors’ movements and actions on your webpage, and save it as a video.

You can then view these videos later, analyze the problem and make the necessary changes that will correct this problem.

Now, I’ve been testing two different such tools on my own websites and that of my clients.

One of them is RobotReplay.

http://RobotReplay.com/

Robotreplay is a simple, free, no-frills site recording tool. You can record any number of domains and can have unlimited recordings.

It simply records the video and that’s it. It hasn’t got too many other functions.

However, the basic advantage with this is it doesn’t slow down the page loading time.

The second one is Clicktale.

http://Clicktale.com/

Clicktale is more complex than Robotreplay and consists of a lot more features and functions.

However, the free version allows only 100 recordings per week and you can record the activity on only one domain.

You can view the videos at 5x and 10x speeds and save time. And it has a lot of other functions like heat maps, link analytics, form analytics, etc.

But what I’ve personally observed is that the Clicktale script tends to increase the webpage loading time significantly as compared to RobotReplay.

So hopefully this information can help you decide which one would be better for you.

Best,

Dean Dhuli.

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And if you’ve already seen it before, then see it again.

It’s quite funny!

Take care,

Dean Dhuli.

]]> http://deandhuli.com/funny-advertising-video/feed/ 0 “Here I Come!”… says 2009 http://deandhuli.com/here-i-come-says-2009/ http://deandhuli.com/here-i-come-says-2009/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:41:08 +0000 Dean http://deandhuli.com/?p=49 Hello there,

Most people I know would say, “Thank god, 2008 is over!”

But here is a funny video that looks at the funny side of things that happened in 2008.

Take a look, it’s really funny…

Happy New Year 2009 to you and yours!

Take care,
Dean Dhuli.

]]> http://deandhuli.com/here-i-come-says-2009/feed/ 0 If you wanna become a freelancer, the time is now! http://deandhuli.com/if-you-wanna-become-a-freelancer-the-time-is-now/ http://deandhuli.com/if-you-wanna-become-a-freelancer-the-time-is-now/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:30:28 +0000 Dean http://highpowercopy.com/blog/?p=9 Are you thinking about freelancing for a living? Do you want to escape the drudgery of an office job and be your own boss?

Well, there couldn’t be a better time to think about that!

The freelance industry is growing in leaps and bounds. People are now understanding the importance of doing things correctly, rather than just getting the job done.

So, if you can offer a service of high-quality, you can earn pretty well being a freelancer.

There are a number of sites which help connect the freelancers with the employers. Some of these are:

a) getafreelancer.com, b) elance.com and c) rentacoder.com

If none of these is for you, you can set up a website of your own and start offering your services – which could be graphic designing, programming, writing content for the web, or anything else you’re good at.

So if you haven’t thought about freelancing yet, now is the time to do it!

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