What 2007 Brings to Server-based Services
Was about time I get to write a blog… All these months we had to build a ‘pyramid’ of coding, to mix the e-commerce engine camel with a one-of-a-kind auction engine ostrich, and so on and so forth…
But all that is water under the bridge, to cite Faye, and I’m happily back in the blogging realm. Let’s start 2007 with a reminder about our goals on this ebiz.earnings web.point for small.businesses:
- - the blogs here are all about helping you out to earn online money by porting your current -existing- business to the internet;
- - nothing about getting rich quickly, nor about work-at-home moms;
- - ebiz.earnings tries to show you where the common sense is on the internet, and where the scams, and how to stay away of the latter.
The greatest issues with our clients are security related. While big corps pay attention to data privacy, not the same thing goes for small businesses. Riding the autobahn demands a drivers license to begin with, then some distributive attention to keep up with traffic regulations. Failures can cost one’s life and maybe this is the incentive that makes ‘most’ drivers aware of playing by the rules and being serious when driving. Unfortunately, failure on the internet-autobahn still has to scare the adrenaline out of browsing people in order to make majorities listen to the rules.
Reports about social networking hubs, like myspace.com and youtube.com, indicate that many netizens have no basic sense of privacy. They share personal data and various adventures that, once landing in the public domain, may bring trouble to the genuine posters. When interviewing for a job, you won’t want Google to reveal your drinking habits and piercing pics…
Similar mentality paradoxes are hitting the small business owners. They say:
- - we hate cryptic passwords, alpha numerical, case sensitive and digit mixed with special characters;
- - we want to remember our passwords with ease;
- - why use Firefox if MSIE is used by everyone else?
- - Leenox?! what’s that? no thanx!
- - cookies management is too tedious, let them all in, and hey! why do we get so much spam?
- - I’m a business person, not a programmer, why should I learn all this about browsers, cookies, passowrds, etc.?
Well, how about this: “I’m a programmer, why should I learn about all these traffic signposts, all these priority rules and speed limits. I have no time to waste so let me drive like crazy on the left (even if outside England, where I could opt to drive on the right), let me hit the pedal and get fast to my destination ‘coz I have to do.”
Sounds gross and mindless. I’d be considered a danger for public safety and in no time chased, fined, even jailed.
Compare mischevious driving with haphazardly online business practices and get the picture: once you’re looking for trouble you’re definitely gonna get in it, be it on the autobahn or on the internet.
Be back with a next blog about an interesting application that I’d recommend you install on every PC in your small biz shop.
And btw… don’t drink while browsing!
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