OnYourMark, LLC Blog http://blog.onyourmark.com Web Design, Production, Programming, Hosting, Internet Marketing and Digital Video and Photography Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:38:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en © webmaster@onyourmark.com () webmaster@onyourmark.com() Web Design, Production, Programming, Hosting, Internet Marketing and Digital Video and Photography webmaster@onyourmark.com No no http://blog.onyourmark.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg OnYourMark, LLC Blog http://blog.onyourmark.com 144 144 Incoming Email Issues http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/06/04/incoming-email-issues/ http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/06/04/incoming-email-issues/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:38:05 +0000 Ellen M Rohr http://blog.onyourmark.com/?p=129 Dear Clients,

We apologize for the delay in receiving email this morning.

It was reported to us this morning that incoming email was not being received.  In doing investigation we found that our third party spam filtering service apparently was having trouble with email delivery.  We checked connections and our server was running completely normal however, the third party service was reporting a higher level of connections than it should have been.  We change a setting on their administration panel and the problem seemed to have resolved itself.

There is a backlog of mail on their end that needs to be delivered.  You may see your mail trickling in.  Eventually all your mail will be delivered.

Ellen-

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Quality inbound links are one of the ways to keep your site high in the search engine rankings.

]]> http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/04/15/quality-inbound-links/feed/ Added AddMarx Coding to Sitemap http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/03/15/added-addmarx-coding-to-sitemap/ http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/03/15/added-addmarx-coding-to-sitemap/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:15:42 +0000 Ellen M Rohr http://blog.onyourmark.com/?p=117 With the influx of new social medias we decided there should be a way for your customers to link to your site anyway they want to not just using a browser menu.  We added a small bit of coding provided to us by AddMarx, to everyone’s sitemap which will allow the visitor to quickly add your site to a variety of medias including but not limited to:

Favorites, Del.icio.us, Yahoo My Web, MSN Live Bookmarks, Google Bookmarks, and Yahoo Bookmarks.  They can also use this tool to tell a friend about your website, or add it to Digg, Reddit, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and a number of other Social Websites.

Link popularity is a great way to improve your sites visibility in search engines.  The more people that link to you the better.

If you want to add it to all the pages of your site, please let us know!

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When you change the settings, there should be no lapse in service. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

]]> http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/02/27/new-outgoing-email-server-address/feed/ Thursday Afternoon Madness http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/01/23/thursday-afternoon-madness/ http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/01/23/thursday-afternoon-madness/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:46:59 +0000 ryan http://blog.onyourmark.com/?p=100 Yesterday, at approximately 3:00pm CST it appears that our database cluster experienced a very heavy load from a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. This caused some services to become slow or unresponsive for a short period of time. We had the problem diagnosed and amended by 4:00pm CST.

Although we don’t know the exact cause yet, we believe it may have been a failed attempt to breech the  security of that server cluster.

We are going to be taking steps in the upcoming days and weeks to further tighten website security, as well as database resiliency to ensure this does not happen again. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

]]> http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/01/23/thursday-afternoon-madness/feed/ Website Form Tests - We Need Your Reply! http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/01/20/website-form-tests-we-need-your-reply/ http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/01/20/website-form-tests-we-need-your-reply/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:29:18 +0000 kristen http://blog.onyourmark.com/?p=94 From time to time you may receive tests of your website’s forms from OnYourMark staff.  If your site is updated, forms are tested to make sure the updates did not effect the forms’ functionality.  Form tests may also be sent if we are doing behind-the-scenes technical updates as part of your site’s hour per month of promotion and maintenance.

If you receive a test submission from your website’s forms, it is extremely important that you forward the emails you receive to OnYourMark as soon as possible! This confirmation lets us know that the form is working properly.

If you have questions on your website’s forms, please Contact Us.

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]]> http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2009/01/15/updating-google-sitemaps/feed/ Renewed Banner Ads on theBubbler.com http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/12/15/renewed-banner-ads-on-thebubblercom/ http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/12/15/renewed-banner-ads-on-thebubblercom/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:15:49 +0000 Ellen M Rohr http://blog.onyourmark.com/?p=119 Each December we reactivate our client’s banner ads on theBubbler.com.

theBubbler WisNetwork offers targeted advertising to Wisconsin residents. You can advertise on theBubbler.com or any WisNetwork website that reaches your desired audience.

We offer:

  • Over 30,000 unique visitors a month and rising fast
  • Incredible visitor loyalty, visiting often and viewing many pages
  • Over 8,500 Wisconsin links - many provided by our Members
  • Over 7,500 registered members
  • A positive, family-friendly environment
  • A strong willingness to work with you to achieve your goals
  • Affordable rates, custom programs to meet your needs
]]> http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/12/15/renewed-banner-ads-on-thebubblercom/feed/ Google to release an internet browser http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/09/02/google-to-release-an-internet-browers/ http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/09/02/google-to-release-an-internet-browers/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:11:00 +0000 Ellen M Rohr http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/09/02/google-to-release-an-internet-browers/ Keith sent staff a message last night that I have just had an opportunity to read.

It seems Google is about to launch a new product called Chrome, a browser that was designed to compete with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

I will need to do some more research before I know exactly how I feel about this new browser.

Google’s tendency to monitor your browsing habits and giving you results based on what they think you want to view gives me cause for concern.  I am interesting in using my browser to view things I want to view.  Not things they a computer thinks I want to view.

Beta I think comes out today….I guess the proof will be in the pudding.

]]> http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/09/02/google-to-release-an-internet-browers/feed/ Threat Advisory: CNN and MSNBC Spam http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/08/19/threat-advisory-cnn-and-msnbc-spam/ http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/08/19/threat-advisory-cnn-and-msnbc-spam/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:17:06 +0000 Ellen M Rohr http://blog.onyourmark.com/blog/2008/08/19/threat-advisory-cnn-and-msnbc-spam/ Dear Client,

We’d like to provide you with an update on recent spam attacks.

Our message security vendor has advised us on high volumes of bogus CNN and MSNBC messages that contain links to download malware. Spammers have copied the contents of CNN and MSNBC alerts and substituted a link that prompts users to upgrade to a new version of a fake Adobe Flash player.

The security service has detected and blocked the vast majority of these attacks, and continues to release protections to stop the new mutations. Their capture rate is over 99%; however, the attack volumes are so large (in the hundreds of millions of messages) that a 1% passthrough rate means that a few messages may end up in your inbox.

For best security practices, if you see any CNN, MSNBC, or suspicious news alert messages:

  • Do not deliver these messages from your Message Center or Quarantine Summary.
  • Delete these messages from your inbox.
  • Do not click on any links in the messages.

If you need to access CNN or MSNBC content, visit the website directly.

Please be assured that our security service considers virus and spam protection as their highest priority, and continues to be on the cutting edge against new spam attacks and tactics.

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