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Facebook Quizzes may be the death of your facebook

March 7, 2016 by Moran Media

Facebook Quizzes are fun right? Or are they a back door to your account?

Online quizzes are fun, facebook quizzes are fun, but we need to be careful. If you are taking a quiz and it asks you to login with facebook, avoid that quiz! It’s just not worth it. You can find other quizzes that don’t require you to login, anything that needs your login is getting too much information. This can lead to far too much information about you being taken by the company writing these quizzes. They can sell that information or use it for purposes you don’t agree with. Worse yet this is one of the ways facebook accounts can be hacked! Soon your account will be trying to sell Oakley sunglasses and Ugg boots to your friends by tagging them or inviting them to events. No one wants that.

I’m not the only one talking about this, and this isn’t new information. Way back in 2011 PC Magazine was telling people to be careful. Five years later and article after article are being written about the dangers, in this Beta News article they point out how evidence that these quizzes are essentially malware isn’t persuading anyone to stop doing them and giving away their information and accounts. Fight Identity Theft has a really great article that not only tells you it’s bad, but it shows you how these quizzes work and how they steal your information and account access. They even have a petition to make facebook crack down on this stuff.

I encourage you to read these articles and remember, no quiz will be fun enough to risk losing your facebook account over. Besides, you already know in your heart which Harry Potter house you belong in, you don’t need a quiz to tell you that.

Expired Domain, a hiccup that could cost you $$$

March 3, 2016 by Moran Media

Expired Domain? DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!!!!

expired domain - a problem you don't want - listen to Moran Media on how to avoid this

Just this week three of my clients experienced an expired domain. What’s a domain? It’s the URL that is your website. As in www.mywebsite.com or in my case, Moran Media’s domain is www.remoran.com. This happened on three different platforms. Each time it was something silly, like not having auto renew enabled, having old credit card information, or insufficient funds in their account.

Depending on who they were registered with the repercussions were different for each. One had a grace period where they had time to correct the information and get their domain back before their site went down. Another missed the notice their transaction failed and only noticed when their site went down. Another got a notification as soon as the transaction failed but their domain registrar turned off their site right away without giving them a chance to correct the information.

For some people this could be disastrous. Most domain registrars give you a grace period to get everything in order, some may not. Make sure you know what your registrar will do if you miss a payment. If you don’t catch it in time your domain could be sold off to the next bidder, this is not something you want. You’re reputation could be ruined by a competitor or a detractor, your site rankings could be harmed, your customers might think you have closed.

How can we avoid this?

Just follow a few simple steps

Make sure you know the rules of your domain registration and it’s a company you can trust.
- What’s the grace period?
- What happens on expiration?
- What’s their customer service number if you have an emergency?
- How’s their customer support?
Make sure your information is accurate and up to date with your registrar.
- Email goes to an account you check daily.
- Phone numbers are accurate.
- Credit Card information is always up to date.
Set your account to auto renew.
- If you can, use a credit card rather than a bank card or paypal so it can renew without much effort from you.
Mark your calendar for renewal time.
- This way you can change the card that is used to pay if you need to.
- You can pay for multiple years if you like.
- You can add a promo code or coupon code and save some money.

In the old days of the internet there were a lot of scams. You’d get a renewal notice from a company, pay for the renewal and then suddenly you switched registrars. Thankfully that scam is seen a lot less these days, but it’s still good to note who your registered with. This will save you headaches later. I always advise keeping that information with your passwords and all of your other business information, so you always have it.

Have you ever had your domain expire?

Welcome to Moran Media

September 17, 2012 by Moran Media

Here I will entertain, enlighten, and educate you about things related to Design, Marketing, Social Media, and other buzz words pertaining to the services provided by Moran Media. You can expect to see videos, links to other sites, articles, and more. I hope that my clients, people I’m mentoring, and other artists in the field enjoy reading this blog.