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“Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.”-Marshall McLuhan

The Communication Theory philosopher, Marshall McLuhan, captured the very essence of today’s talk when it comes to privacy with this quote. We alienate ourselves with the emergence of different social networking sites and social applications that can be use through the internet. Private recording and photos can be easily uploaded and distributed online.

Some of them are okay but others can result into tarnishing your life’s work of building relationships and reputation. The privacy risks that the internet offers to unknowing and unvigilant users are staggering. We have identity theft, illegal use of credit card information, defamation, and blackmail or extortion. Countless people have been victimized by these scams. Many have lose their money, jobs, identities, and lives just because they posted information about themselves online. But it doesn’t mean you have to steer away from the internet. You just have to be mindful of the things you share online to avoid such risks.

Steps To Protect Your Internet Privacy

• Use up-to-date antivirus or anti-spyware software. There are viruses created with the sole purpose of getting your personal information such as name, birthday, address, and bank accounts. · Use websites that provide security and protection when dealing with online banking and shopping. This assures you that your money is well-taken care of.
• Have a strong password. Combine letters and numbers instead of using words and numbers that can be easily connected to you.
• Never ever share your passwords to others unless you are sure of their trustworthiness. You can’t be too sure that others won’t do anything harmful on your account.
• Ensure the security of your home and office wi-fi connection. This secures you that others won’t be able to access your accounts easily.
• Avoid disclosing personal information when joining online forums and on similar sites. You can use disposable email accounts for verification purposes.

Remember to think before disclosing any personal and confidential information to others. By following these simple reminders, you are able to protect yourself from harmful effects of too much sharing of personal information online. Remember that there is a limit to what you can tell others online. Since we don’t know who is on the other side of the computer. Besides, there is nothing better than sharing personal things to those we trust. Again, as a word of advice and caution, think before you post.

Want to know more about online privacy? Contact us. The Northern Office - Innovative Marketing offers vast amount of information when it comes to the Internet. To ask for a consultation on how we can help protect you and your business’ most confidential information email us at  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or give us a call at (045) 499-1082. 

Last week, we talked about writing an effective content. It was mentioned that a good, targeted content will make your website worthwhile reading. Today, we will continue with our course by discussing another key role in effective marketing—SEO.

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. Simply speaking, SEO is a method of increasing the ranking of your website in a search engine and in turn, increasing the number of people viewing your website content. When a person searches for particular word on Google or Bing, a list of web results appears that may be related to the word or phrase you searched for.

However, not all websites will be seen; only those with proper SEO will rank better than the others. Of course, the higher the rank of the website is, the more chances that it will be noticed. With proper SEO techniques, you can also draw a lot of traffic into your website. Here are some tips on how you can accomplish that.

1. Research for appropriate keywords This is the most important of all the points that will be given. Finding appropriate keywords requires more than just thinking—it involves research. There are several sites that can help you find effective keywords needed in optimizing your website.

Some of these sites are Google Keyword Tool, WordTracker and WordStream. Always keep your customer in mind. As we mentioned in the past posts in this blog, view the world through your readers’ eyes.  Ask questions like: What are the keywords they would commonly use? Have I put enough keywords? Is there a better keyword than this?

2. Check what a crawler sees in your site Google has “spiders” crawling on the web. These spiders follow links from one page to another and index everything they find on the way. The spiders look for words and expressions on the page and assign them to particular keywords.

When a person searches for a keyword, the words indexed by the spiders will appear in the search engine results. If you optimize the website effectively, it would be easier for the spiders to classify your pages correctly.

If you don’t, the spiders will just crawl and index ineffective words not actually sought by people. It should also be noted that  JavaScript and password-protected sites are not seen by the spiders so better not put TOO MUCH of those.

3.  Check your websites’ efficiency It would be irritating for the customer’s part if he clicks the site and finds out that it has errors (302, 400, 404, 500 HTTP status codes).  Why not try using Screaming Frog and OpenSiteExplorer to identify problems in pages.   Also, it would be better if you make content easily accessible.  Content that can only be accessible after logging in won’t drive traffic to your website.

4.  Aim for more Click Throughs Your aim should transcend beyond getting an increased ranking; your aim has to be getting potential customers enter your site. Even if your website has high ranking, that would be worthless if the potential customer won’t click it.

You can achieve this by testing your title tag. Page titles will usually appear as part of the search results. Make sure that the title tag is concise, descriptive and has accurate keywords. With proper SEO knowledge, you no longer have to spend much just so you can have your business noticed.

As one writer says, “Every business with a website has the potential to get found by more customers online through search engine optimization.” Keep visiting us to learn more ways about managing your business. For the next blog, we’ll have the final part of this blog update so don’t miss it.

The Northern Office is an innovative marketing company that provides free consultation and assistance when it comes to Content Marketing, Creation and Distibution for SME’s. If you want to know more about content marketing and other marketing services, feel free to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (045) 499-1082. Posted by John Joe Morgan