The Internet Monthly: April 2011

The Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 20 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

In this month’s issue you can find out how to help prevent on-line fraud by forwarding scam e-mails to the police and block web sites you don’t want to see in Google’s search results.

You can also learn how to do everything much faster on-line with two new browsers, and get involved in On-line Silver Surfers Day to win £1,000.

This podcast is derived from a monthly newsletter published by Zen Internet and recorded and produced by Silicon Bay. The podcast is reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet.

This Month’s Podcast

The Internet Monthly – April 2011:

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This Month’s Articles

This month’s edition of The Internet Monthly podcast contains the following articles. A list of links associated with each article are included for reference:

1. SEND SCAM E-MAILS HERE – 24-hour online fraud reporting service
   • www.actionfraud.org.uk
   • www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12586742
2. ACTION FRAUD REPLIES – Reported spam mails being bounced
   • www.actionfraud.org.uk/help-disrupt-fraudsters-by-reporting-scam-emails-feb11
3. VENTURING TO THE VALLEY – Venture capital from Silicon Valley
   • www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8372041/Making-friends-and-influencing-investors-in-Silicon-Valley.html
4. FOLLOWING TWITTER TO TEXAS – SXSW Interactive festival
   • www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12735762
5. HOME VISITS BOOST WEB SUCCESS – Improving e-commerce sites
   • boagworld.com/talks/unbelievable-ecommerce
   • www.wiltshirefarmfoods.com
6. IRELAND’S FACEBOOK PROMO – Facebook game promoting Irish tourism
   • www.u.tv/Lifestyle/Facebook-virtual-Ireland-game-launches/8888fe77-130d-47bf-a82c-3a87d5e65a8d
7. HOLIDAY LETS – Rent cheap apartments for your next holiday
   • www.airbnb.com
8. GOOGLE ACQUIRES UK MONEY SHOPPER – Google buys comparison site
   • www.brandrepublic.com/news/1058666/Google-buys-BeatThatQuote-38m
   • www.beatthatquote.com
9. HELP SILVER SURFERS – National campaign to get older people online
   • springonline.org
10. LIBRARIES FACE E-BOOK PRICE HIKE – Publishers raising e-book charge
    • news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9421996.stm
11. SITE FLIPPER – Online tool to minimise websites for easy reading
    • ridesurfboard.com
12. INTERNET EXPLORER NINE – Microsoft updates Internet Explorer
    • www.iewy.com/19982-microsoft-announces-global-availability-of-internet-explorer-9.html
    • www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/ie9-vs-firefox-4-vs-chrome-10-935792
13. FASTER FIREFOX – Firefox version 4 released
    • www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new
14. WEB VISITS TO GAIN MORE PRIVACY – Browsers increasing privacy
    • blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/03/14/firefox-maker-do-not-track-likely-to-be-regulated
15. GOOGLE EXCLUSION TOOL – Block websites from Google’s results
    • www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/11/google_adds_search_blocking_tool
16. CONTENT FARMS PLOUGHED UNDER – Google update improving search?
    • blog.searchmetrics.com/us/2011/03/03/google-farmer-update-whos-really-affected
    • www.seomoz.org/blog/googles-farmer-update-analysis-of-winners-vs-losers
    • searchenginewatch.com/3642059
17. X-CERTIFICATE – Adult websites getting xxx domain name extension
    • www.techradar.com/news/internet/icann-approves-xxx-doomain-names-936767
18. BOTNET SWOOP – Spam computer networks shut down
    • www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-behind-rustock-takedown
19. SOCIAL INCLUSION – Search engines show social  network results
    • www.xec.co.uk/digital-marketing/social-media-becoming-ever-more-important-in-google-serps
    • webmasterformat.com/blog/twin-pincers-of-seo-and-smm
    • www.webseoanalytics.com/blog/twitter-facebook-links-affect-seo-on-google-and-bing
20. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH – Search query sharing system
    • www.qyo.co

This podcast is sponsored and reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet Limited. The music on the podcast was provided courtesy of Will Tang.