Volume II - Issue 2002-10-8
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The e*Vision ezine is specifically focused on the online 
marketing of information products. We hope you find the 
information presented in The e*Vision ezine valuable, 
and that it helps bring you online success.
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>>>>>>>> About Secrets - by Bryan Kumar <<<<<<<<
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You are being lied to! You are being robbed, 
manipulated and controlled. And, there's nothing 
you can do about it!

Until now...

Is success still hiding from you...
no matter how hard you try, how much you do, and 
how much you continue to learn, invest, and 
improve?

Does it ever seem like you've bought and read 
everything you could possibly get your hands on? 
And yet, the "real" secrets are still being hidden 
from you?

I'll tell you right now: It's NOT your fault!
You CAN be successful - but only if you can cut 
through the avalanche of lies and misinformation 
that are being dumped on you.

See, there are people out there who work VERY hard, 
every single day, to KEEP YOU in the Dark! Just so 
they can fatten their own wallets, at your expense!

But you can easily break free from their control 
and manipulation at LAST -- and claim the success, 
wealth, and freedom that you deserve!

Here's just what one person had to say after being 
exposed to the truth...

"Like most people I was skeptical at first, 
especially because I believed that I was already 
VERY well informed.
After going through the secrets on your site, I 
realize just how much they are really hiding from 
us! I'm glad, very glad that I found your site.
Thanks!" 
... David Flores, Berkeley, CA

Here's your chance to find out what's really going 
on around you, to keep you in control -- and 
discover how to set yourself free! Without risking 
a single penny!

Just go to this site and see it for yourself...

http://ustoday.net/scs.html

If you're tired of busting your hump for others and
still getting nowhere, you owe it to yourself, and 
your loved ones, to check it out right now.

But, I do warn you... prepare to be shocked!

http://ustoday.net/scs.html

Success!

Tom Hua

P.S. I can't stress this enough - if you don't 
start to take back control of your life, you'll be 
forever kept in the dark.

Find out how...
http://ustoday.net/scs.html

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>>>>>>>> Featured Article <<<<<<<<
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*** Spam-Proofing Your Website - Dan Thies ***
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Almost every website operator wants search engine 
spiders to visit. After all, search engines are the 
best source of free traffic on the web. In the event 
that you don't want them to visit, they are easily 
kept at bay with a properly formatted "robots.txt" file.

Unfortunately, there's another group of spiders out 
there crawling the web, with an entirely different 
purpose. These are the spiders that visit site after 
site, collecting email addresses. You may know them 
as spam bots, email harvesters, or any number of 
unpublishable names.

When it comes to controlling these rogue spiders, 
robots.txt simply won't get the job done. In fact, 
most spam robots will ignore robots.txt. That doesn't 
mean you have to give up, and just let them have their 
way. In this short tutorial, I'll teach you how to 
hide your email addresses from them.

Technique #1: Use Javascript To Mask Email Addresses
One of the weaknesses that spiders of all kinds suffer 
from is an inability to process scripts. Adding a 
small snippet of Javascript in place of an email 
address effectively renders the address invisible to 
spiders, while leaving it accessible to your visitors 
with all but the most primitive web browsers.

In the three examples below, simply substitute your 
username (the first half of your email address, 
everything before the @ symbol) and your hostname 
(everything after the @ symbol). To use the scripts, 
just insert them into your page's HTML wherever you 
need them to be displayed.

Example 1: Creating A Spam-Proof Mailto Link

This snippet of code creates a clickable link that 
launches the visitor's email application, assuming 
that their system is configured to work with mailto 
links. You can replace the link text with your own 
message, but see example 2 if you want to display 
your email address as the link text.

<script language=javascript>
<!--
var username = "username";
var hostname = "yourdomain.com";
var linktext = "Click Here To Send Me Email";
document.write("<a href=" + "mail" + "tox" + username 
+ "@" + hostname + ">" + linktext + "</a>")
//-->
</script>

Example 2: A Spam-Proof Mailto Link With Your Email 
Address Showing

Some visitors won't be able to use a mailto link, 
and will instead need to read the email address. 
No problem, just use the snippet below instead.

<script language=javascript>
<!--
var username = "username";
var hostname = "yourdomain.com";
var linktext = username + "@" + hostname;
document.write("<a href=" + "mail" + "tox" + 
username + "@" + hostname + ">" + linktext + "</a>")
//-->
</script>

Example 3: Display Your Email Address Without 
A Mailto Link

Sometimes, you just want to give your email address 
without making it a clickable link - here's a 
snippet that accomplishes just that:

<script language=javascript>
<!--
var username = "username";
var hostname = "yourdomain.com";
var linktext = username + "@" + hostname;
document.write(username + "@" + hostname)
//-->
</script>

Technique #2: Hide Behind A Contact Form Sometimes, 
the sheer volume of legitimate email from real 
visitors can become a burden. In this case, a 
simple solution is to remove your email address 
from your site entirely, and use a contact form. 
There are dozens of free ASP, Perl, and PHP scripts 
available online that will allow your users to fill 
in a form, and send you an email. Many hosting 
providers offer this service for free to their 
customers.

A contact form can enable you to deal with a higher 
volume of mail, by allowing you to pre-sort different 
types of message. This is easily accomplished by 
creating a drop-down menu with different options 
(e.g. customer service, billing, tech support, etc.) 
that will populate the subject line of the email 
message.

I hope that this tutorial has given you a clear 
understanding of how to protect your website, and 
your email address, from spam-bots. If you have 
any questions about this article, feel free to 
contact me through my website. 

The (spam-proof) email link is at the bottom of my 
home page, right after the "P.S."

I wish you success...
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Dan Thies has been helping his clients (and friends) 
promote their websites since 1996. His latest book, 
"Search Engine Optimization Fast Start," offers a simple, 
step by step plan to increase your website's search 
engine traffic. Dan Thies may be contacted at 
http://www.cannedbooks.com 
dan@cannedhelp.com

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Are You a "Born" Salesperson? No? Would you like to sell 
as if you were?

Discover how to go head to head with the sales pros and 
outperform the likes of Zig Zigler and John Milton Fogg. 
Find out how 
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All the Best, until next time!

Tom Hua - Editor & Publisher
eVision@UStoday.net

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