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Get 1-year Interest-Free Financing on your Amazon purchases just in time for Christmas
Are you planning to do at least some of your Christmas shopping on Amazon?
If so, there’s an easy way to get a full 12 months interest-free financing on any Amazon purchase over $599.
But if you don’t intend to spend that much, you can still get 6 months interest-free financing on any purchase over $149!
All you have to do to qualify for these special interest-free financing deals is get yourself an Amazon Store Card and use it to purchase your big ticket items. It really is that simple! [Read more…]
Review: Dell XPS9360-7758SLV-PUS 13.3-Inch Touchscreen Laptop
Most laptops used to be weak, watered down PCs that sacrificed power for portability, but that’s no longer the case.
Today’s modern laptop and notebook computers are plenty powerful enough to do most anything that even the fastest desktop PCs can do.
Even as laptops get more powerful by the day, they are also getting thinner and lighter, making them easier than ever to take along with you as you travel for work or pleasure.
The Dell XPS9360-7758SLV-PUS 13.3-Inch Touchscreen Laptop is a perfect example. Even though it’s strikingly thin, measures just 15×12 inches and weighs less than 3 pounds, this machine has all the power that one might need in a laptop. Check out these awesome specs: [Read more…]
Q&A: Can using Bitly to shorten URLs hurt my blog’s Google rankings?
Question from Kevin: For a while now I’ve been using Bitly to shorten my blog post URLs before I post them on Twitter and LinkedIn so I can track the clicks on them.
Yesterday I heard that using a URL shortener can cause a website to rank lower in the search engines.
Is that true? If it is true how can I get all the Bitly links removed from Twitter and LinkedIn?
I’m asking because my blog’s Google rankings took a nosedive a few months back. Do you think Google is penalizing my blog for using Bitly?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Scam alert: Don’t fall for the dangerous ‘This Account Has Been Hacked!’ email scam
Well, it’s another day, and that means yet another dangerous scam is making the rounds.
This scam is called the “This Account Has Been Hacked” scam, and it’s currently spreading like crazy via regular email.
Although there are very slight variations in the wording and the types of claims being made in the emails, the scam typically works like this: [Read more…]