Rick's Daily Tips

ATTN Bloggers: Contextual ads service Chitika has shut down

Posted on April 18, 2019

If you’re a blogger, you’re probably familiar with Chitika.

If you aren’t familiar with them, they’re very similar to Google’s popular Adsense contextual ad service.

In fact, Chitika is where many bloggers who were turned down for admission to the Adsense program (or got booted from it) ended up turning to earn revenue from their blogs.

Although Chitika never really gained a lot of traction against the ultra-popular Adsense, they did serve as a vital source of income for quite a few bloggers who were unable to take advantage of the Adsense program for whatever reason.

If you currently have Chitika ads running on your blog(s), I have some bad news for you: The service has been shut down, effective immediately.

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Instantly retrieve a forgotten Wi-Fi password from your PC with WirelessKeyView

Posted on April 17, 2019

When most folks set up a wireless router they create a secure Wi-Fi network that’s protected by a wireless security key (commonly referred to as a “password”).

Most computers and mobile devices will “remember” the passwords for each of the wireless networks they connect to, allowing the device to automatically connect to a network whenever the device comes into range.

That’s a wonderful feature, but it can lead to a problem… [Read more…]

Q&A: What are ‘Add-On Items’ at Amazon?

Posted on April 16, 2019

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Question from Brandie: I recently started doing some shopping on Amazon (#ad), and I absolutely love it!

Their selection is simply astounding and their prices are very reasonable.

For the most part everything is very easy to understand or figure out as I go, but I’m still learning the ropes about some things.

For example, every now and then I’ll come across a product that’s listed as an “Add-On Item”.

I’m not really sure what that means. Can you tell me?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

How to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your WordPress.com account

Posted on April 15, 2019

By now you probably know how important it is to enable Two-Factor Authentication on all of your online accounts.

In a nutshell, enabling Two-Factor Authentication on an account adds an extra level of security to that account’s login process.

And with all the hacking and scamming going on in the world today you really do need that extra level of protection on each and every one of your online accounts!

Here’s a general overview of how this powerful security measure works to protect an account from hackers: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I prevent messages from popping up on my YouTube videos?

Posted on April 14, 2019

Question from Robin G.: Hi Rick. I have a question that I hope you can answer for me.

I’m subscribed to several YouTube channels, and when I’m watching any of the videos posted on one of them a big ugly message always pops up telling me to visit the channel’s website.

I already visit that website pretty often and I don’t need these reminders popping up all the time.

Is there any way to prevent them from popping up on the YouTube videos that I’m watching? They are really annoying!

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