Here's a sad fact ...
When you add an email link or plain text email address to your website, there are great chances that sooner or later will be copied by a malicious spam email harvesting bot.
This is why is always recommended to use a dedicated contact form instead of simply "sharing" email addresses in plain text format.
The truth is that many website owners don’t even realize that pasting their email address into their posts, pages, or on a contact page will put them at risk for a LOT of email spam.
Unfortunately, email harvesting is still a thriving business and there are dozens of easy-to-use email harvesting tools out there ... Basically, these email harvesting bots will automatically browse the web to collect email addresses ... Which email addresses are then sold to spammers all over the world ....
Now the problem is that sometimes you may really need to add an email address to your content that users can copy or click to email.
Luckily, there is always a solution ... This time it’s called email encoding and it’s quite easy.
So I've decided to create this short tutorial to show you how easy is to protect your email addresses from spammers and spam bots on your Wordpress website.
Interested?
Let's do this!
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Don't get me wrong. If a product has legitimate flaws it deserves to be called out. But often when you actually read the negative review, it has nothing to do with the product.
I see this on Amazon all the time. An otherwise great product gets a lower overall rating because someone is complaining about Amazon's shipping policies, or they bought something used and are unhappy with the seller; all things that have nothing to do with the actual item they purchased (like it's the product's fault).
Sorry for the rant... I spend a lot of time on Amazon and this is one of my biggest pet peeves. lol
Unfortunately, it's a common issue when it comes to reviews ... And you are right ... There are many people who won't read the actual reviews ... Looking beyond (those) stars is important :)
