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With much of the world under a lockdown state to control the Coronavirus, Internet traffic is soaring. While much of the increased viewership is going to mainstream news websites, some affiliates are seeing a nice boost as well. Others, however, are feeling the negative effects of this economic slowdown. Here is what I have noticed in our verticals. ... (Read More)

I am fortunate to have time for some hobbies in my life. These days my main hobby is making videos. I have a drone and a few other cameras that I shoot with, and I edit the video and upload it to YouTube or other social media platforms. Recently I took a little vacation, and one of my motivations for going ... (Read More)

If you have ever been legitimately concerned about your privacy on the Internet, and done a little bit of research, you probably have come across some information about VPN services. VPN stands for Virtual Private Network; it is like a group of proxy servers. Um, what? You might believe that these services allow you to browse the Internet with more privacy, ... (Read More)

A few years ago I introduced GEO-targeting to CashMirrors websites. This allowed our users to display different content to their visitors, according to what country that they were visiting from. For example, a visitor in Australia might see a completely different "10 best.." list than one visiting from the UK. They might also see different banners, offers, and so on. ... (Read More)

I just opened my Inbox and found a "ransomware" message. It had my email address and one of my passwords in the title. The contents were a blackmail message instructing me to pay a ransom to a BTC address or my private information would be released to the public. It definitely gave me a bit of a scare, and was not ... (Read More)