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by Tom Antion, Tom

A firewall can be many things, but the main thing you need to know is that without one you are at risk of someone breaking into your computer. With people staying connected to the Internet full time with Cable modems or a DSL line, you are at a MUCH greater risk of someone accessing your computer from a remote location.

Basically a firewall limits the access to your computer from the Internet. This has nothing to do with your website. That's your webhost's responsibility to protect your site (which is another reason to make sure you have a reputable firm hosting your website). We're talking about someone accessing the computer that's sitting on your desktop right now.

I was amazed at the number of alerts I got when I first installed my firewall. Each alert meant that someone or some automated robot was trying to access my computer. Admittedly, if you are a small business just beginning e-commerce operations, you are not a prestigious target for a hacker to attack. But you might be a fun target for some 8th grader who wants to see if they can get into your computer.

Begin by immediately downloading and installing some free firewall software: You could visit http://www.firewall.com/ for many choices and more technical articles about firewalls.

I got my free firewall at http://www.zonelabs.com . It provides a good beginners level of protection. http://store.mcafee.com/ has a popular firewall for about $40.00. So does http://www.networkice.com/ that has one called Black Ice Defender.

As your business grows, you probably will want to graduate to more sophisticated software and hardware solutions. Just know that you MUST do something and you must do it NOW!


"And clearly, as everyone surely already knows, the best sort of marketing for the internet is the internet marketing of keywords written around articles on the internet...."

I can see you cringing now. How many times have you read an article similar to that. It's got definite symptoms. To see them all, just read that sentence aloud. Painful, isn't it? The style of writing is flabby and it is trying so hard to make the word count that the actual flow of the writing is like wading through syrup. It displays bad grammar too. Keywords are wedged in for maximal density and not for actual content

It makes you want to sign up for that newsletter doesn't it? As if! Look, you need articles that have fresh content for your web site, but that content needs to be well written, and that article's content needs to use keywords in a way that is not the metaphorical equivalent of driving them into your reader's forehead with a mallet.

Sadly, a lot of internet and affiliate marketers who write their own copy forget that there's more to writing an article than packing keywords in like sardines. Hence the rise of professional article writing services that can turn out quality articles for affiliate marketers and site owners alike.

If you own a website, sell someone elses goods as an affiliate marketer or need articles writing to promote something else, there are professional writers that sell their services and will write you quality articles to suit your need and budget.

However, like any kind of contract service, it's critical that you give clear instructions. Explain who the article is for, what they should be getting out of it, and provide resources and examples of articles you already like and admire. You have to make your instructions clear to the article author or you might just get something as awful as the example given at the beginning of this article.

The thought of writing your own articles as an affiliate marketer can be quite daunting and if it is not something you like doing, then don't. There is no need today as there are so many places that will write articles for affiliates and site owners alike.

If you've got a natural gift for making words flow as a writer this may be a good use of your time...or it may not. And there are always times when inspiration runs dry or the week runs out of days before you get a chance to fire up the old word processor, and you need an article right now to have your minimum number of updates.

Most article writing services charge a reasonable fee - somewhere between one and five cents a word. There are articles that affiliates can use for free as part of the affiliate tool kit, but then how many others are going to use the exact same article? It is not uncommon to find sources today that will happily do you short articles of around five hundred words for $40 to $50.

Okay, so there are cheap article writing services out there, but you know. you won't want them. The person who has to write this article for your affiliates has to make a living too, and they've got a skill you're paying for. Quality does matter at the end of the day, and quality writing does more than drive traffic through keyword stuffing.

Remember. No web spider ever bought anything through an affiliate link; write your articles (or have them written) for human beings, not software agents.
Article Source : Network Firewall Security

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