Alan Knecht

We all hate them, those annoying pop-over and pop-under (collectively called "pop-up") ads that sprout up while we're surfing the Web.

No too long ago I attended a schmooze fest (sponsored in part by this publication) and put on by a networking group in Toronto called BitePro. While this event had a bit more of a schmoozing vibe to it then most peer to peer gatherings I've attended, it was the speakers that made it stand out.

Years ago while attending a conference, I was transfixed by what one of the speakers said, that "the early bird gets the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese."

A few months ago I published a column on how to prevent spam before it starts by making a few simple changes to Web page code. The basic solution is to hide e-mail addresses from those nasty spammer utilities that crawl Web sites looking for them.

When it comes to setting up Web servers, very few administrators ask about Web server log configurations. Instead, they often simply go with the default setting. This applies to both in-house and ISP Web server administrators. The result for those of us who actually look at the logs is a lack of extremely valuable information.

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Many Web projects start with a simple objective

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