If you are a regular reader of Alex’s Internet marketing blog you might have seen my recent post about getting my PayPal account phished due to a tabnabbing attack. I’m happy to report that my account access has been fully restored after having verified my identity. The thieves didn’t get far, thanks to my trusted Password Manager. If it weren’t for me using a software that autofills my logins securely I don’t know whether I would have been so lucky…

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I’ve been using both WordPress and XSitePro for a long while now and have come to love both a applications for various reasons. However, in the last year I’ve really fallen in love with XSitePro because of the following reasons …

It’s fast

I can build a new 5 page website in as little as 30 minutes with the software. Granted, I will need to have my content already written and lined up, but thanks to the software’s multi-page creation feature I can launch a new Adsense or affiliate site in less than one hour.

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Today the unexpected happened; I was the victim of a PayPal phishing attack, even so I claim to be one hell of a smart cookie with web security. And before you ask, no, I didn’t click on a link in an email. I’m not THAT stupid. What I did instead is to type the URL into my browser by hand, and stupidly enough I never included the https:// bit. Call me slack, call me silly, but that’s what happened.

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When you collaborate with others on the Internet it can quickly become a frustrating experience when some of the people don’t have access to the same tools. Trying to match a Word doc to Google Docs is a nightmare. Officially it’s as simple as uploading Word into Docs. In reality doing so opens a whole can of formatting worms, one you’d rather not deal with if time is of the essence.

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If you want peace of mind when handling your computer files you absolutely must backup your work every now and then. Preferably every day.

Buying an external hard drive is really no big deal these days as you can pick up a 250GB drive for less than $100 in most places.

But if money is an issue for you, then the following 5 online cloud servers will allow you to back up your data, and sleep better at night.

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