Spam traps – What are they and what to look out for?

Posted on Monday October 17th, 2011 by Simon Hill

This post was originally posted on the DMA Email Marketing Blog

The term spam trap gets used a lot in email marketing especially when talking about deliverability. They are difficult to spot, changing all the time and can seriously damage the reputation of the sender. Most large ISP’s and spam filtering companies use spam traps and the consequence of landing in the various traps differs. Landing in a single spam trap might not cause you too many problems but land in the same trap several times or land in multiple related spam traps and you could find yourself blacklisted.  Rather than trying to spot them, the best approach is to try and avoid them altogether.

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The mobile landscape after iPhone 4S and iOS 5

Posted on Thursday October 20th, 2011 by Tom Chiverton

One of the bigest current storys in the technology world is about Apple (again!) and their just released update to their phone and tablet O/S.

iOS 5, as it is known, has a wealth of new features and toys to play with, and is paired with new hardware - the iPhone 4S. As with any update there are a plenty of new features to like, some changes to hate, and the odd little wrinkle.

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WireDoo or WireDoon’t?

Posted on Friday October 28th, 2011 by Stephanie Yates

When I heard that MC Hammer was heading up a new search engine to rival the likes of Google and Yahoo, like most people I instantly thought, ‘ what a joke’!
 
But after a little while, curiosity got the better of me, and using my search engine of choice (Google) I found out a little more about this crazy idea.
 

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