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Life in New Zealand, Unfiltered

A personal blog by Mardy — leaving Japan, chasing love, and building a life across the ocean.

Guides

  1. Why automated scanners flag obfuscated URL parameters as riskyA web address is meant to give both people and security tools a useful indication of where a link leads. When its parameters are hidden, encoded, compressed or…
  2. A Practical Guide to Australian Online Pokies at Need For SpinAustralian players looking for ways to win big australian pokies are increasingly comparing offshore casino platforms, game libraries, welcome offers, and…
  3. Happens When Search Engines Encounter Pages Without Real ContentEvery so often, a curious click leads to a page that offers nothing more than a single line urging the visitor to proceed. The text body is empty, the topic is…
  4. The legal grey areas of running a minimalist link-only websiteA page containing little more than “Click here to proceed” can appear harmless, but its simplicity does not remove legal responsibility. A link-only website…
  5. Five Clues That a Website Is a Placeholder for Future ContentA website can exist online long before its owner is ready to publish the business, project or publication behind it. During that interim period, visitors may…
  6. What to Do When a Trusted Page Suddenly Redirects to an Unknown URLWhen a familiar webpage suddenly sends you to an unfamiliar address, treat the change as a security warning rather than a minor browsing glitch. The page may…
  7. Finding the Person Behind an Empty DomainA domain that displays only “Click here to proceed” can be difficult to assess. There may be no company name, contact page, product description or visible…
  8. When A Webpage Offers Nothing But A ClickA generic landing page with no business information can be surprisingly difficult to interpret. It may contain a plain background, a short instruction and one…
  9. Why Some Websites Show Only a Click Here Button and Nothing ElseYou click a search result during your morning commute on the train from Parramatta into the CBD, expecting a helpful article, and the page that loads is almost…
  10. What a single obfuscated URL parameter reveals about a webpageA webpage can expose very little visible information and still offer useful technical clues through its address. A generic “Click here to proceed” link,…