{"id":214,"date":"2006-12-14T15:17:38","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T22:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merchantaccountblog.com\/archives\/214"},"modified":"2011-04-20T10:16:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:16:48","slug":"the-merchant-account-blog-2006-year-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/214\/the-merchant-account-blog-2006-year-review","title":{"rendered":"The Merchant Account Blog, 2006 year review."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first complete year that the merchant account blog has been going. Google finally let the site out of the sandbox a few weeks ago, and since then the search engine traffic has gone up by about 300%.<\/p>\n<p>Since there are so many new visitors, I am posting this as an aggregation of a few better topics from each month this past year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A brief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/65\">guide to SSL certificates<\/a> for online businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>February 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/79\">How to convert a dial omni 3740\/3750 to be ethernet compatible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/67\">Paying with a credit card in a foreign country, forex fees<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gone Phishing &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/93\">Protecting yourself and identifying phishing attempts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>TMF\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/87\">What to do if you are are placed on the terminated merchant \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmatch\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 file<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>April 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Created the: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/tools\/credit-card-equipment-lease-calculator\/\">Processing Equipment Lease Cost Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/104\">The History of Credit Cards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/102\">The History of Credit Card Terminals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>May 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/128\">Guide to Merchant Account Affiliate Programs &#8211; Part 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/129\">Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/53\">3 Tips For New Merchant Account Owners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>June 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/141\">Processing Platforms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/140\">Factoring &#8211; Credit Card Laundering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/154\">Cutting the middle-man, who is it best to process with?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/152\">Paypal Shopping Cart Makes Spam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/149\">Credit card skimming, easy to get skimming equipment.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>August 2006:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/174\">How to spot a fake credit card<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/processing-information\/credit-card-logos-and-images\/\">Credit Card Logos for Your Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/171\">Other Ecommerce and Merchant Account Blogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merchantequip.com\/merchant-account-blog\/archives\/163\">Merchant Account Fees, Credit Card Interchange &#8211; 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