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I spend so much time telling you to let your family and friends know about Living Fit, Healthy and Happy, that it would be a good idea to write an article that will help you do that. So think of this article as a mini-tutorial for using the third party social media tools which I installed on Living Fit, Healthy and Happy.

Locating and Using the Social Media Tools on Living Fit, Healthy and Happy

The internet is becoming more social with each passing day. Blogs and forums are giving people a chance to share their ideas with others. Tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google Buzz make this even more convenient.

I installed third party social media tools throughout this website because I want to make it easier for you to connect with others through our site. The most noticeable are the "Share This", Facebook like, Twitter and Connect buttons. I'll give a brief summary of each of them.

Social Media Tools on the Sidebars

1. ShareThis. I installed the "ShareThis" button in the upper corner of the right sidebar, just under the Facebook Like box. ShareThis gathers your favorite social media tools in one convenient place. Move your pointer over the button and you'll be presented with a short menu which includes email, Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Aim Share, and other social media options.

Click on the "View All" button and the menu expands to reveal Tumblr, MySpace, Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Allvoices, FriendFeed, Diigo, Amazon Wishlist, Baidu.com, etc. As a matter of fact, ShareThis has links to all of your most popular and frequently used social media outlets. When you want to share an article link with your friends, you can do it without having to leave the website (but you should be signed into these services in order to use them).

2. Facebook Like Box. This widget connects you to Living Fit, Healthy and Happy's personalized Facebook fan page. This is where you can socialize with other fans, ask questions and get updates specific to fan page members. The Facebook Like Box is located at the top of the sidebar.

3. Networked Blogs. When you sign up for Networked Blogs you get access to Living Fit, Healthy and Happy as well as other top blogs in health, fitness, humor and hundreds of other categories. You can find the Networked Blogs button in the sidebar just below the Twitter Search box.

4. DuckDuckGo Custom search box widget. This widget isn't a social media tool per se, but it's a tool that I installed on the right side bar. This search box allows you to search for articles published on Living Fit, Healthy and Happy_SM without the inconvenience of leaving the website.

Social Media Options at the Bottom of Each Article

I've also made it easy for you to share our content by installing social media buttons at the bottom of every article. These include Facebook, Twitter, Digg, del.icio.us and ShareThis. You can easily connect with your friends without having to leave our website.

One Last Word About Social Media

I enjoy sharing information with my readers. Social media is always expanding. I use a lot of these tools and I'm still amazeded by the rate at which new apps are developed. I learn about new tools by staying up with the latest developments and reading articles presented on Darren Rowse's blog which is named problogger.net. 

Now that you know about the social media tools that I've installed on the website, I hope that you'll use them to make your visits all the more enjoyable.

***Spread the word! Use the social media and networking tools on this website to tell your friends about us.***

I'm living fit, healthy and happy_SM. Are you?

"How To Use Social Media Tools On This Website" copyright 2011 Living Fit, Healthy and Happy_(SM). All Rights Reserved.

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Content theft is a scourge that plagues online media producers. Just as other long time bloggers Darren Rowse and Brian Clark have been the victim of content theft, I knew that it would only be a matter of time before it would happen to this site, too. While doing routine web searches for our content and ranking on Google, I came across spam blogs (splogs) that have been using content stolen from Living Fit, Healthy and Happy.

The content thieves even go so far as to use the name of this website to deceive the search engines into giving them top page placement in the search results. If you happen to come across any site with the title "Nail fungus treatment Living fit, healthy and happy powered by typepad" be warned that it is a spam blog. Living Fit, Healthy and Happy has neither any affiliation with nor connection to any of those blogs or websites.

The content thieves are coming from such places as Paris, France; Farmington, Michigan; and Russian cities Saint Petersburg, Saratov and Zhirkov; the UK (ISP Hostmaniac dot com Customer Server); Pulong Gubat, Philippines; and many locations in India including such Indian cities Delhi, Madras, Mumbai, Patna, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Gurgaon and Vadodara.

Josh Trent plagiarized my article "9 Reasons Why People Don't Reach Their Fitness Goals". I posted a short version (Why Do Some People Give Up Before They Even Begin?) onto ezinearticles dot com on July 28, 2009 (you can read it here). This is because on 13 July 2009 I posted the full version on "Living Fit, Healthy and Happy" when it was hosted on blogspot.

Then some guy named Josh Trent pastes the ezinearticle version word for word on his own blog with a date stamp of July 29, 2009. Josh Trent didn't give me a backlink or any credit for the article. He couldn't come up with any original ideas so he had to scrape my content?

As of Tuesday 20 December 2011 the latest is from the Ukraine and identifies herself as Carolyn Pinker claiming that she wants to install code on the website (that's right, I'm calling you out). They use scraper bots to steal content which is then spliced together in nonsensical order to create spam blogs that host Google Adsense display ads.

What's insulting about it is that by doing this, they harm innocent advertisers who have ads which appear on those spam blogs. And what should be a concern to all of us are possible reasons why they created those splogs in the first place. They could use the money they get from Google Adsense ads to buy or fund who knows what.

Living Fit, Healthy and Happy has a disclaimer and privacy policy which includes our email address for anyone who wishes to write to us for questions about upcoming articles, suggestions for how we can improve the site to make it more enjoyable and useful to our readers ( and that's you!), etc. We do this because Living Fit, Healthy and Happy believes in disclosure and honesty.

I have already brought this to Google's attention as the content thieves are violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). But it's your right to know, too, because we all have a stake in keeping the internet safe and clean for everyone. The internet is a soil from which knowledge springs forth in the form of useful websites, but in that soil are weeds (content thieves). And the only way to get rid of weeds is to get them at their roots.

That's what I'm doing right now. In my role as site administrator and publisher of this website, I decided that it's just as important to you the readers. So I'm bringing it to your attention so that you'll know what to look out for.

So again, if you happen across websites that say "Nail fungus treatment Living fit, healthy and happy powered by typepad" or other stolen content, know that it is not Living Fit, Healthy and Happy. You come to Living Fit, Healthy and Happy because you want valuable and trustworthy health and wellness information. And that's right here. Those others are bad sites created by internet criminals who are trying to deceive you and all unsuspecting folks whom are unfortunate enough to stumble on them.

Identifiable plagiarists/spammers will be added to The Hall Of Shame.

 
Thank you for reading.

"Spammers, Scraper Bots and Content Thieves - Special Announcement" copyright Living Fit, Healthy and Happy 2010. All rights reserved.

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This morning I received an newsletter update from my software security provider about a new threat to computers. Because of the seriousness of this worm, I decided to post a special announcement. A new internet worm has been unleashed on an unsuspecting public. The worm has been named "Here you have" and poses a threat to a computer user's security software. The worm reportedly disguises itself as an email link or an attached file.

Once the unsuspecting recipient downloads the worm, it disables security software and sends itself to all of the recipients email contacts. If you receive an email with the subject line "Here You Have" or "Just for you", internet security providers suggest that you not click the link in any email containing those subject headers. It's also a good idea to have up to date security software installed on your computer. Remember that this worm is malware and can do serious damage to your computer so it's better to be safe than sorry.

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McAfee, Inc. http://www.mcafee.com/us/default.asp

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It's easy to get the latest health and wellness news from Living Fit, Healthy and Happy_(SM) delivered right to you everyday by making us your homepage. Here's how:

Firefox users:

1. Go to Tools and from the drag down menu and select options.

2. From the General Icon, type in http://www.livingfithealthyandhappy.com

3. Click Okay. Congratulations! You've just made Living Fit, Healthy and Happy_(SM) your homepage!

Internet Explorer Users:

1. Go to tools and from the drag down menu select Internet Options.

2. In the general tab type in http://www.livingfithealthyandhappy.com

3. Click Okay. That's all you need to do to make Living Fit, Healthy and Happy_(SM) your homepage.

God is our Master.

I'm living fit, healthy and happy_(SM). Are you?

"Make Living Fit, Healthy and Happy Your Homepage" copyright © 2010 Living Fit, Healthy and Happy_(SM). All Rights Reserved.

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