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After many months of fixing vulnerabilities and releasing emergency patches, Adobe released the much anticipated Adobe Reader X, the latest Adobe PDF Reader version which is redesigned with sandboxing technology to prevent and reduce the risk of PDF attacks.

Many have welcomed the move for the newly added security layer when it was first announced way before it was even released. But as it is with anything that’s been hyped up and talked about, you want to know how everything turned out.

Well, if you’re looking around to find out how the new Adobe Reader X turned out, you’re in luck. This week’s posting is a quick collection of reviews, links, and tweeted comments from around the web.

Continue reading “Adobe Reader X: What’s Your Verdict?”

Without doubt the Internet is about sharing, and these days you can share almost anything online simply by clicking on a widget.  But, if you’re a social networking butterfly, chances are you’re more active and sharing and uploading your own links, photos, images, and audio onto whichever social site you’re on. 

For sharing PDF documents, it’s the same story.  For instance, if you’ve heard of Scribd.com, then you know that sharing documents has turned into another great way to network with other users. Once you’ve uploaded your files, others can read them, leave a comment, and then share them on the most popular social networks.

But if you’re already on that site and looking for more places to spread the word about your PDF files, check these Scribd alternatives out for yourself.

Continue reading “Top 4 Scribd Alternatives”

Here in this video we show you today how to protect your PDF, using Adobe Acrobat password protection. You can also get a free coupon here at the top-right of this page.

Here’s a free gift for you as a PDF publisher. If you’re not using WordPress to manage content in some of your PDF publishing campaigns, you’re missing out. So here is a PDF containing links to 45 of the hottest WordPress plugins for you to download, completely free.

This is being made available from our friends over at Facebook Ad Tactics. As one of my subscribers and a fellow PDF publisher, you can get your own copy, here.

STEP 1: You can DOWNLOAD your PDF HERE (direct download – no opt-in required)

STEP 2: Please also check out this FREE VIDEO where I show you a bunch of today’s best Facebook ad tricks …I have come to know about through live testing in Facebook. These really work!

Talk soon,

Roger

Here’s a new case study in how NOT to release PDF documents;

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Hyper FB Traffic is a Clickbank product released on Monday, 13th September. The product is a how-to for marketers on how to get Facebook Traffic for affiliate sales. The product is made up of PDF documents and videos. The base cost was $79 and contained a number of upsells the buyer is presented with before they can access the course.

While we’re going to reserve judgment on the content quality of the Facebook traffic work, their security definitely is lacking. Here’s why;

Two days after release of the course (Wednesday, 15th September) massive file sharing was going on. With most of the course uploaded to rapidshare and other file sharing sites.

The PDFs contain no security whatsoever (not even a password – which is a really weak protection method anyway.

Here are some of the sites containing the info and how the files spread. You can also see the messages passed among file sharers, telling each other how to get the Hyper FB Traffic course files and course for free, on the file sharing sites;

Mediafire pdf links of HyperFB Traffic Core Manual;

http://www.mediafire.com/?th2n1ni7rn63zk2

Mediafire pdf links of HyperFB Traffic Action Guide;

http://www.mediafire.com/?cdxd17k6cy42sbq

See the free users discussing how to access all the additional files in the course;

http://www.blackhatteam.com/f51/get-hyper-facebook-traffic-27527-6.html

The above is just a very small sample of how the PDFs have been shared. Expect sharing of those files to go “parabolic” in the days and weeks ahead. All the people who paid for that course just got ripped off – as there was no advantage for them buying it. Thousands now also have access who did not pay a penny.

All it took was two days for massive PDF and file sharing to start. This case study serves as a warning to others, and illustrates why it is so critical to protect your PDFs with EFFECTIVE security (not passwords). If you release PDFs at all for profit, your business depends upon it.