I've always had a habit of checking the URL of a site for "phishing" tell tale signs, and it only takes a second, so I taught i'd share my habit with the rest of you. First what is phishing? Well phishing is where you are brought to a site that looks legit, lets say google adsense, and you sign in with your username and password, but in fact the site is a phishing site and you have just given your adsense details to someone without even knowing it.