Sometimes you link to a site and you want a NoFollow tag on that link. If you do, this page explains how to hack Wordpress so you have that option in your Blogroll: WordPress Blogroll SEO Nofollow Hack
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This article will show you how to import a comma delimited (or delimited with another character like tab) text file into a MySql database using PHP: Reading a Delimited File using PHP.
On a similar note, here is a pre-made script that its author says will import a CSV file into MySql: PHP script to […]
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Here are some useful tools for generating longtail keywords for your SEM or Adsense campaign.
Combine Keywords
This tool allows you to enter three lists of words and the tool will combine the lists into every possible phrase using those words.
Local Keywords List
This tool is similar to Combine Keywords except it only allows you to enter one […]
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Here are some useful links for those wishing to learn about Sitemaps, which can be used in conjunction with Google Webmaster Tools to improve the speed that Google indexes your website pages:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/to…/protocol.html - Google Explanation of the XML Sitemap Protocol
http://www.vigos.com/products/gsitemap/ - Free XML Sitemap Program
http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp - Online Sitemap Generator (no limits)
https://www.google.com/webmasters/to…generator.html - Official Google Sitemap […]
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This tool allows you to make your own blog theme, or template, for Wordpress or Moveable Type blog systems: Easy Blog Design Tool - CSSEZ
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This Free Sitemap Generator stands above the rest because it will generate a sitemap of up to 5,000 pages. That is much higher than most free sitemap generators. The only problem is the sitemap is queued so it may take a few hours to generate your sitemap.
Also, check out this free sitemap generator, which also […]
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I like this keyword density analyzer because it will analyze text you paste into a text box or select the URL of a web page.
Also, I like this keyword density analyzer because you can choose to sort the results alphabetically or by the number of times a word appears in the text.
Try it here: Keyword […]
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Is someone copying the content on your website? Find out with this tool: Copyscape
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This tool asks for the name of your site and creates a report explaining what is good and bad about your site from an SEO perspective. The tool also allows you to compare your site with a competitor’s site.
The reports are very interesting. Most importantly, the reports offer recommendations to strengthen your site based on […]
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This tool was created to find the perfect font online. It’s amazing. It also lets you pick colors based on the color’s number. I love this! Font Tester - Online Font Comparison Tool
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This is a great JavaScript resource:
Free JavaScripts, tutorials and tools - Onlinetools.org
It includes a great page on DomTab.
This site also looks great for Web 2.0 javascripts: Mini Ajax
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This example shows how to create an relatively positioned vertical dropdown menu with YADM. Vertical relative DHTML dropdown menu with YADM
Get the code here: Simple Customizable JavaScipt Menus
Or check out this other simple menu script: Simple Drop Down Menu
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The following is a list of popular eCommerce channel submission services.
http://marketworks.com (a Channel Advisor company)
http://channeladvisor.com
http://zoovy.com
http://vendio.com
http://andale.com (a Vendio company)
http://sellcenter.net
http://www.infopia.com
http://www.auctiva.com (eBay only)
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Here are some good webpage design tools for Dot Mobi websites:
Dev.Mobi Site Builder - Allows direct FTP of the finished site (not sure about download)
Mobile Wesbsite Design Tool - seems to be ajax driven, but that also means it can be slow. Allows direct FTP or download of the finished site.
Or check out other Dot […]
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To select a good domain name, I suggest these steps:
1. Make a list of words that represent the theme of your blog. For example: mom, moms, mommy, mother, mothers, parent, parents, kids, children, child, daughter, daughters, family, mothering, parenting, training, raising, etc.
2. Try those words in Google Trends to find a term that is […]
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VectorMagic is a handy online tool that will convert your bitmap images (most graphic images today) to a vector format, so you can enlarge the image without making the resolution grainy.
Quality. The process isn’t perfect, but works great for logos, text, and line art. With slightly lower quality results, it handles all sorts of other […]
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Color Scheme Generator 2 or the original Color Scheme Generator are simple ways to find a complimentary color pallet. Others:
Color Jack
Kuler by Adobe
Color Lab
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Mini Ajax has a ton of useful and simple ajax codes you can use for free.
PopBox is an image manipulation javascript that dynamically moves and resizes images on your web page.
Cool JavaScript Menus can create menus like the apple doc menu and more.
For the advanced java programmer, Scriptaculous is nearly and essential tool.
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Wrap Text Around Adsense Ads
For the instructions on wrapping text around Adsense, go here Add AdSense to a Wordpress Blog and look for this text:
Add the AdSense code for a Square (250 x 250) ad block as follows (note the div with the float right styling, this is important)
Get Ads on Target Keywords
To limit the […]
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This free service provides an RSS feed to any website. This is great for websites created by scripts. The service is free, but a link to the company is added to the feed. For more information, go here:
Add RSS News Feeds to Your Website, Free Website Content, Free RSS Feed Reader
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This guy walks you through the process step-by-step:
5 steps: moving your blog to a new hosting company
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My favorite Wordpress theme designers are
Theme Hybrid - many clean, professional, magazine styled themes
Adii - a few free themes; magazine styled themes
Small Potato - many free themes; magazine styled themes
Chris Pearson - Themes designed to be easily customized by you, including the famous Cutline Theme for WordPress
web2Themes has some nice web 2.0 colored/appearing themes.
Here are […]
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Need a free Country, State, City and Zip Code Database? Get it here: Country Name and ISO 3166 Code MySQL Import File.
More good databases that are free: http://mydatamaster.com/free-downloads/
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Many people with new blogs or websites learn about Google’s Pagerank rating system and then wonder how they can get kinks to their new blog or site to increase their pagerank.
I came across this great guide to getting backlinks to your new blog or website. It answers the big question, “How do I build links […]
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