Posted on November 24th, 2008 by admin
The question is, which smartphone is best when you need to have it synchronize with Microsoft Outlook and notetaking software like OneNote or Evernote?
The smartphone options are the iPhone, Google’s G1, Blackberry, or a Microsoft Windows Mobile smartphone.
Here is the scenario. You have a PC, and you want the smartphone to share information with […]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by admin
I wanted a PHP script that could identify the keywords someone used when searching for my site on a search engine, and then display those keywords on my webpage. For example, my page would say this:
If you were searching for keyword1 keyword2, you’ve come to the right place.
The code shouldn’t be too difficult, unless you […]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by admin
The Google Maps API allows you to integrate a map on your website. You can even integrate Google Local Search information on your website. Source Forge offers this little Google Local API that might help.
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Posted on October 14th, 2008 by admin
Use a CSS layout builder tool to start a website:
Yahoo
Meta Titan
Use CSS layouts to create a layout skeleton:
Free Template Layouts/Skeletons are great for creating a CSS template from scratch
Free CSS layouts
A Few Free CSS layouts
Nice and Free CSS
CSS templates include images and colors:
Free CSS offers these free high quality css templates, menus, and other tools
Here […]
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Posted on October 13th, 2008 by admin
Want to compare the traffic on your competitor’s websites to yours? Try Statsaholic, which gives you the information offered by Compete and Quantcast.
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by admin
If selling a website, use SitePoint. If selling just a domain, use Domainers. ShoeMoney has a good domain name and website valuation article.
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by admin
If you have a video that you want posted to video sharing sites. Consider these sites that will do it easily for you:
Tube Mogul
Traffic Geyser
Or read these reviews comparing them: 1, 2, or video review.
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by admin
In addition to Google Analytics, here are a couple other cool, free analytics options:
Clicktale will allow you to watch the screen of your website visitors. You can see them move the mouse, click buttons, etc. It’s amazing. The videos are not real-time, so they are saved for you to watch after the visitors have left.
Crazy […]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by admin
UberCamp has some nice free training for those interested in affiliate marketing promoted by a PPC campaign.
The two major affiliate networks are
Commission Junction
LinkShare
Popular CPA (cost per action) networks are
AzoogleAds
NeverblueAds
HydraNetwork
CPA Empire
CX Digital
PepperJam Network
A good lead generation site is the Primary Ad Network. (Thanks, Robb.) However, this site has high-volume requirements and is looking for affiliates that […]
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Posted on September 18th, 2008 by admin
Here is a good post: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/09/your-burning-questions-answered.html
In the post, Google answers a number of common SEO questions:
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Posted on August 25th, 2008 by admin
I have been dabbling with SMF (Simple Machines Forum). SMF is a good, free forum. However, SMF is not SEO ready. It requires some tweaking for search engines. Here are a few good sites with SMF SEO advice:
Search Engine Optimization For The Simple Machines Forum
SMF Forum and SEO
Making your SMF Forum as SEO friendly as […]
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Posted on August 20th, 2008 by admin
This will be a growing list of Drupal modules that I use or like:
Alinks changes any word or phrase, specified by the owner, into a link. It might also work for inserting code, but I’m not sure.
Drupal Advanced Forum is the forum that Drupal should have had.
Pathauto makes the URL for a page based on […]
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Posted on August 20th, 2008 by admin
This is a list of web marketing tools that SEO friends have recommended. I haven’t tried most of them yet, but wanted to store the list here so I can check them out when the need arises.
SEO Tools
Arelis IBP (Internet Business Promoter) - A great tool for competitor back link and on-page analysis. It […]
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Posted on August 11th, 2008 by admin
When you are dealing with text files or Excel spreadsheets, you sometimes have a long list of words that you want de-duplicated. Here is a free online de-duplication tool that quickly does the trick.
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by admin
There may be times where you want a blog to create new posts from an RSS feed. This could be done directly from one RSS feed, or done by compiling multiple RSS feeds using a tool like Yahoo Pipes.
Keep copyright laws in mind to ensure you have permission to repost an RSS feed on your […]
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by admin
Google’s duplicate content penalty has received much attention from webmasters and those concerned about SEO. Most SEO advisers understand the basics of the duplicate content penalty. But how does the duplicate content algorithm really work? And what exactly constitutes duplicate content?
For example, will the duplicate content penalty be triggered if the text on a page […]
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Posted on July 11th, 2008 by admin
Want to make a logo, sign, button, or background using a free online tool? Check out this list of 25 free logo and image maker tools.
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Posted on May 1st, 2008 by admin
For a while, OnlyWire was the best way to bookmark pages to multiple social bookmark sites. Unfortunately, OnlyWire seems to have been neglected lately, and a number of the social bookmark services listed in OnlyWire have become obsolete.
A number of new services provide the same service as OnlyWire. That is, you can save a […]
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Posted on April 18th, 2008 by admin
Magento Commerce is a terrific new open source shopping cart. Of course, everyone wants to customize their cart with a new theme/template. Magento themes aren’t easy to find yet. At some point, the Magento developers are going to launch a repository for Magento themes at Magento Connect.
I will be listing the Magento Commerce shopping […]
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Posted on April 15th, 2008 by admin
There are many SEO tools online. There are many backlink checker tools online. But this backlink checker tool works better than any I have seen: Backlink Watch.
What is a backlink checker tool you ask? It’s a website where you can enter the URL for any website and the page will list all the websites that […]
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Posted on April 9th, 2008 by admin
If you are thinking about making a website that will be monetized by Adsense, here are a few steps to find lucrative niches using some free tools:
Identify the most lucrative terms related to your subject by using
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Posted on April 8th, 2008 by admin
Is Magento Commerce the right shopping cart for you? This post presents what I’ve found and asks others to add to this knowledge to provide a helpful resource for those who are considering using the Magento shopping cart.
What is Magento Commerce Shopping Cart?
Magento is the newest shopping cart in the “open source shopping cart” […]
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Posted on April 1st, 2008 by admin
On April 1, 2008, Google launched its 2008 April Fools joke by offering a link to Gmail Custom Time to users logged into Gmail. Initially, the link appeared to be a broken link, because it led users to a 404 error page. But at midnight CST, as April Fools Day began, users saw this page:
The […]
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Posted on March 19th, 2008 by admin
To manage your PPC campaings, Google announced a new tool: Google Ad Manager, which will compete with OpenX. The folks at OpenX responded. One site criticized Google Ad Manager.
On a different note, Going up appears to be a great, free analytics service to compete with Google Analytics.
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Posted on January 18th, 2008 by admin
I found this handy tool that converts a CSV file to a MySQL format so you can import the table using PHP MySQL. I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks good.
Unfortunately, the free version of ImpSQL is limited to 50 entries. I’m surprised the author is trying to make money off this, because the […]
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Posted on January 16th, 2008 by admin
SEOposition.com used, reviewed, and analyzed many of the free seo tools online and put together a short list of the top 15 free seo tools online. The Best 15 Free SEO Tools Online
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Posted on January 16th, 2008 by admin
After installing Drupal 5.6 on 1&1 and loading my new Drupal website in my browser, I received this error:
Incompatible environment
The following error must be resolved before you can continue the installation process:
register_globals is enabled. Drupal requires this configuration directive to be disabled. Your site may not be secure when register_globals is enabled. The PHP […]
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Posted on January 14th, 2008 by admin
Someone recently asked me how he could make money with his blog. In addition to advice from great sites like Pro Blogger, use affiliate and advertising programs like there:
- Azoogleads (link: http://www.azoogleads.com/)
- Neverblueads (link: http://www.neverblueads.com)
- Clickbank (link: www.clickbank.com)
- Copeac (link: http://affiliates.copeac.com/)
- Adsense (link: http://adsense.google.com)
- Yahoo Publisher Network (link: http://publisher.yahoo.com)
- Direct.Rightmedia (link: http://direct.rightmedia.com)
- Adversal (link: http://www.adversal.com)
- […]
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by admin
Smarter Wordpress Designing explains how to put DOMtab on your wordpress blog. The DOMtab script adds uses blog real estate well and adds a cool effect for visitors.
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Posted on December 14th, 2007 by admin
The following are services you can use to manage an email list and send bulk emails. Aweber Prices: Up to 10.000 contacts: Paid Monthly: $19.95 (discounts available) Constant Contact (most people like this the most because of the easy templates):
Your Email List Size
Your Low Monthly Fee
Email Marketing*
Survey**
Bundle**
0-500
$15
$15
$30 $22.50
2,501-5,000
$50
$50
$100 […]
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Posted on December 12th, 2007 by admin
Besides Google Analytics, there are a number of free stat counters you can use to analyze your traffic.
Clicky is very similar to Google Analytics. The free version only works for under 1000 visitors per day. If you get more traffic than that, you will have to upgrade to a paid version.
StatCounter is great but the […]
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Posted on December 12th, 2007 by admin
Tools that spin articles:
Jet Submitter / Spinner - Free
Content Composer -$297
Tools that check the similarity of spun articles:
DupCop - Free for two articles, free for four articles, and paid versions with more power
Search for more with Google.
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Posted on December 11th, 2007 by admin
I’ve done more research on the big three affiliate companies:
Commission Junction appears to be the most popular, but Linkshare is not far behind. Linkshare seems to have more major retailers than Commission Junction, but that could be because Commission Junction has so many retailers, small and large. Both Linkshare and Commission Junction feature companies offering […]
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Posted on December 10th, 2007 by admin
Great advice:
The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos
Internet Video For Marketers | 20 Ways To Get Traffic & Sales From Web Video & YouTube
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Posted on December 10th, 2007 by admin
Great CSS help and CSS layouts with help. See also:
www. cssplay.co.uk
www.artypapers.com/csshelppile
www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html
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Posted on December 10th, 2007 by admin
How to Have a High Adwords Quality Score: How I Do Quality Score
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Posted on December 10th, 2007 by admin
If you love the Firefox web browser, but are tired of repetitive tasks like visiting the same sites every days, filling out forms, and remembering passwords, then iMacros for Firefox is the solution you’ve been dreaming of! This isn’t just a Firefox form filler, it actually replays your actions, which can include actions over multiple […]
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Posted on December 10th, 2007 by admin
Although the promise of this title rings of “get rich quick” schemes, the concept in this article seems very good even though it is still untested: Earn $100 a Day in 60 Days.
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Posted on December 10th, 2007 by admin
Here is an easy tool that makes a favicon from any photo: favikon
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Posted on December 6th, 2007 by admin
Create an annual marketing plan with these twelve ideas to drive qualified leads to your Web site over the year: Your 2008 Web Marketing Plan
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Posted on December 6th, 2007 by admin
Here is great advice about how to promote an event or class on Internet Marketing 101:
# Published the event on the Web Marketing Seminars page on my Web site. This is a no-brainer and the first, essential step.# Added the event information (including a link to the online registration) on Facebook, both on my […]
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Posted on December 6th, 2007 by admin
I wanted online software for managing my newsletter. Paid options included ConstantContact and aWeber. Wordpress plugins offered a PHP option, but that option is susceptible to problems inherent to running PHP, such as timeouts.
Then I read about PHPlist and its Wordpress Plugin options at Email Mailing List Manager, which seemed to be the best option […]
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Posted on December 5th, 2007 by admin
Ustream.tv is a platform that provides free, live interactive video conferencing for everyone. Anyone with a camera and an Internet connection can use Ustream to broadcast to a global audience.
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Posted on December 5th, 2007 by admin
If you dislike tracking your expense reports, check out Xpenser, which makes it painless. Use your PDA, email, or web browser to quickly jot a note for each expense. It’s easy and free.
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Posted on December 4th, 2007 by admin
With online free seo tool Seodigger.com you can find out for which keywords your site ranks high enough to be in Google Top 20. You can analyze your own sites as well as sites of your competition. Check it out: Seodigger.com
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Posted on December 4th, 2007 by admin
Add humor or a creative touch with these free online graphic and image making tools:
Custom Sign Generator Widgets - Thousands Of Web 2.0 Image Generators
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Posted on November 30th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 30th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 30th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 28th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 27th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 27th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 21st, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 21st, 2007 by admin
Is someone copying the content on your website? Find out with this tool: Copyscape
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Posted on November 21st, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 20th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 20th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 20th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 19th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 18th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 16th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 16th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 13th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 13th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 8th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 7th, 2007 by admin
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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Posted on November 7th, 2007 by admin
This guy walks you through the process step-by-step:
5 steps: moving your blog to a new hosting company
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