Free Website Content - Webmaster Tools
With new technologies, algorithms and sources
emerging on a daily basis, webmasters are constantly struggling
to stay informed. The quality of content on the web and
the number of products available to webmasters can seem
overwhelming. The goal of creating a site that can be quickly
found can be a struggle. Unless webmasters have a well-established
brand, a great domain name and a huge marketing budget,
it is important that they appear in search engines via specific
keywords. With this in mind, we have compiled a list of
resources and products that will benefit webmasters in their
efforts to be found.
1.) Webmaster Articles & Tutorials
-The Internet is rich with resources for webmasters who
are developing and optimizing web content. The web hosts
a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles. For
the novice, sifting through these resources can be daunting
and overwhelming.
Site Point - New Articles, Fresh Thinking
for Web Developers and Designers - With a vast variety of
web design tutorials and articles coupled with a vibrant
and well informed community, SitePoint is the natural place
to go to grow your online business.
http://www.sitepoint.com/
WebProNews - WebProNews is an article
portal for Internet and Technology professionals and has
thousands of articles on web design and development. The
articles are from iEntry's network of expert writers through
hundreds of relationships with authors around the world.
http://www.webpronews.com/
2.) Webmaster Forums - Not only
can participating in various forums and posting your various
views and ideas potentially bring new growth and life to
your online business, it can help you stay informed about
industry news or changes. This is particularly important
when working in a new, quickly advancing industry like web
design and search engine optimization. The following forums
are great places for webmasters to participate and monitor.
ThreadWatch - ThreadWatch is a nifty
tool. The concept of Threadwatch is very simple: finding
the signal amongst the noise of internet marketing media
takes too much of what we all value most, time. Threadwatch.org
cuts through the chatter and produces a clear signal for
the time-starved professional Internet marketer. http://www.threadwatch.org
Webmaster-Talk - The WebmasterTalk
forum covers material related to Web Design, PHP Help, Coding,
Hosting, Domain Names, graphic optimization and related
webmaster topics. The forum is extremely popular and generally,
posts will receive almost instant responses from knowledgeable
professionals. Of course, like any forum, there are bound
to be opposing views ensuring that all sides of every issue
are raised. http://www.webmaster-talk.com
3.) Website Submission Tools -
According to research more then 90% of Internet traffic
is generated by search engines. Submitting your website
to all major search engines is the most effective way of
promoting your website on the Internet. In order for web
surfers to locate your site you must be included in all
the major search engines. There are a number of tools available
to assist with the submission process.
Internet Business Promoter - Internet
Business Promoter is a suite of 10 professional web promotion
tools in one software application. All of the tools are
designed to assist web developers with all aspects of web
site promotion and search engine optimization. We found
that IBP's strength was in the website submission options.
Once a site is created it must be submitted to search engines
and directories. IBP streamlines and simplifies the submission
process, saving significant amounts of time. http://www.axandra.com/ibp
FreeWebSubmission.com - Free Web Submission
is the source for free search engine submission. They provide
webmasters and site owners with free manual and auto submission
to the highest-rated, free internet search engines and directories.
http://www.freewebsubmission.com/
AddMe - AddMe is a leading resource
for webmasters and small-business owners specialized in
website submission and promotion in the search engines.
AddMe offers free online website submission to 14 major
search engines in exchange for a reciprocal link. AddMe
is well known and respected in the industry. http://www.addme.com/
Many of the online submissions require
an e-mail address. In order to limit excessive unwanted
e-mail many webmasters will use a "throw-away" e-mail address
that would allow them to initially receive notification
that the site is submitted but is ultimately an e-mail account
they can discontinue after the submission process. This
practice is suggested for anyone using a free service for
site submissions.
4.) Online Tools - A number
of resource sites are available on the web to assist webmasters.
The resources are generally free and contain useful analytical
tools.
DigitalPoint - The DigitalPoint site
contains a variety of tools specifically for webmasters.
The tools are a collection of useful online tools, from
a Google AdSense Sandbox that shows which Google AdSense
ads will be displayed for any webpage on the Internet, to
web ranking tools that track Yahoo's web rank.
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/
SEO Survey - Tools to help SEO specialists
and webmasters automate some of the important tasks involved
in the routine of optimization.
http://www.socengine.com/seo/tools.html
5.) Webmaster Software - The
aim of many applications is to save time, money or productivity.
Webmsters can often use software to replace a task they
do manually, freeing up their time to pursue other tasks.
FeedForAll - FeedForAll creates, edits,
manages and publishes RSS feeds. As webmasters realize the
benefits to RSS, software related to RSS is becoming an
instrumental tool in their arsenal. http://www.feedforall.com
TNT Screen Capture - TNT captures everything
with only 3 simple capture modes, from application windows
to controls, to menus and popup windows. Many integrated
unique features like shadow options, transparency, quick
scaling and individual shapes make it quick and simple to
create stunning screenshots at a mouse-click.
http://www.ec-software.com/tnt.htm
6.) Free Content - Free content
comes in all shapes and sizes. Understanding who your target
customer is and what appeals to them will go a long way
in finding content that will increase your site's value.
GoArticles - Providing a fresh stream
of content-specific articles is a great way to encourage
visitors to return to your website on a regular basis. GoArticles
is a directory of quality articles that is searchable based
on keywords.
http://www.goarticles.com
Small Business Software - Collection
of small business and marketing-related articles available
for republishing.
Articles - http://www.small-business-software/free-website-content.htm
FreeSticky - FreeSticky provides a
directory of content available to webmasters free of charge.
The available content is a variety of items including syndicated
cartoons, games, horoscopes, photographs, forums and articles.
The supplemental content is designed to encourage visitors
to return to your website.
http://www.freesticky.com/stickyweb/
RSS - RSS stands for really simple
syndication, RSS feeds generally contain content available
for syndication. Meaning that you can often publish content
contained in an RSS feeds to provide fresh website content.
FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com/free-php-script.htm
has a free PHP script available to display RSS feeds. Additional
resources to learn more about using RSS as web content can
be found at http://www.rss-specifications.com
and http://www.rss-syndication.com
7.) Alerts - Using web alerts
is becoming increasingly useful to webmasters interested
in tracking their search engine position, trademarked terms,
to monitor competitors and stay abreast of online occurrences.
Google Alerts - Google Alerts is a
solution for monitoring your professional interests online.
Track the entire web for your personalized topics and receive
new results by daily e-mail. There are two companies doing
this: Google Alerts, http://www.googlealert.com
and http://www.google.com/alerts
PubSub - PubSub is a matching service that instantly
notifies you when new content is created that matches your
subscription. Using a proprietary Matching Engine, PubSub
is able to read millions of data sources on your behalf
and notify you instantly whenever a match is made. http://www.pubsub.com
Tools for Online Tracking Alerts -
Article detailing additional tools available for online
tracking and alerts.
http://www.small-business-software.net/tools-for-online-tracking.htm
8.) Blacklist Checkers - E-mail
delivery problems often occur when an IP address or domain
is black-listed. The following tools will ensure that your
IP address and domain will not have delivery issues.
DNS Stuff - DNSstuff: Free fast, advanced
and comprehensive web-based DNS tools, going beyond just
ping, tracert/traceroute, WHOIS and DNS lookups.
http://www.dnsstuff.com/
SpamNews - spamNEWS is a concise aggregation
of vital information relevant to professionals in the anti-spam
sector: Up-to-the-minute press coverage and topical editorials
about e-mail abuse, related online security matters, legal
and political issues, as well as articles on Internet marketing
and privacy.
http://www.spamnews.com/
9.) Keyword Tools - Keywords
to improve search engine placement and ranking. Finding
top Internet marketing keywords is critical in the quest
to be found. Choosing the right Internet marketing keywords
will help your search engine placement and ranking. A little
keyword research goes a long way in the search to be found.
WordTracker - WordTracker helps you
choose the right Internet marketing keywords that will help
your search engine placement and ranking. Use WordTracker
for keyword research. Web marketing is all about search
engine ranking, and that starts with the proper Internet
marketing keywords. Get a free keyword report and web site
promotion information!
http://www.wordtracker.com
10.) Newsletters - Email newsletters
continue to be one of the most important ways to communicate
and find information on the Internet. The following e-mail
newsletters contain great information for webmasters.
SitePronews - A free newsletter
and webmaster resource site for Webmasters focusing on web
site promotion, submission, positioning, design and marketing.
The newsletters and websites contain articles by noted web
experts. The SiteProNews site was the first of more than
12 web sites that focused on niche areas of particular interest
to webmasters, marketers, newsletter publishers, authors
and entrepreneurs.
http://www.sitepronews.com/
iEntry - The iEntry network has a really
great collection of useful newsletters. iEntry publishes
over 50 targeted e-mail newsletters that cover various aspects
of the IT and Business industries. http://www.ientry.com/
Like most of the copious amounts of information
on the Internet, it is a matter of sifting through to find
relevant, accurate, helpful information. Occasionally we
stumble across some little-known gems. As a result, we have
compiled these webmaster tools.
About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com
software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds
and NotePage http://www.notepage.net
a wireless text messaging software.
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