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August 31st, 2006

My Best Adsense Tip and 14 Favorite Resources

My best Adsense tip is this:
Get more relevant results by adding META tags to your web page. The most important tags seem to be TITLE, DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS.

My 8 Favorite AdSense Resources:
adsensemaster.blogspot.com/
www.admoolah.com/blog/
nice-ideas.blogspot.com/
www.jensense.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adsense
www.about-adsense.com/
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/
Google Adsense Tips

My 6 Favorite Adsense Tool-related Links:
searchmarketing.yahoo.com/rc/srch/
desktop.google.com/plugins/i/adsensestatus.html
www.google.com/services/adsense_tour/
googleadspreview.blogspot.com/
www.wordtracker.com/ ($$)
labnol.blogspot.com/2005/12/install-google-adsense-preview-tool-in.html
Technorati Tags: Adsense, KEYWORDS

August 30th, 2006

Over 150 Great Utilities for Developers

Although this list is over a year old, it is still a great resource for utilities and freeware -
Scott Hanselman’s 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power User’s Tool List

I would like to add EVERNOTE to this list. I use it everyday, and there is a plug-in for Firefox and IE.

Technorati Tags: utilities, freeware, Hanselman, […]

August 28th, 2006

Biz Tech Links for Week of 8/28

HD-Clone “copies the complete contents of hard disks and other IDE/ATA/SATA, SCSI, and USB media on a physical level. This allows you to create even backups or copies of complete operating system installations smoothly. ” There is even a free edition of the software available.

Related: Here is a free online backup application: Mozy

Here is a […]

August 25th, 2006

Stop the Bot Invasion!

No it’s not some cheezy Japanese B-flick (not yet anyway) - I’m talking about website bots; those little pieces of automated code that visit your website and harvest data for their own purposes, such as stealing content and sending spam. How can you stop these critters?

Modifying your webserver .htaccess file is one way - […]

August 24th, 2006

Free Online Office Suite from gOffice

Looking for an online office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and desktop publishing applications? Head over to gOffice online.
gOffice supports FireFox, Mozilla and Netscape browsers on PCs and Macs. here’s how it works: You type into the online HTML-like editor and the output is generated as PDF (on their server) and […]

August 23rd, 2006

13 Ways to Sell Intangible Goods

The number one way of course is (1) eBay. However, there are many other outlets for products that you can create with your computer and upload for sale. Some of these sites deal strictly in distributing intangible goods (ebooks, music, etc.) and others use intangible creations (art work, photos) that you make and then distribute […]

August 22nd, 2006

Important Reminders Just Got Easier

Take a look at a nice new Web2.0 app called My Tickler File.
It is kind of a cross between a ToDo list and a reminder/appointment application and it is very project focused.

Features of MyTicklerFile Include:

* Dashboard provides snapshot of your personal and professional activities
* Easily identify delivered and upcoming ticklers
* Create and receive […]

August 21st, 2006

23 Free Business Startup Tools

You can get a free version of a Startup Business Course by My Own Business. My Own Business, Inc. is a nonprofit organization committed to helping people succeed in business.

The course includes topics such as:

Session 1: Deciding on a Business
Session 2: The Business Plan
Session 3: Computer Tools
Session 4: Business Organization
Session 5: Licenses & […]

August 18th, 2006

8 Lists That I Like

Darren Rowse ar ProBlogger had a Group Writing Project this week about creating lists. An entry from VerusNova was featured there. He also enouraged cross-linking, so to that I present my favorite lists (that are at least somewhat on topic) - although I encourage browsing the other lists as well, some are very entertaining.

15 […]

August 17th, 2006

19 Ways to Increase RSS Subscribers

Syndicating your blog or website via RSS is one of the best ways to get your information and products/services out to your customers and the public. Increasing RSS readers is similar to increasing blog readership in general - that is, have something to say, and say it well or in an original manner. There […]

August 15th, 2006

11 Custom Start Pages

“Gentleman, start your web browsers!“
A custom start page is a great way to start your day where you can have (almost) everything in one spot. A summary of news, sports, email, RSS feeds of interest, tech bargains, ToDo lists, reminders, and of course the weather. There are many personal portal sites online that allow […]

August 14th, 2006

Get 1GB of Free Storage

Want to store your music, images, or encrypted files offsite for free?
OrbitFiles is offering 1GB of space to al lusers (you can get up to 50GB for only $20/year!) Orbitfiles does not require any software in order to access your account; you simply need Internet Access from any PC at any location. If you download […]

August 11th, 2006

Is This a Million Dollar Idea?

If you have paid any attention to Internet Marketing world in the last few months you have heard of Joel Comm’ s Link Word Cloud software (LinkSizzler) and the 500words advertising site and how it can make webmasters’ mucho dinero. [See article ‘Did Joel Comm make $20K in 1 Day?’]

What is a Link Word […]

August 10th, 2006

5 Places to Find a Web Host for Your Business

Need to find a good hosting service for your website or ecommerce shop? You will need to decide on your budget, technical requirements (frontpage extensions, ssh, MySQL, etc.), and whether you need dedicated or virtual. These resources should help you find your ultimate host provider:

BuyerZone Hosting Questionnaire
GeekHosting
[…]

August 9th, 2006

Are you giving up personal information right now?

Check your vulnerability to Internet attacks with the click of a button.
Go to Shields-Up free Security & Vulnerability checker now!
It checks for vulnerabilities related to File Sharing, Common Service Ports (e.g., FTP), Messenger Spam, and some Browser Info.

Technorati Tags: vulnerability, Security, File Sharing, Spam

August 8th, 2006

All the Google AdSense Advice You’ll Ever Need

Since we are looking mostly at small business marketing this week, here is a great compilation of Google AdSense tutorials, tips, hacks, and other articles on how to get the most for your efforts (and money).

The Life is Just blog has a long compendium of Adsense resources. Some of the categories include:

Starting up from scratch
[…]

August 7th, 2006

7 Resources for Small Business SEO

If you are looking for better search engine results and want to learn a little about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) without becoming an expert (who has time, afterall) then I recommend perusing the following resources:

Pandia is a great place to start

Pandia has all you need to know about search engines, Internet searching and […]

August 5th, 2006

PPC and Waxing Poetic

If you ever look at the 7Search top paying keywords it will depress you a little bit - what does it say about our society?

August 4th, 2006

5 Useful Web2.0 Applications

Glue together all your other online data sites in one customizable template for free with Suprglu.

Do you already use services like del.icio.us, flickr, blogger, typepad, etc? SuprGlu is a new way to gather all your content from those sites.

Here is a review from Joe Anderson.

iOutliner is a free and customizable way to manage your […]

August 2nd, 2006

9 Steps to a Secure Wireless Network

Almost everyone has a wireless network these days: if not at home, then for their business needs. It never ceases to amaze me how many open access points (APs) I come across while bringing my laptop “around town.” Wireless networks should be locked down. If you don’t think it’s important, and want to see the […]

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