Web Development

Web Design Arts

Creating A Good Web Site That Attracts Customers AND Effectively Showcases Your Business

• Poor navigation with menus and overall site structure with low quality graphics is detrimental to your overall business image.
• Users think less of your company as a result which hurts revenue and reputation in the long run.
• Many presume that just doing a minimal job will be adequate but they aren't considering how close the competition is.
• On the internet, any potential customer is only 5 seconds and one click away from seeing a high quality web site that is well designed, conveys a quality image, and is well written or properly optimized with content and keywords.

Web Site Development

It's critical for every business to have a high quality web site today, yet many businesses still post web sites that are extremely poorly designed, overly complex, or appear less than professional.

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 Photo Resources

Foto Search Stock Photography and Footage - The World's Stock Photography - Buy and download your pictures, or get fast delivery on CD-ROM. Foto Search Stock Photos is a great resource because you can search from over 50 top image vendors at one site and find the perfect photo fast! A great resource for webmasters, advertising and graphic design professionals, as well as for artists and individuals who just want to view world class photos available in this easy-to-search visual archive!

  Website Tools

• Affiliate Hosting Plans
• Partner for free with 500 of the Internet's top online merchants!

• What are thumbshots?
• Planet-Source-Code: Over five million lines of free source code!

Poster Resources

• A Poster Z - All the Posters You Want!

  Search Engine News

• Online Portals News
• Vertical Portals News
• Search Engine Guide
• Search Engine Watch
• SearchHippo.com Web Search

• AddMe.com Submit to Search Engines

LinkPopularity

1. Webmaster Articles & Tutorials

Site Point -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.

WebProNews - WebProNews is an article portal for Internet and Technology professionals and has thousands of articles on web design and development.

2. Webmaster Forums

ThreadWatch - 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.

Webmaster-Talk - The WebmasterTalk forum covers material related to Web Design, PHP Help, Coding, Hostïng, Domain Names, graphic optimization and related webmaster topics. The forum is extremely popular and generally, posts will receive almost instant responses from knowledgeable professionals.

3. Website Submission Tools

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. IBP streamlines and simplifies the submission process, saving significant amounts of time.

FreeWebSubmission.com - FreeWebSubmission 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.

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.

4. Online 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.

SEO Survey - Tools to help SEO specialists and webmasters automate some of the important tasks involved in the routine of optimization.

5. Webmaster Software

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.

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.

6. Free Content

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.

Small Business Software - Collection of small business and marketing-related articles available for republishing.

FreeSticky - FreeSticky provides a directory of content available to webmasters free of charge. The supplemental content is designed to encourage visitors to return to your website.

RSS

FeedForAll has a free PHP scrïpt available to display RSS feeds. Additional resources to learn more about using RSS as web content can be found at RSS-Specifications.com and RSS-Syndication.com.

ArticleDashboard.com - free content and RSS feeds.

7. Alerts

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.

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 millïons of data sources on your behalf and notify you instantly whenever a match is made.

Tools for Online Tracking Alerts - Article detailing additional tools available for online tracking and alerts.

8. Blacklist Checkers

DNS Stuff: Free fast, advanced and comprehensive web-based DNS tools, going beyond just ping, tracert/traceroute, WHOIS and DNS lookups.

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.

9. Keyword Tools

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!

10. Newsletters

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.

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.

11. Tools

Wordtracker KEI Observation Deck - strategies allow you to bring in targeted traffïc to your Web sites without having to compete against hundreds of thousands (or millions) of competing pages.

FILExt ­ The File Extension Source - a detailed database of file extensions and programs that use them.

Googlesearches Tool - Use this advanced search tool to search Google in virtually every way you can imagine, even in language- or country-specific searches.

Hotscripts.com - 28,959 resources in over 1,000 categories with counters and log analyzers.

Bookmarklets ­ Add Extra Functionality to Your Browser with these scripts. Easy-to-use little programs that you can integrate into your browser to make your coding, debugging, and researching much easier.

Search Engine Decoder Relationship Chart ­ relationships between the various search engines and directories.

Martindale's "The Reference Desk"

125 Legitïmate Link Building Strategies - Link popularity is one of the crucial off-page factors that can make such a difference to the success of a Web site. In this article, which can also be downloaded in e-book format, over 30 SEO authorities offer their best suggestions for increasing the link popularity of your Web site.

HTML Tags ­ A Free Online Cheatsheet. This HTML quick reference guide is excellent. All HTML tags with attributes and values are for XHTML 1.1, also known as HTML 4.01. Print out the guide and keep it beside your computer.

Color Marketing Group ­ Forecasting the Color of Profit The Color Marketing Group is an international association of color designers involved in the use of color as it applies to the profitable marketing of goods and services. Its major function is to identify the direction of color and design trends.

• Colors for 2005
• Colors for 2006
  

CSS Tutorial at W3Schools.com - W3Schools provides an excellent CSS tutorial free of charge, complete with a lot of examples and quizzes.

Customer Focus Calculator - analyzes a Web page and lets you know if the Web page is focused on YOU or on your customers.

Search Engine Optimization Tools - This site has three different tools that are really cool. One is a Search Engine Spider Simulator, which displays exactly what a spider would see when it visits your page. Another free tool is the Google Backlink Checker, which lets you know who’s linking to your site and what link text they’re using. The last tool is the Similar Page Checker. We all know that “duplicate content” is a no no. This neat tool will determine the similarity between two pages.

Marketleap Search Engine Marketing Tools - Link Popularity Check. Enter your URL and up to three comparison URLs, and the site will let you know what your link popularity is in AllTheWeb, AltaVista, Google, Inktomi, and MSN. It also compares your site’s link popularity to other URLs you listed as well as other sites on the Net. The Search Engine Saturation tool determines how many pages a given search engine has in its index for your Web site. You can compare your site to five other sites with this tool. Finally, the Keyword Verification Tool checks to see if your page is in the top three pages of a search engine’s results for a certain keyword or keyword phrase.

Website Security Report - find out how secure your Web site is.

Your Computer’s Security - Gibson Research Corporation offers a really neat (and free) tool for checking the security of your computer: ShieldsUp. Scroll down on the page to the Hot Spots area, where you’ll find the link to ShieldsUp

Reverse DNS Lookup - This service converts an IP address to the host name by searching domain name service tables.

Doctor HTML - free service will analyze your Web page based on document structure, image syntax, table analysis, browser support, verify hyperlinks, and much more.

GifBot by NetMechanic -GifBot will compress your GIF, JPEG, and animated GIF images by decreasing the file size without sacrificing the quality of the image.

Bobby Online - This online service allows you to test Web pages to help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines.

AnyBrowser.com Screen Size Tester - test your Web pages in different screen resolutions so that you can be assured that all of your visitors can view your site in its entirety.

Comprehensive Guide to .htaccess - tutorial about how to use the .htaccess file is excellent.

Top Ten Web Design Mistakes for 2002

DNS Report - Many domains have DNS problems. This handy site will help you find those problems and fix them by providing a DNS report for your domain.

Everything You Want to Know about a URL - URLinfo is a tool for handling Web pages,and it includes 107 tools that you can use to dig for information on a URL.

What is my IP Address? - If you ever need to know your IP address, this neat little online tool will answer the question for you.

Newsfeeds - Does your site cover a topic that frequently generates breaking news? Add current news to your site via feeds

Webmasters - Make $$$

The AllPosters.com Affiliates Program is a great way to make money with your website. Link to AllPosters.com and earn 25%-30% of every purchase made by your site visitors at their website. If the visitor decides to purchase within 10 days of their last visit from your website, you'll still earn commission on the sale! You can link to AllPosters.com from a selection of over hundreds of thousands poster and art print images as well as poster stores and mini stores. They have posters related to just about everything (e.g. movies, music, sports, art, animals) so no matter what the content of your site is, you will find images that are a good fit. It’s easy to sign-up, track your sales, and build links because the site generates all the HTML code for you. For programmers, they offer an XML WebServices program which allows you to access their data and write it straight to your own pages.

Sign up today!

SearchFeed.com
A leader in pay per click search engine advertising, Searchfeed.com helps online advertisers attract targeted leads while offering Web publishers a greater opportunity to monetize Internet traffic. As an alternative to traditional forms of advertising, innovative search engine and pay per click technology deliver millions of advertiser introductions each month.

Advertisers gain maximum exposure through keyword advertising while partners earn cash through content integration services. Real-time reports provide instantaneous feedback to better track campaign success and revenue earnings. An extensive suite of tools provides quick set up and easy account management.

Through sponsored search results, Searchfeed.com provides online advertisers access to a network of leading Web properties. A commitment to delivering high converting pay per click advertisements ensures advertisers achieve a higher ROI over alternative advertising campaigns. Get started now with search engine advertising.

With access to millions of pay per click advertisements, sponsored search results are highly relevant. Whether an advanced or novice Webmaster, online tools simplify content integration for industry specific portals, regional Internet service providers and emerging Web sites. To begin earning revenue, select a partner program today.

More Search Tools

Directories That Accept Free Submissions

All of these directories will help improve your link popularity and will aid in getting your site spidered by the major search engines.

About.com
About.com is a searchable directory of topical guides, each run by an expert for each topic. Submissions are free, but not all sites are included. About.com stresses quality over quantity. To be considered for a listing, find the category that is most relevant to your site. Then, send an email message to the guide requesting that you be included.

Open Directory Project
Volunteer built and maintained directory. Extremely important for search engine marketers because Google uses it for its directory. To submit your site, find the most appropriate category. Don't try and submit to a top level category, find the general categories to the most specific category for your site. Before submitting, review the guidelines.

Gimpsy
An Internet directory that only holds carefully reviewed interactive sites, using a unique action based classification method. Free site submission. Be sure and review their submission guidelines.

GoGuides.Org
A volunteer run and edited directory. Find the most appropriate category for listing your site and then look for the "Add URL" link. This will lead you to a page with two options for submission - one free, one paid. For free submissions, you'll have to become a "Guide." Anyone can become a Guide and you won't be required to submit any more sites if you don't want to. Submission guidelines.

JoeAnt.com
Search exactly what you're looking for by subject or boolean. JoeAnt.com provides a directory of quality sites for Internet users. Their goal is to list the best sites for a wide variety of topics giving users the most relevant results for their searches. To submit your site, find to the most appropriate category and the "Become an Editor" link. You have to be an editor to submit to JoeAnt.com, but anyone can become one and you aren't required to submit any more sites if you don't want to. Submission guidelines.

Skaffe.com
Searchable human edited international directory with family safe viewing filtered for spam and adult content. Find the category that best suits your site and look for the submit link.

Web-Beacon
Web-Beacon is a virtual community made up of people from all over the world brought together by common goals: to build and maintain a directory of the highest quality and give each and every member a voice in its growth and operation.

WebSavvy
Submit your site to the proper category by first selecting a category in the Main Category selection menu. The Subcategory selection menu's will self-populate, allowing you to narrow it down to the most suitable category selection for submission of your site. Submission Guidelines.

WoW Search Engine and Directory Service
World, local and regional search engine and directory featuring one of the webs most comprehensive topic structures and free submission.

Free only for non-commercial sites:
Yahoo!
Yahoo! now charges for all commercial submissions to their directory. But, if your site is not commercial and you don't mind waiting months to be included, you can still submit your site for free. Just drill down to the most appropriate category and look for the "Suggest a Site" link.

Zeal
Web directory and search engine built by the knowledge and experience of Internet enthusiasts like you. Find ratings, reviews, and the best websites. Like Yahoo!, Zeal only accepts free submissions for non-commercial sites. To submit a site, you are required to go through registration.

Search Engines

If you get your site listed in at least some of the directories above, the major search engines will find your site without even submitting them. In fact, many of the major search engines don't provide a free submission form any more. Below is a list of major search engines that still maintain a free submit form.