Tools for Your Site

June 19, 2009

Wowzio: Widget Heaven

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Wowzio Review 

What does this tool do:   Provides free and useful widgets for your blog.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Got a blog? You can use Wowzio.

Info Page:  http://www.wowzio.com/docs/faq

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May 7, 2009

spellr.us: Your Mom, Without the Baggage

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spellr.us Review 

What does this tool do:  Corrects your site’s spelling. 

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  You, Doofus. (Dufus? Doofuss? Dummy?)

Info Page:   http://spellr.us/

Comments:  

Too easy to explain. Checks your site’s spelling and is meciless when it comes to correcting you. (HT Len Charnoff at www.timesavingtutorials.com)

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May 3, 2009

popuri.us: Show Your Popularity

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popuri.us Review 

What does this tool do: This Canadian site hows your Page Rank.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Do you care if anybody else doesn’t?

Info Page: http://popuri.us/ 

Comments:  

If you care what your page rank is and you want to attract as many visitors as possible, then you might want to access this and get all your rankings together on one page. You can also embed a widget onto your site to let your visitors know just how popular you are.

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April 25, 2009

cP Site Saver: Back Up Your Blog

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cP Site Saver Review

What does this tool do: Backs up your website or blog…not just your data.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Do you administer a blog? Then you are at risk.

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March 1, 2009

Cligs: Count Your Clicks

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Cligs Review

What does this tool do: Shortens your long URLs (like TinyUrl), but also keeps track of how many click-throughs you receive via that link. That is the huge benefit of Cligs.

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February 3, 2009

CopyGator: The No-No Cops

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CopyGator Review 

What does this tool do: Tattles on people who copy and paste your content to their own blogs.  

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Bloggers who produce their own words and thoughts but are worried about intellectual piracy. 

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January 27, 2009

Woopra: Woo Woo

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Woopra Review 

What does this tool do: Collects and feeds you analytical information about your site visitors.  

Cost: Free in Beta

Who Needs It: If you have your own blog, these details are required reading.

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January 15, 2009

SIRC: Supplemental Index Ratio Calculator

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SIRC Review 

What does this tool do:  Tells you how many of your site’s pages have been shunted off to Google oblivion. 

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Do you care if anyone finds your site?

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January 7, 2009

Google Webmaster Tools: Essential Stuff

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Review 

What does this tool do:  Helps you to open Google’s doors. 

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Can you follow rules?

Info Page:   https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/about.html

Comments:  

In the game of web marketing if you play by your own rules, you’re bang…dead. At Google Webmaster Tools you will read what you can and can’t do, how you can increase the chances of your site being seen, tools to test your site structure and code, and much more. You need to know this stuff or your efforts will be appreciated by you alone. Because you will be your site’s only regular reader.

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January 3, 2009

Unmask Parasites: You Don’t Need Tweezers

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Unmask Parasites Review 

What does this tool do:  Searches out malicious code in your blog’s HTML.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  Would you prefer not to know you have Ebola? Don’t touch my doorknob.

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December 30, 2008

BrowserShots: Mirror Mirror on My Blog…

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BrowserShots Review

What does this tool do: Checks to see what your website looks like in other browsers.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Well, duh. You, if you build your own blogs.

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December 26, 2008

dukaBUZZ: Talk and Run

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dukaBUZZ Review 

What does this tool do:  This little device will allow your site visitors to leave a voice comment instead of text.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It:  For some blogs, this tool could add an extra layer of interest to your comments section. 

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December 8, 2008

HideText: Fool the Spam Bots

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HideText Review 

What does this tool do: Converts text to an image.

Cost: Free

Who Needs It: Do you hate spammers who crawl through your site and lift your email addresses?  

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December 4, 2008

ExactFactor: Position Yourself

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ExactFactor Review 

What does this tool do:  Identifies your site’s ranking on the pages of major search engines, based on your keyword focus.

Cost: Free in beta

Who Needs It: Wanna know how you rank, Buddy? 

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November 24, 2008

Global Translator: Invite The World to Your Blog

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Wordpress Global Translator Review

What does this tool do: A simple plug-in that will auto-translate your Wordpress blog into any of 34 languages.

Cost: Donation

Who Needs It: Want to stretch the international appeal of your blog?

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