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2006 August 19 • seo, toolsTop Web Directory List
tool: - Directories Rated by Inbound Link Quality - ILQ. This list of Top Web Directories contains the Top Web Directories rated by the quantity of inbound links each directory has from dir.yahoo.com, DMOZ, EDU and GOV sites.
2006 July 26 • resources, toolsHiding Your Email Address
article: 13 Ways to Hide Your Email Address. Some basic, and questionably effective, but still good options for hiding your email address from spammers.
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Google Calendar Review
review: A walk through by a new Google Calendar user, detailing the learning curve and the features of Google Calendar.
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Yahoo Site Submission
tool: In what appears to be a response to Google Sitemaps, Yahoo now offers a free site submission tool. Site owners can submit a top level URL, or the location of a text file with a list of URLs, that they would like included in the Yahoo index.
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Keyword Research with Wordtracker
tutorial: Keyword research is important to good search engine results. Wordtracker, which isn't free but they do offer a free trial that works well, is a must use tool to improve results.
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copyscape
tool: The free Copyscape service makes it easy to find copies of your content on the Web. Simply type in the address of your original web page, and Copyscape does the rest.
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Browsershots
tool: Free service. View your website in different browsers and multiple screen resolutions.
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Protolize
tools: Links to a number of essential web tools.
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CSS Compressor
tool: Increase loading speed and sav bandwidth with this CSS compression utility.
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Previewing Fonts for CSS
tool: TypeTester is a web page where you can choose fonts and immediately see how they look on screen, then get the CSS code. In the font drop-down menu you are given the choice between ‘safe’ fonts on all computers, Windows basic fonts, Mac basic fonts as well as all of the fonts installed on your system.
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DropSend
tool: Allows you to send files via email or store them online for later retrieval.
2005 December 17 • toolsColorBlender
tool: ColorBlender.com is an online tool for creating color palettes.
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Compare fonts
tool: Typetester is an online application for comparison of screen fonts. Its primary role is to make a web designer life easier.
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Tools for Information Architects
resource: The Information Architecture Institute has a nice section full of tools for Information Architects and Interaction Designers.
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How to Find a Great Domain Name
article: Good domain names are out there, but they can be hard to find. Here are some tools to help you in your search.
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colorcombos.com
website: Allows you to see how different color combinations work together on the screen.
2005 April 24 • design, resources, toolsCOLOURlovers
website: The site hosts a number of color combinations and even allows you to rate each color and combination.
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Acid2 Browser Test
test: Acid2 is a test page, written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products.
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ColorCombos.com
website: A web color combinations tool and library.
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Interaction-Design.org
website: Recently launched, this website is 'the beginnings of a free, open-content, peer-reviewed Encyclopedia covering terms from the disciplines of Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, Human Factors, Usability, Information Architecture, and related fields.'
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