Free Webmaster Tools

December 20th, 2009

Tools for Noobs..

Tools 4 Noobs

Tools 4 Noobs

If you’re like me and don’t like shopping around on the internet for some basic free handy online tools, then why not try this website.

It’s a website providing free online tools all on one site. i.e. Google Pagerank checker, and my favourite; a Valid XHTML YouTube embed code generator!

It seems kind of new so theres room for improvement however, it serves its purpose. Take a look here..

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Flash Websites - When Good Flash Goes Bad

November 12th, 2009

I stumbled on this page from Web Pages that Suck - by Vincent Flanders.

It reads…

Unnecessary Flash

Flash is a tool and like any tool it can be misused if it’s used incorrectly. If you’re cutting down a tree for firewood, a chainsaw is a good tool for the job. If you’re trying to taper the leg of a table, a chainsaw is not the right woodworking tool.

Designers — like woodworkers — often make two fundamental mistakes. They confuse: More »

Bad Web Design - Worst Website?

November 12th, 2009

over-the-topFrom time to time, I like to share with you some websites I feel have not been constructed properly, by either displaying far too many images, animated gifs, flash, high contrast colours, poor text etc.

The reason for displaying such examples is to hopefully show people what to avoid when designing your own website.

The first time i submitted an example I personally thought was a good example of a poor website, some people didn’t seem to agree with me. Which is fine as everyone is entitled to their own opinion, however… and I stress HOWEVER… More »

Website Analyzer

November 12th, 2009

Website Grade Badge: 97

Get your website graded. I think this site is convenient quick and very helpful for those of you who need something simple to understand.

Website Grader is a free SEO tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. We had our website graded for testing purposes and alas! we’re 97 out of 100. Not bad considering the fact that we were told we had too many images on our website.

“ohh… I daren’t think why?”

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Outlooks Broken - Lets Fix it! Fix Outlook

June 24th, 2009

Microsoft have just confirmed they plan on using the crippled Word rendering engine to display HTML emails in Outlook 2010.

This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position and no background images. Not to mention the long list of bugs and quirks that break the simplest of layouts.

Outlook 2010 is still in beta and Microsoft have confirmed they want to hear your feedback on this decision. It’s time for the email marketing and design community to rally together and encourage Microsoft to embrace web standards before it’s too late.

What’s the best way to do that? Twitter of course.

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Corel Wins Award of Excellence from Society for Technical Communication

June 1st, 2009
CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW

 

Corel Corporation announced that its documentation team has been recognized with an Award of Excellence from the Society for Technical Communication (STC).

“The CorelDRAW Handbook: Insights from the Experts” won top honors in the International Technical Publications competition receiving praise for its appealing and inviting design, as well as its effectiveness in strengthening readers’ connection to the product. More »

Microsoft Bing - the successful search to challenge Google?

May 28th, 2009
The new Microsoft search engine - Bing - localised for the UK

The new Microsoft search engine - Bing - localised for the UK

The software giant Microsoft has announced that it is relaunching its internet search engine with a new name and a new look, in a bid to take on Google.

The new Microsoft search engine, called Bing, goes live in stages between Friday and June 3. It will, Microsoft claims, offer users a more refined search experience capable of satisfying queries more quickly than any rival search engine.

At launch, the new service will have a strong American bias, with a UK version “soft-launching” as a Beta test version. A 60-strong London-based team will work on improving the localisation of search results for the UK, with a view to a full launch in around six months.
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Levi Roots Speaking at the British Library

May 27th, 2009

Interesting! Very inspiring. - Enjoy!

Wall-e and the vacuum cleaner

May 25th, 2009

I Absolutely love this! by Disney Pixar.

Its cute and funny….enjoy!

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Google AdWords: Keyword Tool

May 24th, 2009

If you’re looking for a free Keyword tool, there are so many options out there.

one of them is to use the Google Adwords keyword suggestion tool.

googekeywords

Google Adwords: Keyword Tool

Click here to go directly to the site.

I found it useful and it saves me a lot of time and resource.

Its completely free!

You can also select to include synonyms in the results or even filter your results.

I will be adding another approach to this in a later post which is a little more manual as I believe you should use more than one tool to get maximum results.

Enjoy!