Internet Tools and Resources

A collection of useful links to some great Internet tools

Search Engines	Alltheweb AltaVista Internet Archive - Look back on archived versions of websites
People Searchers	Email search engine UK Info - A CD of around 60 million UK names and addresses Yahoo Email address Wink.com - Track down people with an online presence BT Directory Enquiries Lookup UK - Powerful lookup engine Friends Reunited - Track down school friends and colleagues Myoldmate - Help tracking down old friends
News Groups	Google News - Search (was Deja) MailandNews - Search and Post UK Usenet - Information on UK Newsgroups
Lookup tools	DNS Stuff Lookup tools - Great collection of lookup, DNS & ping tools IP Address World or NetIns IP lookup - get your current IP address CentralOps and Visual Traceroute - trace an IP or web address Geektools Whois - Powerful IP address lookup

Web tools	Zenu Link Sleuth - Fast and free software that checks for dead links on websites Cyberspyder - Software that checks for dead links Linkscan and StickySauce - Check for dead links and page errors online HTML Validator and Online validator - Online HTML checker HTML Validator, Tag checker and A Real Validator - Software used to validate your HTML code Change Detection - Get an email when a web page changes Website Optimisation - Check the speed of a web page HTML Shrinker - Application to reduce the size of sites Warriors of the net - a superb MPEG video (12 mins) explaining how IP works Helix Basic - Create Real Audio files GoToMyPC - Take control of your machine over the Internet Bandwidthplace - Test the speed of your Internet connection NetStat Live - Monitor net connection & speed Internet Traffic report - How fast is the 'net running today? Change Detection - Website change notification Online backups - A look at Databarracks and PC fort for internet backups
Webmaster services	Bravenet - Lots of free webmaster tools, such as forums, guestbooks and counters The Counter, Sitemeter, Hitbox, Freestats, and Net Digits Counter - Counters Internetseer , Siteprobe & SummitWATCH - Website server monitoring, notification of site downtime LinkAlarm - Email notification of dead links. free trial Linkpartners.com - Free directory of websites who swap links with other websites LinkCounter - track outgoing links Copyscape - Find out if your website content's been copied Money Making Website - Tips for webmasters to make cash from their sites www.efax.com - Email to fax service for your site
Search Engine Resources	SEO Index Visibility - Check your position with engines Searchenginewatch - Check if you're listed in the major directories Yahoo Site Explorer - See which sites link to you Marketleap - Check which engines list your site Alexa Site info - Summary of information on a site SEO Bench - See inline PR results for a URL Summitmedia Sim (hot) & SEO Spider- See how a search engine views your site 123 promotion Optimiser - Optimise your site for search engines Scrub Web Meta - Check out your Meta tags StickySauce Keyword Density - Check occurences of site keywords Submit Corner - Analysis tools and advice to get you noticed Clara submit - Submit to UK search engines Ineedhits - Notify search engines Keyword Extractor - Keyword extractor software Essex Max - Advice on optimising your website
Virus and security	Symantec Anti-Virus Centre Virus Portal - Real-time information on viruses worldwide Virus information McAfee AntiVirus software GRC.com and DSLReport - Check your firewall
Web hosting and ISPs	Hostway - Voted the number one UK hosting company by uk.tophosts.com, and generally regarded as one of the most customer-friendly and reliable hosting companies. Simplynames.com - Info on this UK hosting company Broadband information
Web design	JavaScript Source - Example code for your site Javafile - Javascript code - Large collection of cgi tools Cooltext - Generate buttons and titles online

Google Adwords

If you're looking to get greater promotion of your website online, consider using Google for some web advertising. The Google Adwords scheme allows anyone with a website to have their ad displayed in the results of a Google search engine search. The ads are displayed based on keywords that you select, and you only pay when someone clicks on your ad's link. Best of all, the cost-per-click for each ad can be as low as you want. As an example, you could create an ad using the keywords "Bluetooth fridge", set a price of 5p per click, and a maximum daily limit of 50p. At the end of the month, Google will debit your credit card with the cost of the clickthroughs. This way, you only pay for genuine clicks on keywords searched by Google users. A very cost-effective way to do business! You're paying a small amount for highly targetted advertising that can get you noticed. The online reports are excellent, and you can have a high degree over who sees your ads, what they see, and how little it's costing.
Consider signing up at adwords.google.com/

Google Adwords

Other tools:

Enditall- A fast way to exit all running applications on your PC
Belarc Advisor- Examine your PC's hardware specs, and get an audit list of installed software
Windows Startup - Check which apps are auto-starting
AM-DeadLink - Freeware app to tidy dead bookmarks

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