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 |
| Webmaster services |
Bravenet Hitbox, Freestats,
 Linkpartners.com – Free |
| Search Engine Resources |
SEO |
| Virus and security |
Symantec
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| Web hosting and ISPs |
Namesco – Information 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 Dreamweaver CS5 Website editing package |
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/
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
