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Best of the Blogosphere – June 2008

Posted By Lid On July 1, 2008 @ 9:58 am In Blogging | 1 Comment

Hello World [1]

If you’ve ever needed the “Hello World” program in other languages, try this. It has 366 coding languages and 58 human ones.

Move over TinyURL, here comes TinyPaste [2]

TinyPaste takes in long strings of text and converts them to short URLs. Mark walks you through what it does and how to use it. Screenshots included.

30+ Must have Updated Firefox 3 extensions [3]

Now that you’ve updated to Firefox 3, check out these updated exensions; you may find something you don’t know about.

Undelete My Files [4]

If you’ve ever deleted a file and realized just a second too late, undelete my files can help you recover them. Easy to use, free and comes with a file wiper, an option to permanently delete files without recovery too.

Two alternative solutions for site analytics [5]

You might be using Google Analytics, but it’s always useful to have other analytics packages. Samuel walks you through Piwik and Visitorville.

Top 3 tools to find out how a blog performs over time [6]

Tad gives us three great tools (two I’d never seen before), that help you determine how your blog is seen in the blogosphere.

16 Things to Look for in a Website Health Check [7]

Glen tells you what to look out for when examining your sites SEO health

Free online seminar for webmasters from Google – July 8 [8]

Three Google teams join forces to bring you a free online seminar. If you want to know anything about webmaster tools, analytics, or optimization, sign up here.

7 elements to make your blog look great [9]

It’s all about structure, balance, color, small details, clarity and emphasis, remarkability and functionality. Michael tells you why these elements matter.

Thank your visitors when they comment [10]

If you’ve ever wanted to send an automated e-mail to new commenters, read Matt’s post and get it right. Do it wrong, and risk alienating your audience.

Developing tactical knowledge on social media websites [11]

In this three part strategy aimed at DIY marketers, Maki defines the tactics to help you be more effective with social media marketing

The Word of Mouth Manual [12]

Dave Balter, from the agency BzzAgent, offers you his book ($45 on Amazon) as a free download. (PDF)

Poll Results and a social media case study [13]

Mark shows you how Sea World and Kami Huyse created a social media campaign that drove 200K Visitors to the park in two months

5 Ways to market your business with little or no money [14]

Drew answers the question “How do you market your business if you don’t have a lot of money?” with five simple tips.

E-mail checklist [15]

If you’re a fan of e-mail marketing, read this check list before you hit the send button.


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URLs in this post:

[1] Hello World: http://www.roesler-ac.de/wolfram/hello.htm

[2] Move over TinyURL, here comes TinyPaste: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/06/27/move-over-tinyurl-here-comes-tinypaste/

[3] 30+ Must have Updated Firefox 3 extensions: http://mashable.com/2008/06/26/firefox-3-extensions/

[4] Undelete My Files: http://www.seriousbit.com/undeletemyfiles.html

[5] Two alternative solutions for site analytics: http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/06/23/two-alternative-solutions-for-site-analytics/

[6] Top 3 tools to find out how a blog performs over time: http://seo2.0.onreact.com/top-3-web-tools-to-find-out-how-a-blog-performs-over-time

[7] 16 Things to Look for in a Website Health Check: http://www.viperchill.com/website-health-check/

[8] Free online seminar for webmasters from Google – July 8: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-online-seminar-google-trifecta.html

[9] 7 elements to make your blog look great: http://www.problogdesign.com/design/7-elements-to-make-your-blog-look-great/

[10] Thank your visitors when they comment: http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/comment-relish-plugin/1191/

[11] Developing tactical knowledge on social media websites: http://www.doshdosh.com/developing-tactical-knowledge-on-social-media-websites/

[12] The Word of Mouth Manual: http://s3.amazonaws.com/bzzagent/The_Word_of_Mouth_Manual_Volume_II.pdf

[13] Poll Results and a social media case study: http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/2008/06/poll-results-and-social-media-case.html

[14] 5 Ways to market your business with little or no money: http://www.drewsmarketingminute.com/2008/06/5-ways-to-marke.html

[15] E-mail checklist: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/06/email-checklist.html

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