Best of the Blogosphere - June 2008
Hello World
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
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
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
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
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
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
Glen tells you what to look out for when examining your sites SEO health
Free online seminar for webmasters from Google - July 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
If you’re a fan of e-mail marketing, read this check list before you hit the send button.
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