Website tools to help you get to the top
AdSense, Affiliate Marketing Links, Site Diagnostics - you name it.
The following are sites which I have found essential in optimizing income and search engine position - why not bookmark this page?
Google AdSense
You need to sign up for this as soon as you have a viable website - do not sign up until you do, though, as Google will turn you down otherwise. Use the link below to go straight to the sign-up page.
Tradedoubler
Enrol with Tradedoubler and join relevant affiliate schemes which can earn you money for doing absolutely nothing. Tradedoubler monitor all traffic so you can be sure your commission is correct and also you can see exactly which adverts are working. Here is a link to take you to their site.
Commission Junction
Similar to Tradedoubler but more relevant for the USA market.
Commission Junction
Link2me
Link2me provides a free link exchange service whereby you can register and trade links with relevant sites. There are a number of these sites on the internet but unfortunately many seem to cater for low quality sites which you should never link to. Do not be put off by sites with no Page Ranking - judge sites by their relevancy to yours and the quality of their content.
Link2me
W3C Compliance
Make sure your webpages start off with the best chance in life by seeing that they are W3C Compliant. This great free tool will soon tell you what you are doing wrong.
W3C Validator
Market Leap - Link Comparison
See how many backlinks you are being credited with and how much search engine presence you have. Make regular visits back to this site and it will record your progress.
Market Leap
Alexa Traffic Ranking
Alexa provides a different way of assessing the traffic of a particular website. It samples the websurfing habits of people who use its toolbar and, from that data, extrapolates how many actual visitors a site is getting at any one time.
Alexa
Meta Tags Analyzer
A really useful SEO tool. Have it look at your pages and tell you whether your tags are correct and what sort of relevance they have. Adjust your title, your name and description tags to get the highest possible score. There is also a very handy links analyzer too.
Meta Tags Analyzer
WordPress
Sign up for this free blogging service and get your blog off of the ground as well as giving you access to a pinger. Pinging is the quickest way to tell Search Engines that your pages have been updated.
WordPress
Google Page Rank Tool
If you don't want to sign up for the Google Toolbar, use this free service to tell you the PR of any particular page or site.
Google PR Tool
Free Web Designs
Don't want to design your own site? This site has thousands of free ones for you to download.
Free Web Designs
Google Keywords
Spy on your competitors and see what Google thinks makes them tick then put it into practice on your site. Easy when you know how!
Google Keywords Tool
Domain Valuation Tool
Don't pay too much heed from these free tools but they do throw up some interesting ideas about why your site is (or isn't) worth what you think it is.
DnScoop Leapfish
Buy Expired Domains
You have to pay a small subscription for this service but it gives daily lists of expired and expiring domains.
DomDat
All the above tools and links are offered in good faith and without warranty as to their suitability for your own usage. It is up to you how you use them and you should read all the 'smallprint' before subscribing to any service or before making major changes to your site. If in doubt either ask or don't join.
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