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		<title>SEO and SEM Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 2008
Screentoaster - Create Online Screen Capture Presentations
Capture your screen, create a video, add audio and titles, then upload to YouTube. It&#8217;s in private beta, I used the beta key &#8220;TECHCRUNCH&#8221;.
Free Form Builder
This is very flexible form builder that requires no coding.
CMS Software Comparison Matrix
I haven&#8217;t tested this tool out, but it looks pretty cool. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>November 2008</p>
<p><strong>Screentoaster - Create Online Screen Capture Presentations</strong><br />
<a href="http://screentoaster.com/" title="Screentoaster" target="_blank">Capture your screen, create a video, add audio and titles, then upload to YouTube. It&#8217;s in private beta, I used the beta key &#8220;TECHCRUNCH&#8221;.</a></p>
<p><strong>Free Form Builder</strong><br />
<a href="http://wufoo.com/" title="Free Form Builder" target="_blank">This is very flexible form builder that requires no coding.</a></p>
<p><strong>CMS Software Comparison Matrix</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix?func=search" title="CMS Matrix" target="_blank"><strong>I haven&#8217;t tested this tool out, but it looks pretty cool. You enter in your technical and business requirements, click search and it spits out what CMS systems support your tool.</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Free HTML Editor</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/" title="Free HTML Editor" target="_blank"><strong>If your looking for an HTML editor that is similar to Dreamweaver, this is your app.</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>Free Stock Photos</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.everystockphoto.com/" title="Free Stock Photos" target="_blank"><strong>Great site to find Free stock photos. The only thing you have to do is reference a link to the site when you use the images.</strong></a> </p>
<p>October 2008</p>
<p><strong>Twitter - Who&#8217;s Following Me Tool</strong><br />
<a href="http://friendorfollow.com/" title="FriendOrFollow.com" target="_blank"><strong>Submit your Twitter screen name to find out who you&#8217;re following that&#8217;s not following you back.</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>PPC Local Keyword Generation Tool</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.5minutesite.com/local_keywords.php" title="PPC Local Keyword Tool" target="_blank"><strong>This site will generate geo-targeting keyword tools based on zip code and radius.</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>Website Analysis Tool</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.quarkbase.com/" title="SEO and SEM Tools" target="_blank"><strong>Great SEO site analysis tool.</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>List of Tools from SMX at Search Engine RoundTable</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/018439.html" title="SEO and SEM Tools" target="_blank"><strong>Great Resource for SEO and SEM tools review.</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>Awesome Tool for Pay Per Click Budget Forecasting.</strong><br />
If your needing <a href="http://www.technobloggie.com/keyword-tool/index.php" title="Pay Per Click tool" target="_blank"><strong>The Google Keyword Data Analysis.</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>PPC TYPO Generator</strong><br />
If your needing <a href="http://www.searchspell.com/typo/" title="Pay Per Click misspelling tool" target="_blank"><strong> PPC misspelling tool </strong></a> can be used to help generate alternative words to purchase. Remember to create new ad groups for misspellings and do not use dynamic insertion when using misspellings.</p>
<p>July 2008</p>
<p><strong>Graphics - Audio - Video - 3D Web-based Tools</strong><br />
If your needing <a href="http://a.viary.com/tools" title="Web based Graphics Editor" target="_blank"><strong> web based tools </strong></a> to edit graphics and audio. Check out Avaiary web based tools. </p>
<p>June 2008</p>
<p><strong>Ecommerce Store Return Policy Generator</strong><br />
If your needing a <a href="http://returnpolicies.net/return_policy_generator.htm" title="Return Policy Generator" target="_blank"><strong> return policy in seconds</strong></a> this tool is for you.  Just enter in your site URL and answer the questions and your in business!</p>
<p><strong>Social Media Picture Tool</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.befunky.com/" title="Social Media Picture Tools" target="_blank">Use BeFunky.com</a> and upload an image of yourself, click around and before you know it, you have a sketch or digital photo of yourself.</p>
<p><strong>OpenSocial Application Resource</strong><br />
Are you interested in building Facebook, MySpace or other social applications but you don&#8217;t know if your able to understand the programming aspects? Watch these videos and learn that building these cool easy tools that we love so much, takes a strong programming background and lots of time. Watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6D9B701069B4F2F4" title="Google I/O - Open Social Development" target=_blank"><strong>Google I/O Video Series</strong></a>. If your interested in viewing these videos with the actual presentations <a href="http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2008/06/google-io-recorded-sessions-now-posted.html" title="Google I/O video and presentations" target="_blank"><strong>go here</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>Lynx Viewer</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html" title="SEO Lynx Viewer" target="_blank"><strong>Do you want to see how your website looks to the search engines? use this tool.</strong></a> </p>
<p><strong>SEO and WordPress</strong><br />
If you manage a WordPress blog you need this article as a reference: <a href="http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/" title="Optimizing your WordPress Blog" target="_blank"><strong>WordPress SEO Guide</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>SEO Cliff Notes - By: Matt Cutts</strong><br />
This is a great resource to understand the do&#8217;s and dont&#8217;s of Google.  In this blog post Matt Cutts maps the resources that are a must read! If your an <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/improved-seo-documentation-galore/" title="SEO and SEM Cliff notes" target="_blank"><strong>SEOer this will be a good resource</strong></a>.</p>
<p>May 2008</p>
<p><strong> PPC Ad Writers Block - CURE</strong><br />
When I have writers block, I use <a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org/"><strong>We Feel Find.org</strong></a> to help me write advertisements that create feeling.  It&#8217;s an applet and it&#8217;s a bit heavy to load, but it&#8217;s worth the time and will help with CTR&#8217;s on PPC campaigns.</p>
<p><strong>Keyword Research - Insider Information</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.wordspy.com/">A tool that researches new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources. </a></p>
<p><strong>Dynamic Keyword Simulator</strong><br />
Release date of this tool is June 1, 2008, so bookmark this URL and revisit.<br />
<a href="http://www.findmefaster.com/deke.htm"><strong>DKI Simulator from FindMeFaster.com</strong></a></p>
<p>April 2008</p>
<p><strong> Lorem Ipsum Content Generator</strong><br />
Need some dummy text to fill up a website template, following is a good site.<br />
<a href="http://www.lipsum.com/"><strong> Lorem Ipsum Content Generator</strong></a></p>
<p>March 2008</p>
<p><strong> Top 100 Useful Sites</strong><br />
I found this site through Digg and thought it was useful.<br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/03/30/sv_101websites.xml"><strong> Useful Sites on the Web</strong></a></p>
<p><strong> The Best AdWords Keyword Tool - SEO Book</strong><br />
I use this tool when building out large volume campaigns.  It&#8217;s a great tool when creating negative keywords. Create a negative keyword list by entering in the short-tail or generic terms your targeting. The other feature I love is the auto generation of exact, phrase and broad matching. <a href="http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/index.php"><strong>SEO Book Keyword Suggestion Tool Features</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>AdWords Keyword Tool - Auto Generate Phrase and Exact Keywords - Small Volume</strong><br />
When building a small list of keywords to add to a campaign, utilize this tool to create Phrase and Exact variations for AdWords.<br />
<a href="http://www.mikes-marketing-tools.com/adwords-wrapper.html"><strong>AdWord Wrapper</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>The Ultimate PageRank Calculator</strong><br />
The science behind Google&#8217;s TrustRank and PageRank is known to be complicated.  Use this tool to help navigate your TR or PR passing to different pages.<br />
<a href="http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank_calculator.php?"><strong>WebWorkShop.net PR Calculator</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Learn about the Robots.txt File Standards</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.robotstxt.org/orig.html"><strong>robotstxt.org</strong></a><br />
<strong>Robots.txt Checkers/Validators</strong><br />
<a href="http://tool.motoricerca.info/robots-checker.phtml"><strong>Robots.txt Checker</strong></a><br />
<a href="http://www.sxw.org.uk/computing/robots/check.html"><strong>Checks the Robots.txt file to make sure your quotes and characters are in the correct places</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Email Encoder to Prevent Spam</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html"><strong>Email Encoder</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Full Site Analysis Tool</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.xinureturns.com/"><strong>Site Analysis Tool</strong></a></p>
<p>January 2008<br />
<strong>Link from Jon Clark</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.linkdiagnosis.com/"><strong>Link Diagnosis</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Search Volume for Multiple Keyword</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/keyword-search/"><strong>Search Volume for Multiple Keyword</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>ScriptLance</strong><br />
ScriptLance is a service that connects programmers with webmasters that need custom programming done for their websites. Much like an auction, programming projects are posted and interested programmers bid on them.<br />
<a href="http://www.scriptlance.com/"><strong>ScriptLance</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Google Cheat Sheet</strong><br />
The Google Cheat Sheet lists all Google services and tools.<br />
<a href="http://www.feedsforme.com/google/"><strong>Google Cheat Sheet </strong></a></p>
<p><strong>On the Fly HeatMap Generator</strong><br />
I use this tool often for landing page optimization and to communicate to clients why their site doesn&#8217;t convert.<br />
<a href="http://feng-gui.com/Default.aspx"><strong> FENG GUI</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Weblint 1.020 HTML Error Scan</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.sfsu.edu/training/weblint.html"><strong>Weblint Gateway</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Scrapped Web Content and DNS Tools</strong><br />
Blog post from my site detailing why using <strong>CopyScape</strong> helps find the content cheaters on the internet.<br />
<a href="http://www.annehaynes.com/68.html"><strong>Copy and DNS tools</strong></a></p>
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