Software

Keep up to date with what’s new in the web developer tool box. In a quest to make our job easier, here are some of the cool tools that can be found for webmasters.

ColorZilla

Posted on: Friday, February 26th, 2010 in: Graphic Design, Software

ColorZilla, a great little add-on for Firefox to help you get the hexadecimal color from a web page or image.

Reasons Why Validating HTML is Important to You

Posted on: Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 in: Code, Software, Usability & Design

In the next two posts I will list some real reasons why validating html will benefit the user, and how it will benefit YOU.

Test Document Readability

Posted on: Friday, February 12th, 2010 in: Sites Reviewed, Software, Usability & Design

Review of the Document Readability Test created by Online-Utility.org.

Show Me Your Gravatar

Posted on: Thursday, January 28th, 2010 in: Code, Software

The how and why to get a gravatar. The how to display them on your website or blog.

Free Meta Tag Analyzer

Posted on: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 in: Code, Software, Usability & Design

One of my favorite online tools I like to use is SEOCentro’s Meta Tag Analyzer, brief review.

WordPress PollDaddy Polls and Ratings

Posted on: Friday, January 22nd, 2010 in: Software

PollDaddy’s rating system for WordPress blog posts. Works great!

WordPress Security

Posted on: Friday, January 22nd, 2010 in: Software

Two great plugins to keep your WordPress blog secure, Firewall and SABRE.

Twitter Toolbar Version 1.11 Now Available

Posted on: Friday, January 15th, 2010 in: BWI, Software

New update for the Twitter Toolbar for Firefox.

Annotations on Google Analytics

Posted on: Thursday, January 14th, 2010 in: Analytics, BWI, Software

Google is now slowly releasing the Annotations feature for their analytics.

My Goal for 2010 is to Increase Goals

Posted on: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 in: Analytics, Code, Software

How and why, you should use Google Analytics Goal feature. It’s time to set some goals for the new year.

Are You Using Socialize on Feedburner?

Posted on: Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 in: Code, Software

Google’s Feedburner adds Socialize, a method to tweet your new RSS content.

Tweetmeme Doubling My Twitter Traffic

Posted on: Saturday, December 12th, 2009 in: BWI, Software

So far, My Twitter traffic has more than doubled since I added the Tweetmeme plugin on my blog.

Feed Compare – Compare Your Feedburner Numbers

Posted on: Friday, December 4th, 2009 in: Analytics, Software

Feed Compare plots graphs comparing Feedburner accounts. They don’t even have to be your account.

Twitter Tweet Retweet Button – Time to Give it Try

Posted on: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 in: BWI, Software, Usability & Design

I just added TweetMeme’s Tweet Retweet button. I think it could be a great plugin, and it helps virally market your post.

Webmaster Tools Site Performance – A New Cool Tool

Posted on: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 in: Analytics, Software, Usability & Design

Google’s Webmaster Tools unleashed Site Performance, found under Labs, to help you improve you websites load time.

Six Custom Advanced Segments I Like to Use with Google Analytics

Posted on: Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 in: Analytics, Software

Six Custom Advanced Segments I Like to Use with Google Analytics, the minus Stumbleupon traffic one is my favorite.

Google Webmaster Tools Now Has Keyword Significance

Posted on: Saturday, November 14th, 2009 in: Software

Google Webmaster Tools now has a Keyword Significance list

How Green are Your Affiliations and What Does It Reflect

Posted on: Monday, November 2nd, 2009 in: BWI, Sites Reviewed, Software

McAfee SiteAdvisor offers a unique perspective of websites based on what green sites they link to.

Manage Intelligence Alerts with Google Analytics

Posted on: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 in: Analytics, Software

Manage Intelligence Alerts with Google Analytics

How to Use Google Analytics to Track Your Email Campaigns

Posted on: Monday, October 26th, 2009 in: Analytics, Software

Tip on how to use advanced segments to track your email campaigns. Includes links to Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Mail segments.