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Website Monitoring and Support Software

TweetThe other day, I pointed out a website monitoring service that I found, WatchMouse. I’ve since found these competitors:HyperSpin Pingdom Montastic ScoutAppHow would you use these services?... 
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Secrets of Testing Website Conversion Rate Optimization

Tweet“Over the past five years Dr Karl Blanks and Ben Jesson have generated tens of millions of dollars from web marketing, mostly for a small number of physical products businesses. Since getting... 
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The Webby Business Awards Finalists

TweetThe recently announced Webby Business Awards Finalists & Winners highlights good examples of how businesses use websites. Read the full story  Read More →

AWStats 5.9 Released

TweetThe new version includes PDF output in addition to minor bug fixes. AWStats is a free website activity analyzer that provides advanced statistics. Read the full story  Read More →

How to make your way through the blog

TweetHow to make your way through the blog is a field guide to different kinds of weblog. I especially like Barbie Blogs. This is a Linkage Blog. From Chicago Sun Times by way of TypePad, an upcoming service... 
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What’s important to measure on your website?

TweetWhat’s important to measure on your website?: “Websites are very measurable. However, reams of data can be time consuming and confusing. The knack is to know what is really important to... 
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Are Websites Over-rated? A $500 website and email strategy (Part 1)

TweetThree years after the internet boom, many businesses have not ventured past the brochure website phase. Even fewer use email to reach their customers and prospects. The question these companies face... 
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Netcraft Hosting Provider Performance Comparison

TweetNetcraft Hosting Provider Performance Comparison: “Buying a dedicated server or moving a site to a new network provider can be a stab in the dark in that it is often not easy to see the quality... 
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Analyzing Customer Data

TweetAnalyzing Customer Data: “If you want actionable intelligence, you’re going to have to work for it. And you’re going to have to pay for it. It’s more important than ever to... 
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Low cost high value webhosting possibilities

TweetThe Web Producers Organization discussion list this week turned up a few good candidates to consider for low cost, high value webhosting: GearHost.com, HostMySite.com, and JTLNet.com. GearHost and... 
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How to tell if your website is broken (and how to fix it)

TweetSee how many of these questions you can answer about your website:Where is your website hosted? What do you pay per month for webhosting? Can you change content on your website easily (within minutes)?... 
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How a Travel Site Raised Sales Conversions 30% With 26 Little Site Design Tweaks

TweetHow a Travel Site Raised Sales Conversions 30% With 26 Little Site Design Tweaks. The title says it all for this case study about plugging conversion leaks in one website. From MarketingSherpa. Read... 
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Netcraft Hosting Provider Server Count Available

TweetNetcraft Hosting Provider Server Count Available: “Netcraft has developed a technique for identifying the number of computers [rather than IP addresses] acting as web servers on the internet,... 
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Yahoo! GeoCities Pro: Bargain Basement Websites?

TweetGeoCities Pro looks like a good, bargain basement way to start a website from scratch. Then move your site if/when business picks up. It costs $15 to setup, $8.95 per month, and has basic features... 
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Protect your Webserver from Spam Harvesters

TweetProtect your Webserver from Spam Harvesters. I found this URL through Google while working through my log files. I found a browser reference called “EmailSiphon” in my log files and wondered... 
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Blogging Goes Corporate

TweetBlogging Goes Corporate: “A company’s decision whether or not to deploy Weblogs may hinge more on policy than on technical issues related to software deployment. More conservative companies... 
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Usability vs. Design (Mars vs. Venus)

TweetUsability vs. Design (Mars vs. Venus): “There is an unarticulated war currently raging among those who make web sites. Like the war between dark- and light-skinned blacks in Spike Lee’s... 
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How I eat my own dog food: Behind the scenes of this website.

TweetIf you don’t know, “eat your own dog food” is American slang for using a product you sell. In this case, if I tell you that businesses can use internet tools for no or low cost to... 
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The Lost Art of Conversation – Encouraging Contact Online

TweetThe Lost Art of Conversation – Encouraging Contact Online: “The Web industry is abuzz with topics such as cross-browser compatibility, usability, accessibility and the like, but are many... 
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Design Tip: How Visitors Rate Sites

TweetDesign Tip: How Visitors Rate Sites: “Even though visitors told researchers they looked at many different aspects of a Web site when deciding whether to trust its information, researchers were... 
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