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• Links to Online Resources: Enom
  Network Solutions (Verisign)
  Register.com
  Dotster.com
  SpamCon.net (also supports their anti-spam efforts)

  Email Newsletters

  Ezine Director
  CoolerEmail
  SimplePost
  Ezine-Tips
  Constant Contact
  Lyris
  iMakeNews
  MailerMailer
  http://www.emaillabs.com
  http://www.skylist.net
  Vertical Response

  Future Trends

  Good Experience
  TrendSetters.com

  Graphic Design

  Lynda.com
  Getty Images
  Creatas
  Rubber Ball
  Photos.com
  Clipart.com
  squidfingers Patterns
  EasyRGB Color Harmonies
  FontDiner
  MyFonts.com
  Phil's Fonts
  Font Freak (free fonts)
  Bobby (Website accessibility)
  CSS Validator
  HTML Validator
  HTML TIDY (cleans up HTML)
  The Non-Designers Design Book
  Web Browser Width

  Graphic Design Templates

  http://www.layoutgalaxy.com
  http://www.templatemonster.com
  http://www.4templates.com
  http://www.designgalaxy.net
  http://www.boxedart.com
  http://www.thetemplatestore.com
  http://www.aplustemplates.com

  Marketing

  MarketingWonk
  MarketingProfs.com
  Marketing Sherpa
  ClickZ
  eMarketer Marketing Channel
  GrokDotCom
  Cyberatlas.com
  Marcia Yudkin's Recommended Resources Publicity & Marketing
  Marketing.About.com
  SearchEngineWatch.com
  High Rankings
  Search Engine Guide
  Google Monitor
  Overture
  PostcardMarketingSecrets.com
  SearchEngineBlog.com
  BBB Online 131 (Legitimate) Link Building Strategies

  Online Communities

  CommonCraft.com
  Forum Moderator's Guide To Life
  Online Community Report

  Online Payment

  2Checkout
  PaySystems
  MollyGuard
  DigiBuy
  PayPal
  ClickBank
  InstantSSL (low cost SSL certificates)
  GeoTrust (low cost SSL certificates)

  Online Surveys

  SurveyMonkey.com
  Votations
  Zoomerang
  Calculate Margin of Error

  Research

  Pew Internet Project
  U.S. Census Bureau
  Small Business Administration ECommerce Statistics
  eMarketer main site
  American Consumer Satisfaction Index
  Small Business and Web Sites (article)
  Small Business and Web Sites (links)
  Email Client Usage
  SilverPop (email newsletter research)
  Nua Surveys
  DoubleClick Email Survey (executive summary)

  Site Hosting

  DreamHost
  GearHost
  HostingMatters.com
  Jatol
  Linkstream.net
  PHPWebhosting.com
  Verve Hosting

  Spam

  Why Am I Getting All This Spam? (Research report)
  Email Address Encoder
  Hiveware Encoder Form
  Email Riddler (email address encryption)
  SpamLaws.com
  Google Group news.admin.net-abuse
  Spews.org
  SpamCon
  The History Of Spam
  Habeas (whitelist solution)
  Avoid Spam Filters (WordBiz article)
  Paul Graham
  SpamCheck: send your email newsletter to spamcheck-success5@sitesell.net with TEST (all caps) as first word of your subject line

  Software

  AWStats (website activity measurement)
  BlazeBoard (newsgroup)
  KompleteLite (CMS)
  Master Mailer Lite (email newsletter)
  miniBB (newsgroup)
  MojoMail (email newsletter)
  osCommerce Catalog Software
  PerlDesk (help desk)
  PerlBill (shopping cart, customer billing, help desk)
  phpBB (newsgroup)
  phpCollab (groupware)
  phpList (email newsletter)
  phpWebSite (CMS)
  Plone (CMS)
  Scoop (CMS)
  PowerList Plus (email newsletter)

  SourceForge.net
  CGI Resources Index
  HotScripts.com
  Tucows.com
  Download.com
  Open Source Directory

  Testing Browsers

  Browser Archive WebTV Developer Site
  Testing Your Sites For WebTV Browsers

  Usability

  UseIt.com
  User Interface Engineering
  The Seducible Moment (User Interface Engineering)
  Yale Style Manual
  Good Experience
  AdaptivePath Publications
  Usable Web

  Writing For The Web

  Bob Bly
  Contentious.com
  Be Succint! (from Useit.com)
  How Users Read On the Web (from Useit.com)
  Top 5 Tips on Writing Great Email Newsletters (from MarketingProfs.com)
  WordBiz.com
  eWriteOnline.com
  Nick Usborne
  Bartleby.com
  The Elements of Style

  Website Measurement

  FutureNow Customer Conversion Calculator
  eMetrics: Business Metrics for New Economy
  ClickLab
  ClickTracks
  Conversion Ruler
  EcommStats
  HitsLink
  IndexTools
  LIST SERV Maestro (email campaigns)
  LiveStats
  NetTracker
  SiteMeter

  Urchin
  WebStat
  WebTrendsLive

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  • Sites were excluded that require too much personal information from you.
  • Sites were excluded that offer only enough information to get you to buy their service but not enough to be useful.
  • Sites that bombard their visitors with pop-ups were also canned.

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  Domain Name Registration

  Enom
  Network Solutions (Verisign)
  Register.com
  Dotster.com
  SpamCon.net (also supports their anti-spam efforts)

  Email Newsletters

  Ezine Director
  CoolerEmail
  SimplePost
  Ezine-Tips
  Constant Contact
  Lyris
  iMakeNews
  MailerMailer
  http://www.emaillabs.com
  http://www.skylist.net
  Vertical Response

  Future Trends

  Good Experience
  TrendSetters.com

  Graphic Design

  Lynda.com
  Getty Images
  Creatas
  Rubber Ball
  Photos.com
  Clipart.com
  squidfingers Patterns
  EasyRGB Color Harmonies
  FontDiner
  MyFonts.com
  Phil's Fonts
  Font Freak (free fonts)
  Bobby (Website accessibility)
  CSS Validator
  HTML Validator
  HTML TIDY (cleans up HTML)
  The Non-Designers Design Book
  Web Browser Width

  Graphic Design Templates

  http://www.layoutgalaxy.com
  http://www.templatemonster.com
  http://www.4templates.com
  http://www.designgalaxy.net
  http://www.boxedart.com
  http://www.thetemplatestore.com
  http://www.aplustemplates.com

  Marketing

  MarketingWonk
  MarketingProfs.com
  Marketing Sherpa
  ClickZ
  eMarketer Marketing Channel
  GrokDotCom
  Cyberatlas.com
  Marcia Yudkin's Recommended Resources Publicity & Marketing
  Marketing.About.com
  SearchEngineWatch.com
  High Rankings
  Search Engine Guide
  Google Monitor
  Overture
  PostcardMarketingSecrets.com
  SearchEngineBlog.com
  BBB Online 131 (Legitimate) Link Building Strategies

  Online Communities

  CommonCraft.com
  Forum Moderator's Guide To Life
  Online Community Report

  Online Payment

  2Checkout
  PaySystems
  MollyGuard
  DigiBuy
  PayPal
  ClickBank
  InstantSSL (low cost SSL certificates)
  GeoTrust (low cost SSL certificates)

  Online Surveys

  SurveyMonkey.com
  Votations
  Zoomerang
  Calculate Margin of Error

  Research

  Pew Internet Project
  U.S. Census Bureau
  Small Business Administration ECommerce Statistics
  eMarketer main site
  American Consumer Satisfaction Index
  Small Business and Web Sites (article)
  Small Business and Web Sites (links)
  Email Client Usage
  SilverPop (email newsletter research)
  Nua Surveys
  DoubleClick Email Survey (executive summary)

  Site Hosting

  DreamHost
  GearHost
  HostingMatters.com
  Jatol
  Linkstream.net
  PHPWebhosting.com
  Verve Hosting

  Spam

  Why Am I Getting All This Spam? (Research report)
  Email Address Encoder
  Hiveware Encoder Form
  Email Riddler (email address encryption)
  SpamLaws.com
  Google Group news.admin.net-abuse
  Spews.org
  SpamCon
  The History Of Spam
  Habeas (whitelist solution)
  Avoid Spam Filters (WordBiz article)
  Paul Graham
  SpamCheck: send your email newsletter to spamcheck-success5@sitesell.net with TEST (all caps) as first word of your subject line

  Software

  AWStats (website activity measurement)
  BlazeBoard (newsgroup)
  KompleteLite (CMS)
  Master Mailer Lite (email newsletter)
  miniBB (newsgroup)
  MojoMail (email newsletter)
  osCommerce Catalog Software
  PerlDesk (help desk)
  PerlBill (shopping cart, customer billing, help desk)
  phpBB (newsgroup)
  phpCollab (groupware)
  phpList (email newsletter)
  phpWebSite (CMS)
  Plone (CMS)
  Scoop (CMS)
  PowerList Plus (email newsletter)

  SourceForge.net
  CGI Resources Index
  HotScripts.com
  Tucows.com
  Download.com
  Open Source Directory

  Testing Browsers

  Browser Archive WebTV Developer Site
  Testing Your Sites For WebTV Browsers

  Usability

  UseIt.com
  User Interface Engineering
  The Seducible Moment (User Interface Engineering)
  Yale Style Manual
  Good Experience
  AdaptivePath Publications
  Usable Web

  Writing For The Web

  Bob Bly
  Contentious.com
  Be Succint! (from Useit.com)
  How Users Read On the Web (from Useit.com)
  Top 5 Tips on Writing Great Email Newsletters (from MarketingProfs.com)
  WordBiz.com
  eWriteOnline.com
  Nick Usborne
  Bartleby.com
  The Elements of Style

  Website Measurement

  FutureNow Customer Conversion Calculator
  eMetrics: Business Metrics for New Economy
  ClickLab
  ClickTracks
  Conversion Ruler
  EcommStats
  HitsLink
  IndexTools
  LIST SERV Maestro (email campaigns)
  LiveStats
  NetTracker
  SiteMeter

  Urchin
  WebStat
  WebTrendsLive

  
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