I’ve been using Xenu’s link sleuth to do some website cleanup recently and wanted to make sure I was getting the most out of it. A little research resulted in several useful articles about how much more you can do with this tool than just check for broken links:
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Instant Placeholder Image Generator
The Dummy Image Generator makes it a snap to create placeholder images for use in a design or even to include when you’re building out HTML code but don’t have final assets. Read More
9 Free Tools to Analyze and Improve Your Website
Guest article by Eva Vesper of Web Hosting Search.
If you’re running a web site you need to know how it is doing, in particular how you’re performing against your competitors, and where you can improve.
Read MoreUseful Collection of Web Site Checklists
Came across this handy collection of checklists on all things related to developing a successful web site. Read More
Login Form Showcase: 65+ Examples of Login Form Design
After putting together a registration form design showcase, the logical next step was to do the same for login forms.
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A Better Way to Create Information Architectures, Wireframes and Prototypes
I’ve often wondered why there are no good tools for easily developing information architectures and producing wireframes. Visio tends to be the standard, although I regularly use PowerPoint due to its ubiquity. Read More
Online Charting Tool for RSS Feeds
If you use FeedBurner to deliver your RSS feed then you’ll want to check out Feed Analysis by BlogPerfume. Plug in your FeedBurner URL and Feed Analysis will spit out a variety of pretty charts of your site’s RSS activity.
Read MoreGet More Traffic: 18 Social Media Sites for Web Designers
Yes, it’s great to get your article on the front page of Digg’s design section — you get a huge traffic spike; hopefully your site stays up; you get a bunch of snarky comments — but it’s not exactly easy to do.
Read MoreReview of Wordze: a Keyword Research Tool
The following is a paid review. Please note: my time is being paid for but my opinions are my own.
Keyword research is an essential element of search engine optimization. Not surprisingly, there are many tools to help make this process easier and more effective, some free and some paid.