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Keyword Search Tools

Keyword Discovery Discover the best keywords for your website and your PPC campaigns by searching this database of approx 32 billion searches collected from 180 search engines world wide in the last 12 months. There is also a paid version of this amazing keyword search tool that offers an extended database, related terms, spelling mistakes, industry jargon, seasonal search trends and other more advanced features.

Keyword Suggestion Tool This handy little tool will show you the results of your query from both Wordtracker and Overture. Enter a search phrase to see how often it is searched for and get suggestions for alternate (but similar) keywords.
You will find that results from Wordtracker and Overture differ greatly: Overture's data is based on more searches, so the values are going to be higher than Wordtracker's. This does not mean Wordtracker's data is less valuable (keep in mind that they are relative to each other). Also, Wordtracker differentiates between plural and singular forms (which Overture does not).

Google AdWords Keyword Tool Get ideas for new keywords. Enter one keyword or phrase and you will find

Good Keywords is a free Windows software for finding the best keywords for your web pages. Use it to find profitable products and ideas, analyse your competition and check the progress of your web marketing and advertising efforts to ensure the best return on your investments (ROI). The software contains several tools:

  • keyword suggestions
  • misspelled words
  • web page explorer
  • keyword phrase builder
  • site & link popularity meter
  • keyword organiser.

OneLook® Dictionary Search Do you need a definition, spelling or translation of a word or translation? This search engine indexes more than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries. The one-stop dictionary!
 

Domain Name Generators

Nameboy has a naming search that generates and looks up domain names. Enter a primary and secondary keyword and then tick if you want the domain name to rhyme or have a hyphen. Nameboy will generate a list of domain names listed under three categories: domain taken (you make an offer or backorder it), domain available (you purchase it) or availability unknown (you can check the availability). Amazing tool!

Domain Name Combination Checker Pick up to 5 words that describe your business, product or service. Type them into the form and click generate. The combinations of words will be placed with and without a hyphen, in all orders, and the registration status of the resulting domains will be tested.

Namebuddy Another combination checker. This time, pick 3 keywords and choose whether you want hyphens. The search engine generates a list of combination of those keywords with their availability status.
 

Miscellaneous tools
 

Random Generated Password Hackers attack weak passwords. Weak passwords such as "password" and "1234" are the most commonly used passwords and are the first attempts made by hackers. Hackers also employ automated systems and scripts that will attempt to guess your password thousands of times a minute. Don't let hackers access your private information, get yourself a strong password.

WayBack Machine Have you been looking forward to open a new or a bookmarked web page just to find out that "The Page cannot be found"? How frustrating this is!
The good news is that 40 billion web pages have been archived since 1996 and you can access those archives with the WayBack Machine
. And it's easy to use. Just enter the web address of a site or a page and the search results will display archived pages, if available.
Not all web pages are archived. But you may be lucky and find the one you are looking for!

Pixie Would you like to reproduce a colour found on another website? Simply point to the colour and Pixie, a colour spy, will tell you the RGB, hex, HTML, CMYK and HSV values of the colour. You can then use these values to reproduce the colour in your favorite programs (however, be careful not to infringe copyrights). A dream tool for creating your colour scheme. Free download.

Pixelshop Have you ever wondered how to create favicons, those miniature logos in front of URLs in the address and links bars, favorites and history menus? Read the article on Branding with favicons and create them with Pixelshop. Free trial.

Backup Outlook Express Creates a backup copy of email messages, attachments, address book, list of blocked senders, identities, accounts, message rules, and signatures. I used it to transfer the data from one computer to another. All the settings were left intact and it took only 10 minutes! If your Outlook Express crashes, the wizard would restore it from the backup file. Highly recommended. Free 30-day trial.

World Time Server Do you need to contact clients residing overseas or in a different time zone? World Time Server provides current local times of any world clock on the Internet and it also makes real time adjustments for Daylight Saving Time. No matter what time zone a country or city is located in, this site provides your best resource for determining any time, anywhere.

Weather Network Talking about the weather is a favourite topic worldwide. 'Will it rain?' 'It's cold today.' Demonstrate that distance is no longer an obstacle to do business. You'll impress your client by forecasting the weather at their end of the world. "Have a good weekend, you'll have fine weather for your barbecue." Just enter the name of a city to find out the weather.

Australian Postage Assessment Calculator Save time by calculating postage on the net. Australia Post provides a "Postage Assessment Calculator" to cost the postage of letters and parcels delivered within and outside Australia.

Freelance Switch Hourly Rate Calculator How much should you charge? Calculate your hourly rate based on your costs, number of billable hours and desired profit. But remember that your hourly rate should always take into account factors like market demand, industry standards, skill level and experience - things that unfortunately we can't put into a calculator!

Loan*Calculator! Plus™ includes seven easy-to-use calculators in 1 program.

  • Loan calculator
  • Compound/Simple Interest & Calendar Math calculator
  • Remaining Balance calculator
  • Accelerated Payment calculator
  • Balloon Payment calculator
  • Amortization Schedule (Basic)
  • Refinance Advisor

The program is easy to use. Just start it up, select a calculator and answer the questions by filling in the-blanks. Click on the [CALC] button and you'll have an instant answer to your question. The results from any calculator can be copied to the clipboard for inclusion in another program including email or printed to any printer. Additionally, you can run multiple instances of a calculator in order to make fast side-by-side comparisons.

They also included an easy uninstall option in the event that you try this program and decide that it is not to your liking. Loan*Calculator! Plus fully supports Windows Add/Remove program feature.

Loan*Calculator! Plus is FREE for personal use and runs on Windows 98, 98SE, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 as well as all versions of Windows XP and VISTA.

YouSendIt  Do you have problems sending or receiving large files? YouSendIt transfers easily and securely files up to 1 GB. Simply upload the file to the YouSendIt server via a simple web interface and they email the intended recipient telling them where to go online to download it. This online service could be useful when travelling. Send the files to your web email address and you have no data to carry on floppies, CDs or thumb drives.
You can also create a custom photo album of up to 12 photos.
Note that files are only stored for 7 days on the YouSendIt server.

bit.ly Shorten, share and track links.

plagium™ is an innovative, fast, and easy-to-use means to check text against possible plagiarism or possible sources of origination. Simply enter text that you would like to analyse into the text box and let Plagium do the rest of the work. You can also check the contents of an entered URL for its sources.

Copyscape provides a free plagiarism checker for finding copies of your web pages online.
 

Other tools (Not free but well worth it)

B.U.R.P.I.E.S. Sales Letter Generator. Read BURPIES review.

KeywordSpyPro A powerful Competitive Research tool to uncover your competitors' PPC and Organic campaign strategies, build a profitable list of keywords using your competitors' keywords, pinpoint exactly the profitable keyword and ad-copy combinations of your competitors without the hassle, and much more.

AWeber Do your email marketing yourself to be in control and save money. Read AWeber Review.

Download YouTube Videos Now you can finally download YouTube Videos to popular formats. Want to watch or listen to your favorite YouTube Videos when you don't have an internet connection? Video formats: MP3, AVI, WMV (Windows), 3GP (Cell Phones), MP4 (Ipod, PSP), MOV (Quicktime , MAC). Make your YouTube DVDs, watch them on your television or sell them.

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