March 13th, 2009 in cool links
- Some eCards – eCards for when you care enough to hit send. A fantastic collection of eCards that say it how it truly is.
- DZone – Fresh links for developers. It’s a “Digg” like website for coding and web development.
- 10 Things to Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMS – A major task like choosing a CMS is often skewed by sales pitches and lopsided marketing tactics from CMS companies. This is a great rundown on the basic principles of choosing a CMS.
- Open Source CMS – Try before you install. A nice little website that allows you to test out some basic open source CMS’s.
- What is your Google Analytics IQ? – Whoo-hoo! Google Analytics now offers an online course. $50 to take the test.
- CNBC Gives Financial Advice – Gotta watch this! This is one of the most viral web videos jumping across the web over the last couple of weeks. Jon Stewart tells it how it is.
- Xinu Returns – A site that tells you how socially connected your website is.
- Post Rank – Measure Audience Engagement.
- Clear and Effective Communication in Web Design – Thanks from Smashing Magazine on this one.
- Realtime Twitter Search Results on Google – I usually don’t recommend GreaseMonkey downloads but this is a huge exception. This download embeds Twitter search results into your Google search. Since Twitter has been argued to have the most up-to-date search results, this is a fantastic add-on.
- Check User Names – Finally ready to dive into social media (cough – Chuck)? Well you’re going to want to make sure you have a unique alias that you can build your own personal brand. Find out here.
- Idiot’s Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own Computer – I am a firm believer in that if you are a tech enthusiast, you should try to build your own computer at least once. Here’s a great place to start.
- Forrester is Wrong About Paying Bloggers – Forrester got attacked from all angles after posting an article about the benefits of paid blogging. The point of the attack was because they highlighted the benefits of paid blogging while not emphasizing the risks involved – example: websites can get blacklisted by Google. Read on…
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