IT Links and Resources This comprises of a list of links to resources found to be really informative, authoritative, useful, and/or fun. It also includes any link exchanges we have made, but all of them are vetted for quality and compatibility.
Add-Ons and GadgetsFor FirefoxProvided by the Squidoo Team and works with Firefox: 1.0 – 3.5.*
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2229e
 Business"The Financial Ombudsman Service provides accessible, fair and in dependant dispute resolution for consumers and financial service providers"
www.fos.org.au
Have you experienced Identity Theft, or are you afraid you will? Let us help you monitor your identity and the identities of you family through our proven system of informing and reminding you on all the items to check for.
http://www.safeguardid.com/
"The Internet's #1 Anti-PayPal Consumer Advocate Website!"
www.screw-paypal.com
Bit of a scam site as well coz they want you to buy their book or whatever. But it does have PayPal CONTACT INFO - which is a help because sooner or later, PayPal will give you the PayPal nightmares!!!Search Placement Pros has given 90% of their customers top 3 listings on Google for the search terms of their choice. Let them help you too.
http://www.searchplacementpros.com
Domains"Easier Way to find Website Information"
www.quarkbase.com
Good for checking up a company and/or site. Includes independent social/blog comments (e.g. whether it is a scam, etc.)DrupalDrupal Modules - Search, Rate, and Review Drupal Modules<
http://drupalmodules.com/
Have just done a quick browse only. It looks a Drupal user/lover's haven. Must Must have a good look (note t0 self)ForumsFun Forums, Useful Forums, or just Forums I use and like.Currently Reviewing ...Squidoo Forum
http://www.squidu.com/forum
GeneralComputerHow to Speed up Your Computer
Title: How to make a computer faster: 6 ways to speed up your PC
E-BooksFree E-Books for your Kindle
www.ereaderiq.com/free
Good fast way to find Free kindle booksE-cards"Send a FREE eCard"
dovercards.com/
with some good e-cards
dovercards.com/
 Favicons"first web tool for creating still and animated favicons from regular images"
www.htmlkit.com/services/favicon/
Free and comes with animated favicon as well!Fontsdafont.com
http://www.dafont.com
LanguageFree translator provided by Yahoo.
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
Tree translator from Google. Part of their language tools.
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
"..a list of slang terms, acronyms and abbreviations as used in websites, ICQ chat rooms, blogs, SMS, and Internet forums - a complete dictionary of slang"
www.internetslang.com/
TimeDo time zone conversions between two cities. This time zone calculator takes into account daylight saving time (DST), local time zone and accepts dates in past or future.
www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Useful especially for converting like (US) EST (Eastern Standard Time) to Australian time.Shows the world map with current times.
www.worldtimezone.com
Shows the world map with current times at each. Very HandyURL ShortenersA simple url shortener.
http://bit.ly/
This is better than TinyURL. It takes visitor straight from link to the intended destination page (TinyUrl brings visitor to their site and then they have to click again to get to intended destination). There is also a bookmarklet you can simply drag to your browser's link toolbar.Making long URLs usable!
http://tinyurl.com/
Even has gadget to put on your links toolbar so you can do this with one click.OTHERFree online ASCII art generator - LOTS of fonts & variation
http://patorjk.com/software/taag/
Cute little pics made from ASCIIhttp://www.pcslang.com/index.php/picture-ascii-text-art/cute-ascii-text-art.html?start=7
USEFUL: just fill in your text. Side swirls and decorations already in place
http://www.xatworld.com/nicks/decorarnickxat.html
FUN & USEFUL: upload your image to convert to ASCII art. Also have lots of other fun online Apps.http://www.glassgiant.com/ascii/
FUN & USEFUL: provide image URL to convert to ASCII art.
http://www.degraeve.com/img2txt.php
A detailed review of the camera
www.dpreview.com
OK. I know this link does not technically belong here but I find it immensely useful. So there.Download and save any video from YouTube,.....
http://takeyoutube.com/
This
is just FAB! You can save videos coz they do get taken down sometimes due
to copyright etc don't they. I love this!List Randomizer - from random.com
Great little tool for randomly sorting a list your enter (be it numbers, names, emails, etc. Easy way to pick a winner from a list) Google RelatedLots of handy fabulous gadgets for your Chrome browser. (Note: not just gadgets for Chrome - more!) Definitely must check out!
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home
News and Notes from the Google Docs and Sites team.
http://googledocs.blogspot.com/
AdsensePage displaying all different ad formats that Google offers for AdSense.
https://www.google.com/adsense/static/en_GB/AdFormats.html
Google's AdSense Help on creating alternate ads
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/static.py?page=alternateads.html
A deeper look at how to use channels effectively. Includes videos.
http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/11/deeper-look-at-channels-custom-channels.html
Very good.Google's Help page on Adsense
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en-uk&topic=13488
Google details it's AdSense Programme policies as well as specifying how many and what types of ads you can employ per page.
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=48182
A free online tool to verify that your Google Analytics (GA) Tracking Code is properly installed.
http://sitescanga.com/
Google's Help page on Channels
https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/topic.py?topic=152&sourceid=aso&subid=ww-ww-et-asui&medium=link
BloggerGoogle's Help page on Blogger
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/
Google SitesGoogle's Help page on Google Sites
http://www.google.com/support/pages/?hl=en
great place to get gadgets for Google Sites
https://sites.google.com/site/mori79/
from Steegle.com
http://www.steegle.com/websites/google-sites-howtos/seo-guide
Web ElementsGoogle Web Elements allow you to easily add your
favorite Google products to your website
http://www.google.com/webelements/#!/custom-search
Webmaster Toolsfrom geeks dest tech blog
Graphics and Images"Public Domain Pictures.net is a repository for free public domain images. You can download high quality photos or upload your own pictures. Raise money for charity, gain popularity and improve your photographic and graphic skills."Note: Not a lot of images http://publicdomainimages.net/ "Totally free public-domain images - Largest archive on the Internet with over 494,000 hi-res professional-grade royalty-free images, 100% public-domain and ok to use with Wikipedia" (~ Wikipedia ~)
http://totallyfreeimages.com/
List of sites with public domain images. Useful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources
Back to Topyyy
Informational SitesMixed"Monitoring the legal climate for Internet Activity"
chillingeffects.org
Useful FAQs on Copyright, DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), plagiarism, creative licenses, etc.Internet Marketing and Making Money Online. Topics cover Twitter, SEO, Marketing Principles
http://www.doshdosh.com/
Haven't read it fully but looks a very worthwhile site to visit for nuggets of good, sensible information.Creator of Squidoo, Seth Godin's blogs are quick and easy to read (and FUN), informative and a Must-See source. Tips on Squidoo, Marketing, SEO, and tactics.
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
I seldom say this but this is a Must-See Must-Read site.Specifics(product photography)
tabletopstudio.com/
Lots and lots of articles and help about Product Photography. Fantastic!IllustratorAdobe Illustrator Basic Tutorials Basics &
Tools
www.adobeillustratortutorials.com/index.php
It's
free and includes various levels of Tutorials"central resource for finding tools, services,
and innovations .."
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm
It's free stuff for Illustrator & PhotoshopOS CommerceGeneral page of all available osCommerce Community Contribution Addons
http://addons.oscommerce.com/
Official osCommerce Forum and support group where you can search for solutions from community members.
http://forums.oscommerce.com/
Photoshop"..online repository for other graphic artists, web designers, or 3D modelers..original texture photographs, texture packs, stock images, brush packs" for Free
http://www.texturemate.com/
Really worth a try.
Looks like all good stuff and it is for free. And go read the articles sometime. They look worthwhile as well.Publishing"
Scribd is the world’s largest social reading and publishing company. " for Free
http://www.scribd.com/
SEO/RSS/MARKETINGBest RSS directories, blog directories and article
submission services to submit your website.
http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
 Very
up-to-date and great site for a whole list of sites where you can submit your
blog's RSS feeds.Social Media Linksfacebook.com/apps/directory.php
List of apps available on FBdevelopers.facebook.com/plugins
Social Plugins developed by FacebookList of toolbars and gadgets for Firefox web browser.
smartypantssocialmedia.blogspot.com/
Not sure if it covers all social media avenues. Currently am interested in notes on FB. |
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