Every day on Twitter (@DotSauce), I share links to articles, resources and apps of interest to web professionals. This month I have categorized links as domaining, small business, startups & entrepreneurship, social networking, web development, design, and WordPress.

These links were selected from June 12th to July 12th 2010.

Domain Names

Mahalo uses keyword domains to drive traffic http://bit.ly/aLs5L3

Worldwide domain registrations double over past 4 years http://bit.ly/b9BXVh

How To Automate End User Domain Sales Marketing http://bit.ly/aUqqv8

Domain Name Dispute and Arbitration Resources http://bit.ly/cSKSdo

Right Brain Domaining http://bit.ly/dlEb0Q

Job.com: 50% Of Visitors Come From Direct Navigation http://bit.ly/cximY3

How Domaining is Like Collecting Baseball Cards http://bit.ly/caKm1h

Premium TLDs: Not All Extensions Created Equal http://DotSauce.com/3753

Small Business

Self hosted options voted best to set up shop online http://bit.ly/d0B7W4

A look at the freemium business model http://bit.ly/aeONDQ

How The World Spends Time Online http://bit.ly/cGT6hH

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss http://bit.ly/bT4Vnf

How to Bootstrap a Business http://bit.ly/a2dEca

9 Expert SEO Tips for Small Businesses http://bit.ly/cghbdY

Everything I learned in business came from 3 charts http://bit.ly/akZOYv

Startups & Entrepreneurship

76 Powerful Thoughts from Paul Graham http://bit.ly/9IX3dU

Everything You Need To Know About Startup Ecosystem http://bit.ly/aPzV9w

How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen http://bit.ly/atnHXg

10 Tips for Startups on Naming Your Company http://bit.ly/bqFL62

Competition Is Overrated http://bit.ly/d6Ufv0

Why many successful entrepreneurs came out of PayPal http://bit.ly/dlW2Lz

BBC Special: Start-Up Stories http://bit.ly/bBho96

Social Networking

15 Awesome Social Media Infographics http://bit.ly/ap5KNk

Twitter T.CO Domain As Official Link Shortener http://bit.ly/d9wkdb

How Much Is a Facebook Fan Really Worth? http://bit.ly/ba6em0

Measure Social Media and Its Impact on Your Brand http://bit.ly/bel6H4

Is Social a Source for B2B Leads? http://bit.ly/bF9oXv

Jive Software Wants to Be Facebook for the Enterprise http://bit.ly/d55Yw4

Pick&Zip – Download All Your Photos from Facebook http://bit.ly/cPLyyH

MySpace will attempt a comeback later this year http://bit.ly/9nvyIy

2/3 of Web Users to Visit Social Networks by 2014 http://bit.ly/bkx8xT

6 Social Media Mistakes And How to Fix Them http://bit.ly/af12fc

Web Design

Get a head start: Designing Websites for Google TV http://bit.ly/9g44sd

Fancy Sliding Form with jQuery http://bit.ly/ctk3Ak

10 Beautiful Minimalist Icon Sets http://bit.ly/9PdbSV

Will LESS Make CSS Obsolete? http://bit.ly/aqCX7V

50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers http://bit.ly/cfugo9

Web Development

Information Architecture: Enhancing User Experience http://bit.ly/cjUSml

Spice Up Your Website With jQuery Goodness http://bit.ly/ds5Ik6

30 Pro jQuery Tips, Tricks and Strategies http://bit.ly/9iy88e

Firefox Reveals Websites’ Best Friend and Worst Enemy http://bit.ly/92yf6q

The Right Keyword Analysis For Your Website http://bit.ly/9qI2o4

The Right Keyword Analysis For Your Website (Part-2) http://bit.ly/93y0fw

The State of HTML5 Apps http://bit.ly/bxDaAt

29 Worst Practices: SEO Checklist http://selnd.com/c66S5S

Beginner’s Guide to SEO from SEOmoz http://bit.ly/cpLPaH

Collection of website user experience misconceptions http://bit.ly/aeAwre

The 10 HTML Tags Beginners Aren’t Using http://bit.ly/dwLbSi

HTML5 Rocks!: A resource for web developers by Google http://bit.ly/aKgViR

Link Building With The Experts http://bit.ly/cam58E

WordPress

WordPress Plugin – Ozh Drop Down Admin Menu http://bit.ly/bkLyhD

WP 3.0 Easy Post Types Plugin http://bit.ly/9MGtCd

WordPress Plugin – Compresses  files – WP Minify http://bit.ly/aS7TEB

The Ultimate WordPress Shopping/Ecommerce Toolbox http://bit.ly/cuL8yb

Essential Plugins for WordPress 3.0 http://bit.ly/bQGDNg

Build Your Own Website Network  With WordPress 3.0 http://bit.ly/cNPpVR

10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks http://bit.ly/akY5PB

Email Commenters WordPress Plugin http://bit.ly/9uSHau

WP Facebook Plugin http://bit.ly/boKJJe

Top 15 Premium WordPress Plugins http://bit.ly/9IwgWz

Random & Useful

Best Chrome Addons for Power Blogging http://bit.ly/crj42ab

Google Chrome Gets Extension Sync http://bit.ly/a0iCMT

Encrypt the web – HTTPS Everywhere for Firefox http://bit.ly/9glXUe

Everything you need to know about the internet http://bit.ly/cm0zsV

Bounce – Fun, easy way to share ideas on a website http://bit.ly/aLVGZq

67 trendy innovations – Innovation Insanity: http://bit.ly/9felnf

How People Are Using the iPad http://bit.ly/df5aY5

I hope you found a lot of these resources useful.

Be sure to follow me on Twitter for all the latest updates. You may also want to bookmark this post for quick access and feel free to share these resources with your social following.

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In this article, I am going to detail a technique for automating tedious aspects of marketing your domain names to potential end users. While this method does not fully-automate the entire process, it does significantly speed things up.

We will be using a simple browser tool and a cool new web application, but will leave the most important tasks to your experienced eye.

Round up your good keyword domains, set some reasonable prices (show a little empathy) and get ready to make some sales.

1. Search Google for your domain’s keywords and other highly relevant keywords

The most ideal potential end users will come from using your exact match keywords. Take the keywords from your domain and search for them using quotations.

To use the domain I’m marketing now as an example, for GrowLettuce,com I searched for the phrases “grow lettuce”, how to grow lettuce and grow lettuce indoors.

2. Take note of the results and paid advertisers and select the best potential leads

You will want to avoid some corporations and informational portals like Wikipedia in preference of individuals or businesses. Scan for individuals with an inferior domain on the same topic and businesses that sell products and services related to your domain.

Don’t stop on page 1. The people who need your domain the most will likely be found deeper within search results.

3. Open each lead in your browser and use the DomainTools bookmarklet

This simple tool gives you 1-click access to a site owner’s contact information. Simply drag the link to your browser toolbar in a convientent location and click it while  viewing a potential lead’s website.

Bookmarklet: DomainTools (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)

You can find this and other useful browser bookmarklets here on DotSauce.

4. Create an account with Tout, a new email marketing app

I’ve was recently introduced to the Tout app and have really enjoyed my experience with it so far. Tout allows you to create email templates for any messages you would like to send out.

Here is a quick video demonstration showing what Tout can do:

When you’re ready to start sending out emails, click “Pitch” and enter the recipients name and email address.

Tout Premium services enable you to track the performance of your templates by logging email open rates and click through data.

5. Setup a unique email template for each domain sale

I initially created a generic template for all domain sales, but found that composing a new template for each domain would yield the best results. Take a moment to customize the message, include your domains’ keywords and the domain itself.

Here is an example of a template I have setup for a domain:

I would love to get your thoughts on this technique. If you have any suggestions for automating domain sales marketing, improving this method, or if you try it out yourself please let me know by leaving a comment below.

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Many have questioned the accuracy of Compete and Alexa traffic rankings. Could social engagement data soon be viewed as more relevant metrics?

PostRank came on the scene in 2007 with a goal in mind of helping people find the best blogs by topic and to help publishers measure their influence and reach.

Today, PostRank is monitoring and tracking social engagement across all domain names in real-time. Data is gathered on where and when someone shares a post on any number of social networks or makes a comment on-site.

The PostRank Labs team are working on (among other things) a tool that will look very familiar to many of you.

We all love website comparison charts, but this is not simply an estimation of website traffic like you’re thinking.

See this PostRank Labs demonstration for a quick preview of the data.

I was surprised at the differences between on and off-site engagement when comparing websites and how that percentage affects the engagement points total.

PostRank Domain Industry Rankings

I have setup a “Domains” tag on PostRank and added a number of publications. Unfortunately, some blog feeds were not able to be discovered by PostRank. Feel free to add additional feeds if they are relevant.

Clicking a title will show individual posts and enable you to find those with the best social engagement performance.

Social Data, Coming Soon to an App Near You

The PostRank Data Services toolkit for developers has just been updated with a Domain Activity API. Developers may use the APIs to incorporate PostRank, FeedRank and Domain Activity metrics into their own applications.

If you’re a programmer, the PostRank APIs may provide a unique opportunity to develop applications or services related to social engagement. I have a few ideas for using the real-time domain activity analytics, please get in touch with me if you would like to hear them.

I have a feeling we will start to see specific metrics such as provided by PostRank become more prevalent and useful.

Keeping tabs on your PostRank domain activity can help you get motivated to start actively promoting your content on social networks. Find out what works and potentially discover new ways to engage your readers and keep them coming back for more.

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Every day on Twitter (@DotSauce), I share links to articles, resources and apps of interest to web professionals. Topics include the domain name industry, small business, startups & entrepreneurship, marketing, web development, design, WordPress and social networking.

All of these links were selected from the beginning of this month, May 2010 to present. The next round up will hopefully be weekly. As you can see below, just two weeks time can represent a substantial amount of links!

Domain Names

Big Companies Find Value in Keyword Domains – http://bit.ly/d7TOBJ

Interview with GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons – http://bit.ly/acjJmT

12 Browser Bookmarklets for Domain & SEO Research – http://bit.ly/cQKiT8

Historic day as first non-latin web addresses go live – http://bit.ly/9v6UJC

Frank Schilling Responds to CircleID Editorial – http://bit.ly/bOnpzV

.TEL Domains May Newsletter – http://bit.ly/bFU8dg

Startups & Entrepreneurship

The Top 10 Cities for Startups – http://bit.ly/9u2Wrg

Build a Business, Not Just a Client List – http://bit.ly/dho6Ni

Entrepreneurs Find New Way to Grow – http://bit.ly/cLsrLy

When Entrepreneurs Should Ignore Advice –  http://bit.ly/9LhqBr

Lean Startup Methodology Lessons Learned –  http://bit.ly/c6vCFe

Small Business

Square Brings Credit Card Swiping to the Mobile Masses – http://bit.ly/cIZhy1

Twitter to Launch Twitter Business Center – http://bit.ly/bQZfHc

How to Use Social Networking Sites to Drive Business – http://bit.ly/bXsEur

Marketing

The Future of Email Marketing – http://bit.ly/bWt4br

Why is Business Writing So Awful? – http://bit.ly/9yHfuk

21 Tips for Using Twitter and Facebook for Business – http://bit.ly/asKrPk

“Authentic” Is Dead – http://bit.ly/9GZzbk

Social Networking

Evaluate your Facebook fan page with Vitrue – http://bit.ly/d64QvB

Twitter Is About News, Not Social Media – http://bit.ly/b6JQiQ

Who’s Using Twitter in the US? – http://bit.ly/dhx22Y

5 Ways Facebook Will Impact E-commerce – http://bit.ly/drOTFZ

What’s influence on Twitter? – http://bit.ly/awY2j0

Microsoft beta testing social aggregator – http://bit.ly/97QsRy

Web Development

The iPad Web Design & Development Toolbox – http://bit.ly/dCtZyU

Five Best Personal Landing Pages – http://bit.ly/bHJZts

HTML5 Unleashed: Tips, Tricks and Techniques – http://bit.ly/a5KErP

32 Google Chrome Extensions for Web Developers – http://bit.ly/brWqma

Rapid Wireframe Sketching in Google Docs – http://bit.ly/9gsIL6

jQuery Tools 1.2 – http://bit.ly/bhdX8W

18 Do’s and Don’ts Of Usability On The Web – http://bit.ly/b8cOXK

Web Design

Designers & developers join forces at Mojo Themes – http://bit.ly/bxTyUL

25 Photo Effects and Techniques with Photoshop – http://bit.ly/bjU2B9

Premium WordPress Themes from PliablePress – http://DotSauce.com/3434

Rapid Wireframe Sketching in Google Docs – http://bit.ly/9gsIL6

WordPress

Premium WordPress Themes from PliablePress – http://DotSauce.com/3434

WordPress Plugins for Google Junkies – http://bit.ly/a5GDL1

WordPress 3.0: Most Important New Features – http://bit.ly/bZJAFy

Top 45 WordPress Plugins for the Admin Area – http://bit.ly/9C52ON

WordPress Plugin: Custom Facebook “Like” Button – http://bit.ly/a0ejmE

Google News: Bringing Living Stories to WordPress – http://bit.ly/99Nqo6

Ultimate Guide to WordPress Hacks & Customizations – http://bit.ly/8XGd6Q

WordPress documentation enhanced with live search – http://bit.ly/bTpsoP

Random & Fun

8 Websites You Need to Stop Building – http://bit.ly/bCJibV

Worlds first artwork made by Twitter users – http://donttellashton.com

Apps

Evaluate your Facebook fan page with Vitrue – http://bit.ly/d64QvB

Introducing Scribd in HTML5 – http://bit.ly/93JXFl

Embedly converts links to rich media – http://bit.ly/anOura

Microsoft beta testing social aggregator – http://bit.ly/97QsRy

Other

Mind Mapping: Overview, Benefits, Tips and Tools – http://bit.ly/aTvHa1

Are Your Web Browser Plugins Safe? Scan them – http://bit.ly/bJWUSi

If you enjoyed these articles and resources, please let me know!

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A bookmarklet looks and works just like a normal browser bookmark, but contains simple JavaScript code to perform a unique task. Bookmarklets put some amazing tools and resources right at your fingertips and save you time.

In this article the bookmarklets may appear like regular hyperlinks, but you will need to drag and drop these links to your browser toolbar or save them as bookmarks for them to function.

Consider creating a folder to drag them to if you plan on using many.

Domain Name Bookmarklets

These bookmarklets, when clicked, will provide you quick access to important information about the current website you are browsing.

Bookmarklet: DomainTools (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Redirects to WHOIS lookup for the registrant of the domain you are currently browsing. This includes such information as name, address, email and phone.

Bookmarklet: Alexa Info (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Redirects to Alexa traffic rankings and data on current website. Provides a glimpse into the popularity of a website.

Bookmarklet: Compete Info (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Redirects to Compete report; another popular traffic rankings provider.

Bookmarklet: Archive.org History (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Directs you to the complete archived history of any domain dating as far back as 1996.

Bookmarklet: Estibot Appraisal (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Loads an automated appraisal report on current domain. Estibot reports consider the keywords within a domain name and analyze many factors to produce a valuation along with other interesting data.

Bookmarklet: Delicious Saves (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Searches Delicious bookmarks history for any saves from the current website.

Bookmarklet: BackTweets (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Scans the current website for any mentions on Twitter. Automatically detects shortened URLs as well.

SEO Bookmarklets

These bookmarklets will help you quickly analyze and research key factors effecting search engine ranking performance.

Bookmarklet: Show NoFollow (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Highlights all links on a page designated as NoFollow.

Bookmarklet: SEOSiteCheckup (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Directs to a very comprehensive SEO and page performance report by SEOSiteCheckup.

Bookmarklet: SEOMoz Linkscape (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Directs to SEOMoz linkscape report for information on links to current domain and mozRank.

Bookmarklet: TouchGraph (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Launches the TouchGraph visual Google browser to explore related sites and see how they connect. Requires JAVA.

Bookmarklet: Pingdom Test (Drag & Drop link to your toolbar)
Description: Performs a live website loading time test. Watch as Pingdom loads each element of the page and find out how it performs.

I hope you enjoy and make good use of these domain name and SEO bookmarklets! While you’re at it, be sure to drag DotSauce Magazine into your browser bookmarks as well!

Please leave a comment if you have any suggestions for another tool or service that could use a bookmarklet and I will consider adding it to the list.

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SEOMoz just launched an overhauled SEOMoz Toolbar for Firefox featuring new page and domain authority metrics that display live as you browse.

These metrics help determine the search ranking strength of any page and can be used to get an idea of the value and authority of a website.

Several other new features are proving to be very useful to have in such a convenient location in your browser.

When visiting a site you can click the Analyze Page button to open an overlayed report featuring a plethora of information and data related to link structure, page load time, meta data and other on page elements organized neatly.

Also included is an option to export this data as a spreadsheet file.

Highlights of the new SEOMoz Toolbar include:

• Comprehensive page analysis overlay
• Ability to disable JavaScript
• Show NoFollows button highlights all links tagged NoFollow
• Smart links to full suite of SEOMoz tools and other important SEO data

Each of the links found within the Tools drop down menu are uniquely coded like browser bookmarklets to direct you to results pages without having to do any typing.

• Domain Authority and Page Authority metrics displayed on Google, Bing, Yahoo search results

That’s right, when you do a search on Google, Yahoo or Bing after having installed the SEOMoz Toolbar, you will see unique page and domain authority rankings for all of the individual search results.

All the features mentioned here are included with the free SEOMoz Toolbar. I recommend you try it out now, it only takes a few seconds to install and is sure to save you lots of time.

SEOMoz Pro members enjoy the added benefit of viewing the number of links coming in from root domains as well as much more valuable data found within the full suite of SEOMoz’s Linkscape professional SEO tools.

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DotSauce News launched quietly awhile back as a sister site that would provide free exposure to quality domain news and articles. I sent out several private invitations to give it a try and received quite a bit of positive feedback.

The site features a stream of the latest domain industry articles on it’s “Recent” tab and the main page features news and articles which have received votes up, giving the most popular links a time to shine.

Exposure Across DotSauce.com

If you look in the sidebar here on DotSauce (to your right and down a bit) you will see the Industry News widget. This widget features a list of the most popular links from DotSauce News. These links generally stick around for awhile as only links which receive up votes make the popular list.

I would like to encourage domain bloggers to submit their own posts and non-blogging domainers to submit and vote on their favorite domain name related news and articles as well.

Registration is very simple and allows you to submit links, vote and even comment.

Lightning Fast Submissions

Once you have claimed your username, you can drag the bookmarklet link shown below to your browser toolbar or bookmarks folder to be able to submit any URL with 1-click.

Bonus Promotion Through Email and Twitter

I have started to publish a weekly updates email newsletter which recaps the latest articles from DotSauce Magazine. You can subscribe at the top right of this page if you’re interested.

The weekly newsletter is sent out to many hundreds of subscribers. I would like the best articles on DotSauce News to get more free exposure within this newsletter. If a news piece or editorial receives a handful of up votes, I will include a link to it within the newsletter.

I will also share link submissions that receive several votes with my 13,000+ followers on Twitter.

Thank you in advance for registering with DotSauce News and giving it a try. Please leave a comment with any questions or suggestions.

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Innovative multimedia company, Tynt is working behind the scenes on over 400,000 sites including many well known media and news publications. Their service extends to over 200 million web users.

Tynt Insight technology is being used to track content sharing via copy & paste actions in a user’s browser. According to the company, an average of 6% of page views on the web result in some kind of user action that can be tracked by their technology.

In a recent rebuttal towards TechCrunch’s claim that 45% of all social sharing is done on Facebook, Tynt has shown clearly that this is not the case.

Email deserves the top spot for overall shares at 75%, Facebook accounts for 25%, blogs and forums (labeled “Other”) still account for a significant number of shares while Twitter is still growing with 1% of the social sharing action.

Tynt went on to provide a different and all-together more interesting break down of social sharing by showing how shares are performing in the chart above. Apparently Tynt Insight is tracking more than just copy/paste actions. This is valuable and definitely insightful click-through data!

Here are highlights I’ve observed containing some very interesting data revealed by Tynt:

• There are an estimated 1 trillion to 1.4 trillion page views on the web each month.
• Slightly over 2% of all page views result in sharing via copy & paste actions, totaling 20 billion shares per month.
• Sharing via built in share buttons (Digg this, Tweet this) account for only 400 million shares per month.
• Email is used for 70% of all social sharing and accounts for 48% of new site traffic.
• Blogs, forums and other mediums generate 36% of new site traffic despite accounting for only 4% of total shares.
• While 25% of all sharing is done on Facebook it only generates 10% of new site traffic.
• Digg generates 5% of new site traffic despite accounting for less than 1% of total shares.

What can we do to improve user experience and cater to the kind 2% of visitors who choose to share our content?

Website publications and blogs could definitely use more accessibility and unity with email sharing. We put an emphasis on social sharing and tend to leave email as a fall-back option when in fact it is being used the most.

Adding a prominent notice or automated form to share via email may do the trick and help tap into the prevalence of email sharing.

I’m sure improvements and new applications, website widgets, and browser addons for both email and social network sharing will be coming soon throughout 2010.

Tynt’s Insight software will automatically include a link back to the source page when text is copied from a website. I’m still a little dumbfounded that they are tracking copy and paste data, why didn’t someone think of this sooner?

I’m interested to see what content is being copied from my sites, how often, and how I can use that information to generate more site traffic. If this sounds good to you as well, check out Tynt Insight‘s free service and leave a comment below with your thoughts.

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I’m sure you’ve come across some of the following resources before, at least I hope, because I’ve selected some of the very best publications catering to online business entrepreneurs.

These websites are some of my favorite destinations where I try to consume as much relevant information as I can. I hope you find time to check them out, subscribe or follow on Twitter because it is definitely worth it!

1. Hacker News

A social news sharing community hub that was started by the popular venture capitol firm YCombinator. There is always fresh online business news to be found with a heavy sampling of programming and technological innovations. (Twitter: @HackerNews)

2. Inc. Magazine

Inc. Magazine provides inspiring and educational articles on small business, marketing, social media, branding and much more. They have some of the best interviews with successful entrepreneurs. My favorite interview is with WordPress founder, Matt Mullenweg who shares how he works from home. (Twitter: @INCMagazine)

3. Mixergy

Like Inc. Magazine, Mixergy also provides phenomenal interviews, but this wildly popular blog has taken it a step further with countless live video sessions with successful online entrepreneurs. Tune in to learn from business experts like Seth Godin, Timothy Ferris, and Gary Vaynerchuk as well as some less-known upstarts that made it big. (Twitter: @Mixergy)

4. AdvertisingAge

AdAge, as it is commonly referred to, is an industry leading online marketing publication. Comprehensive coverage and in-depth articles for big and small business marketing, branding and what is to come in the new age of social media. (Twitter: @AdAge)

5. eConsultancy

This blog is one of my favorite publications because they provide a selection of articles on subjects ranging from website management, SEO and marketing to usability and social media. eConsultancy is always looking out for what’s on the horizon for online business. (Twitter: @eConsultancy)

6. eMarketer

eMarketer provides profoundly insightful articles because they do some serious research, gathering data from thousands of sources. eMarketer analysis of media usage by the public and internet marketing trends is definitely a must follow. (Twitter: @eMarketer)

7. Social Media Examiner

As you might guess, Social Media Examiner is all about Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin success. This popular blog has become a phenomenal resource containing articles on optimizing your marketing and brand building efforts across these networks. (Twitter: @smexaminer)

If for some crazy reason you want more (I know you do!), please follow me on Twitter @DotSauce where I’m often found sharing resources related to small business, marketing, social media, web development and domain names.

I hope you found these resources for online entrepreneurs useful. Consider passing this article on to a friend to share the knowledge!

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Everybody loves a good freebie! I’ve rounded up some of my favorite places to find quality graphics, code and other useful tools and services here. Dive in and get your download fix.

1. Delicious.com Tag: free

If you’ve been using Delicious bookmark service for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed the community is a bunch of geeks! This makes for some fresh design, software and web service freebies almost daily.

2. DevSnippets Free Code & More

Packed with great resource articles and lots of juicy code snippets for bloggers and developers of all experience levels.

3. WebDesignLedger Freebies

WDL provides extensive resource articles, graphic freebies and design goodies.

4. Smashing Magazine Freebies

A crowd favorite for great freebies ranging from WordPress themes, Icons, Wallpapers and more.

5. BittBox Freebies

This great blog has been offering up free graphics for quite awhile and has amassed one of the largest collections of design freebies ever! Textures, fonts, vectors and more.

6. Envato Network Blogs

Oh, how I love ThemeForest and the rest of the Envato marketplaces. They generously offer up one file from each marketplace each month, so stay tuned for the newest freebies.

7. Noupe Design Freebies

Yet another awesome blog featuring regularly updated graphic design freebies.

8. Tutorial9 Freebies & Resources

Top quality design resources, tutorials and icon sets and some code to boot! You’ll need to subscribe to the newsletter for some exclusive downloads.

9. SEOMoz Free SEO Tools

Some of the most innovative and advanced search optimization tools available are found right here. Alot of SEOMoz tools are free to try and can provide some juicy data on your website.

10. BoagWorld: Free Software for Web Designers

Fresh article points out some quality free alternatives to pricey software designers need.

11. TUTS Plus Free Tutorials

TUTS+ is the leader in quality tutorials for web professionals. They have a huge archive of coding, design, audio, flash, and web development tutorials. I’m a member myself (well worth the $9/month) and love the source files and accompanying video tutorials.

12. Lifehacker Tag: #free

This wildly popular blog often shares free software and resources to keep your PC in tip top shape.

Know of any more great places for web design or development freebies? Please share your favorites in the comments area below.

If you found these freebie locations helpful, definitely bookmark them and consider passing this article on to your network!

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Usabilla, a usability testing startup, launched earlier this month and congratulations are in order, as they have already been featured on Mashable.

While there are many popular and effective services for getting feedback about your website or application, Usabilla is bringing powerful tools like heat mapping data display and an innovative test interface to the masses.

As expected, the Usabilla member dashboard is extremely easy to use and building a usability test for your webpage is done in minutes.

Here is a quick video introduction showing Usabilla in action.

Usabilla works by displaying an image of your webpage to a participant who is asked to perform a task or answer a question about the page they are viewing.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to ask your website visitors questions like these?

• What things draw your attention the most?
• Which images are most appealing?
• What elements of the page do you like?
• What things would you remove from the page?
• What things need improvement?
• Where do you click to purchase?
• Where do you click for contact info?
• Where would you click next?

Now you can get valuable feedback from these questions and more.  Participants respond to tasks by tagging or clicking areas of the page and can additionally leave comments.

Once all of the data is collected, you can analyze a test through various methods including a visual heat map (shown below), or you can select a specific element of a page to view corresponding results.

You can use Usabilla on up to 5 pages and share the test with up to 25 participants for free. For those with the need to reach more participants and test more pages, there are Usabilla plans from $50 a year.

While reviewing Usabilla, I did notice that flash objects do not show up in their generated screenshots, so you may want to look into uploading a pixel perfect screenshot of your own to get the best test results. I recommend FireShot for Firefox, it can capture an entire page beyond the page fold.

I would love to hear if you give Usabilla a try and how the results work out for you. Please leave a comment below with your thoughts.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

I have been enthusiastically beta testing the Wibiya toolbar here on DotSauce for several months.  I’m happy to inform you that registration is now open to any blogger interested in having their own Wibiya toolbar.

The red toolbar you’re seeing at the bottom of the screen now, that’s Wibiya in action. Now loading faster and featuring a handful of new “apps” that can be easily added through a slick user dashboard.

You may have noticed the subtle, yet effective notification messages when visiting DotSauce previously (shown right, currently disabled) which I think is one of the best features of Wibiya toolbar. It provides an unobtrusive way to notify visitors to take action.

Admin Dashboard Features

I could go on at length about the many neat features of Wibiya, but I will spare you the time and just list them here.

• Change color scheme
• Drag and drop interface to arrange each item on toolbar
• Dashboard statistics showing visitor usage
• Suite of add-on applications

On-site Buttons Interact with Toolbar

New “website badges” (which I haven’t tried yet, but look very promising) enable you to place code on your site which interacts with your Wibiya toolbar. So, for example, you could place a “Tweet This” badge which launches your Twitter dashboard.

Excellent Suite of Applications

Who doesn’t love apps? Hopefully more innovative and useful apps will be able to be created by third partys. Here is a quick list of the apps currently available for Wibiya.

• Site Search
• Google Translate
• Latest Posts
• Random Posts
• RSS Subscribe
• Post Sharing Tool
• Live Notifications
• Photo Gallery
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Facebook
• Navigation Links
• Live chat room
• Real time visitors display
• Scroll to Top
• Flash Games

All of those applications translate to alot of value for your website! Here is an older screenshot of my statistics (the stats display has since been enhanced), just to show you how Wibiya is working for me.

Wibiya Works

I believe Wibiya is doing a phenomenal job reducing bounce rates, increasing on-site and social interactivity between a blog / website owner and their audience.

Not only has Wibiya developed the right applications for the job, but they are executing the applications themselves very effectively, reaching out to other companies to bundle features, providing community support and continually innovating!

All that being said, I’m sure you can guess that I highly recommend it! Give Wibiya.com a try on your website as soon as you can.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

I’ve compiled a delicious collection of 100% geeky goodies for your enjoyment this Halloween, take your pick! Featured are top resources on domaining from October and a few gems from yesteryear.

After you’ve received your tricks, be sure to sample the jaw-dropping collection of downloadable treats for web developers.  Have a safe and fun time out there!

8 Killer Domaining Tricks

These tips, tricks and guides on domain names come highly-recommended. If you are already involved or interested in buying and selling domains or if you’re just looking to be sure to get a quality name for your business then these are for you!

Warning: The domaining tricks below may scare you into buying better quality domains and learning more about this awesome industry.

1) Expired Domains Explained

Domainer Income published this nice looking chart quite awhile back, but there are many people who still don’t know the actual processes going on behind the scenes in the life-cycle of a domain name registration. Great info to know especially when playing the expired domain game.

2) 5 Tips on Selling Domain Names for Maximum Profit

DotSauce shares an in-depth look at being a frugal domainer. Information on finding free marketplaces, avoiding high commission fees, setting up your own domaining business and more.

3) “The Domainers Language” Guide

Arbel Arif has composed a great glossary of domaining acronyms and terms. Must know information for anyone interested in domaining.

4) Is Your Domain Name Killing Your Business?

INC Magazine delves into the world of domain names with some no-nonsense advice on selecting the right name for your business.

5) Expiring Domains Research Pro Tips

DotSauce feature 7 tips and a couple secrets for getting the most out of your domain name research. Information on selecting the right keywords, data you need to analyze and things to avoid when researching expiring domains.

6) Get Your Domains Listed for Sale in GoDaddy’s Registration Path

Andrew Alleman of Domain Name Wire recently wrote about a new feature at GoDaddy. The Premium Listing service can looks promising for getting your domain in front of targeted end-users, but comes at a price with a steep commission going to GoDaddy.

7) Advice from the Most Successful Domain Investors of All Time

Elliot Silver asked some of the most successful domain investors in the business for their advice and has kindly shared it with everyone. Follow through for a killer PDF containing advice from some industry pros.

8) Google’s Matt Cutts On Keywords In The URL

Search Engine Land shares a video by Google’s Head of Web Spam team, Matt Cutts. Confirmation that keyword in URLs lend aid to search rankings in some way. For more from Matt Cutts check out our SEO Advice of the Year feature which includes a presentation by Mr. Cutts on successful blogging.

10 Delicious
Web Development Treats

For your enjoyment, a collection of downloadable goodies and fresh resource lists. Don’t you go and try to download these all at once, your PC may get dizzy!

1) 99 High-Quality Free XHTML/CSS Templates

2) Free E-Commerce Widgets Usable on Any CMS

3) 500+ Free Download Quality Photoshop PSD Files for Designers

4) 23 Free E-Commerce Icon Sets for your Designs

5) 75 Free Icon Sets for Web Designers and Developers

6) 55+ Seriously Useful Front End Web Developer Cheat Sheets

7) 51 Web Apps for Web Designers and Developers

8) 10 WordPress Themes and Plugins for Turnkey Online Business

9) 10 Most Useful Google Plugins for WordPress

10) 10 Best WordPress Plugins for Blog Traffic

This treat bag never ends! So, be sure to pass it on to a friend!  Click here to Tweet this article.

Happy Halloween!

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

Before I get into the actual solution for adding affiliate IDs to RSS feeds, here is a little background information on what led me to seek out this method as well as an example of how I am putting it into practice.

I am a big fan of the Envato web goodies marketplaces, ActiveDen, AudioJungle, VideoHive, GraphicRiver, but most especially, ThemeForest. Hundreds of fresh, high quality CSS/HTML and WordPress themes can be found from top designers.

The Envato referral program is pretty neat, earning members 30% of the first cash deposit made by anyone they refer. It is not a traditional affiliate program by any means. However, it can still be a nice bonus for little effort (the content really sells itself).

My earned cash is spent on awesome WordPress themes! I have downloaded many premium themes this way, essentially for free.

I Wonder If I Can…

I contacted Envato to request a way to add my affiliate ID to their new category RSS feeds. They replied to let me know that they currently do not have code in place to accomplish this, but would be looking into my suggestion.

I’m pleased to present that I may have saved them the trouble!

Solution for Adding Affiliate ID to RSS Feeds

I decided to find my own solution and came up with a custom Yahoo Pipe for appending my affiliate id to any RSS feed.

Using this solution I would be able to share all the beautiful WordPress themes as they are released on ThemeForest with my @ThemeHunter Twitter followers and earn some cash while doing so!

The Custom Pipe

I am using Yahoo Pipes to alter the original RSS feed and output a completely new feed with affiliate ID appended to the end of each feed item URL. Here is my custom pipe structure:

(Get This Pipe)

Customize the Pipe

Here are the simple steps you need to take to make this your own.

1. Login and Clone the Pipe so you are able to save and customize.
2. Paste your desired RSS feed URL into the “Fetch Feed” box.
3. Replace “?ref=DotSauce” with whatever affiliate ID you need to append.
4. Run your new pipe and get it as RSS!

Using my custom pipe you can create an unlimited number of revenue generating feeds from your favorite affiliate or referral programs. Embed your dynamic feeds on your site or even share them on social networks!

I hope you enjoyed this resource. Please consider sharing this article with fellow affiliates. If you have any questions or related ideas I would love to hear them. You can find the comments tab above the article.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

I’ve decided to share some tips for bloggers and more than a few secrets about my top earning affiliate campaigns. Some readers have expressed interest in learning about affiliate marketing, so I hope these first hand examples will provide some new ideas for your own campaigns.

While choosing great businesses and products is important, building a following, relevant content and authority on a specific niche will help you tremendously. It’s important to establish yourself first and overall give much more than you take, so to speak.

Without further adieu, here are my top 5 earning affiliate campaigns…

1. GoDaddy

I’ve been a GoDaddy affiliate for years now. Hundreds of domainers and almost every domain industry blogger are affiliates with GoDaddy through Commission Junction.

Here is a little insight into how I’ve made GoDaddy my top earning affiliate program.

• Capitalized on the launch of .ME domains! Prior to Montenegro’s ccTLD going mainstream, I wrote several articles and kept readers updated on the landrush pre-launch and eventually the public launch. I walked away with $3000+ in commissions from the .ME launch.
• Provided high quality expiring domains and suggest subscribers to register domains through GoDaddy. Initially I published this service on NamePros, and it evolved into a private subscription service called DotSauce Premium. Recently, DotSauce Premium has been open to the public for free. Earnings are modest with this method, a few dollars every few days. Occasionally someone will make a substantial purchase, likely bulk registration and the commissions go up.

2. Hummingbird

Hummingbird is the #1 best selling software for Twitter automation, having paid out over $76,000 in affiliate commissions. My take is roughly $2,500 so far.

I wrote here on DotSauce about my experiences with the software and how it can be extremely beneficial to any online business. Hummingbird automates the process of targeting quality people, following them and tracking performance. 

How did I make it successful?

• Discount codes. The key element of my article was that I was offering a promotional discount. Traffic from search engines still comes in daily as I rank highly for key terms related to Hummingbird. Unfortunately, there are no current discount codes, but that doesn’t mean people are not searching for them daily.
• Kept the article updated as Hummingbird launched version 2 of their software.
• Recruited Twitter enthusiasts like you to sign up for the affiliate program.

3. SEOMoz

Wrote an article about the launch of SEOMoz’s  innovative new SEO research tool called LinkScape. Again, some select keywords were used here featuring a free trial promotion and I ended up ranking for the ever sought after code.

I received two large conversions who must have paid yearly because each commission check was around $400. In the end earnings have slowed but well worth the minimal effort of sharing a relevant tool from the best minds in SEO.

The SEOMoz affiliate program is managed by the Pepperjam Network.

4. Affiliate Theme

An innovative WordPress theme featuring a slick admin and built to save time creating sites. Affiliate Theme was developed  by an associate of mine, Nate Whitehill and his team at Unique Blog Designs, so I was more than happy to share the launch of his new product. I was sure my readers would be interested as well. Turns out I was right. By sharing this announcement I have earned $842.85 and still receive occasional new commissions.

• I occasionally give Affiliate Theme a shout out on my Twitter profile (@ThemeHunter) that is targeted to WordPress themes.
• Featured this announcement in a special area of my blog. (See featured article slider below)

5. TUTS Plus

This web development and graphic design membership website by the Envato Network features hundreds of high quality tutorials with included source files.

I really have to give credit for this being a success to the TUTS+ team. The price is an extremely good deal at just $9 per month and affiliates get a bonus monthly recurring commission! Here is some insight into how I made it successful.

• Referred 22 people so far which has earned me a $228.50 + 25% of what they pay every month for a year.
• Endorsed TUTS+ as a satisfied customer. The thing I am most happy about is that my own membership is covered and the people I refer are getting a quality resource.

What’s your top earning affiliate program?

If you dare to share, please leave a comment! If you have any comments or questions or even tips for me about my campaigns I’d love to hear them. Thanks for reading!

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

DotSauce is now sporting a fresh new look! This new layout should help new and old readers alike stumble upon valuable articles that may not have been so easy to find before.

Our homepage has sections for the top categories as well as a new featured content slider. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the new layout and browse some articles or categories that look interesting to you!

In other news, the DotSauce Domaining Directory will soon become an extensive collection of domain name and web development resource links.

We’re looking to tackle one category at a time over the coming days and weeks, but of course we don’t expect the links to ever end!

So far these categories are being populated:

• Domaining Blogs
• Domain Conferences
• Domain Forums

See anything you like? Be sure to rate and review your favorite sites.

If you have a favorite link that’s not been added then please join the directory project and submit as many resources as you like. We’ve got lots of great categories to fill out.

Not all websites will be approved as we would like to include only the most high quality resources.  Also, don’t worry about adding any snapshots if you decide to submit.

Any comments on the new website layout would be greatly appreciated!

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

I would like to present some tips on being a frugal domainer and keeping 100% of sales profits for yourself. By not paying sales commissions and doing some of the work on your own you can earn maximum return on your domain investments.  Every bit helps especially if you are working with a portfolio of lower to mid-range value domain names.

Mainstream domain marketplaces charge you, the domain owner, a  hefty percentage of the final sales price as their commission. The rates look something like this: Sedo (10% commission), Afternic (10%-20% commission), SnapNames (20% commission), Bido (8% commission), etc. on every single transaction.

These marketplaces may be right for you if you have valuable domain names and want to opt for the seller protection and escrow services they provide.  However, in many cases the final sales price on large marketplaces could end up being much less than you could earn if you found a buyer yourself!

5 Tips on Selling Domains for Max Profit

So, you’re looking to make some domain sales? These tips and tricks should help you become a more savvy domainer.

1. Choose names that have selling potential. If there is no market for your type of domain name then you simply won’t make sales.  Do the keyword research before you go on a GoDaddy shopping spree. You may want to check your domain’s keywords against Google search data using the AdWords keyword tool.

Some things to ask yourself before purchasing or registering a domain…

• Are the domain name’s keywords getting searched for?
• Are there paying advertisers appearing for the exact match search?
• Are there websites or products related to my domain’s keywords?
• Would someone want to build a website using the domain?
• Are similar names being used as fully developed websites?
• Do the words make sense, look and sound good spoken?
• Is there a better option available for this type of name?

If you find your name stands up to these questions then you are likely the new owner of a valuable piece of internet real estate.

2. Invest some time in marketing and promoting your own domains. With the explosion of social media, there is no excuse not to dive in and start spreading the good word about the value of domain names.

Domainers are currently tapping into the huge audience of users on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin. More consumers, business owners and potential domain buyers can be found on these networks than all of the major domain name marketplaces combined.

Here are some ideas for making the most out of your time on social networks.

• Connect with fellow domainers and follow their lead. Check out the WeFollow #Domains tag or this Twitter list on DotSauce.
• Share resources, news, links that you found helpful with your friends and followers. Simply talking about yourself or promoting your products won’t get you anywhere.
• Follow lots and lots of interesting people on Twitter.  Use Twitter’s search feature and find as many real and relevant people as you can to follow. They will likely follow you back if you tweet about similar things. If you don’t have time to follow hundreds of people, Hummingbird software can help.
• Join the Facebook Domain Name Marketplace and other groups of interest, engage with them and befriend new people. Every connection you make essentially lasts forever and opportunities may arise at any time.
• Create a separate profile for your business or domain sales updates as a service to your customers. For example, I have setup @AQDN on Twitter to alert followers when new domains sales are added.
• Use Twitter live search to research potential domain buyers.  People are talking about anything and everything and it’s not far fetched that you find a person who would love to own your domain.

3. List your domains for sale on free marketplaces and forums. This is a great way to get free exposure to your domain sales. Be sure to price your domains very reasonably to get sales. Be cautioned as a large part of the buyers here will be domain resellers, but really, who do you think is hanging out at Sedo.com and other big marketplaces? Resellers also.

Here is an older but still relevant article from DotSauce that has a large list of forums, 33 Great Marketplaces for Selling Your Domain Names (and Websites).

4. Set up your own web presence to display your domains for sale. A unique domain portfolio website is a valuable asset to any domain investor. Your domain portfolio website should be professional, user friendly and informative. You can send customers new and old to browse your inventory here, include a link to your site in your email signature, set up RSS feeds and alerts for customers, accept payments directly on site and more.

Here are some options for developing your own domain portfolio website.

• Get WordPress up and running and use blog posts and pages to highlight each domain name. Alternatively, you can customize themes and install plugins to enhance user experience. Check out this nice article which highlights 14 Domain Portfolio Examples and other resources.
• DomainPortfolio.us is a free PHP script for creating and managing your domain portfolio.
• A newer alternative is Domain Portfolio Manager which is similar to DomainPortfolio.us in that it is PHP / MySQL based with many of the same features and styling. MediaWizard informs us that with Domain Portfolio Manager your domain WHOIS data is updated on-the-fly, so you’ll never have to update expiration dates or name servers again, very cool!

5. Go after the end users. Depending on the quality and reach of a given domain name this can be either an easy or difficult task.  Your first step is to simply research websites of the same category as your keywords.  See what the industry or niche is up to and what businesses and individuals are appearing on the top search results pages for the exact and similar keywords.  You may even want to do a Google blog search for fresh results.  Contact anyone you feel would benefit from owning your domain.

Here’s a quick tip from DNW; Do a WHOIS search to see if your domain has been taken in any other extensions (.net, .org) and contact those registrants.

Further reading on selling domains to end users.

• DomainMagnate’s tips on How to Sell Your Domains to End Users.
• Morgan Linton shares Why End-Users Are So Important.
• Elliot Silver details his story of a Domain Sale to an End User.
• Rob Sequin’s 10 Step Process for Selling Domains to End Users.
• NameFlipper’s great Guided Tutorial on Selling Domains to End Users.

I wish you the best with all your domaining ventures.  I hope these tips are able to help you out in some way. If you have any comments or suggestions please leave one below!

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

I’ve scoured my seemingly endless Twitter stream and have come up with several hundred web development resources shared with my followers over the past 9 months. I have divided my top resource picks into several categories of interest: Domain Names,Web Development, WordPress, SEO & Marketing, Web Design, and Online Business.

To get more resources like these shared daily,
please follow me @DotSauce on Twitter.

Feel free to copy and re-tweet any of these resources to share with your followers, they will thank you for it and I would most definitely appreciate the mention.

Domain Name Resources

Here are some of the latest tools, trends and articles on domaining. For more articles and resources browse the Domain Names and Domain Industry categories on DotSauce.

Coming Soon: The new DotSauce Domaining Directory will begin featuring a collection of top domain name resources.

1. Pending Delete Domains In Drop Order & Drop Time: http://bit.ly/Ut9mV
2. DotSauce Premium Domaining Content is Now Free for Everyone! http://DotSauce.com/1736
3. Impact of domain name on CTR and Conversion: http://bit.ly/19XI6o
4. Excellent info here on the full process of domain name expiration: http://bit.ly/TbJrm
5. Weekly domain sales report from DNJournal: http://bit.ly/uXSEo
6. Root Domains, Subdomains vs. Subfolders and The Microsite Debate: http://bit.ly/zyKBY
7. Domain Names in the News: http://bit.ly/3uQiab – A collection by @dominikmueller
8. Good Domain Names (to Register) Grow Scarce: http://bit.ly/d4q8M
9. Domain Names Podcast Episode 13 with Zappy Zapolin – http://bit.ly/f5SHe
10. Brokering Peace Between Brand Owners and Domainers – NYTimes http://bit.ly/17Uudj
11. Webmaster Radio: Importance of Domain Names to Search – http://bit.ly/3eP5i2 (Skip to minute 4:30)
12. Domain Names Podcast Episode 11 with Jeff Behrendt INForum: http://bit.ly/18HnFF
13. “The Domainers Language”, for all the New Domainers out there: http://bit.ly/EgiF1
14. Tips to Ensure Success in Flipping Websites – http://bit.ly/CkhAS
15. New TLDs For Dummies (Sort of): http://bit.ly/rcOuj by @mneylon
16. DNHeadline Comprehensive Industry Coverage: http://bit.ly/vFwwT
17. Parking, Tasting and Squatting: http://bit.ly/oiYs0
18. The Dot Coms Are Booming Again (Domain Registrations, That Is): http://bit.ly/LzIQ1
19. Is Your Domain Name Killing Your Business? http://bit.ly/guQJ1
20. Does Domain Age or Registration Length Affect Search Engine Rankings? http://bit.ly/yZTex
21. Domain Tools SEO Text Browser Tool: http://bit.ly/leiWn
22. Effective Strategy For Choosing Right Domain Names: http://bit.ly/qZ5bL
23. Rick Latona’s ccTLDs discussion forum: http://bit.ly/ATfFt
24. Interview with Marc Gawith of Godaddy Executive Accounts: http://bit.ly/jUZLn by @brucemarler
25. New tool compares domains’ backlink history: http://tinyurl.com/cq9dve
26. Earning More Money From the Same Domain Traffic: http://tinyurl.com/d8uqc9
27. Pricing Strategies For Your Domains In A Recession: http://tinyurl.com/abp2pp
28. 12 Tools For Picking a Killer Domain Name: http://tinyurl.com/bugtn5
29. 5 Ways to Find Fellow Domainers on Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/dajpgn
30. Matt Cutts Talks About Keywords in the URL: http://tinyurl.com/dgpn2b
31. Domainer Essentials: Registrant Alert by DomainTools: http://bit.ly/CS4Ny
32. Domainer Essentials: Domain Name List Cleaner: http://tinyurl.com/ct2a54
33. Domain Name Search Gets Powerful with Domize: http://tinyurl.com/cjusgt
34. Google PPC campaigns with generic domain URLs can get 105% more clicks! http://bit.ly/RtNkb (PDF)

You may also be interested in browsing or contributing to the DotSauce list of Top Domainers & Industry Profiles on Twitter.

WordPress Resources

I am a huge fan of WordPress, which you will soon see as you scroll through this monster list of top notch WordPress resources. Featuring topics from plugins to themes and everything in-between. For exclusive articles and features on the subject browse the DotSauce WordPress category.

1. 10 Ways to Use .htaccess to Speed Up WordPress: http://bit.ly/C6jBU
2. 10 Ways to Customize and Personalize your WordPress Blog: http://bit.ly/xF4GH
3. Amp Up Your Blog With These Add-Ons: http://bit.ly/2K31ti
4. Powered by WordPress: 10 Themes and Plugins for Turnkey Online Business! http://bit.ly/6VXrj
5. 35 Stylish And Modern WordPress Plugins Using jQuery UI: http://bit.ly/BXKqz
6. 5 Fresh WordPress Plugins Ready to Enhance Your Blog: http://DotSauce.com/1632
7. Get an email notice when your WordPress install needs updated: http://bit.ly/bCuWM
8. Adding and using custom user profile fields in WordPress: http://bit.ly/165a4L
9. 26+ Free AdSense Optimized WordPress Themes: http://bit.ly/5BmSG
10. Advanced WordPress 2.8 Optimization Guide: http://bit.ly/pd7p2
11. WP-CRM plugin / theme – Build a contacts manager powered by WordPress: http://bit.ly/6w04Y
12. CMS your WordPress with these 10 plugins: http://bit.ly/R75Yz
13. 10 Awesome Things To Do With WordPress Custom Fields: http://bit.ly/1Qb0ln
14. 10 Good WordPress Hacks: http://bit.ly/F5cpx
15. 9 WordPress Hacks to Encourage User Interactivity: http://bit.ly/2c9DPG
16. WordPress Theme Design Functions Guide: http://bit.ly/rElFD
17. 13 WordPress related Firefox Extensions: http://bit.ly/19TWko
18. 18 Useful Tricks To Speed Up WordPress & Boost Performance: http://bit.ly/mzz59
19. 10 Useful WordPress Hook Hacks: http://bit.ly/vqnGz
20. Broken Link Checker Plugin for WordPress: http://bit.ly/15EuJU
21. 30 Tutorials Combining Both WordPress and jQuery: http://bit.ly/so2En
22. 25 Essential Plugins for WordPress: http://bit.ly/H2Rgm
23. 15 Killer Hacks for WordPress that Are Extremely Useful: http://bit.ly/ywlOq
24. 50+ Ways To Improve Your WordPress Blog: http://bit.ly/1DdbTh
25. Create Your Own WordPress Theme Tutorial Resources: http://bit.ly/10Kv56
26. 15 Plugins to Unleash the Invincible Power of jQuery and WordPress: http://bit.ly/u5vvB
27. 5 Useful And Creative Ways To Use WordPress Widgets: http://bit.ly/36qfOs
28. 14 Free “Vintage” WordPress Themes http://bit.ly/13EZ7s via @ThemeHunter
29. SmushIt for WordPress: http://bit.ly/6PVIE – Optimize images for web on the fly!
30. Google Analytics Plugin for your WordPress dashboard! http://bit.ly/SGc0d
31. 101 WordPress Plugins to Meet Anyone’s Needs: http://bit.ly/ojv13
32. Add a dashboard widget in WordPress admin panel: http://bit.ly/LuN2n
33. 40 Free Premium-Quality WordPress Themes: http://bit.ly/59ZEX via @ThemeHunter
34. 9 WordPress SEO tips you may have missed: http://bit.ly/AQAlC
35. Any WordPress Theme Can Be a Blank Framework: http://bit.ly/779iG
36. 5 Useful WordPress Functions You Didn’t Know Existed: http://bit.ly/NUafP
37. 20 Most Beautiful Free WordPress Themes: http://is.gd/10BQY
38. Direct integration of WordPress with Facebook – http://bit.ly/yNtVI
39. Custom RSS feeds in WordPress: http://bit.ly/f78F4 Great hack by @yoast
40. 7 WordPress Theme Trends & How To Implement Them Yourself: http://bit.ly/ER3xC
41. The Ultimate Guide to Setting up WordPress after an Install: http://bit.ly/jVlgn
42. 10 Twitter Hacks For Your WordPress Blog: http://bit.ly/ijlD6
43. 40 Exceptional “CMS Enabling” #WordPress Plugins: http://bit.ly/CdnYD
44. Premium WordPress Themes Fail at SEO and How To Fix It: http://bit.ly/6mpM6
45. 20 Tutorials to Develop WordPress Plugins: http://bit.ly/kt956
46. 10 WordPress Tips & Tricks for Your Comment Page: http://tinyurl.com/cubmpb
47. Custom Fields Hacks For WordPress: http://bit.ly/1GQZY
48. WordPress Blog Link & Traffic Analysis Plugin: http://bit.ly/19eTy4
49. Event Calendar plugin for WordPress: http://wpcal.firetree.net/
50. 10 Exceptional WordPress Hacks:  http://bit.ly/16i8Y by @SmashingMag

Website Development Resources

Here you will find a variety of tools, code snippets, full scripts or plugins as well as some interesting articles and tutorials on modern web development. Browse our articles on the topic in the DotSauce Web Development category.

1. Really useful list: 100+ Resources for Web Developers – http://is.gd/qFkh
2. 40 Super-Neat JavaScript Plugins: http://bit.ly/3V5Cvh
3. Improve Your Website Loading Time by 50%: http://bit.ly/ctKfS
4. 100 Ways To Improve Your Blog: http://bit.ly/3QgE74
5. 25+ Free Flash Website Templates with Source Files: http://bit.ly/ReJcb
6. 150 Web Developer Tools and Techniques: http://bit.ly/pJ4Aj
7. 16 Website Clones You Can Build with Drupal CMS: http://bit.ly/E8Bwd
8. Top 10 Most Usable Content Management Systems: http://bit.ly/VRH3w
9. Essential Learning for Ruby and Rails: http://bit.ly/sEanF
10. 10 Web Apps To Build The Next Big Thing Without Writing Any Code: http://bit.ly/I5UVA
11. Resources for Testing Cross Browser Compatibility of Your Website: http://bit.ly/QEvf0
12. 16 Best Facebook Connect Plugins for Your Blog, Forum, Wiki, or CMS: http://bit.ly/i9iEE
13. 21 Handy PHP Code Snippets: http://bit.ly/19x8Op
14. The Ultimate Guide To Speeding Up Firefox 3.5 – http://bit.ly/h1I6S
15. 13 Firefox Add-ons For Web Development: http://bit.ly/U1pMb
16. 6 Promising Open Source Social Networking Software: http://bit.ly/9tENX
17. 50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools – http://bit.ly/mlqIg via @Minervity
18. 40+ Essential Web Developer Cheat Sheets: http://bit.ly/3WlsG
19. 12 Tools To Check Your Site’s Accessibility: http://bit.ly/92dXc via @SitePointdotcom
20. Create Featured Content Slider Using jQuery UI: http://bit.ly/dWbkg
21. Useful directory of PHP scripts: http://is.gd/rldf
22. Evaluate your site’s load times with Google’s “Page Speed” Firefox addon: http://bit.ly/17IE2P
23. 5 Essential Steps to Make Your Site Search & Social Media Friendly: http://bit.ly/LGNv4
24. WordTaps – Web dev resource community. http://bit.ly/JBA27
25. 30 Essential Online Converters for All Webmasters: http://bit.ly/iYent
26. 21 Free And Useful Web Tools For (Non)Web Designers: http://bit.ly/NG4vs
27. Best jQuery and Ajax demos at 9lessons: http://bit.ly/13lFzl
28. 12 Tips For Designing an Excellent Checkout Process: http://bit.ly/2MEKSU
29. 31 Fascinating Ruby on Rails Tutorials & Guides – http://bit.ly/PSq2d
30. Tipster: Web design and development tips in 140 words or less! http://bit.ly/iAtzz
31. 15 Wonderfully Creative Uses for PHP: http://bit.ly/q0tHT
32. FullCalendar, an open-source jQuery calendar script: http://tinyurl.com/cxgyty
33. 20 Excellent AJAX site effects you can download at NetTuts: http://tinyurl.com/d4zjpc
34. 100% Google AdSense: Tools, Tips and Resources http://ff.im/-1E0si
35. 25+ jQuery Plugins that enhance HTML form elements: http://tinyurl.com/cs7s28
36. Great tips from @nettuts on freelance web development: http://tinyurl.com/d9v8h7
37. 28 Useful Web Tools to Speed Up Your Web Development: http://tinyurl.com/cdrztq

Search Optimization and Marketing Resources

Select articles, niche guides and tools on succeeding with the search engines. For additional articles on search check out the DotSauce SEO, Traffic and Marketing categories.

1. How To Optimize Your Site for Local Search: http://bit.ly/15GPEO
2. Get More Blog Visitors – 21 Untapped Traffic Sources: http://bit.ly/7FypV
3. SEO Advice of the Year! Google’s Matt Cutts on Successful Blogging: http://bit.ly/15j477
4. How To Track Google Keyword Rankings In Google Analytics: http://bit.ly/G3y72
5. Monitor your Google, Yahoo and Bing rankings for free: http://bit.ly/2RQ7M7
6. 6 Places to Track A Website’s Traffic: http://bit.ly/11rYrN
7. Marketing Your Website Without Search Engines: http://bit.ly/N5mcm
8. Make Google Search Real-Time With This URL Hack: http://bit.ly/MyWuL
9. Track SEO rankings and Sitelinks with Google Analytics II – http://bit.ly/H3gMR
10. 20 SEO Tips Every Web Developer Should Follow: http://bit.ly/vYOeX
11. Simple ways to build up your website traffic: http://bit.ly/1K2Bau
12. Google Sets & Squared: Powerful Keyword Research Tools – http://bit.ly/cH2aM
13. SEO Blogger: Free Keyword Suggestion Tool for Firefox – http://DotSauce.com/1493
14. International SEO Made Easy: http://bit.ly/2ApLN – Great guide!
15. Geo Targeted SEO: The Technical Review – http://bit.ly/25PQK
16. Top Ten Search Engine Optimization Tips – http://bit.ly/eNGq1
17. 50 Ways to Get Your Site Noticed! http://bit.ly/DLHOJ
18. Top 5 Link Building Resource Websites: http://bit.ly/oADnQ
19. The Top 10 Twitter SEO Tips: http://bit.ly/ou8cE
20. The Complete Google Analytics Power User Guide: http://bit.ly/15fVMr
21. 10 WordPress Plugins That (May) Increase Your Search Engine Ranking: http://bit.ly/XbhlO
22. 5 Easy Ways To Improve Your Search Rankings: http://bit.ly/2mrbmf
23. WordPress SEO – The Definitive Guide To Higher Rankings For Your Blog: http://bit.ly/VMQg
24. Top Search Ranking Factors – Comprehensive guide by SEOmoz: http://bit.ly/UfoE9
25. The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet: http://ping.fm/VRAJW

Web Design Resources

Some fabulous downloadable graphics goodies, articles and tools for you creative types. Get inspired and enhance your website with these web design resources.

1. 70+ Free Icon Sets and Icons Collections for Web Designers: http://bit.ly/KGDlA
2. 10 Top-Notch CSS Editors: http://bit.ly/s0nzI
3. Awesome Free PSDs – http://bit.ly/3aNUk
4. Using @font-face CSS rule and 15 Free Fonts: http://bit.ly/2b0Di9
5. Lots of sweet free vector files from top graphic designers – Vectors on Fire: http://bit.ly/iU5OG
6. 75 Free Icon Sets for Web Designers and Developers: http://bit.ly/AEMv4
7. Cool! DIVINE software converts PSD to WordPress in minutes: http://bit.ly/72EJr
8. How To: Create Text Blocks Over Images – CSS-Tricks: http://bit.ly/qOJiE
9. 15 Essential WordPress Plugins for Aspiring Designers: http://bit.ly/pKi80
10. 16 Exciting Adobe Photoshop Tutorials To Boost Your Creativity: http://bit.ly/16tEoA
11. 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design: http://bit.ly/KHFsX
12. 20 Fresh & Awesome Text Effect Tutorials: http://is.gd/1wb9P via @patternhead
13. 40 Free Web Design and Development Books from Google: http://bit.ly/hiX08
14. Create a beautiful timeline using CSS: http://bit.ly/9YwbB
15. Web Design Tutorials: The Ultimate Roundup! http://bit.ly/488Az
16. 1009 Hi-Res FREE textures and background images: http://bit.ly/11UcT8
17. 70 Tutorials Using Photoshop To Design A Website: http://bit.ly/gmW5z
18. 30 Most Influential People In Web Design: http://bit.ly/ybQzi
19. 2500 free high quality graphic icons! http://bit.ly/4kza6Q
20. 10 Common Mistakes In Logo Design: http://bit.ly/8ZXTd
21. 45 Web Design Checklists and Questionnaires: http://bit.ly/b1WhG
22. 33 Free HD Icon Sets designed for Web: http://bit.ly/UC27D
23. 7 New (and Free!) Typeface Downloads: http://bit.ly/19awpD
24. 26 Complete WordPress Theme Design Tutorials: http://bit.ly/4yzVi
25. 80+ Photoshop Tutorials: Practical Web Interface Design: http://bit.ly/7LYuD
26. 80+ Resources! Logo Designers Essential Toolbox: http://bit.ly/ZxKou
27. Wood in Modern Web Design – Free Wood Textures and Wood Showcases: http://bit.ly/gwq7e
28. 25 Awesome Facebook Apps for Designers: http://bit.ly/y2rQU
29. 2500 free icons for use on free and commercial projects – http://iconpot.com
30. CSS Sprites: “One of the most effective ways of speeding up a website’s render time” http://bit.ly/7uV4g
31. 16 Unveiled Logo Design Processes! http://bit.ly/BLEUZ
32. 160+ RSS Feeds For Web-Designers And Developers: http://bit.ly/x6Kij
33. 10 More Places to Find Absolutely Free Vector Graphics: http://bit.ly/2M59O
34. 25 Sites to Download Royalty-Free Stock Photos and Textures: http://bit.ly/112Z5s
35. 40 New High-quality and Free Icon Sets: http://bit.ly/M1ekE
36. How to Create a Slick and Clean Button in Photoshop: http://bit.ly/yFEUN
37. Designing web pages to make sales: http://tinyurl.com/dmqmex
38. 30 Sites For Fantastic, Free Fonts: http://tinyurl.com/dhfert
39. 101 High Quality CSS And XHTML Free Templates And Layouts: http://ff.im/-1BJHM
40. 28 Web Design Tools and Generators For Easy Web Design: http://twshot.com/?BFC

Online Business Resources

From blogging to social networking, there is alot more to do with business today than ever.  Here are some of the latest trends and insights in online business I’ve found this year.

1. 10 Business Lessons I Learned This Year: http://bit.ly/1UdS5n by @neilpatel
2. Hummingbird 2 Download: Pro Twitter Software Launches Beta Test – http://bit.ly/5y8E8
3. How Freemium Can Work for Your Startup: http://bit.ly/ISvs6
4. Discounts, Sales & Coupons, Oh my! A Booming Recession Business: http://bit.ly/4tV9B4
5. Should Your Company Go Online-Only? http://bit.ly/4Dq9w
6. 11 useful Windows apps that tie in to your GMail account: http://bit.ly/uf8kl
7. 8 Ways to Improve Your Web-Based Business: http://bit.ly/19Y0cL
8. Study Shows Small Businesses That Blog Get 55% More Website Visitors: http://bit.ly/8z5Oe
9. Nine Awesome iPhone Apps for Business: http://bit.ly/lMMuL
10. 100 Entrepreneurs You Should Follow and Learn From on Twitter: http://bit.ly/197B4E
11. 999 Business Ideas! http://bit.ly/PMHp6
12. HOW TO: Find your LinkedIn Contacts on Twitter – http://bit.ly/Wo2F2
13. Turning Web Browsers into Buyers: http://bit.ly/MaXmc
14. 6 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Business: http://bit.ly/NfHcc
15. Business Tool: Sample Confidentiality Agreement http://bit.ly/1qZy7a
16. 18 Blog post ideas for any small business… http://bit.ly/dqFeq
17. 20 Business Lessons Learned from Monty Python: http://bit.ly/16lcou
18. The Importance of Choosing Your Customers: http://bit.ly/gtp0r
19. Using Twitter to Find Customers: http://bit.ly/SNbUD
20. Branding on a Budget: http://bit.ly/12j38q
21. Seth Godin on choosing the perfect niche market: http://bit.ly/PU4Fg
22. Customers given too many choices 10x less likely to buy! http://bit.ly/tdNvj
23. Top 18 Industries for Starting a Business Right Now: http://bit.ly/8E6mD
24. WordPress Founder Matt Mullenweg on how he runs his business from home: http://bit.ly/gHoeO
25. Business Opportunities around Google Wave: http://bit.ly/1keSt
26. 108 ways to improve your website profits! http://bit.ly/xHJ8x
27. How to Become a Better Entrepreneur in the Next 30 Minutes: http://bit.ly/1837n2
28. 25 Social Media Marketing Tips from Industry Execs: http://bit.ly/n9US5
29. How to Write PPC Ad Copy: Four Ad Templates that Cause Clicks and Conversions http://bit.ly/57Z74
30. 100 Terrific Twitter Feeds for Young Entrepreneurs: http://bit.ly/17uJFr
31. Six Hurdles to Clear When Promoting Your Brand Online: http://bit.ly/PYd0C
32. 10 Great Entrepreneurs Talk about their Start-up Days http://bit.ly/KcL5V
33. Top 10 Ways To Improve Your Personal Brand Image Online: http://tinyurl.com/dj9tac
34. The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow – TIME: http://bit.ly/1i5i
35. Monetization Strategy Often Overlooked: Lead Capture – http://tinyurl.com/cz7etj

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I’ve decided once again to open access to DotSauce Premium to all registered members. Current Premium members will no longer have to pay their subscription and will keep their Premium title for life, granting an all access pass to any features that might be paid in the future.

For those not familiar with DotSauce Premium, it is a private area of our forum community featuring a wealth of domain resources.

Some of the links and articles may be dated, but the content is still relevant and with more eyes on the Premium forums I hope to keep things fresh in the coming weeks and months.

Here is what you can look forward to once you peek inside DotSauce Premium!

• Quality Available Domains – My email newsletter packed with great .COM names available for registration. Available domain lists will now be accessible to all registered members at the same time! So, I would strongly recommend that you subscribe by email to be alerted the minute a list is posted.

In light of free access and the expected larger audience, there will now be a suggested PayPal donation for registering DotSauce available domains.

• Domaining Articles – Exclusive articles featuring information for your domaining success.
• Video Tutorials – Videos from me personally and domainers and developers around the world.
• Free Software Downloads – Exclusive free software and code snippets.
• Domaining Product Coupons and Discounts – Special offers on select paid domain resources, tools and services.
• Development, Design, Programming, WordPress Resources – Within the domain tools and resources forum there are numerous topics labled “Mark’s Bookmark Vault” where I share links to cool tools and sites I have bookmarked over the years.

Two Easy Steps for Free Premium Content

1. Register a username or login to access DotSauce Premium!
2. Subscribe to our email newsletter to be alerted the minute available domains are sent out.

Those of you who follow me on Twitter (@DotSauce) know that I love to share all kinds of great web development and WordPress goodies and you will soon be seeing those appear on DotSauce Premium.

I would like to encourage you to join our Domaining community today, so you can start browsing the DotSauce Premium forums now. Please feel free to contribute your own links, articles, discounts and other resources.

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WordPress is a fantastic content management system that has been adopted by the masses. With huge demand and community support, many web designers are taking advantage of the open-source software to create innovative product themes that go beyond just looking great.

These 10 WordPress themes and plugins could each be used to launch your own online business or breathe new life into your existing website.

1. YellowPress

This premium quality theme features custom plugins which transform your WordPress website into a yellow pages style directory. Accept payments automatically through PayPal and have your members sign-up and create their own listings. A ThemeForest exclusive.

2. WPAuctions

This is a plugin that you can incorporate into any WordPress Theme. A sleek user interface and powerful auction administration make this a great plugin for managing your own private live auctions.

3. WPClassified

Created by the same developer as YellowPress. WPClassified has further features for managing classified style listings directory through WordPress. Potentially generate good revenue from user listings. A ThemeForest exclusive.

4. WordPress Affiliate Theme

Developed by the Unique Blog Designs team, leaders in WordPress design and development, Affiliate Theme overhauls your WordPress admin and allows you to quickly customize and develop beautiful mini-sites, landing pages and blogs without touching any code!

5. Flexibility

This advanced theme is similar in concept to Affiliate Theme, allowing you to create an unlimited number of landing pages and squeeze pages for your products or affiliate offers.  Advanced backend features give you the ability to customize and build great landing pages.

6. WordPress Shopping Cart

Market Theme adds excellent shopping cart and product management features to your WordPress dashboard. Using custom fields you can transform blog posts into product features.

7. wpShop Reloaded

Another WordPress shopping cart plugin featuring a light and dark style.  Advanced features for publishing, managing and making product sales through WordPress. A ThemeForest exclusive.

8. WordPress Wiki Theme

A beautiful theme that comes in 6 vibrant color variations and features some innovative details for developing a user-friendly Wiki or FAQ website. Unique sidebar features and a clean layout with great whitespace.  Wiki Theme is a ThemeForest exclusive.

9. ReviewAZON

This plugin can incorporate Amazon customer reviews into your blog posts. Earn more affiliate commissions from Amazon when you write about any product your readers can view relevant reviews from actual customers.

10. OIO-Publisher

The premier WordPress plugin for managing advertisements, affiliate offers and sponsored content on your blog. You keep 100% of advertising profit and set it on auto-pilot!

I hope you enjoyed the list! I would love to hear your comments and would appreciate it if you would share this post with fellow WordPress fans.

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FreshDrop.net originally launched in 2007 as a unique tool for browsing GoDaddy’s popular TDNAM domain marketplace. Over the years, founder Tan Tran and his team have worked on many enhancements and new features that have transformed FreshDrop.net into an all-around powerful domain research tool designed by domainers for domainers.

FreshDrop.net is not your average domain search and scan tool. The power lies in the amazing filters, functions and statistics that allow domain investors to easily target valuable domains. By filtering out all the “junk” names and getting right down to the types of names one is looking for at the best deals.

Where Do These Domains Come From?

The first thing you will see on FreshDrop is a list of domain marketplaces and individual areas of interest in certain marketplaces. TDNAM, Sedo, Afternic, BuyDomains, Fabulous, Dynadot, and yea even eBay. The marketplace data highlighted in yellow is reserved for FreshDrop Pro subscribers.

Here is a quick overview of some of the filters, features and search parameters that are not to be missed on FreshDrop.net

Domain Filters

This is where FreshDrop really shines. Unique filters narrow down thousands of results based on specific and strict filters like the following…

• Language Filters: English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Pinyin, Turkish, Italian
• Short Domain Filters: VCVC, CVCV, LLL, LLLL, LLLLL, NNN, etc.
• Geography Filters: Geo, Travel, US State, US City, Region, Country
• Niche Filters: Adult, Auto, Finance, Health, Internet, Legal, etc.

Domain Search Features

Once you have chosen a desired filter on FreshDrop.net you can further narrow your results to find the perfect names with these search features…

• Domain Extensions
• Require or Exclude Keywords
• Require Statistical Values (See Below)
• Domain Length Restrictions
• Exclude Undesirable Hyphens or Numbers

Domain Statistics

This is something that virtually all domain marketplaces are missing out on. They simply do not show you the hard data attached to each domain. FreshDrop.net aggregates a ton of valuable data and displays it for each domain. Does a domain receive traffic? Is it indexed on Google?

FreshDrop Pro members enjoy valuable added statistics like WordTracker scores as well as in-depth Google search and advertising data for domain searches that provide awesome insight into the value of names.

Go Give It A Try! Free Pro Subscription Trial

So you’ve read about all these cool features on FreshDrop.net and you’re still here? Go check it out for free!

If you’re a domainer looking to automate and expand your domain research then you definitely want to sign up for FreshDrop Pro, there is a 10-day no risk free trial!

I would love to hear your comments about FreshDrop, please leave one below.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

Twitter Friendly Links – Yup, Your Own Short URL

Download Twitter Friendly Links or Visit Plugin Website

This is quite simply an in-house URL shortening service that creates links using your short post ID’s.  For example you can visit http://DotSauce.com/1632 to access this very post!

Twitter Friendly Links plugin can help you preserve and increase your domain name brand exposure on Twitter and give your shared links more credibility.

The only caveat is that you are sacrificing click analytics, though I’m sure the developer of this plugin already has that in mind.

Analytics360 by MailChimp – Bringing Google Analytics to WordPress

Download Analytics360 or Visit Plugin Website

To use all of Analytics360 options you are asked to register a free account with MailChimp,  a web based email marketing and newsletter management system, but you don’t necessarily have to use their service.

Analytics360 adds a feature to you WordPress admin that connects with Google Analytics to display traffic stats, top referrers and most viewed articles.

A really cool feature of Analytics360 is the orange dot marker next to each of your blog posts over time so you can visually see how your posts are performing!

Disqus Comment System – Revolutionizing Blog Comments

Download Disqus or Visit Plugin Website

The default WordPress comment system is severely dated! I tried the WordPress threaded comment system for awhile and while it is slightly better it still fell short. Disqus simply has alot of appealing features…

• Track your comments across all blogs
• Verified emails and avatar uploads
• Instantly connect with Twitter and Facebook
• Moderate comments via email or assign moderators
• Top commentators and recent comments widgets

I am extremely happy since installing Disqus. It was surprisingly easy to install as any WordPress plugin usually is. Large sites like TechCrunch and Mashable have adopted Disqus and I foresee it soon becoming the standard for blog comments.

WP Smush.it! – Better User Experience by Reducing Image File Sizes

Download WP Smush.it or Visit Plugin Website

I was ecstatic when I found this plugin, a plugin that actually shrinks your image files on the fly!  Most people should know how to use the “Save For Web” feature when working with images to keep file sizes down.

I found that Smush-It actually works better than PhotoShop for getting down to the smallest file size, especially with GIF and PNG files! Amazingly, no image quality is sacrificed.

You can even go in to your gallery and smush previously uploaded files!

Sexy Bookmarks – Making Social Sharing Fun

See Live Example Below!

Download Sexy Bookmarks or Visit Plugin Website

This plugin is quite literally beautiful! There are lots of social bookmarking plugins available for WordPress already, but this is by far the most appealing and unique set of bookmarking icons. In just a short time since installing I have noticed a few readers making use of my Sexy Bookmarks!

So yea, maybe you want to have unique looking icons and that’s cool, but I think it will actually benefit blogs on the whole because readers will be able to instantly recognize Sexy Bookmarks buttons and share blog posts.

These plugins rock, huh? Please share this post using my Sexy Bookmarks buttons…

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Ian Stuart of ThemeShaper, the man behind the Thematic WordPress Theme framework, has recently published a comprehensive tutorial on creating your own unique WordPress Theme.

Follow the tutorial through just 11 lessons and fairly quickly piece together the basic framework for a WordPress Theme you can truly call your own.

Additionally, NetTuts has this nice tutorial on creating your own WordPress Theme from scratch which includes source files for TutsPlus members like myself!  If you are a member of TutsPlus (well worth $9/month) you also can get access to the in depth 6-part series entitled “WordPress: Beginner to Master”.

WordPress Rockstars

Graphic designers that are savvy with WordPress are living it up, developing and selling WordPress Themes. Would it be possible for you connect with a designer and create your own WordPress Theme product?  Many are putting a creative and innovative spin on the concept of themeing like the WordPress shopping cart, link directory or Wiki theme.

Here are a few examples of people stirring things up in the WordPress Theme industry…

Maximus a web designer who sells his work exclusively on ThemeForest has sold somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 since joining the site just 11 months ago in August 2008.

Just this weekend, the guys from Obox Designs launched their signature series WordPress Theme collection and have gotten over 48 enthusiastic responses to the announcement.

Unique Blog Designs has released a smashing new product called Affiliate Theme that you previously heard about on DotSauce, implementing advanced features for the online marketer and creating a lucrative affiliate program.

Turning Those Entrepreneurial Gears

I have been planning to develop a .com domain I purchased awhile back (ShortPress) into a unique WordPress Theme that connects WordPress with one of these newfangled trends we’ve been seeing called microblogging.

I’ve already been in touch with a top WordPress plugin developer and have the framework for the product and business laid out.

If you’ve got some interest in collaborating on this startup project or potentially investing funds for some revenue share, please get in touch with me!

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

Hummingbird 2 Beta with my accounts: @DotSauce, @AQDN, and @TweetSocial.

You can download Hummingbird 2 Beta to give it a go now. Note: There have been some bugs reported, and the developers are hard at work. That’s what this Beta test is for, but the original version is working.

You’ll likely want to sign up as an affiliate also because the people behind Mesiab Labs are going above and beyond to make this the premier Twitter marketing software that is 100% compliance with Twitter.com’s TOS.

Get A Free Upgrade

Existing customers get Hummingbird 2 Pro for free when it goes live in 1 to 2 weeks! Yup, you’ll be able to use your current license key to unlock all Hummingbird 2 features.

As a promotion for the Beta launch of the new version, the guys at Mesiab Labs have slashed the price on the original Hummingbird software to just $97 and if you use this link to purchase and enter coupon code “RECESSION” you can get an additional 15% Off!

Proven Twitter Success

Since using Hummingbird just a couple months back I have noticed some great benefits.

• My website traffic has increased dramatically.
• I have built new relationships with individuals and businesses.
• I have introduced numerous people to my industry.
• Able to drive traffic to any resource, product or blog at any time.
• I get tons of Re-Tweets.
• Listed high in Twitter directories.
• I launched a website and gained hundreds of sign ups.

…the list goes on!  There is no reason you shouldn’t pursue more followers on Twitter.

So don’t miss out, give Hummingbird 2 a try (and sign up as an affiliate), then I highly recommend you get the original Hummingbird with discount code RECESSION to be sure you get to upgrade for free!

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Blogging is one of the most beneficial things a business or individual can do to increase exposure to their product or service. Many even consider blogging essential for successful presence on social networks.

There are many ways you can enhance the effectiveness and exposure you can gain from blogging and the most important is optimizing your posts so they rank high on multiple search terms (SEO).

Popular keyword research company, Wordtracker, has recently released an excellent Firefox addon for bloggers called SEO Blogger.

While some bloggers use alternate keywords and phrases related to your post subject by simply pulling them from memory, the free SEO Blogger tool can provide real world search data to back you up.

Ken McGaffin, CMO at Wordtracker makes a great point in this comment about their new SEO Blogger tool…

“Bloggers often don’t take the time to do keyword research… they just want to get their story out there. Now, bloggers have instant access to relevant keywords…That’s sure to bring them extra traffic.”

SEO Blogger Keyword Suggestion Tool: How to Use It

Once installed, click the small Wordtracker icon in the lower right of your screen that looks like this…

The SEO Blogger tool opens in a sidebar panel in your browser (see screenshot) where you can enter any keyword or keyword phrase and then be presented with keyword suggestions ranked by popularity.

You are then able to select which keywords you would like to use in your blog post.

Your saved keywords will be shown in the lower half of the sidebar and you may continue to type in additional keywords in the upper half to be presented with more keyword suggestions.

One of the cool features of SEO Blogger is that as you write your post it tracks how many times each chosen keyword is used.

I might find myself using this tool outside of WordPress also for quick keyword suggestions, domain research, article ideas and other writings.

So, give SEO Blogger a try and let us know what you think of this free tool by commenting below.

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Gizmodo reports that Google has reserved 1 million new phone numbers from Level 3 communications.

An article by Adam Mills of the Charlotte Examiner points out this twitter update by one of the Google Voice Founders who states they are working 24/7 to get it released!

Just What is Google Voice?

Using VoIP technology (this means any mobile device, even your iPod), users will be able to route all their phone calls from any mobile device as well as send and manage SMS text and voice mail through one central web based location.

Google Voice will also feature all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a Google app, like these examples…

• Voicemail transcripts – Read what your voicemail says
• Share voicemail – Forward or download voicemails
• Conference calling – Join people into a single call
• Call record – Record calls and store them online
• GOOG-411 – Check directory assistance
• Block calls – Keep unwanted callers at bay
• Phone routing – Phones ring based on who calls
• Forwarding phones – Add phones and decide which ring

Goodbye Phone Contracts. Hello VoIP!

The outlook is bleak for the phone carriers of today. VoIP and WiFi hot spots will soon replace these ghastly cell contracts and finally open the mobile web to the masses.

SecondLife virtual world has generated over 15 billion minutes in free online voice calls in just under 2 years and wildly popular Skype has reportedly played host to 200 billion minutes in it’s 6 years in operation.

Here is a quick video demo of some Google Voice iPhone features in action.

Will There Be A Google Voice Phone Number Land Rush?

This could be an opportunity to pick up an awesome phone number for your online business!

You can sign up to receive an email alert when Google Voice goes live at the Voice home page.

Since signing up will require a unique Google account to claim a Voice phone number, I think this phone number rush will be comparable to the recent Facebook username rush.  (Where I scored facebook.com/MarkFulton!)

It is also likely that you will not be able to choose the digits of your phone number, but who knows? We’ll have to wait and see!

I will be looking out for the launch announcement email, you may want to do the same and tell your friends and associates.

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Authority Labs is offering a free trial of their search ranking monitoring service! This is a relatively new company having launched in December 2008, but I’ve had a chance to test out the product for a few weeks and it works well.

Just what does Authority Labs really do?

The service allows you to monitor your domain names for search engine rankings of specific keywords or search terms of your choice.

Once you set a domain name and define the search terms you want to track, Authority Labs goes to work monitoring your ranking for those terms. There are options to be updated via email alerts and you can view charts to track your performance over time.

Monitor One Website for Free

You can give this service a go for free through a promotional free trial account. You can monitor one domain and 10 search terms.  Simply visit the Authority Labs website to sign up.

There is also a Personal Plan which is $9 per month to monitor 3 domains, though the beauty of this service may lie in the fact that it’s scalable, allowing paying customers to monitor many many more websites with ease.

Why Bother?

Monitoring search rankings can beneficial for numerous reasons. For one, it can help you visualize the progress you are making, especially if you are just getting started!

Keeping tabs on those rankings can help you discover where your traffic is coming from and try to repeat that success.

Do you track your search rankings? Would love to hear your thoughts.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

Matt Cutts is head of webspam team and the respected voice of Google for web developers. Matt recently gave a presentation on the subject of SEO and blogging at WordCamp San Francisco and has been kind enough to share his presentation with everyone.

The presentation is titled, “Straight from Google: What You Need to Know” and provides excellent advice and insight from Google on optimizing WordPress for search engine ranking.

Please browse through the slides and read the highlights below the presentation. Update: Video is here to accompany slide, enjoy!

Matt has also provided a link to download the presentation in PowerPoint format.

Highlight Slides from the Presentation

• Slide #12: Use WordPress to get a head start!
• Slide #13: Basic but essential WordPress Plugins.
• Slide #21: SEO Tip – Choosing content keywords.
• Slides #22-#23: Ask yourself, “What will my visitors type?”
• Slide #26: Tweak your titles, URLs and content.
• Slide #27: Use keywords as categories and use dashes between words.
• Slide #29: Be passionate, write often, but don’t over do it.
• Slide #34: Be useful, creative and informative.
• Slides #36-#39: Use Google’s free Webmaster Tools to optimize.
• Slide #46: Save the Internet! Support net neutrality.
• Slide #48: WordPress Security – Block access to wp-admin with htaccess.

Straight from Google: What You Need to Know

As you can see, this presentation was a wealth of information, thanks Matt!

Pass it along to your fellow bloggers and developers!

If you have any questions or additions to the topic of SEO and blogging, the comments area is always open.

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You may have noticed a few adjustments to the DotSauce blog layout.  I wanted to freshen things up a bit and provide more breathing room for our articles and make reading and contributing to DotSauce a little easier.

I am currently working on several web development projects alongside DotSauce.  Twitter businesses like TweetSocial, FollowLists and ThemeHunter and other independent websites.

You can find occasional updates on my various projects at MarkFulton.com.

Each development project or startup provides a unique learning experience. While creating the TweetSocial Twitter Directory I was inspired to convert the old PHPLD directory to a more advanced and feature rich system built around our community.

Advanced Domaining Directory

This new Domaining Directory will feature comprehensive industry resources, tools and contacts.  It is currently in early stages of development but is already an industry first.  Still a few key updates like making it nice and SEO and social  friendly.  Be on the lookout for the official launch and possibly a contest for the new directory.

Here are some of the features the new Domaining directory will sport…

• Public ratings and reviews
• What’s hot? What’s new?
• Easy to use submission form
• Quickly sort, browse, categorize and tag
• Create a personal favorites list

If you are a DotSauce Forums member, please feel free to submit your favorite domaining related websites right now.  The directory is currently visible but closed to public submissions.

Hot New Benefits for Premium Members Only

You will also see some new and exciting things going down this summer for DotSauce Premium memberships.  I can’t say too much right now but it’s going to be an excellent opportunity to for anyone to easily profit from legitimately quality domain names.

I am currently running a special discount for full DotSauce premium access, you pay just $9.95 per month or $24.95 for 3 months.  Sign up now to lock in your membership at this low rate!

Current membership rates may go up at any time depending on number of new Premium Members coming in.  The goal of DotSauce Premium is to provide you real world domaining value above and beyond the low membership fee.

Visit the Premium Memberships page for additional details.

Stay tuned for further developments on both the directory and DotSauce Premium.  Hope everyone at TRAFFIC Amsterdam has a blast this week!

Carpe Nomen ~ Seize the Name!

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Many domainers, bloggers and marketers currently use affiliate marketing as supplemental income… earning a few hundred bucks a month to pay some bills.  But, did you know there are many affiliate marketing millionaires, earning thousands weekly by promoting other businesses products and services?

It’s true, and John Reese, founder of this powerful affiliate resource website is one of them.

What’s Inside Opportunity.com?

John’s Opportunity.com has a dedicated staff of people keeping tabs on all aspects of the affiliate marketing industry.

There is an extensive directory of offers from the top networks available.  They show you what offers are hot that you should be promoting and what’s not.

They even will have market research experts tracking buzz from popular Google searches and other trends.

New to Affiliate Marketing?

Opportunity.com makes earning money as an affiliate so simple!  You will find checklists, blueprints, video tutorials and other materials created to get you started ASAP.

This could be one of the best business investments you ever make.  Here’s why…

• Run Part-Time Or Full-Time
• Run From Anywhere
• No Inventory To Keep
• No Products To Ship
• No Payments To Collect
• No Customer Support
• No Recruiting
• HUGE EARNING POTENTIAL

The service is reported to be just $39.95 per month, a steal of a deal for all the commisions they will have you earning!

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