14 Guru Networking Tools

Comments (3) · January 27, 2008 at 8:41 am · Popular Posts, Web Hosting

Here are some of the best networking tools on the Web these days:

1. Network-Tools.com - Ugly interface but a little something for every network tool loving freak.
   
2. Pingdom Tools - The best looking set of network tools, ping, traceroute and page loading tools included.
3. DNS Goodies - Lots of goodies here to love from whois, ip check, ping and more.
   
4. Traceroute.org - Need to do a traceroute from more than one location? The interface is horrible but the info is handy.
5. DNS Stuff - Another list of your generic domain name tools. Also has a paid service for more perks and choices.
6. My Nameserver - Tons of DNS related lookup tools here. Also good to look up abuse, domain name worth and more.
7. DNS Tools - Ping, traceroute, whois and more. I really like the fact you can “search for all” here too.
8. DomainTools.com - Probably my all time favorite, DomainTools.com has everything you could want under the sun.
9. Ajax DNS - Look up your DNS info in a crazy cool ajax powered interface. Not just eye candy here though, good all around resource.
10. IP Tools - Another “we do everything” network tool web site. Dozens of search boxes with dozens of tools.
11. Internet Tools - A handful of Internet query tools so you can do quick searches for things such as various whois searches.
12. Ajax DNS Bench - Drop and give me 20! 6 ajax powered DNS tools here to pick from.
13. My IP Neighbors - Now you can use this site to do a reverse DNS search to find out who else is on your server.
14. Who is Hosting This - Find out the host or server that a domain name is using. Quick and effective (for nosey people only).

Now I wouldn’t recommend trying to use all of these, as many of them preform the same functions. Find the ones that work best for you, and next time you need to do a ping, traceroute or whois search you should be more than ready for the job.

 

FeedBurner Networks

Comments off · October 11, 2006 at 5:40 am · Hot Web Topics

I saw a “My Networks” link on top of FeedBurner that I had never seen before. Silly me, I just had to click it! This was the message sent my way via the tubes.

We can’t say, but since you landed here, we applaud your curiosity! You are one of a select group of FeedBurner publishers who can now create and discover other FeedBurner Networks. Networks is our new service (still in beta) that helps subscribers, other publishers and even advertisers more easily discover your great content.

This looks like a really interesting idea. I like the idea of bringing feeds and media together in little hubs for people to subscribe to. You can go join a network that is already in place, or you can go and create your own.

So what is to be gained by joining one of these networks?

Every participating publisher has an equal opportunity to appear on a network “landing page” that is comprised of the most recent headlines from the collective group (view an sample landing page). We encourage publishers to brand their network with a descriptive and compelling name and even include a logo.

FeedBurner provides a number of promotional tools to help participants get the word out including a network badge, chicklet and FeedBurner’s popular BuzzBoost service. In addition, publishers who are invited to join a network will also have the opportunity to submit their feed to FeedBurner’s growing advertising network, FAN.

Check out more details on this at FeedBurner.com’s Web site.