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Share Your Feed on Multiple Social Networks

Nov/06 in Hot Web Topics, Online Apps

Want to learn how to instantly plug new posts from your RSS feed into all the social networks you are a member of?  Follow these simple steps and you can share your new blog posts on Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, MySpace and many more services instantly, without having to lift a single finger.

Ok, first you are going to have to register and setup some accounts.  Do so at Ping.fm and TwitterFeed.com.   TwitterFeed.com will allow you to plug your RSS feeds into it to automatic sharing, and then you can plug your TwitterFeed.com account into Ping.fm – so it take your RSS posts, and shares them on the dozens of social network sites out there.

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Tweetin’ Twitter Radio

Nov/05 in Online Apps

Twitter Radio?

This has to be the trippiest use of Twitter I have seen yet.  TweetRad.io will let you listen to what others are tweeting about, using what they call “tweet-to-speech” technology.  Pick one of the options they have featured across the top of the page, tech, news, sports, funny, featured or search for any phrase then wait a few seconds.  Soon, your browser will be displaying and reading tweets out to you.

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Create a Feed for Anything, Anytime, Anywhere!

Oct/30 in Online Apps

RSSA = Really Simply Syndicate Anything

RSS feeds are extremely handy when it comes to keeping up with the latest and greatest updates from a web site. However, even today, there are still some web sites that are feed-less.  To help you track those web sites out there, we have RSSA, Really Simply Syndicate Anything.

All you do is enter the web site URL into the text box, and hit submit.  You will then be given several options on which content you would like to grab. This web site also comes in handy if you don’t know how to create a feed – but you think you need one for your visitors. 

Check out the many more reasons on why you should create  a feed, and then get started with this online tool today.

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Your Twitter Shoutbox

Oct/22 in Online Apps

Jotable Shoutbox in Action I always like looking at ways to add new user functionality to any web site out there, and Jotabl does provide that. How so?  By the power of Twitter (not to be confused with the power of Greyskull) it gives you a free embeddable shoutbox for your web site.

Once the shoutbox is added to your site, messages can be posted in it two different ways.  Your users can include the URL to the shoutbox in their tweet, and Jotabl will pick this up and place it in your shoutbox.  Users can also leave a message by signing into the box via Twitter, with the option to have the message tweeted for them.

You also can remove message and block certain Twitter users if they get too crazy with the shoutbox postings.  Now Jotabl doesn’t re-invent the Web, however it does provide a neat feedback interface for your users.  Give it a shot shout at jotable.com.

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Nobel Prize Winning Link Shortener?

Oct/05 in Online Apps

re.twt.me - Twitter Tools

Looking for a new way to shrink links, tweet links, and then analyze your links, to see how well (or not so well) they have been clicked? Then you might want to check into retwt.me.  This online link shrinker is very simple, and stays to the point of wanting to help you shrink links and then check out if anybody has clicked through them. 

Now before you tell me that bit.ly or even ping.fm do this too, let me bring up the point that retwt.me is also brought to you by the guys who developed TweetMeme – the sort of digg-like re-tweeting popular link site.  So, give retwt.me a shot, not as a replacement of the tools you already use, but maybe more as an alternative if your current link shrinking tools aren’t doing it for you.

Does it re-invent the wheel? No.  Should it win the Nobel Prize for link shortening? Maybe not.  It does provide you with one more way to make your long URLs tiny, so what more do you want from a free online link shrinking service?

To start shrinking and sharing your own links, go visit retwt.me.

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25 Most Popular Web Hosts on Twitter

Aug/27 in Online Apps, Web Hosting

Popular Hosts on Twitter

On the Web Hosting Show podcast, we have done a lot of talking recently about web hosts that use Twitter, and how they use it.  Some use it for support, others use it for marketing, and the best ones use it for both.  Who are the most popular web hosts on Twitter though?

To put that question to the test, I thought I would compile a list of all the web hosts on Twitter that have over 1,000 followers.  Out of nearly 100 web hosts on the Web, here are the 25 that made the cut.

  1. WestHost Web Hosting (WestHost) on Twitter = 1,804 followers
  2. softlayer_news (softlayer_news) on Twitter = 2,609 followers
  3. Sustainable Websites (sustainableweb) on Twitter = 2,946 followers
  4. Surpass Web Hosting (surpass) on Twitter = 1,960 followers
  5. Slicehost (slicehost) on Twitter = 3,500 followers
  6. Six Apart (sixapart) on Twitter = 15,401 followers
  7. SiteGround (SiteGround) on Twitter = 1,132 followers
  8. Site5 Web Hosting (site5) on Twitter = 1,010 followers
  9. PinchHost (PinchHost) on Twitter = 8,891 followers
  10. mediatemple (mediatemple) on Twitter = 8,571 followers
  11. GoDaddy.com Guy(GoDaddyGuy) on Twitter = 3,060 followers
  12. lunarpages (lunarpages) on Twitter = 1,528 followers
  13. linode (linode) on Twitter = 1,655 followers
  14. LiquidWeb (LiquidWeb) on Twitter = 12,734 followers
  15. Laughing Squid (ls_hosting) on Twitter = 1,079 followers
  16. Joyent (joyent) on Twitter = 2,350 followers
  17. JaguarPC (JaguarPC) on Twitter = 4,637 followers
  18. Sunil Saxena (inmotionhosting) on Twitter = 1,259 followers
  19. HostGator.com (hostgator) on Twitter = 4,668 followers
  20. Hostcats.com (Hostcats) on Twitter = 1,299 followers
  21. 123-Reg (123reg) on Twitter = 1,677 followers
  22. Gary Jones (bluefur) on Twitter = 46,671 followers
  23. dreamhost (DreamHost) on Twitter = 2,934 followers
  24. FireHost Inc. (FireHost) on Twitter = 3,783 followers
  25. INSANE Deals Only @ (HIVELOCITY) on Twitter = 6,508 followers

There you have it, 25 of the most popular web hosting companies that are on Twitter right now.  You can find a list of nearly 100 web hosts on Twitter on the Web Hosting Show’s web site.  Did your web host make the cut?

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10 Great Sources for Online Shopping Deals

Aug/21 in Online Apps

We all enjoy finding a way to save a little extra cash, so I wanted to give you all some of my  favorite online deal sources, so you too can enjoy in the discounts that are hidden out there.  Here are ten of my favorite sources for online shopping deals.

Have another source that is even better?  Don’t be shy – feel free to share!  We all like saving some money!

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Get Clicky – An Alternate Web Analytics Suite

Aug/11 in Online Apps, Web Development Tutorials

I have to say, I really love my Google Analytics, however, with that said Clicky web analytics does look like a pretty sweet competitor.  They give you the chance to monitor, analyze, and react to your blog or web site’s traffic in real time. 

Playing with the demo, you can see that the interface is much better looking than anything else out there in the web analytics market. 

Clicky Web Stats Demo

If you want to check out how it compares to “the other guys” they have a nice table to help you do that too.  Some of the things it has that others do not include:

  • Real time goals, conversions, and campaigns
  • Track custom data for every visitor (usernames, cookies, etc)
  • Widgets to put on your web site
  • Works with visitors who have disabled JavaScript
  • FeedBurner RSS stats integration

Clicky isn’t a stats package I have tried out myself yet, however – after checking out some of the features, I am kind of itching to give it a shot.  Sign up for free and let me know how does it stack up against your favorite web statistics program?

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Make Any Site Print Friendly

Jul/09 in Online Apps

Better Page Printing with Print Friendly

Ever been browsing an article or guide online that you wish you could print out, without all the junk that the web site provides?  Print Friendly offers to make any web site out there easier to print.  You can use their web site tool to enter the URL you wish to simplify for your printer, or use the bookmarklet to gain access to the tool at any time. 

PrintFriendly screenshot

You can then e-mail the printer friendly version to your friends, tweet about it, or edit the document removing pictures or blocks of text. 

Want to add this interactivity to your own web site layout, maybe under each article that you post?  You can do that too by grabbing the Print Friendly button code.  For WordPress users, there is even a plugin you can install to add it to all your blog posts automatically.

Overall, Print Friendly is a pretty nice service, if you are looking to do a little article simplification, perfect for print. 

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Find Your Inter(net)-icon and Socialize It

Jun/24 in Hot Web Topics, Personal

I have spent some time on finding the right icon and picture for me to use across all the social networks that I am apart of.  Some people might thing it is silly to spend any time on this, however I think it is important to use a graphic that people can easily associate with you.

For example, look at Chris Pirillo and his icon.  If you are a follower of him and what he does, you know when you see this icon:

Chris's Head as an Icon   Chris's Head as... Well, a Head!

That he is associated with it.  No matter if you follow him on his web site, his Twitter page, his Facebook page, you know to associate that with him.  Others have done this too.  BlueFur.com, a Canadian based web host uses their blue monster as their Twitter icon too.

BlueFur.com's Web Site  BlueFur.com's Twitter Page and Icon

Here are a few more tips about the process that you might find useful:

  • Pick something that is unique about yourself or your company
  • Try to use something that is easily recognizable
  • Don’t be afraid to have a little fun with it

With that said, here is what I have currently decided to go with…

My New Social Icon!

I had to update my look, since I cut my hair off – plus I threw my own favicons from my various site in for good measure. 

So as you can see – you might want to give a little more thought when it comes to picking the right picture you want to use across all the web pages you wish to frequent, especially if you want to build a brand around your name or business.

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