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Often our web site statistics we gather are there to help us do better, but very rarely are we rewarded for them doing well. GoingUp! is not only a great new web site analytics tracker, but it will also pay you back in return.
Having a good web site analytics package is key to having a successful web site. You have to know what your visitors like, what they don’t like, and where you could improve.
Looking for a wiki script for your next great web site project?
As somebody who’s built one from the ground up – I can tell you picking the right script for the job, is not an easy task to do. With a surprising amount of flexibility and power, BoltWire might be one of the easiest to use wikis out there.
It takes the cake when it comes to mixing the strengths of various script categories together. Is it a CMS? Is it a wiki? It is a little ‘bit of both.
What SimilarSites does is simple, it matches you up with web sites that are similar to the one you search for. For example, when I searched for Mitchelaneous.com, it gave me results for Boing Boing and Lifehacker. When I searched for WebHostingShow.com, it gave me hosting sites like WebHostingStuff.com and RateMyHost.com. The service works very well, and might also help you judge if you are targeting your own web site in the right ways.
SimilarSites also has add-ons you can download and use in both Firefox or Internet Explorer. That gives you two more ways to get more out of this excellent service.
Overall SimilarSites is a fun service to check out, just in case you want another web site like just like this one, or another favorite of yours around the Web.
With both paid and free versions, Site24x7.com looks to be a great web site monitoring package. They do monitoring of uptime and performance of your web sites, online services and servers. They also promise to deliver instant alerts the moment something goes wrong.
You can set the monitoring tools to check the web site in question you wish to monitor in intervals ranging from 5 to 60 minutes or above.
If the worst might happen, and you need to be told, here are the various ways they can alert you to trouble:
For those of you just wanting to beta test the service; when you first sign up, you are given a fully functional, 15-day trial account. At the end of 15 days, your account will be downgraded to free unless you upgrade to either Standard or Premium account.
Check out the screenshots, then give them a shot at Site24x7.com.
With the rise of cellphones, iPhones and every other type of phone phone out there (feel like I am stuck in a bad rendition of “Old McDonald Had a Farm..”) you need a site that is ready to please even your mobile audiences. That is where Wirenode comes into play. They will build you your mobile web site in 5 minutes or less.
If you have an RSS feed it is really easy to create a page. Sure you can add the pages, pictures and widgets – but scrapping your feed makes web site creation even easier. See this page I made as an example:
So if your looking to reach out into a new market for your publishing needs, might want to give wirenode.com a visit.
I was looking at my list of hosting resources and I realized it has been a while since I updated it. I have no new ideas at the current time, so I figured I would open this one up to the public. Do you know of any Web sites that deserve to be there that are not there right now? If you do – let me know and I’ll get it added.
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
