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PREPARING YOUR SITE FOR LAUNCH

PROMOTING YOUR SITE AFTER LAUNCH

MAINTAINING YOUR SITE/FOLLOW UP

Check your URL, check trademarks, incorporate, register your site; build your meta tags; proof your site; then submit it to search engines, portals, directories, link, and referral sites. (Watch for the addition of "hosting and designing" categories to this section.)

Host Index

Host Index offers advice and over 800 links to web hosts of all types. Has a nice beginners guide to fee based web hosts.
Check back in April for a listing to a page devoted to free hosting services.

Incorporate

Parcorp incorp on line for 35$

Azurii's Page on incorporating, trademarks, and domain name checks.

Trademark

Name Protect

Azurii's Page on incorporating, trademarks, and domain name checks.

Register and Check Your Domain Name

Azurii's Page on incorporating, trademarks, and domain name checks.

InterNIC Official Registration Site. Costs $70 for 2 years.
Register Name and Trademark.
Media Builder Check URL.
Tab Net Registers Site for You
Domain It Search and Register
Network Solutions Domain Name Registration, Checking, and promotions info.

Buy Names

Domains Re-Sells Names
Dot Broker Re-Seller
Net Names Full Service including legal
Domain Reseller
Domain Rush
Web Site Names
Cheap Domains
Domain Properties
I Need a Domain
Best Domains

Legal Info. RE:Domain Names

Domain Name Legal Issues from Law Journal Extra
Find Law's Online Legal Resources Page

Meta Tags

Meta tags help categorize your site by keyword and description for better placement with search engines. You can generate your tags, check your tags, and optimize your tags for better tag performance here.
Meta Tags Info and Links
Meta Tags Tutorial for all the basics on meta tags
Sample Tags That Work for suggestions on how to write better tags
Sample Tags That Work, Part II for suggestions on how to write better tags
Other Tags Tutorial This is a nice ZDNet reference to all tags including tags that allow you to re-direct your web site, designate languages, and list pics rating. The pics rating states whether your site is viewable by all readers. RASC can review your web site for content viewable by all audiences
GoTo Suggest Keywords for You to Use
Submit Free Tutorial
Link Exchange's advice and reference page Full Site Metrics report
Meta Tags Forum discussions
Web Developer's Virtual Library has nice reference on page layout

Meta Tag Downloads

TagGen An Essential Web Site Promotion Tool - Whether you are looking to increase the traffic to your site or gain control over your intranet you will need meta tags. This link describes how to promote your web site with the TagGen meta data composer.
Meta Magic's Generator
Tag Master builder software with relevant keywords
Site Up Free Download
Meta Bot Download
Meta Tag Manager Download for macs.

Meta Tags Advisors

Scrub The Web Gives Automated Advice Based on the Tags You Have on Your Site.
Web Hut Tag Checker Services

Meta Tag Optimizer

Azurii's Tag, Domain Name, and Title Optimizer

Meta Tags Legal Issues

Law Journal Extra RE: Meta Tags

Create Starter Pages for Better Position Potential

Atomic Bomb Web Promotion Spider Shareware creates starter pages for better promotion $49.95 regular; $99.90 Pro

Meta Tag Directories

Need more info? Visit this Meta Tag Directory: Meta Tags Directory

Full Service Site Proofing Facilities

One of the top three reasons people leave a web site is confusion caused by faulty site performance. Full service agencies allow you to check your whole site at one place. Watch for variances from 1 page checks to full site checks. Web Site Garage will run up to 50 pages per month for $9.99/month with a one page free trial. Site Inspector lets you pick and choose what you want done and its free. Net Mechanic will give you results immediately or send you the results of a complete site check via email for free (some fee based services also). Site Owner links to Site Inspector and provides other site maintenance functions. Link Bot gives you a complete array of services on your own computer for offline maintenance and proofing.
Web Site Garage
Site Inspector
Net Mechanic
Site Owner
Smart Age
Link Bot Download

HTML Validators/Checkers

These services will check the structure of your HTML for proper syntax and browser compatibility. Places like W3C will also check your CSS. Link Bot will has a javascript parser.
W3C
Web Site Garage
Net Mechanics
Link Exchange
Imagiware Download
Ace Expert HTML Download
Dr. HTML
Link Bot Download

Spelling and Syntax

Net Mechanic
Site Inspector
Web Site Garage
Site See

Also check your editor's program or cut and paste check with your word processor program. Word 97 provides excellent grammer and spell checker support.

GIF Optimizers

GIF Optimizers shrink the size of your images for faster download times. You usually find download checks and GIF optimizer services bundled together in one package.
Site Builder Guide for GIF maintenance and handling GIF heavy sites.
Site Inspector Free Trial
Media Builder
GIF Wizard free
GIF Bot
GIF Lube $9.99/month
Web Utilities Free and Downloadable

Browser Compatibility Checks

The second top three reason a viewer will leave your site is unattractiveness/lack of compatibility with their system. How does your site look on different browsers? platforms? screen resolution sizes? to people with disablities? What about to people who speak other languages? These services will check your compatibility in different browser formats and for different browser versions. (Internet Explorer and its variants; Netscape and its variants; Web TV; Lynx; PC, Unix, MacIntosh, etc.) Since the display of your site is so important, you will also find a number of references to charts and tutorials on the various browsers and what they support and information on how you can make your site cross-browser and multi-audience friendly. (See next category for translation and internationalization of your web site.)
Web Monkey's Browser Kit Chart of Browsers and what they support by function
Web TV's Charts of Popular Browsers support by HTML tag.
Usable Web Directory of links to issues related to site usability design, tools, and resources. Covers access, architecture, ecommerce, navigation, speed, browsers, frames, standards, design, inspection, user tests, tasks, site engineering.
Site Builder Guide to making site accessible to anyone
Use It Page of links to articles related to issues of site usability
Usable Web links to inspecting the usability of your site.
Usable Web Links to market testing your web site.
All Things Web Interface Elements - Css, Frames, Table, Text, testing, compatibility and accessibility, design fundamentals, technical tips, HTML watch
ZDNet's Article on checking how your site looks on different display monitors.
BrowserWatch's What browsers support which platforms grid by Internet.com.
Sample Browser Pages Three toad shows you samples of pages on different browsers.
DynDuo DHTML Cross Browser Compatibility
Digital's Form Cross Browser compatibility tests and a directory list of browsers. Disability Enabled Checker Browser checker and disability enabled checker.
Usable Web Links to Sites that help make your site more disability friendly.
Browsers by CNET Consumer info. about browsers.
Tips on Making Your Site Cross Browser Compatible by Three Toad.
HTML Chek Html check/cross reference check complete tutorial Web Site Garage, $9.95/month for 18 point check including prior versions testing and platform testing
Site Inspector tells you if your site conforms to both Explorer and Netscape
Web TV Test you site on Web TV format & Web TV compatibility tips
Delores Web Lynx check, backward compatibility checks, search engine's view, view of your site without extra features.
Web Metrics Testing Test HTML against numerous usability guidelines, Visual look of site categories (CAT Analysis), and VIP testing (visual inspection testing - sets up program)
Test AOL Compatibility
ZDNet Review of Web Raider
Browser Display Resolution Checker Freeware

Site Translation Services

Jorge Pelayo's Spanish Translation Services
Use It Article about aking your site accessible to a global audience
Aleph Translation services database
IT Link Translates web sites in 32 different languages.
XlTrans translation services
Language Force Translation software into 32 languages.
Systransoft Natural language translation service
Transimage Design firm specializing in int'l sites.
Global Link Translation software
LAI Web Plexar language translation software

Download Time Checks

The third top reason people will leave your web site is slow download times. These services will check the efficiency of your download times through different modems speeds (14.4, 28.8, 56, 128, T1), makes recommendations, and suggests ways to improve download times.
Web Site Garage,
Site Inspector,
GIF Wizard
Site See

Server Checks

Before anything, people must be able to find your site. Server checks test the efficiency of your web server under a number of different traffic circumstances and at different times.
Net Mechanic Checks your site's server performance levels at various times and degrees of usage.
ZDNet Review of Web Raider
Keynote Test the performance and failure rates of your web site from over 60 locations in 35 cities around the US and the World. Real Time Graphs tell you how your site is doing.
Smart Age $6.95 set up/$6.95 month or 14.95 server performance checks

Internet Traffic Reports

Find out how information is moving over internet and if there are bottlenecks or slow downs.

Internet Traffic Report Maps out traffic levels and speeds over internet.

Link Checkers

Run this check often for quick checks for inactive or malfunctioning links.
Site Inspector
Net Mechanics
Web Site Garage
Link Popularity
Site See
Link Bot

Submission Agents

Automatically submit your site to a number of search engines and directories with these services. When shopping for the right place for you, check their list of sites to see where your site will be placed. Make sure you are getting proper coverage with all of the top search engines. For fee based services or high volume services, make sure you are getting coverage in your specific market. 50 sites means very little if 35 don't apply to your web site. There are also specialized services that provide customize submissions programs for you. You can also find downloads and some auto agents that let you pick the places you want for your own submissions plan or/and let you add your own places to their list of sites.
PromoNet's Submissions Agent Reference Help and Chart of Agents
Search Engine Submit Reference Chart and links for individual submission
Free Links Manual links
MultiMedia Company's Top 100 Search Engines Manual Submit Links
Information City Free Auto and Manual Submission
Submit It! Professional auto submission to 400 Search Engines/$60 for 2 URLs for 1 yr.; Free Trial
Register It! Professional auto submission for $39.95 for 1 URL or $59.95 for 2.
Ultimate Promotion Auto submission to 900 search engines, plus 7,500 banner ads, and 500 link pages for $69.95
Web Promote professional promotions agency, 200 engines, various pkgs.
Power Promote autom submit to 400 for only $19.95
DSS URL Submit
Site See 370 sites for $9.95 - site trackers. free. Submission agent - 370 sites. (9.95)
Self Promotion Free submissions
Announce It! Fee/$20 - $65/personally file/ 15 to 50. They also list top 50 search engines.
linkasouarus
AAA Internet Promotion 1 URL: manual filing with 50 engines for $99.00; 100 engines for $199.00
1 Step Web Site Promotion Fee
Site Owner Top Engines for Free Trial
Free Links Provides Links, You Submit
Smart Age Additpro for 9.95. to 400 7 free trial
Site Launch Fee
Top 25 Links
Virtual Promote 14 Auto Submits for Free
A PROS 250 Sites
World Submit 1550 sites worldwide ($29 for 400; $89 for 1550 every 6mos)
Sub Wolf 1200 Site Software for $95.00
A1 Submit 650 for $29.00
US Web Sites 25 for free
Add Me Submit 34 for free
Scrub the Web's free easy submit
The Promoter 450 places for free
Submission Station 24 URLs free
60 places Submit to 60 places free
50 free
Web Ad, The Ultimate Advertising Network Need more? This site provides links to more submission agents.
Aadsoft Freeware URL to 650 places
Engenius site submission software
Freeware URL submissions software
900 for 24.95 at Market Suite
9 auto free or 55 manual do yourself links from Marketsuite.
Usual Submit your site links to specialty, general, the top sites, award sites, very nice.

Proofing and Promotions Downloads

These tools can be added to your system for offline work and mass multiple use. For fee downloads, check their upgrade support, samples, and for free trial offers prior to final purchase. In the future, watch for a section devoted to downloadable items at PromoNet's PromoShop .
Tucows Free Promotions Software
CNET's Download.COM
Web Master Tools Freeware 50 URL Site Submission
Information City Free downloads.
Yahoo's Page on Promotions Software Downloads
Link Bot Checks entire site
Ad Soft Freeware Position Checker and 650 URL Submissions
Imagiware Software
Ace Expert HTML
ZDNet Review of Web Raider
Web Position Monitors your search engine placement, and helps get your sites listed as a top 10 web site.

Promotions Books

Visit PromoShop for a complete site dedicated to online marketing related books and educational materials with over 200 selections. You can also find resources at Amazon.Com , Barnes and Noble , and Borders Books .

Other Resources

Search engine help, legal info., and hot lists.
Search Engine Watch
PromoNet Search Engines Directory
ZDNET's "A Guide to Robots, Spiders, and Other Shady Denizens on the Web!"
100 Hot Lists of Hot Web Sites
GoTo's top 100 Search Terms
Law Journal Extra Legal Information

Now you need to promote your site. Exchange links with other sites, exchange banner ads, develop a banner campaign, create or join an affiliates program, list your site on web rings, get award recognition, send postcard announcements, send out press releases, monitor program with advertising planning software, and visit an online advertising agency.

Link Exchange Programs

THMG
Link Exchange
Link Booster
Free Links Reciprocal Links Program
Also check individual sites for exchange offers, reseller programs, and affiliate programs. Offer a linking button free on your site for others to use.

Banner Reference Materials

Virtual Promote Basic Introduction to Banner Ads
How to Make an Animated Banner by HTML Goodies with links to free downloads
Banner Making Tips For Placement at Other Sites By Study Web in their advertising section.
Developing Your Banner Campaign 7 steps to good banner campaigns by Sell It On The Web
How to Set up an Ad Server at Your Web Site tutorial by Hot Wired
How to Management Banner Ad Software by Central Ad
Understanding Banner Ad Costs by Sell It On The Web
Improving your Banner Ad Revenues by Sell It On The Web
Understanding Banner Exchange Networks by Tripod
Using a Banner Drop Site Review of Safe Audit by Sell It on The Web
Four Corners Now find out about everything else. This is an excellent banner reference site. Free banners, explains banners, cost per thousand rates, books, free banner tools, affiliate programs, selling banners, email marketing, banner design tips from the search engines.
Mark Welch Advertising Site Need more links? This site has tons of banner links including specialty banners exchanges and exchanges by size, affiliate programs and everything else.

Banner Exchange Programs

Link Exchange Free banner exchanges, a very popular banner exchange program
Ultimate Promotion will submit your site for you for 11,000 banners.
Tripod Click banner exchange program
Smart Clicks Banner Exchange Program with nice administrative features and specialized targeted marketing.
Mega Banners has spanish version also.
Magic City's Free ads and banners by CBC
Banner Web Banner/Ad exchange network
Free Banners A 2-1 banner exchange network with additional affiliates program capacities. They also offer nice site add ons.
Smart Age banner exchange
1 2 3 Banners 2:1 banner exchange
Banner Swap 2:1 banner exchange
Banner Web
Soul Exchange banner exchange
Web Ad "The ultimate advertising network"
Mark Welch Advertising Site Need more links? This site has tons of banner exchange links including specialty banners exchanges and exchanges by size
Traffic X banner exchange
hits Galore
Also check individual sites for exchange offers and offer your banner free to others. Ad Swap Banner exchange program 1 For 1
Intelliclicks Audio banners, all sizes accepted 1000 free credits after that $10 CPM
Banner Cast
Banner Exchange
Find Link
Freecast
EIS Banner Swap
Link Media
TrafficX includes click button exchange. adsdaq.com - get paid .25/1000 click throughs
123 Link -Banner exchange, link exchange, submit to 800, free web site

Banner Exchange Directories

Directory of exchanges nice table format
Banner Exchange Mega List
Home Based Helper

Banner Affiliate Program

Bachsys Pays out per lead

Banner Referral Programs

Mega Banners This is a great banner program. Your banner placement is based on referrals generated from your site.

Free Automatic Banner Makers

Azurii's Online Banner Page for a list of online automatic banner makers and examples
Creative Connection Nice Banner Templates
Media Builder Black and White Animated Banners
Tripod 5 Animated Styles
Animation Online Squares and Index List Types
Animation Makes business looking Banners
Sign Board Makes plaque-like banners
The Banner Generator Nice font selection
Good Webs Free banners. pick template, pick up banner w/in a week
Web Utilities The Web Razor is an excellent program for creating animated and static banners. Has a nice optimizer program built in. Free 15 trial.
Paint Shop Pro Free download for imaging work.
Free Graphics has free graphics links
Gif Movie animator shareware program
Crystal Graphics 3d text animator and image render
Mark Welch's Advertising Site Extensive links to all things banners.

Specialized Banner Designers

AAA Web Design List directory of web designers.
GW Web Designs Will make banners for you. $50 for static banners; $75 for animated
Azurii Banner Design Makes handcrafted customized banner advertisements with animation, images, clip art, designs, slogans, and moving text. Lounge Lizard Specialized design studio promotion, package design, banner ads, tv, and print ad designs
DDBN DDB Digital all purpose design agency

Specialized Click Button and Promotions Boxes Banner Makers

Azurii's Click Button specialized design services.

Banner Manager for Web Site

Media Hits Places ads on your site, you get set fee per click through.
Web Adverts Share program that ($50 if you like it) controls lg banner ad campaigns through CGI scripts and Perl. Monitors click throughs, auto pull, displays stats like total exposure and total clicks per day.
Double Clicks Will handle ad/banner campaign for you. See Northern Lights for example.
Orbital Free Banner Manager through CGI Net
CGI NET free banner manager
Web Ads free remotely hosted banner rotator for people w/o CGI - can cut off ad after set period and does come w/stats. Banners Management
Ad Juggler
Central Ad Software that handles web banners on your site
Ad Push free one month. w/stats, no CGI req'd, no programming, they host banners
Web Genie Free demo download
SAFEbanner Wizard Freeware to track site.
Web Promotions Resource Center Figure out cost of banner ads, and other financials

Banner Repository

This is a place that holds banners for people to grab and place on their web site. The amt. paid out is listed at the web site based on either on per click through, per impression, or per sale. (Very similar to affiliate program, but different name.)

Safe Audit

Affiliate Programs

Associate Programs How to build an Affiliates Program
http://www.sitelaunch.net/affiliate.htm"> Site Launch How to start your own affiliates program Affiliate Zones Sets up your affiliates program for you
Total Web Pro
Clicks Link Search Engine of Affiliate Programs
Click Trade
Commission Junction has interesting article on the advantages and disadvantages of affiliate programs in their affiliates sign up area. (Also check out the excellent CNET article down the page)
Double Click
Value Click Get $ everytime some clicks a banner.
Link Share
Affiliate Program Get paid for links and ads.

Refer It
Marketing Tips 750 companies that advertise online
Be Free Affiliate Program includes Barnes and Noble and GoTo
Get Rich Click
Tekno Surf pay per click network
Web Sponsors
Free Links Need more sites? Try this Free Links. An excellent promotions links resource site. Smart Clicks affiliates program coming soon
Need More? Try This "Make Money" Directory
Reader's Choice Insider's Guide to Making Money at your Web Site

Awards Locations

Award Sites Primer by Virtual Promote
Information City List of Award Spots
Free Links Submission Site and Directory
Commerce Net Innovative Commerce Awards
Cool Sitings Highlights New Web Site Design Each Day + archives
Web 500
Top 10 Internet Links including search, web authoring, awards, promotions, hosting, isps, programming, search engines, domain names, starting points, advertising
Relevant Knowledge Top searched sites
Canada Top 100
UK's Top 50
Hot 100 Web Sites
Top Ten Links
Web 100 Top 100 computer and net sites.
Cool Tool of the Day with data base
Platinum 100 Award Site Top 100 Sites on the Net
PC Magazine's top 100
Lyco's Top 5% best of the web.
Cool Site of the Day
Cool Central the world's coolest sites
Webby Awards
2Ask you vote for best sites on the planet
Cool Banana web sites
Internet Professional Publishers Association: Design Excellence
Wise Cat's Top 100 Web Sites
10 Best on the Web
Plan Magic The best in software
Better Internet Bureau Quality Site
Web Net
Ravi
USA Today hot site
Internet Day Gold Site
Web Trends has a long list of places they have received awards from

Web Rings

Web rings are rings of sites that loop you around a number of similar web sites. For Example a Promotions web ring would take your through a loop of promotion sites and services

What Is a Web Ring?" by What Is It.
Should You Join One? Article by 1x.com
Web Rings by Web Ring.Org. The founding web ring organization
Ring Surf
Loop Link
Promotions Web Ring

Announcement Services

Internet News Service Bureau How Tos and will do releases for you; 2000 sites for $200
Web Site Garage Press release services; $99.00 for submission. $299.00 for preparation
Web Promote press release services
Web Announce How tos
Tab Net Blast Off Service
Web Places

Announcement Postcards

Ultimate Promotion
E Cards Send an ECard Announcement instead.
Cards with Picture of Your Web Site on it. 500 for $95.00.

Order Promotions Accessories Online

Ink Spot
Network Inc promotions supplies like key chains , awards
Elemental Marketing software (promotions, search engines, etc.)
Promocity Promotional items store (hats, etc.)
Promotion Depot Inflatables and search lights to promote your store.
Create a Net Logo design, stationary, pens, /web page/banners/pens/logo/6 months hosting offer for $275
Lounge Lizard Package Design
Holopaw Photography Models for your banners and ads.

Ad Planning Software

Ad Force Ad management help for online publishers and marketers.
Ad Center Server for ad agencies (software)
Ad Knowledge
I33 Advertises its ad services

Find Books on Online Advertising and Marketing

Promotions Agencies

Get professional help with your promotions campaign. Promotions agencies offer full service, customized promotions packages for your web site for those times when you need special attention or for those who do not have the time to commit to a dedicated submissions web site campaign.
Ultimate Promotion
Web Promote
Multi-Media Marketing Co
Tab Net
AAA Internet Promotion
1st Step
Knab Promotion for musicians/radio promotion
ZoZo Online sports promoters
Sputnik 7 promotes new music
Yahoo's Page of links

Ad agencies monitor and conduct your banner ad campaign for you. They can offer a number of site packages to choose from for banner placement or they can individually place and monitor your banners for you.

Ad Net Agency
247 Media Targeted advertising channels. You pick the channel. They have the places already set up for you.
Ad Force Ad agency will administer your campaign for you. Point and click to a number of locations.
Channel Seven Spotlight Page spotlights top agencies in promotions and ad.
Links to Internet Ad Agencies
Win Star Interactive Sells promotion spots for web sites

Advertising Forums

Promotion World banner exchange, site design, general promotion, s.e, Internet Advertising Advertising: internet advertising news discussion, web advertising resources and comments.

General Advertising References

"A Guide to Web Advertising, Design, and Promotion"
Free links
Link Exchange
Virtual Promote
Promotion World
Site Launch
Web Reference
Free Promote

Internet Marketing Center
Ad Age Magazine
Information City
Smart Age
Clickz
Magic City Net
Website Promoters
Media Builders
Net Ads
Resources Tools and Services
Big Info
Internet Day
GoTO's Top 100 Search Terms
Project Cool
HTML Goodies
Web Monkey
Internet.Com
101 killer marketing tactics
Biz Web 2000
Home Based Helper
Internet Advertising Bureau
Ad Resource /Advertising/Web Design
Ad Talk Advertising Directory
Report "Web Advertising 1998: Market Analysis & Forecast"
Web Advertising Tutorial System
Ads Gallery directory and examples
Target Marketing Speaker and book author
BBL Media BBL Media Web Marketing Directory and Resource Center

Online Advertising and Marketing Seminars

Thunder Lizard has a variety of marketing, advertising and design seminars. Please check out their web site for more details.
Refer-it Affiliate Solutions Conference Commission Junction will co-host a panel with other affiliate service providers on March 26th at the Harvard Club in New York
Spring Internet World Los Angeles from April 12th to th 16th. Commission Junction has free passes for clients that would like to attend.
External IT: Blueprint For E-Commerce March 24-26, 1999 Chicago, Ill. External IT: Blueprint For eCommerce March 28-30, 1999 San Francisco, Calif.
"The IntelliQuest Marketing Research Tech Forum Three will be held May 10-11, 1999 in Austin, Texas. The 1999 Forum will once again bring all sectors of the technology research community together to provide a variety of perspectives on ways to maximize study results. The Forum brings together the brightest marketing researchers in the industry, presenting case studies and techniques that really work." Quote from web page announcement.

Counters, trackers, link popularity, maintenance checks, link checks again, and rank and position agent resources to monitor the progress of your site,

Reference

PC Webopaedia Web Dictionary
Mark Welch's Ad Site Thorough list of counters and monitors.
Web Monkey's Article on Tracking Devices
Web Monkey's "Who's linking to you?"

Site Monitors

Hitometer $4.99/month/online service from Web Site Garage
Fast Counter Free online service from Link Exchange
Free Counter You can choose style and look.
Site Tracker Free service
Tripod Counter Counter
Better Counter Free w/real time stats and can monitor whole web site.
Delorie Counter
FxWeb Free web tracker
Site See Counter
Hit List Software program tells you who is visiting, when, from where, what banners are being used, how long to download, what search engines, what links, what keywords, stats, graphs, %'s, lists.
Web Trends Professional Software Program
Free Links Complete list of counters and trackers/monitors reference under its "log analyzers" site link.
The Counter Free counter
Stat Trax Fee based tracking service

Position Agents/Checkers

Position Agent Online service/full service checks 200 engines/free mini service offered for testing
Rank This Gives you site placement and top 10's for ten search engines.
Centrapoint - WC, Yahoo, AV, EX, LY, IN, MAG, fuzzy on or off, find place or just check if it's listed. Site See Free check of keywords. Alta Vista type in link:www.yourname.com to find out who is linking to you. Web Trends A software program ranging from a $59.00 subscription to a $1,499.00 firewall compatible version.
Web Position Software to monitor your site's activities and search engine placement.
Site Launch
Traffic Builder
Smart Age Position checker ranking of site for 6.95 per month or 14.95. try one free

Aadsoft Freeware Position Checker at 13 search engines

Link Popularity Checkers

Site Owner
Web Site Garage
Link Popularity Checkers

Inactive Link Checkers

Site Inspector
Net Mechanic
Site See
Link Bots

Overall Site Maintenance Links

Net Mechanic
Web Site Garage
Site Owner
Site Inspector

Statistics

Net Craft Top requested web sites by netcraft
Nua Internet Surveys Marketing and ad page
Media Metrix

Magazines

The Directory of Ezines
Hot Wired A great resource for new internet technology trends
Internet.Com An impressive display of specialty internet magazines on subjects ranging from definitions and ecommerce to latest news and javascript files. Very useful resource. CNET Provides development and promotions resources and tools. Useful tools, interesting and useful articles.
ZDNET Also an interesting magazine with helpful internet subject matter tutorials, comparisons, and research articles.
Advertising Age No marketing and promotion site would be complete without mention to this wonderfully detailed advertising trade magazine. They have broken into the electronic scene quite nicely.
Clickz Marketing Magazine
Computer World Offers computer info. and tips
HTML Goodies Provides coding language tip but also has some helpful site promotion information.
Turbo Ads E-Mag for Rich Media Advertising
The Thinking Media

70 THINGS TO DO CHECK LIST

Free Link.Com's "Top 10 Tools All Web Masters Should Have"
Value Click Position Agent Ace Expert HTML Editor Web Position Paint Sho Web Trends Central Ad Smart Saver Link Bot Web Raider

Media Matrix' Top 10 Search Engines

FN: Microsoft Network & AOL Netfind were not counted in this survey.

Yahoo!
Netscape
Excite
Lycos
HotBot
Alta Vista
Web Crawler
Real Names
LookSmart
SP Snap
Go To

HOT 100 LIST's 20 HOTTEST PORTALS/SEARCH ENGINES for 10/98

MSN.Com (Microsoft site)
Yahoo!
Four11
Alta Vista
Excite
Magellan City
Web Crawler
Info Seek
Lycos
WhoWhere?
Search.com
LookSmart
Go2.Net
Hot Bot
Net Address
AOL
At Hand Quick Search
Deja News
Find Mail E Groups
Infospace.Com

TOP SEARCH ENGINES BASED ON THE BEST OF THREE SEPARATE POLLS (Media Matrix, 100 Hottest Sites, and POV) (MSN and AOL were not measured in Media Matrix' poll. Had they been considered there as well, they may have ranked higher.)

Yahoo
Excite
Lycos
Alta Vista
Hot Bot
Look Smart
Infoseek
MSN
Web Crawler
AOL/Net Find

Honorable mentions not listed on that list: Mining Co., GoTo, Snap!, Real Names, Four11, Magellan Cty, Planet Search, Galaxy, WhoWhere?, Search.com, at hand, dejanews, infospace, netaddress.

COMPREHENSIVE SITE MAINTENANCE AND PROMOTIONS PACKAGES

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