Website and Blog Software and Resources for Hosting and CMS Themes

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Summary. This page contains links to website and blog creation resources.

  • Analytics for Website Visitor Traffic Analysis
    • DomainTools.com – An amazing array of website and Internet analysis tools.
    • Google Analytics – “Google Analytics has been re-designed to help you learn even more about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your site.”
    • Quantcast – “Quantcast is a new media measurement service that enables advertisers to view audience reports for millions of sites and services to build their brands with confidence. The free service empowers publishers to demonstrate the unique value of their audiences by tagging their websites, videos, widgets and games for direct measurement.”
    • StatCounter – “A free yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly configurable hit counter and real-time detailed web stats. Insert a simple piece of our code on your web page or blog and you will be able to analyse and monitor all the visitors to your website in real-time!”
  • BonaSource.com – “Our team is divided between Toronto and Moscow. Despite different backgrounds, we share a passion for improving people’s lives with web technology. We believe that only web applications designed and built with a focus on people using them can save money and generate new income for your organization.”
  • Choosing the Right Name for a Blog or Domain
  • Curbly
  • FreeWebs – Free hosting of blog/website with banner ads. About $15 per year for an advertising free site.
  • Google Sites – “Google Sites, a new offering from Google Apps, makes creating a team site as easy as editing a document. Use Google Sites to centralize all types of information — from videos to presentations — and share your site with just a few people, your entire organization, or the world.”
  • Internet Business Promoter. “IBP is a top-rated website promotion software tool that helps you to get more customers and sales through high rankings on Google and other major search engines.” This is the software used by Fortune 500 companies such as Ebay, Lexmark, Canon, Zurich, Reunion, Siemns, and more.
  • Multiply.c0m – Free blog with photos, video, and other media support.
  • PBWiki.com – “PBwiki is the world’s largest provider of hosted business and educational wikis. We host over 400,000 wikis, serve millions of users per month, and 96% of our business users would recommend PBwiki to a friend. Leading companies from AT&T to Wal-Mart, including 1/3 of the Fortune 500, choose PBwiki to help them with knowledge management, collaboration, project management, and a host of other business processes and workflows.”
  • Promoting Your Website or Blog – Top 10 Suggestions for a Top 10 Ranking
  • SEO Search Engine Optimization Resources Software Techniques Manuals Guides Tips and Systems Review
  • Website or Blog Content Posting Workflow Best Practice Guidelines
  • Website Favicon Logo Design Creation Online From a Picture
  • WordPress Guide to Hosting, Setup, Theme Selection, and Configuration
  • WordSmith Blogging Software
  • YouPublish.com – “YouPublish lets you publishany file, so you can upload books, music, videos, photos, spreadsheets, CG files, seminar packages, software… whatever! And you can sell your creations — or share them for free.”
  • Validator – check your site compatibility

 

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By Greg Johnson

Greg Johnson is a freelance writer in Iowa City and also the founder and Director of the ResourcesForLife.com website. He also manages IowaCityWebDesignArtist.com and many other topic specific websites. Learn more at AboutGregJohnson.com