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Web Marketing Resources
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Domain Registration (return to top)
BulkRegister: www.bulkregister.com
Information: Provides bulk registration of domains.
Cheap-DomainRegistration.com: www.Cheap-DomainRegistration.com
Information: Sells domain names for only $8.75 with no hidden fees.
DomainBook: www.domainbook.com
Information: Online domain name exchange.
DomainNotes.com: www.domainnotes.com
Information: Contains information about domain news and articles.
GeekPhilosopher.com: http://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/WaresTemplates.php
Information: Offers affordable domain names and provides bulk registration services.
Godaddy.com:www.godaddy.com
Information: Offers good deals on domain registration.
UnclaimedDomains.com: www.unclaimeddomains.com
Information: Claim a domain name as it becomes available.
Not Recommended
Register.com: www.register.com
Information: Competitor to Internic for domain registration.
Comments: A very sleazy bunch. Will refuse to adjust your billing if you make a mistake registering your domain name. We have also received complaints of cybersquatting by the firm.
Web Site Ad Server Firms (return to top)
24 Net Ave: www.24netave.com
Information: Ad management system; offers 14 day free trial.
AdProject: www.adproject.net
Information: Site allows you to sell and serve your own advertising. Visitors to your site will be able to buy ads directly from you by clicking through to a transaction-processing system where they can order ad rotation in the format and CPM of their choice (as predetermined by you).
Adbutler: www.adbutler.com
Information: Ad management system.
AdFlight: www.adflight.com
Information: Mainstream ad server firm.
Adometer: www.adometer.com
Information: Ad management and rotation system.
ADtagger: www.adtagger.com
Information: Ad service company that highlights its extensive reporting capabilities.
Burst Media: www.burstmedia.com
Information: Ad service firm.
Comment: We have heard favorable comments about this company.
DoubleClick: www.doubleclick.com
Information: Main claim to fame is its patented "Dart" technology. What is Dart? Hard to tell from the site.
Comment: Got themselves in hot water a while back after telling the world they were going to match up your web site cruising with your address.
L90: www.l90.com
Information: Ad server system.
Paramark: www.paramark.com
Information: Provides the AdPilot ad server service.
Promotionstat: www.promotionstat.com
Information: This service states it can track pre- and post-click banner campaign activity.
RightServe: www.rightserve.com
Information: Ad server network based in India.
Comment: It may be based in India, but the home page gets right to the point, unlike some other sites we've seen!
Web Site Ad Server Programs (return to top)
Adcycle: www.adcycle.com
Information: Script-based ad server system.
AffiliateAssistant: www.affiliateassistant.com
Information: This site offers a service that organizes, tracks, and tests your affiliate level campaigns.
Web Site Advertising (return to top)
Ad Tracking: www.ad-tracking.com
Information: Very useful site that reviews and discusses ad tracking programs.
Advertising.com: www.advertising.com
Information: Conversion tracking and optimization service that automatically, and in real-time, analyzes campaign data and adjusts to achieve the media buyer's objectives.
DigitalWork.com: www.digitalwork.com
Information: Provides web advertising and EDM services. Offers some starter programs useful for getting your feet wet.
Dimeclicks: www.dimeclicks.com
Information: New CPC network.
FastClick: http://www.fastclick.com/demo/invue.html
Information: Provides an new advertising technology that slides a 250x250 window slides into the browser instead of popping up.
Matchcraft: www.matchcraft.com
Information: Site allows advertisers and publishers to broker deal, CPC, CPM, CPA; Matchcraft serves ads.
Mighty Seven: www.mightyseven.com
Information: Services places opt-in offers at the point of transaction on targeted sites.
Netmmercial: www.netmmercial.com
Information: Provides a new interstital ad that pops up on a timed basis (standard is 4 minutes) or via every X page.
Comment: Technology is too new at this time to judge the effectiveness of this approach. We'll keep you posted. If your product is an X-10 type, certainly worth a look.
Pyrads: www.pyrads.com
Information: Publishes "micro advertising, ie, small text-based ads. New concept, will be examined in greater detail as the idea develops.
SmartAge: www.smartage.com
Information: Offers banner exchange, list service, and Icat E-commerce service.
Spinbox: www.spinbox.com
Information: A fixed price ad server.
Sticky Networks: www.stickynetworks.com
Information: Develop "stickies," banners that allow a user to see multiple products within the "sticky."
Unicast: www.unicast.com
Information: Offers an ad transmission system that downloads ads into the user's browser cache. Ads play only when the user is idle.
United Virtualities: www.unitedvirtualities.com
Information: Creates DHTML banner ads called "shoshkeles."
WiseAds: www.wiseads.com
Information: An advertising network.
Zedo: www.zedo.com
Information: Ad server system that allows a surfer to pick from a series of channels from within an ad.
Web Site Affiliation (return to top)
2tier: http//2-tier.com
Information: Provides information on affiliate label programs for many many markets.
AffiliateAdvisor.com: http://affiliateadvisor.com/StartAP.htm
Information: Provides resources and links on affiliate programs.
Affiliate Assistant: www.affiliateassistant.com
Information: This site allows you to track, organize, and test your affiliate label programs.
Affiliate Money Makers: www.affiliatemoneymakers.com
Information: Contains useful info on affiliate programs
Comment: Dig that retro 1981 IBM monochrom monitor green text on black background look!
Adbility: http://adbility.com
Information: Provides review information on some affiliate programs.
Associate Programs: http://associateprograms.com
Information: Directory of reviews, information, and resources on affilliate programs.
CashPile: www.cashpile.com
Information: Evaluates over 700 different affiliate label programs.
Comment: If you are considering implementing this type of program, this is a useful starting point.
ClickBank: www.clickbank.com
Information: This site provides a service that allows a online seller to automatically pay sales commissions to any other online business/affiliate that refers a paying
customer.
Conjunction Junction: www.cj.com
Information: Affiliate label service. Site contains useful info on the topic.
Kowabunga: www.myaffiliateprogram.com
Information: Popular affiliate label/tracking program.
Lifetime Commissions: www.lifetimecommissions.com
Information: Provides information on various affiliate programs and sites.
Nexchange Corp: www.nexchange.com
Information: Affiliate program.
Comment: Offers a bit more than most such programs. Worth a look.
Plugingo: www.plugingo.com
Information: Flexible affiliate program system.
Refer-It.com: www.refer-it.com
Information: A directory of different affiliate label programs.
ReveNews: www.revenews.com
Information: Site covers developments in affiliate label publishing.
Web Site Analysis (return to top)
Agency.com: www.agency.com
Information: Measures sites in terms of ease of use, branding, content, and functionality.
Comment: Currently, this service is free. And, if your index rating is poor, Agency will be glad to fix your site, for a price, of course.
Altertsite: www.alertsite.com
Information: Provides several web site performance and analysis tools.
Analog: www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/analog/
Information: Free log file analysis tool, great value, but requires you to work to configure
and set up.
Adaera LLC: www.adaera.com
Information: Provides online marketing consulting and services including web analytics, search engine optimization and usability studies.
Andromedia: www.andromedia.com
Information: Publishes the Aria series of web analysis, personalization, and E-commerce products. Currently these products run mainly on the Sun Solaris platform with Apache and Netscape servers software.
Antsoft: www.antssoft.com/conversiontrack/index.htm
Information: Publishes ConversionTracker, a software product that analyzes your web log and generate professional reporst on visitor conversion ratio. Evaluates effectiveness of advertising campaigns including PPC keyword, banner and email accurately.
Axolot.com: www.axolot.com
Information: Publishes a useful log analysis software, Happy Log, at an attractive price ($33US).
Bobby: www.cast.org/bobby/
Information: This site allows you to test your web site for usability by the disabled.
DataSage: www.datasage.com
Information: Publishes DataSage software, a data mining and transaction analysis tool.
eBsure Inc: www.ebsure.com
Information: Publishes a series of products designed to analyze your E-commerce back end's performance.
ErgoLight: http://www.ergolight-sw.com
Information: Provides usability testing for your web site.
Ipro: www.ipro.com
Information: Provides the NetLine service. This system continuously measures your Web traffic and delivers daily results directly to your computer desktop. Monthly fees start around $1K.
Mediahouse: www.mediahouse.com.com
Information: Publishes Live Stats, a real time web page log file analysis.
NetAcumen: www.netacumen
Information: Offers a series of ASP-based modules for advanced web site marketing, sales, and financial analysis.
Marketleap: www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/
Information: A visibility index that allows you to measure your website's visibility on the web by counting up all the links to your site. Site rates your link visibility from "limited presence," to "contender", "player" and "900 lb. gorilla.
Marketwave: www.marketwave.com:
Information: Publishes Hitlist, a series of e-business analysis tools intelligence software products. Hit List reports behavioral data about web visitors, such as who is visiting, what content they access, where they came from, and why they purchase. The knowledge gained from Hit List can be used to measure return on investment (ROI) of marketing campaigns and make better on-line business decisions.
MediaMetrix: www.mediametrix.com
Information: Information: Large, expensive service providing extensive web site analysis. Their "Top 50" report one of the Internet's staples.
Mercury Interactive Software: www.merc-int.com
Information: Publishes Astra Site Manager, a graphical web site mapping and link testing program. Formerly $500, now free.
Comment: Such a deal!
Webalizer: http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer
Information: Free, open source log file analyzer.
net.Genesis: www.netgen.com
Information: Publishes net.Analysis 4, a web site visit analysis tool. In addition to Solaris and NT, runs on AIX.
Nielsen Co: www.nielsen-netratings.com
Information: The TV guys come to the web.
Comments: Engaged in a marketing struggle with Media Metrix.
Openwebscope:www.openwebscope.com
Information: Attractively priced site log analysis software.
Primary Knowledge: www.primaryknowledge.com
Information: Offers a series of ASP-based modules for advanced web site marketing, sales, and financial analysis. Strong emphasis on EDM.
ServiceMetrics: www.sitemetrics.com
Information: Information: Offers PerformanceWatch and AudienceWatch to provide continuous site monitoring. Offers CompetitiveEdge to compare site performance.
Comment: Max Headroom comes to the Net.
SEVENtwentyfour: www.seventwentyfour.com
Information: Provides the LinksManager service which monitors a site for dead links.
E-mail: roybryant@seventwentyfour.com
Contact: Roy Bryant
Statomatic: www.statomatic.com
Information: Very reasonably priced log file analysis program. Summary reports can be requested for any time period, not just specific weeks or months like in many other stats programs.
Superstats: www.superstats.com
Information: Offers log-file analysis service for $19.95 per month.
Validator: http://validator.w3.org/
Information: Allows you to test your site for adherence to W3C HTML and XHTML.
Veridiem: www.veridiem.com
Information: Offers a series of ASP-based modules for advanced web site marketing, sales, and financial analysis.
WebTrends: www.webtrends.com
Information: Publishes WebTrends Log Analyzer. Leading log site analysis and reporting product.
Write Type Associates, Inc.
E-mail: fullgail@megahits.com
78 Bartram Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06605-3101
Voice: 203.384.9996
Fax: 203.368.6379
Contact: Gail Ostrow, President
Information: Provides web site needs analysis, review, design, and implementation services.
WebPagesThatSuck: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
Information: Critiques (rather harshly!) different web sites.
Comment: If you end up featured here, look at it as a learning experience.
WebSideStory: www.websidestory.com
Information: Analyzes site traffic and trends. Launching a real time service. Basic services are free.
Comment: Cute name.
Web Site Content (return to top)
Bridge Marketing - www.bridgemarketing.com
Information: Writes search engine optimized web content that converts browsers into buyers, specializes in landing pages. Free online consultation.
ClickBank: www.clickbank.com
Information: Provides an online content management service. ClickBank has a one-time $49.95 activation fee, and a $1 + 7.5% fee per sale. No monthly fees, accepts all major credit cards.
Content Exchange: www.content-exchange.com
Information: Site for finding and trading cotent.
eKeeper.com: www.ekeeper.com
Information: Allows new content to be added to a web site via a drag and drop process.
Interactive Tools: www.interactivetools.com
Information: This site offers web content management software systems, including real estate, auto and news management systems, free CGI Perl scripts, web publishing software and more.
Contact: Luke Holzken
Inktomi: www.inktomi.com
Information: Providesthe Content Delivery Suite.
Idetix: www.revize.com
Information:Publishes Revize, a web-content managementsystem.
iSyndicate Express: www.isyndicate.com
Information: Provides some free content and a fee-based service.
Mediasurface: www.mediasurface.com
Information: Publishes Mediasurface for Linux, NT, and Unix.
Mediaxpress.com: www.mediaxpress.com
Information: Provides different classes of content.
Moreover: www.moreover.com
Information: Provides free content based on keyword profiles.
PanaSite Software: www.panasite.com
Information: Web-based content management.
Vibrantmedia: www.vibrantmedia.com
Information: Provides IT-related content.
Web Site Development (return to top)
Alchemedia.com: www.alchemedia.com
Information: Provides a system of "locking" web images and content so that it can viewed but not downloaded.
CFdev: www.cfdev.com
Information: provides components/plugin level software for developers of
Web-based solutions in ASP, ASP.net, CF, JSP, PHP with newer languages and tools added weekly. Many of these tools are free.
The Firm List: www.firmlist.com
Information: Directory of web design firms.
Free Web Tools: http//www.freewebtools.com
Information: Provides a wide variety of useful scripts and tools for your web site.
FindTutorials.com: www.findtutorials.com
Information: Provides training and tutorials on a wide variety of topices, including Web marketing to Flash, Javascript, and Visual Basic.
Kscripts: www.kscripts.com
Information: Useful script site.
Pixelmedia.com www.pixelmedia.com
Information: Provides high quality web design services.
Comments: They build nice looking stuff.
Contact: Allison Roberts
Propellor: www.Copilot.com
Information: Provides web site design, marketing, and some game-type enhancements.
Poor Richard's Web Site: www.poorrichard.com
Information: Markets Poor Richard's Web Site, a book dedicated to building low cost web sites. Also provides links to other web development and marketing sites.
Comment: Well-regarded site for web design and development for publishers on a tight budget. Book a good read.
RichTextBox: www.richtextbox.com
Information: Allows you to add the ability to edit formatted text to your ASP.NET web site. By using the RichTextBox™ server control your site visitors have access to a full-featured text editor that has bold, italic, underlining, bullets, styles, font formatting, image insertion, hyperlinks, and more.
The Spot for Web Site Builders: http://thespot.i-depth.com/
E-mail: kristi@on-the-net.com
Contact: Kristi Stone
Comment: A first-class site for information on web development, advertising,
PR, E-commerce and marketing.
WebMasterWorld: www.webmasterworld.com
Information: News and discussion resource for Webmasters.
Web500.com: www.web500.com
Information: Browser-based system for creating web sites.
TheFreeSite: www.thefreesite.com
Information: Wide selection of various free utilities that may prove useful.
Comment: For the software publisher on a budget.
Thunderstone: www.thunderstone.com
Information: Provides the Webinator, a free tool to create and provide a high quality retrieval interface to collections of web documents no matter where they reside.
WillMaster: www.willmaster.com
Information: Provides a wide variety of CGI scripts for your web site.
Web Site Enhancements (return to top)
Artificial Life: www.artificial-life.com
Information: Allows you to add a natural language search engine to your web site.
Babylon: www.babylon.com
Information: Translation services for your web site.
Betashphere: www.betasphere.com
Information: BetaSphere's Web-based Feedback Management ServerTM (FMS) platform integrates customer feedback into the development process, enabling companies to increase market acceptance and lower technical risk when introducing new or enhanced products and services.
Dirtsmart: www.dirtsmart.com
Information: Various services and ideas about web-based sales and marketing. Some scripts, a bit of everything.
EGroups: www.egroups.com
Information: Allows you to add forum capabilities to your web site.
Fusionbot: www.fusionbot.com
Information: Allows you to add search capabilities to your website. Free (basic package)
Firetalk: www.firetalk.com
Information: Allows you to add real time voice chat to your web site.
Flashkit: www.Flashkit.com
Information: Site provides extensive information on Flash development.
Freefind: www.freefind.com/
Information: Provides a free search engine for a web sites. Free service requires an add being posted on your site.
Free Translation: www.freetranslation.com
Information: Site provides free translation service for your web site.
Comment: While very useful for small bits of text, do not rely on these services for critical collateral. There's only so much they can do.
fourthchannel: www.fourthchannel.com
Information: Develops turn-key electronic catalogs for standalone or integrated use.
GifWizard: www.gifwizard.com
Information: Provides GIF optimization services.
GLOBZ.NET: http://www.globz.net
Information: Site provides 3-D objects for web pages.
GT Technologies: www.faqfactory.com
Information: Very useful utility that allows you to create an FAQ; uses XML/XSL, cost $35 for single users.
Harm Ware: www.harmware.com
Information: Publishes Batch Thumbs. Create 1,000's of thumb Nails. Free.
HotBraille: www.hotbraille.com
Information: Portal for the visually impaired with useful tools. One utility allows you to type a letter online and have it translated into Braille for free transmission through the USPS. The site also lists resources for the visually impaired and for sites that want to improve accessibility.
HTML Goodies: www.htmlgoodies.com
Information: Provides different scripts including an easy-to-use shopping cart.
Index Generator: www.mh.ic24.net/idgen
Information: Creates an index of your web site.
I-depth: www.i-depth.com
Information: Provides a series of CGI enhancements for your web site, including banner management, forms, chat, forums, etc.
Comment: At $10 for the basic service, this is a very good deal. The $24.95 package is also a bargain.
InfoSpace: www.infospace.com
Information: Offers a complete yellow and white pages for your site, classifieds, shopping services.
Comment: Expensive with a $5K setup fee, useful to only a certain segment of software publishers.
PresentationPro: www.presentationpro.com
Information: Publishes software that converts PowerPoint to Flash. Easily embed PowerPoints in emails without downloads or attachments. Convert PowerPoint to Flash and post on websites or CD-ROM.
iSyndicate: www.isyndicate.com
Information: Allows you to add news bulletins to your site.
Comment: Nice added embellishment for content-oriented sites.
Links Manager: www.linksmanager.com
Information: Offers a service designed to help you manage your links network.
LynkStation: www.riewe.com
Information: Automates linking to a web site.
MSN LinkExchange: www.linkexchange
Information: Microsoft's Internet services service. Includes list service, web submission, counter, E-commerce, link checking, and banner exchange programs.
Mondosearch: www.mondosearch.com
Information: Can provide search for a dynamically generated site: pricey at $144 per month.
PhpBB2: http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB2/
Information: Well regarded open source BBS system.
Roibot: www.roibot.com
Information: Includes an autoresponder, site submitter, E-zine manager, etc. Cost is $17 per month.
ScreamingMedia: www.screamingmedia.com
Information: Provides content from a wide variety of sources.
SearchButton: www.searchbutton.com
Information: Free with ads up to 2500 pages and 30,000 searches per month; 300 per year for up to 1000 without ads
Comment: Very pricey.
SearchTools.com: www.searchtools.com/tools/tools-remote.html
Information: Listing of third-party search tools providers.
whatUseek: www.whatuseek.com
Information: Adds search capabilities to your site.
WrapZap: www.wrapzap.com
Information: Offers a service to host forms on their CGI servers.
Web Site Hosts (return to top)
Recommended
Commercis: www.commercis.com
Information: Allows its vendors to set up on line operations aimed at different vertical markets. Of particular interest to publishers with VAR-class products.
EasyStreet: www.easystreet.com
Information: Offers a wide variety of web hosting services aimed at publishers with more robust needs.
Internic (Network Solutions)
Voice: 703.742.0400
Technical Support: 703.742.4777
Comment: You want to write this down. Network Solutions is not eager to publish phone numbers.
Pair Networks: www.pair.com
Information: Rock bottom web site hosting.
Comments: An excellent value for small companies.
TopHosts.com: www.tophosts.com
Information: Listing of top ISPs as determined by this site.
Comment: Quite useful, you can find some excellent deals here.
Wcities: www.wcities.com
Information: Global site targeting major international cities, including London, Rome, Paris, Milan, as well as major US locations. This site allows you setup a storefront on their site and link it to your E-commerce backend.
Yeshosts: http://www.yeshost.com/resellers.htm
Information: This service allows you to set up a virtual server service you can resell to your customers.
Comment: Possibly useful for VAR-class channel support.
Not Recommended
HostSave: www.hostsave.com
Information: Seemingly a good bargain among the host farms.
Comment: Not every bargain is what it seems. Based on our experiences, horrendous customer service. No phone contact/support at all. Stay away.
Web Site Performance (return to top)
@watch: www.atwatch.com
Information: Provides Web Sheperd. This service monitors your site and informs you if it is down. Basic service currently free.
Comment: Could save your E-life!
Alertmefirst.com: www.alertmefirst.com
Information: Monitors web site performance and up time.
Keynote Systems: www.keynote.com
Information: Publishes the Keynote family of products. They measure web site response and performance.
Netmon: www.netmon.com
Information: Monitors web site performance and availability. Costs from $2 to $50 dollars per month.
Comment: Spoken of highly by a SMS reader.
Usability.gov: www.usability.gov
Information: Site is maintained by National Cancer Institute to provide guidelines on how to make health-related web sites accessible to the handicapped, the disabled, etc.
Comment: Very very useful, especially if you are selling into the government.
UsableWeb: http://usableweb.com
Information: Site focuses on web usability.
WebCriteria: www.webcriteria.com
Information: SiteProfile is an automated service that delivers objective web site comparisons within 72 hours. SiteProfile measures the performance and usability of your web site in the areas of speed, ease of navigation, freshness and composition, then compares the results to competitive sites and industry benchmarks. SiteProfile also highlights problem areas and provides potential solutions. A single report costs $495.
Web Site Personalization (return to top)
Broadvision: www.broadvision.com
Information: Provides a suite of high-end personalization tools.
Web Site Promotions (return to top)
800Giftcertificates: www.800giftcertificate.com
Information: Allows you to attach different gift certificates to your offers.
Bonus Mail http://www.bonusmail.com/
Information: Provides the MyPoints program to provide web shoppers with a
bonus points when they provide information or participate in promotions.
Certifichecks: www.certifichecks.com
Information: Allows you to can purchase gift certificates from local and national offline retailers and restaurants. CertifiChecks sends them out by postal mail. You pay $1.95 per shipping address and a processing fee of $ .95 per certificate.
Getrelevant.com: www.getrelevant.com
Information: Allows you to offer items and points at discount to create quick promotions.
Giftcertificates.com: www.giftcertificates.com
Information: Stocks original gift certificates from represented merchants. Recipients can redeem their gift certificate directly at the store of the merchant you selected. Some merchants also support redemption through their website or catalog.
Gifttracker.com: www.gifttracker.com
Information: A membership service that features gift certificates, reminder services and a gift registry. A frequent-buyer program allows customers to earn points toward free gift certificates. Basic shipping and handling costs are $2.90 per order, with a 5 percent service charge added to orders of $50 or more.
Internet.com: www.internet.com
Information: Link site for different web marketing services.
Marketingtips: www.marketingtips.com
Information: Interesting site with some useful tips. The owner is basically hawking a book, but some of the info is very useful.
Netcentives: www.netcentives.com
Information: Offers both business to business and consumer incentive programs. Their ClickRewards program rewards "loyal" customers with frequent flyer miles on all of the major U.S. airlines.
Web Site Submission and Positioning (return to top)
Link Exchange and Tracking (return to top)
KartOO: http://kartoo.com
Information: Site provides a visual look at your keyword relationships with other sites. Shows a two-dimensional "map" of the results with connecting lines representing the match "quality."
LinksGenerator: www.linksgenerator.com
Information: Link exchange system.
Linkleads.com: http://linkleads.com
Information: Site provides leads on linking.
Linking101.com: http://linking101.com
Information: Site provides info on linking.
Linking Matters: www.linkingmatters.com
Information: Linking Matters is a free resource that helps web site owners, managers and consultants to run an effective linking strategy. The report contains step-by-step instructions as well as extensive links to articles and resources.
Linkpouplarity: www.linkpopularity.com
Information: Tracks number of sites linked to your site and your competition's.
LinkTracker: www.jadaproductions.com/LinkTracker.asp
Information: Paid service that tracks how many people have clicked on your site's links. Current pricing is $500(US) per year for up to 100 links, and up to 25,000 hits/clicks per month. Take the service for a test drive with the free demo.
Prolinkz: www.prolinkz.com
Information: Unix only (NT is supposed be on the way) script-based system for managing links.
TouchGraph: www.touchgraph.com
Information: Provides a graphical look at the sites linked to your own.
Search Engine Services (return to top)
1stsearchranking.com: www.1stsearchranking.com
Information: Provides money back guarantee if you do not hit your search targets within four months. Plans range from $700 to $1300.
A Promotion Guide: www.apromotionguide.com
Information: Site provides information on how to get your site listed various search engines, including Open Directory, Project, Yahoo! and Looksmart.
Axandra, Voget Selbach Enterprises GmbH: www.Axandra.com
Information: Develops web site promotion and search engine ranking software.
Bruce Clay: www.bruceclay.com
Information: Contains search engine info. The following link presents an informative chart of the current search engine relational "environment: www.bruceclay.com/searchenginechart.pdf .
Coastalsites.com: www.coastalsites.com
Information: Web site positioning service. Cost of $85 per major search engine placement in top 10. Minimum order of $1500.
Googlelert: www.googlert.com
Information: Service informs you when new sites in a category are indexed by Google.
Google Watch: www.google-watch.org
Information: Interesting site that is somewhat critical of Google's power and influence on the web.
Google World: http://google.indicateur.com
Information: Site dedicated to all things Google.
Marketing Apprentice: www.marketingapprentice.com
Information: Useful site that tells you how to analyze your link popularity on the various search engines.
MarketLeap.com: www.marketleap.com
Information: Search engine service.
Payperclicksearchengines: www.payperclicksearchengines.com
Information: Free search engine site that monitors costs of the pay per click search engines.
Proboost: www.proboost.com
Information: Web submission service; costs $49.99 for basic service; $89.99 for professional service.
Prominent Placement: www.prominentplacement.com
Information: : Web-submission service.
Contact:Stacy Williams
E-mail: stacy@prominentplacement.com
Propeller Interactive: www.copilot.com
Information: Web search and submission service.
SearchEngineWriting.com: www.searchenginewriting.com
Information: Site focuses on writing copy optimized for search engines.
SelfPromotion: www.selfpromotion.com
Information: Web submission service with a twist. If you like the results, you decide how much to pay for the service.
SEOposition.com: http://www.SEOposition.com
Information: Website of SEO consultant Phil Crave. Heavy focus on Google.
Surehits: www.surehits.com
Information: Search engine service.
TopRank Online Marketing: www.toprankresults.com
Information:B2B web marketing firm.
Tweak Marketing: www.searchutilities.com/
Information: Develops and sells software for Web promotion and siteposition analyze. Site also contains search engine news, newsletters and aforum about search engine technologies. Company publishes RankMeter - Locates web-sites positions in 349 search engines from 37 countries and RankSpy - Indirect assessment of site indexation in search engines.
E-Mail: lomakin@searchutilities.com
Other Services (return to top)
Agent Web Ranking: www.agentwebranking.com
Information: Software program that allows you to monitor your site's ranking.
ClicksBroker: www.clicksbroker.com
Information: Service allows you to buy buy, sell or exchange clicks (visitor traffic). ClicksBroker acts as the intermediary that will help determine the "compatibility" between two sites, which helps determine click-through ratios.
ClickPatrol: www.clickpatrol.com
Information: Bid management system. Monitors the GoTo, Sprinks, FindWhat, Ah-ha, Kanoodle sites.
Compare Your Clicks: www.compareyourclicks.com
Information: Allows you to see how much purchasing a keyword on a paid site will cost.
Comment: Fast and very useful.
EasyAsk: www.EasyAsk.com
Information: Adds keyword and natural language search to B2B sites.
Contact: David Harris
E-mail: mailtoharris@easyask.com
Global Highway: www.globalhighway.com/
Information: Primarily an aggregation of links to different commercial and free submission sites. Also contains links to other marketing resources.
Gotoast.Com: www.gotoast.com
Information: Reviews and analyzes PPC search engines.
InstantPC: www.instantpc.com
Information: A web submission site.
Comment: Good information on meta tag preparation.
Internet Marketing Software Directory and Guide: http://www.promotionalsoftware.com/
Information: Aggregation of different web submission, search, and promotional sites.
Interlution http://interlution.com/wpa/
Information: Publishes Web Position Gold, a web positioning and submission product. Recently added Net Submitter to their stable of products.
Keywordcount: www.keywordcount.com
Information: Analyzes the keyword as a percentage of total words (excluding HTML tags), and compares them with other top rankings URLs.
Keyworddensity.com: www.keyworddensity.com
Information: Site analyzes keyword density of your pages.
Keywordranking: www.keywordranking.com
Information: Site provides key word ranking services for search engines.
Keywordtool: http://www.keywordtool.net/
Information: KeywordTool calculates ROI for keyword performance by monitoring keyword and search engine conversion rates on over 400 search and pay-per-click engines worldwide.
iProspect: www.iprospect.com
Information: Focuses on high-end clientele.
Jimworld: www.jimworld.com
Information: Contains links, articles, a forum on search engine issues.
Lookoff.com: www.lookoff.com
Information: Site helps you analyze the best search engine for your needs.
Managebid: www.managebid.com
Information: Allows you to mange your keyword bids with the major pay per click engines.
Metamend: www.metamend.com
Information: Automated submission tool.
Comment: Intriguing concept; does it work?
Paid Search Engine: www.paidsearchenginetools.com
Information: Managed bid system that focuses on GoTo, Sprinks, FindWhat, Ah-ha and Kanoodle sites.
Pandia SEO: www.pandia.com/optimization/index.html
Information: Provides information on web search.
Payperclicksearchengines.com: www.payperclicksearchengines.com
Information: Site that links/lists a variety of CPC web sites. Reviews and analyzes PPC search engines.
Pay Per Click Tools: www.payperclicktools.com
Information: Reviews and analyzes PPC search engines.
PositionPro: www.positionpro.com
Information: Web-submission service. Basic package costs $89.95 per month.
Rankwrite: www.rankwrite.com
Information: This site provide an E-mail based forum focused on search engine technology and ranking.
Sagerock: www.sagerock.com
Information: Search engine promotion service.
SelfPromotion: www.selfpromotion.com
Information: Search engine submission system.
SearchEngineColossus.com:www.searchenginecolossus.com
Information: Very useful site with listing of international search engines.
SearchEngineGuide.com: www.searchengineguide.com
Information: Aggregation of search engine information.
SearchEngine Watch: www.searchenginewatch.com
Information: Links and info on search engines, features Danny Sullivan.
SearchOnline: webmarketers.searchonline.info
Information: Provides ability to see how your site ranks for keyword searches. You can E-mail yourself the results and save searches.
SearchSpell: www.searchspell.com/typoInformation: Intriguing database of misspellings which can be used to help you raise your site's rankings by including popular misspellings in non-visible sections of your web pages. Please note this service does not tell you how often particular variation are misspelled. Use services such as WordTracker to determine this.
SEO Consultants: http://www.seoconsultants.com
Information: Provides a pre-screened directory of search engine consultants.
UnrealMarketing: www.unrealmarketing.com
Information: Web positioning search service.
Wordtracker.com: www.wordtracker.com
Information: Allows you to see what keywords are being used to search for sites like yours.
Web Site Search Engines (return to top)
AltaVista: www.altavista.com
Information: Blocks use of submission programs. Uses "ransom note" to require manual submission.
Comment: We believe this site's recent policies are a mistake, and will hurt their marketng.
AOL Search: http://search.aol.com
Excite: www.excite.com
Fast: www.alltheweb.com
Google: www.google.com
http://ads.google.com/AdWords
Information: A high tech favorite. Second URL allows you to buy Google ad words, displayed on right side of screen when you execute a search.
HotBot: www.hotbot.com
Iwon: Iwon.com
Information: Develops traffic via never ending contests
LookSmart: www.looksmart.com
Lycos: www.lycos.com
MSN: http://search.msn.com/
Information: Pay-to-be-listed site.
NBCi (Snap): www.nbci.com/
The Open Directory Project: http://dmoz.org/
Web Crawler: www.webcrawler.com
Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
Information: The Consumer King.
Secondary Engines (return to top)
(These engines may not generate the numbers of the major sites, but in some cases represent a good investment for driving targeted traffic to your site. If you have come across engines you think deserve listing, please notify us)
GoClick: www.goclick.com
Information: Cost-per-click web search engine.
Findwhat: www.findwhat.com
Information: The Excite engine is using some results from this search site.
Ixquick: www.ixquick.com
Information: Meta search tool that scans up to 14 search engines. Allows you to search for files as well as sites.
Northern Light: www.northernlight.com
Information: Now focuses on vertical markets.
SearchEBusiness: www.searchEbusiness.com
Information: May have some value; unclear at this time, but focused on many different hardware and software platforms. Searches about 800 "pre-qualified" sites.
SearchHound: www.searchhound.com
Information: Cost-per-click web search engine.
Sprinks: www.sprinks.com
Information: Cost-per-click search engine for the About, AskJeeves, CNET and ConsumerReview networks. Requires a non-refundable fee of $100 to participate.
Slider: www.slider.com
Information: Useful search engine with integrated encyclopedia.
Teoma: http://teoma.com
Information: Positions itself as a hybrid between a search engine and a directory. Teoma uses "Subject-Specific Popularity," which ranks a site based on the number of same-subject pages that reference it (not just generalpopularity) to judge a site's level of authority.
Traffick: www.traffick.com
Information: Really a search site about search sites.
Comment: Useful for vertical market products.
Web Site Search (return to top)
Atomz: www.atomz.com
Information: Free up to 500 pages and fewer than 5000 searches per month.
FlySwat: www.flyswat.com
Information: Pops up links to sites based on context.
Fusionbot: www.fusionbot.com
Information: Adds search to your web site.
Mondosearch: www.mondosearch.com
Information: Can handle frames, $144 per month.
Handsnet: www.handsnet.org
Information: Free clipping service.
NetSanity: www.netsanity.com
Information: Provides a push technology to deliver information to the desktop.
Oingo: www.oingo.com
Information: Allows you to add what the company calls "meaning based search" to your site. Not a "retail" service.
Searchbutton: www.searchbutton.com
Information: Free with ads up to 2,500 pages and 30K searches per month; 300 per year for up to 1K pages without ads.
Searchtools: www.searchtools.com
Information: Link site of 3rd party search tools.
Web Site Surveys (return to top)
Aix' Poll: www.aixpool.com
Information: Sets up basic poll with up to twenty questions. Free
Clarigent: www.clarigent.com
Information: Survey system where you only pay for responses.
Cpulse.com: www.cpulse.com
Information: Allows you to survey your customers on how what they think about your site.
Envisterra Digital: www.intenationalvoting.com
Information: You can run a one question pool with up to twenty answers.
InfoPoll: www.infopoll.com
Information: Very flexible service. Free
Informative: www.informative.com
Information: Hosts surveys on its site. Free
InsightExpress: www.insightexpress.com
Information: Costs about $1K per survey.
InterScore: www.interscore.com
Information: Lets you publish a one page survey. Free with banner.
I-op: www.i-op.com
Information: Combines chat with real-time survey and analysis system.
Kettera AskBox www.kettera.com
Information: Allows allows websites to interact with visitors without generating a pop-up window or page reload. A website can host a survey, collect email addresses, run polls or even answer FAQs all within the four corners of the AskBox.
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