Spider Control
Google Webmaster Tools has stepped it up again by offering more features and controls over how Google bots view your site. One of the most noteworthy of options is the ability to control how often your site gets spidered, rather how much bandwidth is used during the indexing process.
In addition, a key statistic tool added is the ability to see how many urls your sitemap submitted. This is especially important to insure that your site is being crawled as deeply as possible.
Check it out and more at the Google Webmaster Blog.
Adbrite Rep @ DP
It's easy to get lost in all the advertising companies, especially with big names like Adbrite and Adsense. However, there are ways to find a human face behind the curtains. 
There is a thread in DP where a representative from Adbrite answers pretty much any and all questions, even when backed into a corner. Just reading some of the responses makes me more willing to spend more time and money with Adbrite as opposed to Adsense.
Want to join up to Adbrite, check out this link:
Private Registration Promo
I hate, I hate, I hate my personal information leaking onto the internet...no matter what medium it chooses. I hate the fact that I need my personal information to use PayPal and especially when I register a domain. However, it's possible to hide your personal domain registration details if you choose the right options.
Currently almost all of my 18 domains are purchased through the GoDaddy.com registrar, which seems to offer the cheapest options and the easiest check out process around. In addition, they accept PayPal, which is where most of my earnings come in from my websites anyway.
Typically your costs are broken down into 2 separate transactions, one for the registration of the domain name and two for the price of private registration. Remember, private registration keeps prying eyes off your home address/phonenumber/etc... Private registration can run anywhere from $1.00 to typically $1.99 on godaddy except when the offer promos. Guess what I'm offering my visitors?
When placing your GoDaddy.com order simply add this promo code into the appropriate field: gdh1031
This promo code will get you FREE private registration when your purchase 3 or more domains. So, technically I'm saving you guys $6.00 USD and registering 3 domains is easy, when you get carried away with ideas. lol
Designing Themes Offline
Creating theme's for dynamic websites such as blogs can be a daunting and time consuming task. First you have to create your design, create the images, edit the CSS and then upload everything to your server to actually do a live test. This is where WAMP steps in.
WAMPServer essentially puts server side functions such as mySQL and phpMYADMIN on your windows desktop. This means there is no uploading or downloading to your host only full on editing. This makes for quick editing, testing, and webdesign and hell it's a little fun too.
I'd recommend everyone check out this free program and I'm gonna work on a how-to article. I hope to cover installing the blog software WordPress on your localhost through this software, to make for easy(& quick) theme development.
ShortStat Error
A few days ago I started receiving error messages within my Wordpress ShortStat reporting. Where it was supposed to be reporting on my latest referrers and keywords instead of was being shown mySQL errors. Database errors intimidate me...I won't lie, so I contacted my hosting provider.
Lucky for me, it was an obvious fix and was handled immediately after contacting Serverplace.net. Apparently there were temporary files that needed to be purged from my server before new stats could be 'recorded'. Of course this is the simple answer, but was enough to make me happy and see where my commentors are coming from.
Hosting Options
Searching for hosting can be a daunting task, especially since there are an endless number of culprits to be found. A quick search for "hosting" on Google provides you with enough options to choke a horse, but there is help.
V7N is a site that I frequent that offers a number of solutions for webmasters and one is their user rated host site. Check it out, see what others are saying from experience and research before buying in.
Social Bookmarks
Digg and Shoutwire are some of the best examples of online social bookmark sites. These site scan provide an abnormal amount of traffic to an otherwise dull page. It only takes one front page listing on either of these services to pratically shut down a server.
As a webmaster you know traffic translates into scrilla $$. Bring it on!
This evening I happened upon a service I wasn't familiar with, don't laugh, Reddit. Not only will this site prove as a useful tool to drive traffic to my sites, but also is just phenomenal to use.
Schizophrenia in Me
As some of you are aware I work developing a number of websites. One of my most successful sites is my Link Directory, which receives thousands of views and submissions per month. This Link Network consists of the link directory, directory blog, and an article directory. The newest addition is the article directory, which has just recently started receiving consistent submissions.
Today, I received a submission from an indivdiual looking to build backlinks for health related sites, specifically ones dealing with schizophrenia. Not only did this individual submit one article, but more than 5 directly related to schizophrenia diagnosis, schizophrenia treatment, and basically everything you need to know about schizophrenia.
Today, schizophrenia is a disease that can be successfully treated, but witch has no cure. To find the cure, the scientists must find out the cause of schizophrenia, and more and more researches are made in this way.
For more information on the causes of schizophrenia and other diseases check out the disease article category in the directory. Building backlinks by writing articles is a proven way to increase your sites position in search engines. Start by applying to be an author at the Blackfox Article Directory.
Keyword Tracking
I've used a number of keyword trackers, which indicate your ranking in SERPs(Search Engine Results Page). However, the service that offers the fastest results and unlimited keywords is Digital Points own free tool.
The Keyword Ranking Monitor will record your results on a daily basis across Yahoo, Google, and MSN. In addition to providing your rank it is also able to track your results in a graph and did I mention it was FREE.
If your considering doing any SEO, then this tool is a must have. It definatley helps qualify your efforts, instead of just guessing at traffic. Be sure to check out what else they have over there as well, more goodies than you can shake a stick at. One word of warning, use their Free Advertising at your own risk.
Text-Link-Ads Code Update
Just a friendly reminder to all of those who use Text-Link-Ads to monetize their websites to update their publisher code. You may remember back to last week when they were having problems with their system, several individuals received emails in error. Perhaps this is the fix to the internal updates they were doing.
Nevertheless, login to your account and get your ad code, it's time to update. Hopefully (The email supports this.) these updates will be very few and extremely far between...such a pain, especially whenever you are doing it for sites that don't have any adspots sold.
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