The cow showed me these web design tools and resources for creating a successful website.


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Let your visitors find what they want as fast as they can by adding search to your site. There are lots of ways to add search, but why mess around with the others? The Google site search is free, easy to install and customize and you can even make money with it. Get the details here.
Bravenet is a warehouse of webmaster tools and resources. Bravenet is a warehouse of free tools you can add to your website. They have all kinds of fun stuff, like guest maps, fonts, scripts, cartoons and audio clips.
Net Mechanic is an invaluable web design tool you use to make sure your site is running efficiently. Do you think you have your site perfect? Find out. This handy little web design tool will go through your site and check for broken links, HTML code errors, load time, spelling and browser compatibility.
Paypal is an essential web design tool. Do you have a Paypal account yet? You should. You can send or receive money with your email, and it is a much easier way of handling credit card purchases. They have an easy-to-use shopping cart too.
Clicktracks is an affordable way to keep track of your web traffic. ClickTracks is a web analytics program that literally shows you why visitors do what they do. Perfect for those interested in PPC marketing, SEO, web design, usability, or those with eCommerce storefronts.
Everyone loves the weather. This web design tool let's you add quality weather information to your site.
Fotosearch is a good place to find web design tools. If you need stock photos, images, graphics & clip art FotoSearch is a good place to look.
Use the readnotify tool to track your emails This is an extremely valuable tool that allows you to track your emails. You will be able to tell if your message was received, if it was opened, how long it took the person to read, etc. You can even get your email back, even if has been read!
Wordtracker. Wordtracker is a database of search terms. Enter some keywords to see how often people search for them and how many competing sites use those keywords. I go here all the time.
This free software provides you with the tools to make the most of your site. This free software let's you do it all. It provides tools to research keywords, create well-optimized pages, compare your rankings in search engines and check your site for broken links and other errors.
Alexa is a very valuable site. You can do all kinds of checks on your site (or check on your competition.) You can see my current Alexa rank on the box, and if you follow the link, you can read all about me.

You can also download an Alexa toolbar so you can get this data instantly for any website you are on. If you like my cow, you can download my version here. It will block all those nasty pop-ups too!
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