Cool way to find hot niches
Jul 21, 2010 Niche Research, Tools
I’ve found a nice little way to find what are the hottest articles on ezine articles. Go to Google and paste the following -
site:ezinearticles.com "This article has been viewed 1000..100000""Article Submitted on:" ".2010
This will show you all the top articles so you know whats hot. Obviously you can change the numbers. Another tip is to add a keyword before the operator. ie -
DIET site:ezinearticles.com "This article has been viewed 1000..100000""Article Submitted on:" ".2010
You can use a similar operator for articlesbase -
site:articlesbase.com "views: 1000..100000"
Hope you like this little tip, It’s one of my faves. make sure you subscribe to my blog cos I will be sharing some more awesome stuff with you all over the coming weeks.
Using iMacros to automate Firefox
Jan 28, 2010 Tools
I’ve been using the iMacros add-on for Firefox to automate my web browsing and remember all my passwords and log in details.
It’s like Roboform, only better. and the best bit is that it’s FREE!
You can set it up to do just about anything that a human can do in Firefox. When I first tried it out, I remember thinking – “This is bloody brilliant”
A few examples of the things you can set it up to do are -
- Fill out web forms
- Submit to directories
- Check all your affiliate stats
- Download log files from your server
- Download images from websites
- Scrape websites and save to a csv file!!
- Automate searches in Google and Yahoo
Here is a quick tutorial to show you the types of things you can do.
If any of you guys are using iMacros, I’d be interested to see what for. And if any of you have any scripts that you would like to share, then even better.
Some tools I use when modding WordPress themes
Jan 4, 2010 Theme Design, Tools, Web Design, Wordpress
Most of my websites are built in WordPress because it is so easy to use. There is almost no limits to the stuff you can do to make it look and behave exactly how you want to. Below is a list of some of the tools I use when modding a WordPress theme -
Two books that have been indispensable to me when messing around with a theme are -
CSS: The Missing manual and WordPress Theme Design
If you really want to change the look of your site, then I strongly recommend that you learn some CSS.
The Web Developer’s Toolbar for Firefox is one of those gadgets that once you have used it you will not be able to imagine how you got on with out it. It’s just wonderful. Especially the “edit CSS” function that lets you play around with a sites CSS without changing any code. It is also a great way to learn CSS by trial and error. I also like the color information function that brings up all the hex code for the colour on any selected page.
Which leads me nicely onto the Kuler website. Have you seen it? If not get on over there immediately and have a play. It is a wonderful site that lets you come up with some beautiful colour combination’s as well as browsing thousands of others submitted by users. It also allows you to save combination’s which can later be imported into graphics programs like Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks.
It’s attention to detail that make websites stand out from the rest, and I am surprised at the number of large sites that don’t even have a favicon! I know it’s not the be-all and end-all but it takes literally a couple of minutes to make one. A couple of seconds if you use the FavIcon Generator.
The RawHTML plugin allows you to add, well – raw html into your blog posts. I like to create price comparison type tables in dreamweaver and paste them into my site. Here is an example from my effects pedals website that I am building.
These are some of the tools that I use when modding WordPress themes. Good free themes can be found here and here.
All I need now are some tools to inspire me to write good content!
Tags: css, dreamweaver, favicon, kuler, rawhtml, Theme Design, toolbar, Wordpress
Resources for affiliate marketers and internet entrepreneurs
Dec 4, 2009 Tools
Just a quickie to let you all know that I have added a Resources page to the site.
This is going to be updated frequently with links to help us affiliate marketers and internet entrepreneurs.
Please let me know of any other useful tools and resources.
I’ll keep adding stuff as I remember.
