When Will The Site Be Back Up?

We thought that DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com was a cool site until we ran into today's recommendation. This tool notifies you via email, text message, or twitter when a site that is down comes back up. This would be particularly useful for monitoring product launches, since they have the annoying habit of going down at launch time. Give DingItsUp a try!

Want Some Free Software?

While the say that "nothing is free", occasionally you find something that actually is. I came across a site that gives away a different software package every single day. After the 24 hour countdown reaches zero, you have to pull out the wallet to get the software. Not everything is top of the line, but for very little effort you can try out the one's that interest you and see if they meet your needs. Spend some time and look over the free software.

What Questions Are Your Customers Asking?

WordTracker just introduced a new, free keyword tool with a twist. It filters results to show question based keywords. This is a great way to see what content your customers are searching for. Give keyword questions a try today!

Market Samurai

Market Samurai is a great piece of software for those interested in identifying and capitalizing on internet based niche markets. The software begins with the identification of keywords, drills down into competitive research, and takes you through a host of other goodies that guarantee success before you've ever invested a dime of your money. Take a few minutes and investigate all that Market Samurai can do for you. But hurry! The price goes up after September 20.

Analyze A Website Quickly

Quarkbase is an interesting and free service that allows you to retrieve some interesting SEO/competitive information about any website. Once you type in the URL, Quarkbase provides a site summary, ownership info, traffic summary, and popularity among various web 2.0 sites. This is definitely worth a look. Try Quarkbase today!

RSS Submit Pro

Want some software that automatically submits your blog RSS to 40 or so sites? A friend recommended RSS Submit Pro to me. After trying it, I am passing the recommendation to you. And like many good things we have shared with you, this software is FREE.

Social Bookmarking Network

You can use the power of a social bookmarking network to promote your web site. The one that I am part of (1rstlink) is very simple to use.

1) You provide your username to a social bookmarking account that you use (ie. Del.icio.us).

2) When you log in, you are given a list of sites that request bookmarks from Delicious users. Each one of these that you bookmark earns a credit. This is tracked via your username.

3) Credits can be redeemed for bookmarks to your website.

1rstlink currently supports several bookmarking sites. Add the power of a social bookmarking network to your arsenal. Best of all, it's free.

Keep Your Computer Clean

Here is a great bit of freeware for keeping your computer running better. CCleaner is a utility that cleans the junk files out of your computer. It removes unused files and your internet history. This program contains no adware or spyware. Download and use this great utility today.

Blog Commenting Software

I just found Fast Blog Finder. It is a GREAT piece of software for finding blogs relevant to your niche to leave comments. All can be done from within the software window. In addition to finding blogs, it also returns site rank, page rank, date of last post, and follow status among other things. You can sort by any (or multiple) of these fields.

I have tried other software (Comment Hut and Comment Kahuna) and this one leaves them in the dust. If you are looking for inexpensive ways to get links to your site, check out Fast Blog Finder today.

Is The Site Down?

Here is a great little tool for everyone who has ever wondered if a site is "down for everyone or just me". This site checks any URL and comes back with an answer. This is very handy for those that do a lot of web surfing. Bookmark this handy little site and really see if a site is down.

Ubercool

Here is a VERY cool site that is devoted to trendwatching. Anyone may enjoy this, but marketers will find the information here particularly useful. Take a few minutes and absorb Ubercool.

Top Web 2.0 Sites

Social marketers have a broad array of choices that can sometimes overwhelm anyone. SEOmoz has given out awards to the best web 2.0 sites by category. Their 41 award categories span an array of topics from bookmarking to wikis to genealogy to fun stuff. If you want to know what are the top web 2.0 sites, you should start your search here.

Self Destructing Email

For those that like a Mission Impossible style note delivery . . .

Here is a web site that allows you to create an encrypted note that self-destructs 5 seconds after the sender opens it. They can still copy the information, but once the web page is closed the note is gone forever.

Test out your self-destructing email here.

Do They Want To Buy?

When someone searches on Google, they are generally either looking for information or looking to buy something. AdLabs has come up with a cool tool which shows the probability that someone using a particular keyword wants to make a purchase. For internet marketers, this gives us the ability to focus on keywords which have a high conversion rate. This looks to be a valuable tool to add to your arsenal.

Traffic Secrets

John Reese is launching Traffic Secrets 2.0. This original course was one of the most successful launches in internet history as it showed many strategies for generating tons of web traffic. During the pre-launch phase, he is releasing free videos. The first shows 10 different strategies for detecting what a specific market wants. If you want more traffic, check out Traffic Secrets.

Choosing The Best Domain Name

One factor to high search engine rankings is having a site focused on a particular set of keywords. Search relevance can be increased by having keywords as part of your domain name. NameBoy can help with this task. The site is set up to generate a list of potential domain names from keywords that you provide. NameBoy then puts together a list of many permutations of the keywords and then check to see which ones are available with .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, and .tv domains. If you want, you can even select and purchase the domains from the same screen. Go to NameBoy today and check out this very cool tool.

Popcorn With A Cell Phone

OK. You are just going to have to trust me on this one. This is one strange cell phone video. Watch it now.

Get Better Gas Mileage

Here is a site that helps squeeze every extra mile out of a gallon of gas. Hypermiling.com is a site devoted improving gas efficiency by changing a few things about the way your drive. The tips are sensible and the author's car has gotten over 50MPG. If you want better gas mileage, check this site out.

Texas Holdem Practice

Every day, Daily Hand Quiz provides a poker hand for analysis. It is an easy way to practice your holdem skills and see how other players would play the same hand. This is a great way to get some holdem practice without risking any chips.

Keeping Up With Web 2.0

Here is a great site for keeping up with Web 2.0 stuff. It is free to sign up and provides you with "all the Web 2.0 news you can use in 2.0 minutes a day". If you are interested in Web 2.0 stuff, then this site is a must.

Great Optical Illusions

Here is a site that has great optical illusions as well as explanations for why they appear the way that they do. If you like optical illusions, you will want to check it out.

Awesome SEO Software

For those that know StomperNet, they have release some incredible site SEO software. The best thing about it is the price . . . FREE! Grab it today!

Texas Holdem

Do you like texas holdem? Here are three sites that will help your game.

1) For beginners, I found a site that helps you to learn texas holdem.

2) For those seeking texas holdem tips, you want to check this out.

3) If you want to win at texas holdem online, you'll need this system.

Enjoy!

Dog Videos

I found a cool site for you to check out. It features funny dog videos that will keep you entertained for a long time.