Web Geek Informational Websites

W3 Schools ~ http://www.w3schools.com/
C-Net ~ http://www.cnet.com/
ZD Net ~ http://www.zdnet.com/
HTML Goodies ~ http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
Internet News for Developers ~ http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/
Web Monkey ~ http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
Page Resource ~ http://www.pageresource.com/
Yahoo Directory of Web Page Design and Layout ~ http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Graphic_Design/Web_Page_Design_and_Layout/

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Web Graphic Design Resources

Web Page Design for Designers ~ http://www.wpdfd.com/

Site Point ~ http://www.sitepoint.com/
Empowering Web Developers since 1997

Pegasus Web Design Resources ~ http://www.pegaweb.com/
"Pegasus Web Design Resources features web design, graphic design and Adobe PhotoShop tutorials written by me (Daniel Piechnick). I'm a professional Web Designer based in Adelaide, South Australia. I try to keep the web design and graphic design tutorials on this site as original as possible, and aim to create new tutorials regularly."

Graphic Designers Paradise ~ http://www.desktoppublishing.com/
"DesktopPublishing.com currently features tons of FREE Online Web page templates .. DTP specific application templates .. and original clip art. You can also find reviews .. as well as a state of the art message board/forums system .. where many industry professionals have *hung out* since 1995.
Note: there are a lot of pop-up ads on this site.

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Web Graphic Design Tools

Visibone Color Lab ~ http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/
"Point-and-click color scheming at its easiest. Click on the color wheel to the left... see your choices side-by-side on the right. Hex HTML and decimal RGB codes. Text / background combinations automatically."

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Membership Sites

World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) ~ http://www.joinwow.org/
As the Web continues to evolve, the role of the Web professional must continue to evolve with it. The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) is a community of common interest, where members find common ground for communication and education, regardless of their specific responsibilities, abilities, or role in the industry. WOW is open to anyone in the world who believes in our philosophy and sincerely desires to enhance their capabilities and that of the Web.

The HTML Writers Guild ~ http://www.hwg.org/
"Since 1998, our Web Design Training Program has provided the very best in online web design training to more than 25,000 individuals interested in web design and development. Our Web Design Course Catalog covers a breadth of Web work, from HTML to Flash; from Dreamweaver to Photoshop. Each online Web class is taught by your fellow expert and working professional in the field. Joining the Guild is simple and easy, and gives you access to our online course program and other valuable member services. Trial membership is free, and annual membership is only $49 (US)."

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Award Recognitions for Your Site

Golden Web Awards ~ http://www.goldenwebawards.com/
"Winning the Golden Web Award could make a dramatic difference in your IT career by adding instant recognition and credibility to your professional standing. The Golden Web Awards is a FREE service of the Association and is presented to those sites whose web design, originality and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition."

Webmaster Award ~ http://www.marketme.com/awards/
The Webmaster Award is one the fastest and hottest website awards on the net. We believe the award has grown because of its excellence and outstanding standards for which it represents. The Webmaster Award is a special Internet award given only to those elite webmasters responsible for creating those websites that keep us up so late night after night.

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Software User Tips

Flash Kit ~ http://www.flashkit.com/

Macromedia Exchange ~ http://dynamic.macromedia.com/bin/MM/exchange/main.jsp?product=dreamweaver

Microsoft Access Help Centre ~ http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/
Microsoft Access tips, support, training, development, corrupt file repair and discussion forum.

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Places to Post Your Site

Digital City/AOL Local Guide Yellow Pages ~ http://www.digitalcity.com
Insert your zip-code or surf to find your city, select the "Yellow Pages" link, then select the "Add or update your business listing in the Yellow Pages." link to submit your business for FREE!

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Affiliate Opportunities

Amazon Associates ~ http://www.amazon.com/associates
Are you and Amazon.com Associate? Then, get a traffic ranking box that shows the traffic rank for your web site. "Alexa will update your certified traffic rank to include your Associate ID. The certified traffic rank can pass your ID along to Amazon.com and you may earn additional income. Not an Amazon.com Associate? Sign up today!

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Business/Legal Issues

Better Business Bureau On Line ~ http://www.bbbonline.org/
"Participating in the BBBOnLine Reliability Program allows companies to distinguish themselves from the thousands of online companies in a way that is easily recognizable by online consumers and that will instill trust and confidence in your website. The BBBOnLine seal is among the most recognized seals on the internet and the Better Business Bureau name and reputation are well known through out the world both online and off. "

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Web Designer Marketing Sites

Marketing Tool ~ http://www.Marketingtool.com

1234 Web Site Designers Directory, Site Developers, Marketing ~ http://www.1234-find-web-designers.org
Directory of web developers, graphic designers, site development tools, hosting companies and e-commerce consultants. Site design, graphics, promotion and e-business.

The Linking Matters Report ~ http://www.linkingmatters.com/
A free report to help website owners and publishers plan effective linking strategies - includes guidelines, worksheets and links to over 50 articles on linking.

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Search Engine Statistics

What are the most popular keywords in search engines?

Lycos Top 50 ~ http://50.lycos.com/ (50 most popular user searches for the week)
The Yahoo! Buzz Index ~ http://buzz.yahoo.com/ (20 most popular user searches for the week)
Google Zeitgeist ~ http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html (Search patterns, trends, and surprises)

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Direct (Free) Search Engine Submission

Ah-Ha ~ http://www.ah-ha.com/list/list_addurl.asp
Alexa ~ http://www.alexa.com/help/webmasters/index.html
All The Web ~ http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php
Alta Vista ~ http://addurl.altavista.com/addurl/new
AOL ~ http://search.aol.com/add.adp
Ask Jeeves ~ http://static.wc.ask.com/docs/addjeeves/Submit.html
Dogpile Web Catalog ~ http://dpcatalog.dogpile.com/texis/websearch/modify.htm
Exact Seek ~ http://www.exactseek.com/add.html
Find What ~ http://findwhat.com/static/ab_promote.html
Google ~ http://www.google.com/addurl.html
Look Smart ~ http://submit.looksmart.com/info.jhtml?synd=zdf&chan=insp
Lycos ~ http://hotbot.lycos.com/addurl.asp?
Northern Light ~ http://www.northernlight.com/docs/regurl_help.html
National Directory ~ http://www.nationaldirectory.com/addurl/
Open Directory Project ~ http://dmoz.org/add.html
Overture ~ http://www.overture.com/d/advertisers/p/mbr?o=U2331
Search Hippo ~ http://www.searchhippo.com/addlink.php
Sprinks ~ http://sprinks.about.com/signup/create_user.htm?pc=d_dogpile_1
Stop Dog ~ http://stopdog.com/add_a_page.htm
Submit Wolf Pro ~ http://www.trellian.com/
What U Seek ~ http://www.whatuseek.com/addurl.shtml
Yahoo ~ http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/

SearchHippo

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Free Search Engine Registration Services

Submit A Website Tools ~ http://www.submitawebsite.com/free_tools.html

Submit A Website ~ http://www.submitawebsite.com/free900sitesubmission.htm

Submit Express ~ http://www.submitexpress.com/
"Submit your website URL to 40 search engines, all for free. Why spend several hours submitting your site manually to each search engine, while you can submit your URL from one place to all of them just by filling out one simple form that only asks for your web site URL and email address. Your URL will automatically be submitted to several top search engines such as: Lycos, HotBot, Google, Wisenut, etc."

Add Me! ~ http://www.addme.com/submission.htm
"Add Me! lets you submit your site or url to the top 20 search engines and directories for free. WebCrawler, Lycos, Northern Light, Excite, Google, DirectHit, HotBot, Scrub The Web, FAST Search, Alexa, REX, National Directory, InfoSpace, Search It, Voila, Infohiway, NerdWorld, What-U-Seek, Mall Park, and EntireWeb."

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Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Watch ~ http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
Resources and tips.

Search Engine Optimization Inc. ~ http://www.seoinc.com
"SEO Inc is truly a consultative search engine optimization firm. Search Engine Optimization Inc uniquely approaches search engine optimization from a consultative perspective. By working with our clients throughout the search engine optimization process, we are able to analyze and strategically determine exactly which tactics will yield the best results for different campaigns. Our process is not a "one size fits all" implementation. We customize our search engine placement campaigns and tailor programs to meet the needs of different Web sites, audiences, budgets and marketing goals."

Scrub the Web FREE Meta Tag Analyzer ~ http://www.scrubtheweb.com/abs/

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Domain Name Registration

Go Daddy ~ http://www.godaddy.com
"Reserve your unique domain name today before someone else does. Register for as low as $6.95 per year! Click here for details. Or transfer your existing domain for just $8.95 - includes a 1-year extension! Bulk registrations & Bulk transfers (with very special pricing) available!"

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Web Site Hosting

Nozol ~ http://www.nozol.com/
"Nozol.com provides high quality affordable web hosting solutions. We are not a reseller of anyone. We maintain our own dedicated Cobalt RaQ4 servers, running Cobalt Linux operating system. That means reliability and easy management through its popular control panel. Please click here to see a demo of the control panel. Our servers are located at the Data Center of Host2own, San Diego, California, USA. Our dedicated servers are only one hop away of Host2own's backbone. That means your domain will be hosted on a rocket speed connection to the backbone. Network monitoring software ensures servers uptime and necessary bandwidth that you can rely on for your applications. We treat your files hosted with us like gold. That's why we perform daily backup for all of our servers."

NOTE: Nozol is my favorite overseas web hosting and reseller company. However, you must actually know what you are doing and be a bit of a webgeek in order to use it. You can do almost anything including create your own cgi-bin and .htaccess files. However, the "Control Panel" is very basic and there are no pre-configured goodies! Please use this company yourself, but I wouldn't recommend suggesting it to your clients!

Web Site Source ~ http://websitesource.com/index.html
"Affordable Web Site Hosting, Domain Host."

NOTE: This is a good hosting company to recommend to your clients who like to do things themselves. They have a really easy to use control panel and excellent customer service support, including a "Chat" service.

Web Country ~ http://1dollarhosting.com/
"We are the only company that will host your website for $1 a month that offers unlimited bandwidth, visitors & hits. The only difference between us and large corporate web hosting companies is the price. $1.00 per month based on 1 year pre-payment plus a one time $49.00 lifetime membership fee. Example: 1st year total cost, $12 hosting fee plus the one time $49.00 membership fee = $61.00. Each year after your total cost only $12.00 per year!!!"

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E-Commerce

2 Check Out ~ http://www.2checkout.com/
"2Checkout.com Inc. provides turnkey e-commerce solutions to thousands of business customers around the world. The company provides secure transaction services that enable Web merchants to accept and process real-time payments for goods and services purchased over the Internet. 2Checkout.com's proprietary technology manages back-office functions including financial reporting, tracking, fraud prevention, customer service and sales tracking."

Simple Store ~ http://www.esimplestore.com/
"You will find all of the Hardware, Software and Support you need to increase the efficiency of your business."

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Internet User and Browser Statistics

Web Geek Statistics Report and Analysis ~ http://www.webgeekstuff.com/articles/surfers.html

The Counter ~ http://www.thecounter.com/

Browser News ~ http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm

W3 Schools ~ http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

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Banner and Link Exchanges

Web Geek Stuff - Resources for Web Designers ~ http://www.webgeekstuff.com/link_exchange.html

Site Sell's Link Exchange Program ~ http://value-exchange.sitesell.com/#form

Desktop Publising ~ http://www.desktoppublishing.com/addalink.html

Pegasus Web Design Resources ~ http://www.pegaweb.com/links/web-design-links.htm
Great resource for CGI/Perl scripts.

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JavaScript, Perl/CGI Resources

Experts Exchange ~ http://www.experts-exchange.com/

Matt's Script Archive ~ http://www.scriptarchive.com/

CGI Resource Index ~ http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/
Great resource for CGI/Perl scripts.

Matt Kruse's Scripts ~ http://www.mattkruse.com/

Perl Masters ~ http://www.perlmasters.com/

Dynamic Drive ~ http://dynamicdrive.com/

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Stuff to Add to Your Web Sites

Calendar Script ~ http://www.calendarscript.com/
"CalendarScript 3.2 is a fully customizable event-publishing solution. It gives you everything you'll need to begin, then gives you the power to redefine it to fit your specific needs. With one of the simplest installs ever created, you'll have a calendar of events up and running quickly - for your company, intranet, club, church, organization, school, family, or just for your own personal web site."

Yet Another Bulletin Board (Forum) ~ http://www.yabbforum.com/
"YaBB is the original FREE, open-source Perl forum that allows you to provide to your visitors a real-time chat and support system. While live chat programs allow people to talk directly, you have to be on them 24/7 to please everyone. With forum software like YaBB, you can talk at any time and everyone can join or read the conversation. So get visitors coming back for interesting discussions, fun chit-chat, or needed support without having to spend thousands of dollars..all with YaBB!

Key features include

• Full administration and moderation options
• Ability to change settings and the template on the fly
• Private boards in which certain membergroups can access
• Many profile options--including signatures and personal information
• Graphical alerts for each new or updated topic"
  

PicoSearch ~ http://www.picosearch.com/
"Picosearch.com is a fully professional Search Hosting™ service that gives you a search engine over the Internet to search your own website or any collection of websites. Whether you are offering search on one site or becoming a mini web portal across many web pages, you will help your visitors find what they're looking for, with the benefit to you of completely controlling where they find it too. So you will never have to lose a potential customer again!"

PicosSearch is easy to install, and can offer unlimited searching with no additional software required. This service is available FREE for popular default settings, or by business-quality subscription services with full layout control and advanced account management features."

Atomz Search ~ http://www.atomz.com/search/
"Atomz Search uses the power and speed of Web-native software to solve problems, answer questions or purchase products.

Second-generation site search products from Atomz deliver fast, meaningful search results to visitors while providing Web managers with insights into what users are searching for. More than 50,000 Web sites are using Atomz Search, including CBS, Palm, Macromedia, and The US Customs Service. The Atomz application network that underlies Atomz Search performs more than 40 million searches every month, all with greater than 99.9% availability."

Internet Seer ~

Urchin ~ http://www.urchin.com/
"Urchin 4 is a quantum leap in web analytics, combining datacenter-class performance with elegant simplicity and the world's most accurate visitor tracking. It simply has no equal!"

Internet Content Rating Association ~ http://www.icra.org/
"The Internet Content Rating Association is an international, independent organization that empowers the public, especially parents, to make informed decisions about electronic media by means of the open and objective labelling of content. ICRA's dual aims are to:

• protect children from potentially harmful material; and,
• to protect free speech on the internet.

There are two elements to the system:

• Web authors fill in an online questionnaire describing the content of their site, simply in terms of what is and isn't present. ICRA then generates a Content Label (a short piece of computer code) which the author adds to his/her site.
• Users, especially parents of young children, can then set their internet browser to allow or disallow access to web sites based on the objective information declared in the label and the subjective preferences of the user."

Fast Counter ~ http://www.bcentral.com/fastcounter/

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Website Template Resources

A Plus Templates ~ http://www.aplustemplates.com/
"Hello Webmasters! All of our professional templates can be used link-free with our A+ Templates Membership. That's access to over 200 web templates and our Flash Intro Builder for $29.95. Why pay $30 dollars for 1 template elsewhere, when you can use --ALL-- of our web templates for $29.95!"

Boxed Art ~ http://www.boxedart.com/
"Welcome to BoxedArt.com! Stop paying $20-$90 per template and $50-$100 per flash template! For $24.95,
you will gain access to thousands of graphics, for less than one template elsewhere, for one full year!"

Flash Templates & Web Templates ~ http://www.templates4html.com
Download flash templates, web templates for frontpage and dreamweaver and html templates from templates 4 HTML.

GUI Stuff ~ http://www.guistuff.com/
"GUIStuff offers you many free tools to create a great-looking website. You can download one of dozens of graphical interfaces, use our Flash, DHTML, and graphics generation tools to add spice to your page, and check out our tutorials section to learn how to design by yourself."

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FREE Image Resources

Ibiblio ~ http://www.ibiblio.org/
"The public's library and digital archive"

Agricultural Clip Art from USDA ~ http://www.ars.usda.gov:80/is/graphics/photos/index.html

Air Force Museum Outdoor Gallery ~ http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/outdoor/od.htm

History of Medicine Images ~ http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

Insect Drawings ~ http://www.life.uiuc.edu/Entomology/insectgifs.html

Maps in the Public Domain at Upenn.edu ~ http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/maps/

Military Equipment Gallery ~ http://www.jmu.edu/rotc/gallery.html

NASA Lunar Archives ~ http://lunarprospector.arc.nasa.gov/archives/index.html
"All NASA materials are public domain, so feel free to download the images, put them on your desktop, or use them on your sites (please note: non-NASA materials may be copyrighted)."

NASA Publisher's Corner ~ http://station.nasa.gov/news/photos/

National Agricultural Library's Special Images Collections ~ http://www.nalusda.gov/speccoll/

National Transportation Library ~ http://www.bts.gov/NTL/
"All material in the National Transportation Library is in the public domain or provided by the authors free of any restriction on reproduction.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Collection ~ http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/lb_images/
"NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and no fee is charged for using them. Credit must be given to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source."

Public Domain Images ~ http://www.pdimages.com/

University of Kansas Radiology Icons, Clip Art & Picture Archives (massive collection)

University of Texas Map Collection

U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Images

U.S. Department of Agriculture Images

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
"The Service now has a variety of images online. Most of them are in the "public domain" (which means they have no copyright restrictions). They are free for you to use, unless you see a specific reference to a copyright - and you will, occasionally, see some copyrighted images on our Web sites. You may use the public domain images in your print and electronic publications; there's no fee to pay and no need to get any permission from the Service for reusing them. If you use Service images in your publication, we do request that you include a credit citation such as: Credit: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service/photo by Robert Shallenberger (if the artist is known), USFWS/Elkins, WV (if originating office but not the artist is known)."

U.S. Geological Survey of Volcanoes
"Unless noted on the image and caption, the photographs were taken by scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey and are in the public domain. No permission or fee is required for their use, but a photo credit to the photographer and U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated."

U.S. Treasury Department Photos

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Free Music and Sounds

Hymns
site states no restrictions on use.

Christian Hymns.
McGinnis placed his original midi collection in the public domain.

Sunsite of Japan

Wheaton's Choral Archives
Religious midi files and words.

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Royalty Free Images

Clip Art.com (Formerly Art Today) ~ http://www.clipart.com/index.html
"The largest subscription-based graphics resource on the web"

Eyewire (Please see Getty Images)
Really fantastic stock image service is now part of Getty Images.

Getty Images ~ http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/home/home.asp
"Getty Images is the world's leading resource for imagery and related products and services. At Getty Images Creative, we provide creative professionals with a rich venue for searching, purchasing and downloading images from a wide range of royalty-free and rights-protected brands. Whether you’re looking for motion, audio or still imagery, the site hosts a variety of innovative, world-class brands including Allsport Concepts, Artville, The Bridgeman Art Library, EyeWire, FoodPix, Hulton Archive, Illustration Works, Photographer's Choice, Taxi, The Image Bank, The National Geographic Image Collection, PhotoDisc and Stone -- all in one convenient site."

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E-Zines

Communication Arts ~ http://www.commarts.com/
Design Resource.

Web Page Design for Designers ~ http://www.wpdfd.com/
Design Resource.

Web Review ~ http://www.webreview.com/
Development Resource.

Internet News for Developers ~ http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/

Locker Gnome ~ http://www.lockergnome.com/

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Goodies!

Google Toolbar ~ http://toolbar.google.com/

Alexa Toolbar ~ http://download.alexa.com/alexa7/startpage.html?p=DetEdit_W_b_40_T1

Who Is Toolbar Button ~ http://www.warp9hosting.com/toolbar/plugin.html

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