Web Tracking Tools

www.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/wwwstat/ Tracking software for Web sites	www.ipro.com/ I/Pro in partnership with Nielson Media Research
www.marketwave.com Hit List.  Site log reporting software	www.linkpopularity.com LinkPopularity:  Tells you how many sites link to yours.
http://awsd.com/scripts/index.shtml Webscripts and logging software.	www.webtrends.com Management and traffic reporting for Internet and Intranet servers
www.counted.com A free counter/tracker service for webmasters	www.bellacoola.com BellaCoola web logging software
www.cookiecentral.com Cookie Central.  All about Cookies.	www.netwhistle.com Checks the up time of your Web site.
www.opentracker.net Tracks site visitors	www.mrunix.net/webalizer/ Webalizer - free utility
www.compete.com/ Competitive site metrics

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Internet Traffic Report Sites
Use these sites to find out how busy the Internet is and how far away the site you are contacting is.

www.internettrafficreport.com The Internet Traffic Report	http://isc.sans.org/ Internet Storm Center
www.akamai.com/en/html/industry/net_usage_index.html Net news traffic report

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Web Promotion/Site Submission

www.linkingmatters.com Step-by-step site linking for marketing	http://deadlock.com/promote Web Site Promotion.
http://www.marketleap.com/siteindex/ Search engine saturation tool	www.minonline.com Min Online.  Tracks site launches
http://jimworld.com/ Virtual Promote.  Web site promotion

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Web Building Tools

www.barrysclipart.com Clip art	www.arttoday.com Clip art
www.webtechniques.com Web site management	www.gifworld.com Animated GIF resources
www.cool.infi.net Cool site of the day.  A way to keep track of web design innovations.	www.usernomics.com Usernomics.  A site focusing on ergonomics
www.jumpchart.com/ Online web design and mockup	http://reallybig.com The complete resource for Web builders
www.builder.com For Web designers.	www.klever.net/kin/dipstick.html Dipstick.  A free utility that tells you the closest server from which to download a file.
www.linkalarm.com/ Web site link checking	www.useit.com Site provides design advice to Web builders
http://v04.browsershots.org/ Test your page on multiple browsers	www.netmechanic.com/ Web Site Tuning Tools
www.webdeveloper.com Web Developer e-zine	www.gamelan.com Java applications
www.december.com/html The HTML Station	www.htmlhelp.com HTML help
www.register.com URL registration.	http://guir.berkeley.edu/projects/denim/ A tool for early site design
http://xml.org Extensible markup language	www.hwg.org/resources The HTML Writer's guild
http://javascript.internet.com/ The Javascript Source	http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html?tag=cnetfd.ld CNET bandwidth meter speed test
www.sitemapspal.com/ Automatic site mapping	www.cgi-resources.com The CGI Resource Index
www.bignosebird.com Free site filled with web building advice and tools	http://echoecho.com Web tutorials, resources, tools and documentation.  Also, Web news and statistics.
http://feedvalidator.org/ Validates RSS and atom feeds	www.streamingmediaworld.com Tools, advice to produce streaming media
www.speedguide.net Information about DSL	www.cablemodeminfo.com Information on cable modems
www.buttonator.com/ Makes online buttons	www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/animation.html A site with interesting animation examples
www.hostcompare.com Check out ISPs	www.stickytools.com/ Sticky Tools.  Free applets for site traffic building
www.thearling.com/ Data Mining tools and explanations	www.softwareqatest.com/ Software QA Test Resource Center.  Links to test tools.
www.webdeveloper.earthweb.com Web developer tools	www.webhostingratings.com/ Web hosting ratings
http://datamashups.com/ Data Mashups	www.dappit.com/ Online data mapper
http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/home Data visualization services	www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/ Collection on online visualizations of data
http://infosthetics.com/ Discussions of data visualization

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Web Style Guides

http://webreference.com/dev/hotstyle/ HotWired Style	www.webword.com Usability and human factors
www.gooddocuments.com Good Documents.  Focuses on good design and writing	www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/ A visual vocabulary for design and interaction
www.washington.edu/computing/training/560/zz-tufte.html Web design principles based on Edward Tufte	http://webreference.com/greatsite.html What makes a great Web site?
www.webpagesthatsuck.com Web Pages that suck.  Its motto is "learn good design by looking at bad design."	http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/ Kairos.  A journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
www.worstoftheweb.com/ Worst of the Web.  A funky, sometimes funny site that shows just how bad web sites can be.	www.usableweb.com Keith Instone's Usable Web.  Links to research and usability resources.
www.useit.com Jakob Nielsen's Alert Box newsletter on web usability	www.contentious.com A webzine on good writing
http://webtypography.net/ Web typography	www.ucc.ie/hfrg/resources/qfaq1.html A list of tips on using questionnaires in usability studies
http://smallinitiatives.com/ Internet design journal	www.art-teez.org/pro.htm Basic Web site design and promotion
http://psychology.wichita.edu/optimalweb/default.htm Web usage guides	www.webcredibility.org/ Studies on Web credibility

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