I’ve been so erratic with the Byte these days. Sorry! I’ve just been so busy. But today I’m back with a fun tool: Jogli: http://www.jogli.com/ It’s a music site. Search for someone and you can find them, their music and lyrics. I know there are a lot of these sort of tools out there. I … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Assessing your Web Site: MCN Presentation
Today I am giving a presentation at the MCN New Times New Tech conference (http://www.mncn.org/nptech/index.htm). Wish me luck! Below is the presentation I am giving and here is the web site assessment form. Continue reading
Keyword Spy
I know I’ve been MIA for a while. Sorry! I just got too busy but the good news is that I think I have handle on things again. Today’s Byte of mostly for folks with commercial web sites or are thinking about buying keyword ads: Keyword Spy: http://www.keywordspy.com Type in the address of … Continue reading
Filtering Comments on WordPress
Sorry today’s Byte is pretty specific for bloggers who wants to filter out comments they receive in WordPress. (For those who don’t have a WordPress blog (http://wordpress.com/), here’s a fun site that lets you Photoshop yourself to this week’s inauguration: http://www.myinauguralphoto.com/.) Recently a few folks have told me that they are getting spam from their … Continue reading
7 Online Marketing Tips
Today I gave a presentation to the Minneapolis Breakfast Club (http://www.minneapolisbreakfastclub.com/); I really enjoy belonging to this networking group. For many people work has slowed down a bit – so I wanted to introduce a number of online marketing tools that were pretty cheap, didn’t require a ton of technical expertise and helped you connect … Continue reading
I hope everyone had a great time last night and is settling into a fun day. I have a semi-regular New Year’s tool to share: PCPitstop (http://www.pcpitstop.com) is a free service that will scan your computer for any performance or security risks. I’m about to run the scan on my machine. Usually it reminds me … Continue reading
Look like a star?
I have a silly fun site for the day: http://www.myheritage.com/face-recognition You can upload a picture and the site will tell you what celebrities resemble you. I’m not telling who I looked like – except that pretty much it was anyone who wears glasses. Have a fantastic holiday!! Continue reading
We-Care about Goodseach
We-Care Thanks to Bill in New York for sending me information on a fun tool that might help get your holiday shopping done and give a little bit back to your favorite charities. We-Care (http://www.we-care.com/) is a collection of 700+ merchants. When you buy products from them through this site a portion of your purchase … Continue reading
Domain name for blog and email
I wrote a blog recently on how to build a cheap web site – really based on using a blog as your web site. I’ve looked further into this option and into using the domain name for your blog. You can do this one of two ways: First, you could register the domain name with … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Quiz
It’s been a while – but here’s my kind of annual Thanksgiving quiz. Have a fantastic break! Thanks! Ann Thanksgiving Quiz How fast can wild turkeys fly? • They can’t • 15 mph • 35 mph • 55 mph About how many feathers does a mature turkey have? • 1, 500 • 3,500 • 5,500 … Continue reading
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