Tomorrow night I’m giving a presentation for the International Institute for Women Entrepreneurs at the College of St. Catherine. I’m very excited to be speaking at my alma mater. The topic is free web-based business tools. You may have already figured out where this is going… This week’s Byte is actually my notes from the … Continue reading
Author Archives: Ann Treacy
Faster PDF Viewing
I have a great new tool today for anyone who hates to wait for PDF documents! It’s the Adobe Reader Speed-Up. Just like it sounds, the Adobe Reader Speed-up is a program that speeds up Adobe, the software that lets you view PDF documents. I downloaded Adobe Reader Speed-Up the other day and noticed the … Continue reading
A Spider’s Eye View
I get a lot of calls from people who want me to help them improve their search engine rankings. (If you know anyone else who needs help, please send them my way.) Some of them have beautiful sites that are easy for a human to navigate. Unfortunately for them, humans are not indexing sites for … Continue reading
Two Shopping Sites
I wanted to tell you about 2 shopping related sites. First, Rick B. in Minneapolis told me about CompUSA’s fantastic search tool. You can do a keyword search, narrow it down by product, or check their directory of departments. It’s particularly helpful if you are looking for a part.Second, I read about a fun site … Continue reading
Is your site accessible to all?
Today’s Byte is for web developers. It’s about making your site accessible to people with disabilities. If you aren’t a web developer your interested might be limited. So for you folks I’ll just say – Beannachta Le Fhaile Phadraig – that’s Happy St. Patrick’s Day in Irish! Someone recently asked me about a resource that … Continue reading
Cool Mapping Tool of the Day
I found a new favorite tool today – the improved Yahoo Map. I’ve always loved the online maps for directions, but now Yahoo will give you an interactive map of an area that can include things like restaurants, ATMs, gas stations, and more. Yahoo Maps I tried it out in my own neighborhood for listing … Continue reading
Online Tax Help
Tax time is right around the corner. If you need to file taxes for a business, the deadline is weeks away. For personal taxes you have a little more time. Either way here are some web sites and info to get you started: Free File (IRS) – Through partnerships with local tax preparers, the IRS … Continue reading
Make Sure Search Engines Can Find All of Your Pages
Everyone who has a web site wants to increase traffic. One step is to make sure that the search engines are indexing all of your web pages. Sometimes they only catch your homepage. Sometimes they catch pages that you thought had been deleted! While every search engine is slightly different, checking how you are indexed … Continue reading
Finding Good Keywords for Your Web Site
Last week I mentioned Overture as a service where you can buy keyword ads. Today I want to talk about one of their very neat, free tools. (Also there’s a bonus opportunity to promote your business mentioned at the bottom of this email.) The Search Term Suggestion Tool tells you how often a word is … Continue reading
Have you Been Googled Lately?
There’s a fun free tool that will help you search resources that have recently been added to Google – GooFresh. Type in a keyword phrase or URL, choose a time span (today, yesterday, last week, last month) and it will show you all of the web sites that have been indexed in that time frame … Continue reading
