http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/ Cool Site Tricks en rhanson@area47.net 2005-06-25T00:37:07-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/use_google_site_maps_better_read_this/ If you’re using Google’s new sitemap feature then make darn sure you read all the information. If you don’t there’s a good chance you won’t do it correctly. If you’ve used the Google sitemaps, you may know that you can ping their server directly. A program I use, Gsitemap, will also notify Google that your sitemap is ready. Until you’re fully competent in using the sitemaps you should let Google know through their system. Here’s why. Google, Sitemaps Admin 2005-06-25T00:37:07-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/want_to_get_more_pages_in_google_faster/ Let’s face it, everyone wishes they could more of their pages in Google and faster. Well now you can. Thank’s to Google’s new Sitemap program, currently in Beta, you can. If you dont’ know about this program you can learn more at https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login Software, Desktop Admin 2005-06-23T19:46:00-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/never_assume_people_know_something/ I admit it. I’m guilty. There’s no way I can deny it. I tell my clients not to assume their customers know something, and yet here I am constantly discovering that no matter how hard I try, I still commit the offense. It happened again today. I was showing someone the nifty feature on my monitor. I’m amazed at how much it increases my productivity. So here I was showing this feature and something that I think is nothing gets all the questions. As soon as I start, I hear “Wait, how did you move your mouse across the monitors?” I reply, “I just moved it sideways.” Admin 2005-05-07T01:56:42-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/use_domain_wildcarding_to_shorten_urls/ Which domains would you rather see: http://exercise.example.com or http://www.example.com/exercise.html http://computers.example.com or http://www.example.com/computers.html http://health_news.example.com or http://www.example.com/health_news.html By using domain wildcarding you can shorten your url and make a sub-page look like a main page. Includes Admin 2005-03-30T02:28:30-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/how_to_use_clickbanks_new_ranking_for_competitive_intelligence/ This is more of a marketing strategy than I usually post here. I’ve long wanted Clickbank to post a list of their top 100 products. They haven’t done so. I suggested it in email, and they didn’t feel it was something they would implement. The reason I wanted to know this information is that I wanted to get a feel for what types of products are most popular. After all, if products in Niche A consistently sell 400 copies in a week and products in Niche B only sell 5 - I want to promote Niche A. Competitive Intelligence Admin 2005-03-26T06:43:29-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/how_to_create_a_free_simple_site_map/ Site maps can be a big benefit to your site. By creating a site map you can make it easier for search engine spiders to find the pages you want them to find. Site maps come to your rescue. There are a handful of software programs that will create site maps for you. If you have a number of sites with a fairly large amount of content, then using one of those programs is a good idea. But if for whatever reason you don’t want to use one of those programs here’s a quick way to create them. By putting the following code htaccess Magic Admin 2005-03-25T02:49:28-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/essential_anti_virus_and_spyware_programs/ I’m amazed at the number of people I talk to who don’t keep their Anti-Virus definitions up to date. They’ll get Norton Anti-virus with their machine and when the trial period is up, they don’t feel like paying to keep the definitions current. Well if you don’t want to pay there are two alternatives that will allow you to keep your definitions current. The first is Software, Desktop Admin 2005-03-24T02:50:05-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/personalized_pdf_on_the_fly/ Ever wanted a way to create a mail in coupon with your affiliates id and an expiration date on it? Well, now you can. Ever wanted your affiliates to be able to create branded documents on the fly? Well, now you can. The PHP code allowing you to do this is now available to members of this site. Personalization, PDF Admin 2005-03-22T21:59:16-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/php_and_html_includes_combined_with_dreamweaver_templates/ In the article “This is so simple, why don’t more websites do it?” I talked about the benefits of include files. Since then, I’ve had some people ask me how to do this with a Dreamweaver template, or with a PHP page. You’ll be surprised at how much time you can save, when you use Dreamweaver templates with include files. If you don’t use Dreamweaver, don’t worry. This concept can still be used and I’ve included examples you can use. Here is how you use include files with Dreamweaver. Design, Includes, Website, PHP, SSI Magic Admin 2005-03-22T02:25:36-05:00 http://www.coolsitetricks.com/content/cstlog/how_to_create_on_the_fly_pdf_documents/ Yes it’s possible to create on the fly PDF documents without having to spend a fortune. This system is designed to let affiliates get branded PDF documents quickly and easily. Best of all, as a member of this site you’re going to get the source code for FREE. Yes, that’s right - free. There’s no catch. Membership in this site is free, and as soon as a member of the site you’ll be able to download the code. I will be posting the code on Mar 22. Want to see an example? http://www.coolsitetricks.com/demo/input.php Here’s an overview of what you can do with this system: Personalization, Software, Server, PDF Admin 2005-03-19T02:07:15-05:00