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Looking for open source scripts? I use OpenSourceScripts all the time to search for free script I need. I find more and more there that I haven’t seen in other directories. It’s definitely a good resource for people that want to find good scripts.

One of the best parts about the site is they have a lot of the scripts installed so you can try the demo this includes the user and admin areas of each script! Besides that there are hundreds of reviews of the scripts to help you make your decision on what to use.

Last they have an upcoming forum where you can ask questions about your scripts etc.

Visit there website at OpenSourceScripts.com

I am not affiliated with them at all, just wanted to share a resource!

In the last few months I read about hundreds of webmasters that complain that there directories aren’t making any money. They may say they make a few dollars a month from featured submissions but from their advertisements they seem to make none.

I did a few tests with some of my directories and encountered some problems with making money from Ad’s. First off making money from pay per click Ad’s on a directory is very hard. The average click rate is horrible compared to a normal site.

This is because most of the people coming to your site, go strait to the submission page. One way to avoid this from happening is to make sure that your user must actually go to the category they are submitting to.

The most important reason you want the person to stay on the site and actually be there is because directory submission software’s such as SubmitEaze allows a submitter to submit without even going to the page. Most of the time it happens to sites that are using the script phplinkdirectory or otherwise known as PHPLD. SubmitEaze strips the submit page from a directory and the only thing the user is shown is the submit field boxes. If you are using PHPLD I highly recommend you choose a different script or else you could possibly insert ads within the submission form.

A good directory script to avoid all these problems is eSyndicat

I hope this helps some of you that have a directory that isn’t making money.

At first after Name.com expired their coupon a few months ago I thought the cheap $5.99 domains were never coming back. Recently however, Name.com issued a new coupon XUP599.

Their website is easy to navigate through and very clean. The system’s simplicity is what continues to bring me back every time I need a domain. It’s much better then other domain registers I have personally used in the past.

I am a bit curious on how they are offering domains lower then the prices they buy them for! Also they seem to be a young company in the domain industry, which may explain the reason for their cheap prices. I suppose having cheap prices allows them to build up their client list.

Only time will tell how long they can keep their domains cheap, but I hope it will be for very long time.

After being with SingleHop for about a month we have come to the conclusion that they are the best dedicated server hosts out there. They have excellent support average response times were always under 15 minutes, but most of the time it was 5 minutes! Their team is extremely helpful as they are always willing to lend an extra hand especially when it comes to installing 3rd party applications.

As far as the speed and quality of the servers I couldn’t be happier. The servers you get are exactly what they say you will get. The bandwidth seems very fast as well from my own personal testing.

They seem to happily give new clients astounding deals so be sure to ask them for extra stuff before signing up =).

You can check out their site at SingleHop

Notice: I am not affiliated with SingleHop in anyway. Just a happy client.

Entrecard is a relatively new idea. Many webmasters has heard about them but many have not used them such as myself. Until a few weeks ago I did not use Entrecard at all. Recently however I discovered how useful having a “card” really is.

There system is very simple. Basically its very similar to a basic banner/traffic exchange site. Instead of a banner each person can make their own custom card which can be placed on other Entrecard member websites for a set amount of points.

Members can accumulate points by selling their space on their blogs or by dropping by other Entrecard websites.

This is a marketing tool must. It is minimal work and you get free website traffic and branding.

You may visit there site by Clicking Here

Google has recently improved their flash file indexing system. The search engine can now index even the text content within a flash file. The difference can be seen below.

This is a site before the flash indexing improvement.

Below is the new and improved way of indexing a site with a flash file.

Read the original post by Google by Clicking Here

If you are a “Google Addict” you are aware of the logo changes Google makes during certain time periods. This may depend on holidays or events, yet last night I saw a logo on Google that I thought was very creative and funny.

As you can see the logo is based around Lego’s. Lego’s if you do not know already were one of the most popular toys when I was a kid. I had tons of them!!

Just thought I share for everyone that didn’t get to see this fantastic logo!

A web search directory is a great place to find listings on many different topics. But when it comes to “Directory Related Sites” directory of directories or directory portals are the best places to look.

Its easy to start at a directory that offers listings for all types of websites to get a general feel of how directories work etc. If you are looking for directories to submit to you can go to a directory of directories.

What ever you are looking for directories can make it easy to find what you are looking for.

Check out the directories if you are interested in directories:
Strong Link Web Directory
Top Url Search Directory

After surfing the Internet for a while one webmaster related site caught my eye. Site-Sift is well known for its web directory. They currently have a PageRank of 6. Their rates are reasonable for anyone who is marketing their own sites. They offer many different solutions it seems to have your site marketed. What is also unique about Site-Sift is they let you use there directory script for free. That’s pretty cool I would say! It’s 100% free to use so its perfect for any webmasters wanting to start a directory.

Don’t know what a directory is? Or how to start one? No problem go to Site-Sift forums. It’s a webmaster community that is related to marketing websites and directories.

To sum it up Site-Sift are one of those sites actually there to help you instead of taking your money I recommend them to the fullest.

You can visit the different parts of their website below:

Web Directory
Web Directory Script
Webmaster Forums