Many of us have our own websites & blogs and can use a little help with managing our site in terms of performance analytics, accessibility, social reach and more.
Here are a few handy tools to keep you on top of things:
#1 Down for everyone or just me?
You must have come across situtations where a particular site or your own website seems to be down or not accessible from your computer. In such situations, instead of panicking, wondering whether its actually down or there’s a problem with your browser, head to http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/. This is a simple and fast tool that lets you check whether or not your site is up. It’s a real time-saver.
#2 Feng-GUI
Feng-GUI is all about testing the performance of advertisements, or call-to-actions on a webpage based on the analysis of how a visitor ‘looks’ at your site. This is crucial because the success of your online campaigns entirely depends upon how well you grab the attention of your visitors.
#3 Tagul
Tagul is an online tool that lets you create beautiful tag clouds as opposed to the ugly ones that come with every WP theme. With this tool you can create tag clouds in shapes that go with your blog theme.
#4 Mailcounter
There are several plugins out there to give your users the option to email an article to a friend but if you rather not use a plugin or if your website is a custom coded one, here’s a simple way to add the “Email article to friend” feature to your site. This code opens up the default email program on your machine with a message sharing the article.
#5 Bit.ly
Bitly lets you shorten your URLs. This is very useful when you publish an article with a keyword rich long title that looks quite ugly when posted on a social network. Bitly also tracks & analyses your links helping you understand how your links are performing.
Are there any useful tools you’d like to share?
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