Recently I found a great marketing site, run by two women billing themselves as "The Blog Squad". I've attended two of their teleseminars – Conversations with Experts – and learned a lot during both sessions. If you're interested in maximizing the use of your blog or want some other ebusiness marketing tips, check out their site:

http://www.buildabetterblog.com/

Here's a really good look at where the web is headed:

http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/smbusiness/business2_nextnet_intro/index.htm

It's incredible how far the web has come and fascinating to think of where it will go. If you want to get right to the list of up and coming sites, click the link at the top of the story. Otherwise, you can read more background information in the article and then use the link at the bottom of the story. I hope you find their list as entertaining and informative as I did!

To help you better understand your web site, we've developed a site evaluation report, where we take a look at your site and tell you about errors and other junk that may be messing up your web site. Getting your report is simple… just visit our home page and fill in the form. To see a sample of the report, go here:

http://websitecleanup.com/sample_report.php

Besides error info, we include your Google PageRank and other search engine data. Check it out!

I'm pleased to announce our home page has been updated! Now it more clearly states what services are available and has a form where you can request a free web site evaluation. Be one of the first to take advantage of this new service… we'll run tests on your web site and send you a report listing any problem areas and suggestions for improvement.

http://www.websitecleanup.com

Is your site perceived as being spammy or linked with spammers? Find out with McAfee SiteAdvisor:

http://www.siteadvisor.com/analysis/

If you enter your web site address (recommended!), you'll get results or an opportunity to submit your site for testing. After you test your site(s), be sure to go back to the address above and check out some of the other features… there's lots of great info on this site!

These days, even a single error on your web site can make or break you with a potential client. We’ve recently discovered a wonderful service that does spell checking for your web site! Read more about it here:

http://websitecleanup.com/spellcheck.php

When you request a free trial, they will spell check a page on your site, or a few pages so they find at least a few errors, and then they’ll send a report via email.

Storage is getting cheaper and cheaper by the minute, and we’re getting much more portable, with all kinds of storage devices you can just plug in and go. Here’s something good to put on those portable storage devices!

http://portableapps.com/

So it turns out you can take it with you.

Technology affects just about every part of our lives; it's amazing how fast things can change. Here's an article with eight predictions for this year:

http://websitecleanup.com/go/6966d0

It's interesting to see how the predictions are faring. I especially agree with the seventh point, that web-based applications will become much more popular. We're currently checking into some of the new things coming out, like Ajax, a programming language which combines Javascript and XML to make interactive web sites. As soon as we have info, I'll share it with you here – exciting stuff!

What kinds of things would you like to see? We would love to know.

You can use Google Sitemaps to see lots of details about your web site's relationship with Google. You start by logging in to your Google account. Then visit the page shown below:

https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/

Next you add your site, and then verify it, which involves either adding a special tag to your home page or uploading a specially named web page to your site. If you need help with the verification step, contact your favorite web professional. After you've verified, you'll have access to a whole bunch of reports and statistics. Very interesting and highly recommended!

Here's a very cool tool you can use to instantly collaborate with colleagues:

http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage

It lets you do text, draw, use a stamp and all kinds of neat stuff to create a document you can save and replay. If anyone finds a use for this, we would love to hear about it. Thanks!