Links
Search Engines & Directories
Professional Development believe in giving our clients the best possible start in Web Marketing. Submitting your web site in the following directories will assist your web marketing and improve rankings in search engines by utilising one of the most powerful web marketing techniques, reciprocal linking.
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UGA Media
UGA media is the European publisher of internet guides, business portals, travel guides and reference cd-roms.
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Search Sight Directory
http://searchsight.com/submit.htm
Unlike other search engines, SearchSight.com gives YOU the power to determine how your web page will be listed and the phrases and keywords that your web page will be found under. SearchSight.com uses the title, description, and page text found on your web page as the title and description in your listing.
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Free Web Directory (FWD)
http://www.freewebdirectory.us
Online advertising, web directory, free advertising - Web directory providing free and paid quality listings. Boost your business popularity, increase your site traffic. Just one click away from success.
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Web Developers Directory
http://www.1234-find-web-designers.org
Web Developers Directory where you can find a design company to build web site or do it yourself with web site templates. All categories of web design including local listings.
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Zenbu - Find Everything
Zenbu is a collaboratively edited directory of businesses and places that helps you find anything, anywhere.
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Far-Sited Internet Directory
A 3 way Link Exchange program using ethical guide lines to exchange links...
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Submit Express
http://www.submitexpress.com/free-submission.html
Free submission to over 70 Search Engines including Bing and Google
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Finda - You search. We find.
Comprehensive national business directory. Highly recommended that you list with them
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HotFrog - Your New Zealand Business Directory
Are you a business owner? Take ownership of your free Business Profile and start to tell your customers about yourself. It's easy and totally free.
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Google
The worlds most popular search engine and the search engine of choice for ProDev.
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Our Region - Manawatu Business Directory
http://www.ourregion.co.nz/business.php
The OurRegion clubs/associations and non-profits section provides listings and allows you to find more information on what businesses exist in Manawatu.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Good SEO can ensure more traffic to your website. Great SEO can generate more qualified traffic. Here are some excellent sites with good tools and information for improving SEO for your website.
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Search Engine Spider Simulator
http://www.webconfs.com/search-engine-spider-simulator.php/
What do the Search Engines see when they look at your website? This helpful tool simulates a webpage being spidered by a Search Engine bot, and displays what that bot sees
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Google Ranking Factors - SEO Checklist
http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/google-ranking-factors.htm
There are "over 200 SEO factors" that Google uses to rank pages in the Google search results (SERPs). What are the search engine optimization rules? This link contains speculated, educated guesses by SEO webmasters on top webmaster forums. Should you wish to achieve a high ranking, the various confirmed and suspected Google Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Rules are listed.
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Search Engine Preparation Tool
http://www.web-inspect.com/search-engine-preparation.php
Search Engine Preparation Tool Check to see if your web pages are ready for the search engines with our search engine preparation tool.
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Search Engine Optimization Report
http://www.spectralsoftware.net/seo-report/
This easy to use SEO Optimization tool will produce a useful and effective FREE SEO Analysis Report for your Website. It can help you get more traffic to your Website or Blog by leveraging the power of Search Engine Optimization to improve your site Search Engine Rankings.
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SEO Tools Word Count
http://www.prioritysubmit.com/seotools-page-word-count.html
Page Word Count is a free tool that displays the number of times each word is displayed in a body of text.
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Web Site Optimisation Tools
http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/14-web-site-optimization-tools.html
Web Site Optimization Tools page has links to the best Web Site Optimization Tools on the internet and these tools will help you to optimize your website and move your search engine position higher.
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Redirect Checker
http://www.internetofficer.com/seo-tool/redirect-check/
Many directories make redirects to external sites. As search engines are still mislead by some types of redirects, webmasters need to know which type of redirection is used to their site. This information is also useful to directory owners as they are not always aware of the techniques used to count the clicks to external sites.
Maps Online
If you are looking for an address, the following maps can help you find where or what you are looking for...
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Google Maps
Googles free map service providing locations all around the world
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Yellow Pages Maps
Comprehensive connection to locations and addresses around New Zealand
Sponsorship or Charitable Trust
Professional Development Ltd are proud to support the following organisations with sponsorship of services so they may continue the good work and spread the word.
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Diabetes Trust
http://www.diabetestrust.org.nz/
Manawatu Horowhenua & Tararua Diabetes Trust was established in 2000 with prime responsibility being introduction and management of the Free Annual "Get Checked" Review for all persons diagnosed with Diabetes.
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Ozanam House Cancer Patient Accomodation
Professional Development Ltd are proud to sponsor the Ozanam House website and hosting. Ozanam House was established to provide a home for cancer patients and their carer while in Palmerston North.
Unique in concept, Ozanam House has something in common with motels and hotels, but can best be compared with a residential club without staff. Housework and cooking as well as recreation, are often shared by mutual consent as guests come and go. This has led to a popular description of Ozanam House as "A home away from home".
ProDev Email Service
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Avoid My Emails being Marked as Spam
Since the beginning of the internet, we have been fighting spam. In fact, almost 86% of global email traffic is unsolicited junk mail (with approximately 400 billion spam messages sent every single day).
Fighting spam isn’t easy and sometimes the steps people take to protect themselves can impact your online communications. This, in turn, can have a significant impact on your business... -
The Ultimate SPAM Trigger Words List
https://www.automational.com/spam-trigger-words-to-avoid/
Tired of getting your emails sent straight into someone's spam folder?
In this link, see how NOT to get your emails flagged as SPAM. Also included is the ultimate spam trigger words list that you should avoid...
Recommended Software
Just some of the cool productive and handy tools we use, some of them Freeware, all of them useful.
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Simple Image Resizer
http://www.simpleimageresizer.com/
Simple Image Resizer free online picture resizer
When the size of your photos matters, you often have to give up its quality. But with Simple Image Resizer you don’t have to make this compromise! You can resize your pictures and images without changing their quality. There is no need to install any additional software on your computer to make Simple Image Resizer do its job. You simply browse go to www.simpleimageresizer.com and upload the images you want to shrink. The file formats supported by Simple Image Resizer include JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP and GIF.
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FastStone Image Resizer
http://www.faststone.org/download.htm
An image converter and renaming tool that intends to enable users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change color depth, add text and watermarks to images in a quick and easy batch mode.
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Apple OSX Image Resizer
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/osximageresizer.html
Performs one simple task in a fast and easy to use way; resizing a large number of images quickly on your computer. The software allows you to resize a collection of images (from 10 to 10,000+) so that they are all resized to a specific width or height while maintaining their original aspect ratio. OSX Image Resizer will open the following file formats; JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TGA. The current version saves files in the following formats; JPEG or PNG-24.
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Color Wheel Pro
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com
A unique software program that allows you to see color theory in action. With Color Wheel Pro, you can create harmonious color schemes and preview them on real-world examples
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Freemind Mind Mapping Software
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. The recent development has turned it into a high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link" operations. So you want to write a completely new metaphysics? Why don't you use FreeMind?
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Websites that Sell - eCommerce Webdesign
http://www.websitesthatsell.co.nz
More information on a Websites that Sell and the value they can provide your business.
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CMS Command
A powerful and robust Content Management System (CMS) designed to simplify product and information management in one easy to use intuitive tool. Invest in a CMS Command product that suits your business model and budget. Proven web solutions that will drive your robust online presence. Edit your own pages or use pre-configured processes and strategies to manage a professional looking website designed to give you maximum return on investment.
