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My
Top 10 Favorite Internet Tools
by
Jim Edwards
When
you spend 6–10 hours a day on the Internet like I do, you
can sometimes forget that the tools and resources you use everyday
(and take for granted) might rate an incredibly helpful discovery
to people who don't already know they exist.
Whether they help you save time, find what you
need, or save a lot of money, these tools and
services rate my highest recommendation for just plain making
life easier, faster, and cheaper.
1) Short Keys: Available for free trial at www.shortkeys.com/lite.htm,
Short Keys allows you to create shortcut keys to cut down on repetitive
typing tasks. You can pre-program it quickly and easily to type
in huge chunks of text.
I
use it primarily to quickly respond to questions I receive repeatedly
each day because it allows me to respond personally, but also
saves hours of time typing the same answers over and over.
2)
Spy Sweeper: Spyware ranks a close second behind
viruses as the top threat to your security online. Viruses can
destroy your computer, but spyware can destroy your life! Though
many spyware detection and removal programs exist to detect and
combat spyware, I personally prefer "Spy Sweeper" from
www.WebRoot.com.
3) Mail Washer: Available for free trial at www.mailwasher.net,
this program enables you to spot and delete spam and viruses before
downloading them to your computer. I couldn't survive without
this program and it rates the best $30 investment you can make
to combat spam! You can download the program here.
4)
PayPal: If you want to send or receive money
online (personal or business), PayPal.com gets my highest recommendation.
PayPal experienced service issues a few years ago, but since online
auction giant eBay purchased them, www.PayPal.com
is extremely professional and well managed.
5)
GoDaddy: Cheap, reliable, easy to use domain
name registrar that only charges $8.95 per year for each domain
name you register. Also, enhanced security against domain "hijacking"
means I purchase all my domains through GoDaddy.
6)
Elance.com: With an entire world of professional
help available online, even the smallest business can afford to
hire out for just about any type of help you can imagine. An online
auction-style site, Elance.com
allows service providers to bid on your job and you select them
based on price, experience, and feedback on previous jobs.
7)
Google: www.Google.com
still rates as the Web's best search engine. When I need to find
something online, Google usually produces exactly what I need
to locate!
8)
FrontPage: Say what you want about Microsoft,
but the FrontPage
HTML editor has served me well for the last 7 years (and counting).
Though I don't use the more advanced features, I can always count
on FrontPage to help me get web pages done quickly.
9)
SmartFTP: Log on to www.smartftp.com
and download a free copy of the easiest FTP program I've ever
used. If you need to transfer files to and from a web server and
you know how to use Windows Explorer, Smart FTP will enable you
to upload files to the web like a pro in minutes.
10)
Note Tab Light: Perhaps my favorite tool of all.
Note Tab enables me to easily format text messages for my newsletters,
manipulate html code and remove formatting from word processing
documents. Log on to www.notetab.com
for a free copy of the "light" version.
Jim
Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist, the webmaster behind
TheNetReporter,
eBookFire
and "I
Gotta Tell You", and the author/co-author of 7 best-selling
e-books, 2 CD-ROM products, a video, numerous audio tapes, a software
package and a newsletter with thousands of subscribers. In one
nine-month stretch he sold over $201,738 worth of products online
and he once sold over $39,631 worth of CDs with his partner in
less than 30 days!
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