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25 Essential Webmasters Bookmarks

By corbyboy ⋅ November 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As a new webmaster it is often useful to have a comprehensive list of sites that will be helpful for reference. The following 25 websites are my own personal list of recommended bookmarks. They are the websites that I find very valuable and I refer to them all the time.

They are divided into categories for convenience.

Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Central
MSN/Live Webmaster Central
Yahoo Site Explorer
W3’s HTML Validator
W3’s CSS Validator
HTML Tidy
Google Adwords Keyword Tool
Well Styled Colour Scheme Chooser - a great resource for choosing complementary colour schemes

Search Engine Optimisation

Website Publisher’s SEO Guide - a great digestable introduction to the world of optimising your website.
Google’s SEO Starter Guide - get the latest up-to-date information direct from the biggest search engine themselves
SEOMoz Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
SEOMoz Search Engine Ranking Factors
SEO Book - the author of this website quite literally wrote the book on SEO. His blog is updated daily with excellent tips and information
DMOZ - the only free directory that is worth your effort to get listed in

Reference and Article Sites

Sitepoint CSS and HTML Reference

Sitepoint Forums
Added Bytes cheat sheets - quick reference guides on all the major web technologies and techniques
PHP Documentation - since I code with PHP, I find myself consulting the documentation nearly every day. The comments on each page are very useful too.
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox - this invaluable website will tell you everything you need to know about website usability. It also has an interesting weekly newsletter.

Code Samples and Scripts

Hot Scripts
Jquery - this is my preferred javascript framework
.htaccess Editor - an advanced online tool for creating .htaccess files
Snipplr Code Repository - need a quick script? Chances are there is one available here.