Boston Media Domain

1 - Go to Google Blog Search.

2 - Do a search for your business.  For example, I’ll do a search for my blog, Boston Media Domain.

3 - Notice the Results 1 - 100 of about 2,280 for Boston media domain.  These results can be sorted by date, down to the last hour.  Ok, now I have a list of results for what people are saying about me now.  But I want to continue to access this list, and when Google receives a new result, I want to know about it without coming back and doing a new search.
Look down at the left sidebar.  See the subscribe section?  There I can set it up to either send me an email alert every time Google gets a new result for “the viral garden”, or I can set it up as an RSS feed that will send the results to my feed reader.  Since I already use Bloglines as my feed reader, I will click RSS

4 - Since I have set up this search as an RSS feed that will be delivered to my feed reader (Google Reader) automatically, I am now set.  I’ve also done the same with Google Blog Search for the term “Jeff Selig” as well.

5 - Now let’s do the same thing with Google Blog Search to alert us when someone links to your blog.  Go back to Google Blog Search, and type in link: http://www.yourblogsURLhere.com  This will show you what sites are linking to your blog, and how many there are.  Results 1 - 100 of about 1,600 for link: boston media domain Here’s the results for when I searched for sites linking to my blog.  Now you can either set up this as an email alert, or add this to your feed reader as we did in Step 4.

6 - You are now good to go and your reputation management efforts will be greatly rewarded.  Anytime anyone mentions your business in a blog post, or links to your blog, you will know about it, thanks to Google.  I have feeds set up that give me the results anytime a blogger mentions me, my blog, or links to my blog, on their site.  Take the time to monitor your business on the blogosphere

IPTools offers a wide variety of online networking tools. With this site you can look up IP address information, check spam databases, run pings, run traceroutes, lookup WHOIS information and much more.

BugMeNot allows you to find and share logins for sites that require you to register. This tool is great to use when you don’t want to have to go through the process of creating an account for a site when you just want to login once for something like a driver.

SpeedTest.net allows you to test your Internet connection speed. It’s great to use when you want to see if your ISP is holding up on their end of the bargain.

Much better than You Get Signal: http://www.grc.com/intro.htm

Desktoptopia is a cool app for the mac that loads designer desktops on your monitor from an ever growing database of top creative desktops. www.desktoptopia.com

http://spambox.us/ lets you set the expire date of your temporary email address from 30 minutes, to a whole year

In addition to my last post, http://www.youconvertit.com/ lets you convert files up to 300Mb in size, instead of media-convert’s 150Mb and zamzar’s 100Mb. It also lets you convert up to 5 files at once.

dontreg.com - temp email is useful too.

Wiki tools Zoho to the list. It provides around 14 different tools like wiki to CRM tools, chat and may more.

Regarding security and mail delivery, I suggest this very interesting service: https://lockbin.com/

It’s very useful, reliable and easy-to-use. A big help ensuring your privacy online.

There are more free DNS, IP and host tools at mydnstools.info, including a very cool web host / webserver info tool.

Here is a list that has hundreds of free ware ranked by popularity

http://michaeleee.blogspot.com/2007/01/list-of-best-freeware.html

I find FreeTube useful when theres some news event thing happening that I want to learn more on..it shows live television channels mostly news rather entertaining.

Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that allows you to bookmark sites and view them from any computer. This site is great because not only can you bookmark sites and view them anywhere, you can also search through everyone’s bookmarks to find great tech articles.

Omnidrive is an online storage service that allows you to upload large files, access them from any computer, and share them with other people. They also offer the ability to edit your Office documents using Zoho without ever downloading them. You get 1GB free and the ability to upgrade to 1 terabyte. This site is great for hosting your tech tools and accessing them from computers you are working on.

10 Minute Mail allows you to create temporary email addresses that expire after 10 minutes. It’s great to use for sites that require you to receive something through email but you don’t want to be bombarded with spam.

Free Password Generator
Free Password Generator generates very strong and unique passwords. Before you generate your passwords, you can predefine settings such has what type of symbols to use and the length you want it to be.

Trend Micro HouseCall is an online virus, spyware, and malware scanner that runs in your web browser. It’s very handy when you are working on a computer that doesn’t have antivirus software and you want to scan it without having to install one.

You Get Signal allows you to check which ports are open into your network. This is great tool to use when you are trying to patch holes in your firewall.

WhatIsThatFile.com
WhatIsThatFile.com allows you to identify unknown files on a computer. This tool is great for looking up files that you suspect might be possible viruses, trojans, or malware.

YouSendIt allows you to send large files to other people when the files are too large for your email. This tool is a great alternative to using FTP.

DLL-files.com has a huge library of downloadable dll files. Next time you get an error about a missing dll file, you can go here and download it.

Google Microsoft Search allows you to search specifically through Microsoft-related sites. This site is great for searching through Microsoft tech articles for a specific problem.

Zamzar is a file conversion tool that allows you to convert file types through their site. Currently they support over 60 file types. This is a great tool for converting files when you don’t have the appropriate application to do so. make sure your pop up blocker is turned on!

Default Router Passwords Database allows you to search for router as well as other devices default passwords. This tool comes in very handy when you have to reset a device but can’t find the manual to look up the default password.

here are a few of my favs

Apps, Widgets and Plugins - Windows

Triqqr - Submit tweets directly to Twitter and view user profiles.

Pwytter - Cross platform Python Twitter client with Asian character support.

Teletwitter - Experimental open source client.

TwitBox - View and submit tweets, see replies and direct messages, delete your own tweets, and multiple account support.

Twitterlicious - Update Twitter status, easily check replies and direct messages.

Twitteroo - Client with rurl URL shortening, clickable links and tweets, customization, and both public and friend timelines.

Chirrup - Twitter client with extensive Japanese language support.

TwittIt - Extremely compact and simple app for submitting tweets.

MadTwitter - A reincarnation of Twitterrific, except on Windows.

Twitter CLI - Post tweets via the command line.

What’s Up? - Gadget that allows you to see latest tweets from your friends.

Twadget - Simple gadget that lets you view and submit tweets right from Vista’s Sidebar.

KipFolio Widget - Simple Twitter widget for KipFolio.

Twitter-Sync for Yahoo - Syncs Twitter status with Yahoo Messenger status.

TwitterYM - Simple Yahoo Messenger status updater.

Twessenger - Updates Live Messenger status to reflect latest tweet.

Twit4Live - Set status message as latest tweet, send tweets from within Live Messenger, and send tweets to contacts.

Apps, Widgets and Plugins - Mac

Twitterrific - A compact client that publishes tweets, shows unread tweets, has easy access to profile pages, shows either public or friend timeline, and more.

TwitterPost - Basic client that submits tweets, shows your current iTunes track in your feed, and more.

Twitgit - Read your friend’s tweets and submit your own, right in Dashboard.

TweetAhead - Schedule tweets to be posted ahead of time with a simple Dashboard widget.

Twitterlex - Dashboard widget that shows your friend’s latest tweets as well as allows you to submit tweets.

Twidget - Update your Twitter status within Dashboard.

TikiTwit - Match your iChat status to your last tweet.

Apps, Widgets and Plugins - Linux

BLT - Perl script that lets you see what your friends are doing right from the Terminal.

Twitter for Vim - Publish tweets right within Vim.

ZenTwitter - A GUI frontend for Twitter using zenity and curl.

Twitux - Twitter client for the GNOME desktop.

gTwitter - GTK+ based app inspired by Twitterrific.

Twitter.el - Publish tweets while in Emacs.

Twitbar - Post tweets from the GNOME deskbar.

Twit.el - Another utility that allows publishing of tweets within Emacs.

Cross-platform Apps, Widgets and Plugins

Tweetr - Submit tweets, upload files, urltea built in, delete messages.

Spaz - Cross-platform client built with AIR.

Tweeter - Java based client with customizable UI.

Twinja - AIR based client which allows you to follow users on the fly.

Search

Twitterverse - Search through archived public timelines and tweets.

Twittersearch - Search Twitter and tweets by word.

Terraminds - Search for specific users or tweets.

TwitDir - Allows user to search for users by name, location, or username.

Browser Plugins

TwitBin - Send and view tweets right within Firefox.

TwittyTunes - A FoxyTunes addon that posts what you’re currently listening to Twitter.

Shareaholic - Share links and webpages via Twitter right within Firefox.

Search Plugin - Tweet right from the Firefox search box.

Tweetbar - Put Twitter on your Firefox sidebar.

Twippera - Twitter widget for Opera that can send and view tweets.

TwitterFox - Compact Firefox extension that can publish and view tweets.

Mobile

iTweet - A mobile Twitter site designed for the iPhone.

iTwit - Mobile version of Twitter made for the iPhone.

Tweeter - Twitter on your mobile phone while avoiding text message charges.

Jargong - Browse Flickr, do some social networking, but most importantly, check and publish tweets.

WildSets - Extensve Twitter app for mobile phones.

TwitterBerry - Twitter built for various BlackBerry devices. Update and view timelines with ease.

jTwitter - View timelines, enter updates, and more, all on your mobile phone.

TreoTwit - Easily check and update your Twitter right from your Treo.

Random/Other

Twittervision - See where in the world people are submitting tweets from, real time.

TwitThis - Allow visitors to your site to easily share a page or post via Twitter.

MoniTwitter - Receive important updates about your site via Twitter.

TwitterNotes - Share private or public notes via Twitter.

RSS2Twitter - Share any RSS feed on Twitter, and have new RSS items automatically be tweeted.

TwitterBuzz - Find out what is being most linked to on Twitter.

Twitterholic - Shows the top users and accounts on Twitter.