CSS Drive Web Design Resources -> Web Promotion and Traffic analysis

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17 tips for promoting your web site, from running a contest to effectively using a favicon.

http://ifohdesigns.com/blog/resources/17-fast-and-easy-steps-to-more-web-traffic

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See how to customize the Del.icio.us badge that lets your visitors bookmark pages from your site to Del.icio.us, among other things.

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/custom-delicious-badge/

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A list of 19 sites you can use to spread your web design related announcements.

http://cssleak.com/news/19-Websites-to-Promote-your-Design-News.html

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A comprehensive list of more than 13 online tools that can help you figure out what your competitors are doing and how they are doing it.

http://www.noupe.com/tools/13-fantastic-tools-for-knowing-how-they-are-doing-it.html

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piwik is an open source (GPL license) web analytics software. It aims to be the open source alternative to Google Analytics.

http://piwik.org/blog/piwik-open-source-web-analytics/

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Explains how to use "301" Redirects to improve search engine rankings. Includes the .htaccess code.

http://www.mcgwebdevelopment.com/blog/2008/01/301-redirects-for-seo/

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Rand Fishkin, CEO & Co-Founder of SEOmoz, on Guidelines to Successful URLs

http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=1422