I've added a couple of handy webmaster tools to the site, but they've been hidden for a while - so it's time to let you all know about them:

URL/Site visibility links tool - quick links to SEO tools. I've added this page because I find myself checking these statistics from time to time, and wanted a convenient place to stash my collection of links. Since I went through the trouble, I figured someone else might find it useful.

AdSense competitive filter tool - generate list of actual URLs used by the advertisers that are likely to show on any site's URL. Just enter the URL of interest and see what's behind the ads. Uses same data as AdSense preview tool.read more »

Site visibility and ranking links

Back in the day, some folks at Microsoft used the term "developer mindshare" in the now-infamous "Halloween Memo" - Microsoft was operating (rightly, I think) under the assumption that they would dominate the software universe in proportion to its domination of the thoughts of software developers. (Perhaps this helps explain the oft-lamented complexity of Microsoft's APIs and programming models - and the fact that Microsoft have lost a large portion of developer mindshare in recent years, contributing to its market decline.) Make no mistake, Microsoft wanted developers to think about Microsoft APIs and SDKs during every waking moment.read more »

While searching for links to one of my sites today, I found alexastreet.com and alexadex.com - these are simulated stock markets, based on alexa ranking.

These are great examples of using alexa data in unique and interesting (if somewhat esoteric) ways.read more »

I'm working on an alexa API module that will allow your Drupal-based site to provide embedded Alexa site ranking information.

As of now, this module provides a number of useful features:read more »

• Generate img tag url for Alexa charts - embed Alexa charts in your site pages
• Query Alexa toolbar data and return it in XML format
• Caching of queried data