Website Tools
Website tools or Webmaster tools are a collection of software that help webmasters around the globe manage their website better. They range from nifty scripts that improve navigation, usability or aesthetics of the website to well knit software’s such as VBulletin(forum software) or Wordpress (blogging platform). There are plenty of free tools for webmaster who like to better their existing websites.
A subset of web tools, that help in better, accurate search results and targeted traffic to your websites, are known as Search Engine Optimization tools or SEO tools. With the coming of new generation websites called Web 2.0 the need for these tools have increased. These tools are often scripted using popular languages such as Javascript, AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) and PHP. There are other tools that help calculate Google page rank thus letting the user know the website’s page rank.
There also tiny applications called widgets that are visually appealing and add functionality to your website. Apart from adding functionality there are tools that check for code errors and fix broken tags. The W3C valuator is the perfect example. There are also tools that help you monetize your website or help generate money.
Services such as Google’s AdSense and Tex-Link-Ads work primarily on basic of number clicks received. There are also tools that help you set up webmail, web shopping portals, guest book etc. With the new age RSS feeds have become very popular and there are tools that help you manage RSS feed and also monetize them.
