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Killer
applications for the Mac,
I'm sure there are some for Windows, but frankly who cares...
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By Dennis
Fletcher |
 This
issue will focus on tools promoting your web site on a budget.
A tight budget, a non-exisistant budget, for FREE.
"Build
it and they will come" might apply to coliseums, but not
web sites In fact building it is just the beginning. That's why
I love this little freeware application. In fact, I love it so
much, I'm going to give it a banner on this page. "Dump Truck"
does the job of URL submissions to the major search engines. And
it does it with a minimum of effort. A simple interface, simply
title your job, enter a valid e-mail address, list your URL's
and push the button. "Dump Truck" allows you to save
your settings/jobs to recall later for resubmission's, and also
allows for additions to the list of search engines in what amounts
to a simple text file (you will need the appropriate URL's and
syntax).
Here's
the best part, I works & it's free (for now). It handles most
of the search engines that the "Free Submission" sites
offer, but with two major differences.
1.
you don't have to fill out pages of forms of personal data for
the demographics file that the free submission services extract
from you in exchange for their free service (can be almost as
time consuming as submitting directly to the search engines).
2.
You can do it from the comfort of your own computer (yes, it runs
in the background).
The only problem I encountered in my use of "Dump Truck"
was difficulty with the Lycos and Infoseek submissions. Difficult
to tell at this time if it was the application or the site, but
I would recommend opening the "engine" file with Simple
Text (after making a back-up copy of the file, of course) and
deleting the two mentioned search engines (or save them to a separate
file, you'll find Lycos already in an isolated file) and their
accompanying submission strings. I would also recommend disabling
Norton "Filesaver's" scan after "xx" minutes
of inactivity feature and Apple's Energy Saver "Sleep Mode".
l
like it! It shows real promise. Hit the link below.
Bear
in mind this application is in the Beta stage, do not be careless.
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