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Here is a pretty cool tool which may save you from some robots.txt errors. Now, writing a robots.txt file is not the most difficult thing in the world, but it never hurts to check.
All you have to do it create your robots.txt file, upload it to your web server and then paste the URL (usually, http://yoursite.com/robots.txt) on Motoricerca’s web site and you will be alerted to any potential errors in your file and you will be shown how to fix them.

Everyone loves FREE. So, here is a list of some of the best free software we have found with regards to web design and development. We personally use or have used the software listed here and none of these software makers paid us to get listed here. We did it because we are just so darn nice .

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Most of our blog traffic comes from Google and other Search Engines but, oddly enough, the “Search” function on our blog gets quite a workout. So, I decided to post some of the most popular searches and maybe you will see something that grabs your attention.

Here is a quick tip that will let Microsoft Windows automatically reduce the size of your photo before emailing it. This assumes that you don’t have any other image editing program to edit the image (Photoshop, Paint, etc.).
In order for this to work, you have to be sending the email from your computer using Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express:

1. Browse to the location where you have saved the original picture that you want to email.
2. Right-click on the image file with your mouse.

After 10 years of the “Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places” slogan, South Carolina is changing up their license plate design.

If your ears have been burning lately, it may not be because people are talking about you. It may be your cell phone battery overheating if you use a Nokia cell phone.

Have you ever seen an Search Engine Optimization firm advertising an irresistible offer like that? Chances are, you have. In fact, if you subscribe to WebPro News eNewsletter, you receive an offer for that very thing about 314 times a month.
And you don’t have to look very hard on Google to find about 100 million companies that will make that same promise.

If you have tried to comment on the blog recently, first and foremost I must say, “Thank You for taking the time.” No, really. I comment on other blogs quite often and it does take a certain amount of effort, so we really appreciate it when our readers comment on our blog.
However, if you have tried to comment on the blog recently you are probably aware that your comment did not make it through. We have some sort of glitch with our Wordpress comment files and have to sort it out.

If you own a Toshiba laptop, your rechargeable battery by Sony could be on the recall list. The CPSC has announced that the batteries have been overheating and causing a fire hazard. Here are the Toshiba laptop models on the latest recall list:

• Toshiba’s Satellite A100
• Satellite A105
• Tecra A7

If you own one of these laptops, you can still use it with the power cord after removing the battery. So, at least you are not dead in the water.

Google technology is everywhere these days. We use it to e-mail, instant message, plan our day, watch videos and, of course, search the Internet. But all that convenience gives Google plenty of opportunities to gather information about us. Take a look:

• Google Mail – Your e-mail history and the default setting stores your e-mails forever.
• Google Desktop – Indexes the Web browser history, music, chat, e-mails and other files located on your computer.
• Google Search – Any search phrase / term you enter.