If your website goes down or starts giving it's visitors problems then the amount of goodwill, not to mention turnover, you may lose is virtually unquantifiable. It would be useful if you could have an early warning system set up to tell you that may be having problems so you could react to it before it causes real problems. Erlywarn is that early warning system. It will notify you before your site goes down or even when it begins to behave erratically. Erywarn is a domain tool that uses website uptime monitoring with an aim to notify you before ... Read more
I've lost count of the number of concert tickets I've missed out on because I've put the email or newsletter with its details in my "I'll deal with that later." That basically means my 'keep' box in my email or on top of that big pile of papers on my desk. Tentative.ly is a bookmarking email event alert tool that installs a designated bookmarklet (I love that word) and you can start adding events to your list from your favorite sites straight away. The way we go to events has changed dramatically these days. In the past it was ... Read more
Any actors out there? This one's for you I think. WyckWyre is food job search tool that'll put actors into their other vocation in life - restaurant jobs. It's different and much more proactive and specific than most other employment sites, though. WyckWyre gives you the choice of searching their job boards for restaurant positions or, if you register, it will send you details of local restaurant jobs into your email box. Wyckwyre is an intelligent restaurant job search alert tool that serves potential job positions right in to your inbox. The choice is yours whether you search through ... Read more
I don't know about you but I watch a lot of those Food Network and Travel Channel shows on the TV. Have you ever wondered where some of those restaurants and diners that they film in really are? The food looks so good and the places are rich in decor and history. TVFoodMaps is a free food app for Android and iPhone that identifies and keeps track of all the places featured. TVFoodMaps is a very colorful and informative tool that allows you to discover, discuss and identify all the places you see in the Food Network shows like ... Read more
If you pick up any newspaper these days you will see stories about children being approached online through their social network. There's also the constant threat of cyber bullying on the net. So how can we monitor our children's online activity without appearing to be a Big Brother in their lives? Creep Squash is a Facebook application that emails you a list of friends old and new added you your child's account. There is also a 'red word flag' that warns of questionable conversations in messages and chat. Creep Squash is a free Facebook security alert tool for kids ... Read more
There’s not a whole heap of stuff to review about this site but that’s not to say it isn’t a useful addition to the gang of web developer dating agencies putting likeminded techno kids together. Read more
There are a lot of website analysis tools around and most have hidden data gathering mechanisms to work out where you are going right and wrong. But sometimes the best thing to do when you are trying to get feedback from your customers is to ask them. Naventa is a domain feedback tool that literally puts a big button or text link on your website page that says HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? You can't get much simpler than that. Naventa encourages more users to become promoters of the website by asking them what they want from the site. This ... Read more
No, it's not the official Tottenham Hotspur too I'm afraid though it does work with the speed and efficiently of a rampaging Gareth Bale. While theres no shortage of classic designers out there there is certainly a dirth of good design tools to help you apply them on the web. Spur is a design and feedback share tool that's not only fun and simple to use but also manages to do a bit of analysis on your website too. Spur is designed to critique a web design to optimize it to see what works and what doesn't. Just feed ... Read more
Feedback! It's the thing that all companies crave but one of the toughest things to gather. Have you tried asking someone for their email address lately? Testimonial Monkey is a business feedback tool that does a lot of the hard work for you and can help to turn your website browser into a haven of customers willing to pay. Their customer feedback surveys are conducted with professionalism and only take a few minutes to complete. This encouragies excellent compliance and a fast turnaround in results and data for you. Testimonial Monkey is fast and simple to use and enables ... Read more
There’s not a lot any reviewer can say about this app although the label stating “get even” does make it sound rather sinister especially given that the YOM stands for you owe me! Read more