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Networking for Web Professionals

Web Professionals Network is an informal online network forum for Internet and Technology professionals. Web Pro Network's goal is to promote events resources, and services for Internet and Technology professionals in Southern California to establish useful and professional relationships. We hope that these events, forums and discussions will provide stimulating conversation, new ideas, action plans, collaborations, inventions and opportunities.

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Technology News

AndrewM | Mammoth Snowboarding 2002
Mammoth Mountain Ski Trip Photos from 2002 - AndrewM (from www.andrewm.com)

AndrewM | Camping 8/2001
Camping and Burning Man Photos - September 2001 - AndrewM (from www.andrewm.com)

Color Scheme Pickers & Stock Photo Site
Great little tool to help get familiar with color theory concept. It’s also useful if you like to manually choose colors schemes and need ideas: http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html Adobe has a very impressive color theme generator: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/kuler/ 1 Million Stock Photos: http://www.everystockphoto.com/index.php

Cost-of-living Comparisons
The study demonstrates the importance of comparing cost-of-living differences between two markets. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16545234/ All figures used in the study were collected last year by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau’s occupational profiles can be accessed at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.

Search Engine Optimization Tools

Google's webmaster tools provide you with a free and easy way to make your site more Google-friendly: www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/about.html
Build your Google-friendly Site Map online with Generator: www.xml-sitemaps.com
SEO Research Labs Keyword Worksheet
This 415KB zip archive includes our standard keyword research report template in Microsoft Excel format, along with our usage instructions in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Includes sample data. To download, right click here and select "save as..." or "save target as..." from the menu.
Peter Faber's "Keyword Effectiveness Rank" Formula
We aren't the only people trying to improve the quality of keyword research. Peter Faber of SEO-Works has developed an interesting alternative to Sumantra Roy's KEI analysis (which is used by Wordtracker), to provide a different way of comparing similar keywords. A free spreadsheet allows you to compare up to 25 keywords using Wordtracker data.
Good Keywords
If you're doing your own keyword research, you may as well use the right tools. Good Keywords is a very helpful brainstorming tool, combining the "related searches" from several search engines into an easy to use Windows application.
BrakNews
It saves searches Google, Altavista, MSN, AllTheWeb, and Yahoo simultaneously, which may give you a little more balanced idea of how many sites are actually linking to yours.
BrakNews WebMaster Tookit
The suite of free tools and resources offered continues to grow to this day, and we aim to offer something useful for the beginner to the advanced webmaster alike.
DonationBooster takes the simple PayPal donation button and turns it into a powerful marketing tool by making it interactive to your web site. http://www.donationbooster.com/

Web Professionals Network Networking Nights

At our group meetings, we've agreed that:

Listening and taking turns is essential
Everyone has something unique to offer
Everyone benefits through regular participation
Spending time together is a necessity not a luxury

About Tech Net or Special Interest Groups (SIG)s

Our Wednesday Nights Meetings means participating in small discussion groups. Who could benefit from Networking? Lots of people. You'll find writers, programmers, marketers, even entertainers mixing it up with CEOs. Most everyone is involved in the technology industry. What we have in common is a belief that networking regularly makes a difference in how our business and personal lives and successes grow.