Maine Web Design for the Art of Business and the Business of Art

Some people have normal hobbies and then are folks like me. In the winter when the gardens are covered in snow
and my eternal house renovation grinds to a halt, I spend hours on the web searching for helpful, fun and just plain
groovy web sites. Here are a few:

Resources for Search Engine Optimization ~

• DreamweaverResources.com ~ Search Engine Optimization :: What is it?

• WilsonWeb.com ~ The Web Marketing Checklist: 32 Ways to Promote Your Web site

• DotDrag.net ~ Accessibility and Good Search Engine Rankings

• DigitalPoint.com ~ Free Keyword Suggestion Tool

• DigtialPoint.com ~ Yahoo Web Rank Checker Tool

• BruceClay.com ~ Search Engine Relationship Chart

• Google.com ~ Google's Adwords Keyword Tool

The Friday Morning Coffee Klatch ~

• Techvertising ~ Jeremy Bloom, web marketing guru

• T.H. Creations ~ Randy Runnels- makes music, writes code

• AC Dowd Designs ~ Angela Dowd and her lovely artwork

• Delaney Design ~ Bob Delaney who fixes my Mac when I mess things up

• Following Seas Web Design ~ Paul Forman has the BEST backyard of all of us!

Designer Grooviness ~

• MESDA ~ Maine's Software and Information Technology Industry Association

• National Association of Photoshop Professionals ~
The NAPP is official place for All Things Photoshop.

• WordPress.org ~ My blog software of choice.

• Firefox ~ My browser of choice.

• Fontifier.com ~ If you have just been yearning to have your own handwriting as a font you can use, here is the place to go.

• AfterLifeSeasons.com ~ This is a really cool art piece by Jonathan Clark.

Fun Info ~

Lauren Michele Dalhia • News Map ~ "Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator." Trust me, it's really cool.

• Let Them Sing It for You ~ An interactive sound art project by Erik Bunger. Think your dream career as a song lyricist is dead? No way! Give it a try.

• The Cave of Lascaux ~ A site about the original artists.

• Pandora ~ Make your own radio station. Make dozens of your own radio stations.

Suzy's Dahlia Links ~

• Swan Island Dahlias ~ In Canby, Oregon. Their catalog has been known to trigger dahlia lust in a certain web designer.

• Endless Summer Flower Farm ~ Nice folks from up here in Camden Maine.

• White Flower Farm ~ Litchfield, Connecticut. What a beautiful catalog! What beautiful plants!