Thursday, November 22, 2012

Weekend Project: FreeAdWordsScripts.com

Recently, I started playing around with some of the awesome things you can do with AdWords scripts.  So I started a blog that is dedicated to finding solutions to new problems using simple javascript scripts that can run within AdWords.  All the scripts are free.  Who knows.  Check out FreeAdWordsScripts.com.

Thanks,
Russ

Monday, November 05, 2012

Weekend Project: SEMLinkChecker.com

So a friend and I decided to build a quick django site this weekend and this is what happened: http://semlinkchecker.com

It is just a simple site that checks to see if your urls are returning the proper status codes.  Yes, there are a thousand other sites that do exactly the same thing, but what a great excuse to brush up on/learn python, django, aws, and git skills.  We also connected it to just about every Google tool out there: Google AdSense, Google Apps for Business, Google AdWords, Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools.

One other reason to set it up is to learn a little more about improving SEO ranking.  After only a weekend, we are the number one spot for "sem link checker," so now we have to try for some other keywords such as "link check" or "url validator."

Anyway, check it out, and throw some suggestions for other weekend projects my way.

Thanks,
Russ