WebSiteForensics runs on WordPress and so do most of the simple CMS sites we build. We’re well versed in Drupal, Joomla, ExpressionEngine and all the top tier CMS but when we need flexibility and plugin functionalities not found elsewhere, we’re almost always back to WordPress.

So when we want to marry CMS and marketing, we always turn to wp4im.com – WordPress 4 Internet Marketing! This great site has a very comprehensive review of plugins for anybody interested in marketing, review sites, product review, e-commerce plugins, WordPress shopping cart … you name it. This site also features a great WordPress review site plugin.

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Seriously folks, it’s been sixteen months of website building, tweaking and programming. Some of us here at WebsiteForensics need a break. Some of us here would love to go back down to New Mexico. Time to fire up our browsers for something else that usability testing or reading Reddit!

Before we hit the road let’s check out some vacation rental homes. We still have a few weeks of blogging before us, as well as a handful of sites to finish, but we’ve already found a couple of places we’d love to rent in Albuquerque or Santa Fe… Time to start counting the days on the calendar.

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The web is now littered with dead blogs. According to the New York Post, there were 200,000 abandoned blogs … in 2007. According to Richard Jalichandra of Technorati, the number of abandoned blogs is anywhere from 7 to 10 million in 2009.

Why do people abandon their blogs? Why do they start them in the first place? Too many have bought into the rags to riches stories of self-employed bloggers or have run out of topics, energy or desire to update. Now that reality has hit home, these dead blogs litter the web like dead leaves in November.

Read more about dead blogs: New York Times – Times Daily – New York Times – Blogging Experiment…

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Finally, you can organise that flow of information that comes down your twitter feed! Twitter is now launching a beta feature which empowers you. By creating lists and adding the people you follow to respective lists, you can really improve your tweeting experience.

Thank you twitter! Really, thank you!

Now for the bummer: not everybody has lists enabled yet. They are only available to some twitter users for beta testing so please be patient if your account does not have that feature enabled! If you see this message, you’ll have to wait : Lists are a great way to organize the people you follow and discover new and interesting accounts. We’re currently beta testing this feature and it’ll be available to you soon.
Hold on tight…

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For those who are interested in an Avatar Community that is anime-themed with a forum and games there is a new kid on the block. In their own words, Menewsha is “an online community where you can create and customise your own avatar, play games, chat on our forums, and make new friends”. Menewsha, is in fact a PG-13 community that is a free service where users can create their own avatars and play a variety of games. In Menewsha, users can earn gold by playing games and contributing to the forums.

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We all have thousands of digital photos on our drives, some better than others, and we love to use them in innovative ways. Screensavers, t-shirts, animated picture frames, coasters… now you can have your favorite digital images turned into shower curtains !

Check out : www.photoshowercurtain.com and www.fotobed.com

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There seems to be a new Web 2.0 service every day, some are not very practical but from time to time comes an idea that just makes sense. Anyone who’s managed a sports team, amateur or professional, high-school or campus based, knows how difficult it is to coordinate schedules, team attendance, photos, stats …

Welcome to TeamSnap.com the one stop solution for coaches and team organizers. Three flavors are available: Free which is ad support and limited in scope but can be well worth exploring, Basic and Premium that come with a monthly fee and many options such as fan sites, payment tracking, email reminders. TeamSnap – The simplest, easiest way to manage your team or group online.

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