tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58741172950307194002010-01-08T03:01:08.177-08:00Software, resources, tools and simple ideas for developing software, working and having fun with your computer.Lambda Blueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485335205359613705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874117295030719400.post-46924432774792145882009-05-09T10:33:00.000-07:002009-05-28T15:03:31.999-07:001. Before starting, find what your search keywords will be and check how much searched they are in <a href="https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal">Google adwords keyword tool</a>.<br /><br />2. Start reading the <a href="http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz">Business of Software Forum (BOS)</a>. There you can get lots of ideas, and learn from experienced software creators and marketers.<br /><br />3. Read the "<a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/">Joel On Software</a>" blog, by Joel Spolsky. He's a (very) clever guy and his insights about software are of great value. Don't miss his famous article on pricing: <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html">Camel and Rubber Duckies</a>.<br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.innosetup.com/isinfo.php">Inno Setup</a>, free installer for windows programs done in Delphi (excellent tool!).<br /><br />4. Making box shots for your software:<br />- <a style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,153)" href="http://www.boxshot.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boxshot.org/</a><br />- <a style="COLOR: rgb(51,102,153)" href="http://3d-pack.com/" rel="nofollow">http://3d-pack.com/</a><br /><br />5. Submit your software to downloads sites automatically using <a href="http://robosoft.rudenko.com/">Robosoft</a><br /><br />6. Get a free account at <a href="http://www.oisv.com/">OISV</a> or a paid acount at <a href="http://www.asp-shareware.org/">ASP</a> and upload your PAD File.<br /><br />7. Make good landing pages for better SEO (specially for chasing the long tail searches). <a href="http://www.optimizeandprophesize.com/jonathan_mendezs_blog/2007/02/7_rules_for_lan.html">7 Rules for Landing Page Optimization</a><br /><br />8. Test your pages for keyword density, if your keyword density is too low, google will ignore you, if it's too high, google will penalize you: <a href="http://www.ranks.nl/">http://www.ranks.nl/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5874117295030719400-4692443277479214588?l=www.softwareilove.com' alt='' /></div>Lambda Blueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485335205359613705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874117295030719400.post-59398824925660007642009-05-04T19:25:00.000-07:002009-05-04T19:57:54.384-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZSBdM5hZtL0/Sf-ov_mxwSI/AAAAAAAAAB0/9rMyliVGS5o/s1600-h/Cyberduck_Mac.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332166026311352610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZSBdM5hZtL0/Sf-ov_mxwSI/AAAAAAAAAB0/9rMyliVGS5o/s400/Cyberduck_Mac.png" border="0" /></a> <p></p><ol></ol><ol><br /><li>Make and edit vectorial icons and images with Inkscape (free): <a href="http://www.inkscape.org/">http://www.inkscape.org/</a></li><br /><li>Use the excellent GNU and Creative Commons Licensed Icons from Wikimedia Commons, specially nice are: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Clear">Crystal Clear Icons</a> and <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Black_Mac_Style_Icons">Black Mac Style Icons</a>, but check all of them!. Remember to read each type of license and give the authors credit.</li><br /><li>Edit photos and bitmaps with Paint.NET (free): <a href="http://www.getpaint.net/">http://www.getpaint.net/</a></li><br /><li>Easily make and test CSS style sheets with Stylizer, Free Basic version is better than any text editor: <a href="http://www.skybound.ca/default.aspx">http://www.skybound.ca/default.aspx</a></li><br /><li>Choose nice color schemes with web color picker: <a href="http://www.allscoop.com/tools/Web-Colors/web-colors.php">http://www.allscoop.com/tools/Web-Colors/web-colors.php</a></li><br /><li>Test your website on multiple browsers: <a href="http://browsershots.org/">http://browsershots.org/</a></li><br /><li>Test your page's keyword density (beware with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Google's</span> spam penalty, keyword density must be under 5%, read more about Google's penalties and SEO <a href="http://www.ksl-consulting.co.uk/google_seo_advice.html">here</a>) <a href="http://www.ranks.nl/">http://www.ranks.nl/</a></li><br /><li>Don't miss this one: submit your page to the Open Directory, it's free and it's a very good link source: <a href="http://www.dmoz.org/">http://www.dmoz.org/</a></li></ol><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript">var addthis_pub="javierrojas";</script><br /><a onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onclick="return addthis_sendto()" onmouseout="addthis_close()" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" height="16" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" /></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5874117295030719400-5939882492566000764?l=www.softwareilove.com' alt='' /></div>Lambda Blueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485335205359613705noreply@blogger.com0