::: DIRECTORIES :::

DMOZ:  http://dmoz.org/            free
http://dmoz.org/help/submit.html

YAHOO: http://www.yahoo.com   $299
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/

Other important minor directories, not to ignore:

GoGuides: http://goguides.org/
http://www.goguides.org/info/addurl.htm

JoeAnt: http://www.joeant.com
http://www.joeant.com/suggest.html http://www.joeant.com/guidelines.html

Gimpsy: http://www.gimpsy.com (some restrictions)
http://www.gimpsy.com/gimpsy/searcher/suggest.php

Zeal: http://www.zeal.com
(non-commercial sites only, feeds into Looksmart)

            ::: RESOURCE :::

Search Engine Watch:
Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission

http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Search Engine Watch is the authoritative guide to searching at Internet search engines and search engine registration and ranking issues. Learn to submit URLs, use HTML meta tags and boost placement.

            ::: USABILTIY :::

useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's site (Usability and Web Design)

http://www.useit.com/

Alertbox column, Web usability, usability engineering, and Jakob's minimalist approach to Web quality; Jakob's biography

Usable Web

http://usableweb.com/

Usable Web is a collection of 1177 links and accompanying information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.

            ::: VALIDATE :::

The W3C MarkUp Validation Service

http://validator.w3.org/

W3C's easy-to-use HTML/CSS validation service, based on an SGML parser.

Welcome to Bobby WorldWide

http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp

Bobby is a comprhensive Windows-based tool that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities.

HTML Tidy a tool for error checking

http://infohound.net/tidy/tidy.pl

CSE HTML Validator - Professional HTML Syntax Checker and HTML Editor       Free/$$

http://www.htmlvalidator.com/

CSE HTML Validator is a powerful, easy to use offline HTML, XHTML, and CSS syntax checker/HTML validator, accessibility checker, and link checker for Microsoft Windows. A less powerful, free version is also available.

            ::: KEYPHRASE SPY SITES :::

http://www.joeant.com/keywords.php
http://www.metaspy.com/info.metac.spy/metaspy/

            ::: GOOGLE :::

http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html

http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html#quality

            ::: BOOKS :::

Don't Make Me Think: Steve Krug

http://www.sensible.com/

Steve Krug, author of Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, provides consulting services including expert reviews of existing sites and new designs, usability workshops, and usability testing.

Homepage Usability:
Jakob Nielsen's new book with home page design guidelines

http://www.useit.com/homepageusability/

Jakob Nielsen's newest book contains 113 design guidelines for homepages and detailed reviews of 50 major sites. Links to buy the book online.

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