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Hi All and welcome to another edition of WebDevoMan.

I had every intention of discussing another Firefox Extension today but unfortunately many of the add ons I would like to review are not compatable with the latest version of Firefox. These reviews will have to wait until these extensions can get caught up. besides, If everyone else feels the same way about thier IPods as I do than noone will mind a discussion.

I use my IPod for many web development related purposes.  I monitor all of my websites and my clients websites. I also monitor adsense revenue and e-mail.

Keep in mind that I am limiting this article to IPod use in relation to web development and related. If I were to go into an IPOd’s other use’s we would be here all day.

So, lets get started with E-mail and the calendar which are both free apps included.  There are paid alternatives as well but so far I have been happy with the default E-mail and Calendar apps. These are both very simple so I won’t spend too much time.

# – E-Mail App – The e-mail app allows many kinds of e-mail and some are already preset for you to save time. POP Mail and IMap are both included and are very easy to set up.  There are many settings to fine tune things to your preference.  I currently have over 15 e-mail accounts set up and I have never had a problem. Accounts are easily viewed and replies are easily sent. The only negative I have found is deleting large amounts of e-mail.  If there is an easy way to delete large numbers of mail at once I have not found it.

# – Calendar App – The calendar is also very simple and useful. You have the ability to sync it with your Google Calendar and it will show your events and even alert you when needed.

The following apps are for monitoring your traffic stats, earnings, page rank etc.  These are not included with the IPod and are paid applications.

# – Google Analytics – This app is one of my all time favorites and I use this numerous times every day.  The version I have is the premium version but there is a free version offered. Obviously you will need a Google Analytics Account and you will have to place a small section of code on pages you want to monitor.

Once you are all set up you will have the ability to view your site visitors, traffic sources, keywords, referrals, adwords referrals and even adsense generation. The app even has a useful graph that lets you see your stats over a period of time. There is much more to this app than mentioned here so trust me when I tell you it is worth every penny of the $2.99.

# – SenseApp – This IPod App allows you to monitor your adsense accounts. This app is very simple but also very useful if you like to keep an eye on your adsense earnings. The image below says it all and there isn’t much I can add.  As of right now this app is $3.99 and well worth it if this is important to you.

SenseApp Ipod App

Here is a list of some other Ipod Apps you may find useful for web development related purposes.  There are a few that are educational as well and in edition to monitoring your website stats etc the IPod is an amazing teaching tool.

# – SiteRank

# – SeoIt

# – Pokeseo

# – DomainScout

# – PHP Ref

# – Rankings

# – WebMag

# – Web Developers Bible

# – WordPress

# – Evernote

# – Box.net

# – ICheatSheets

# – Reference Cards

Check back here soon if you find this information useful because I will be adding another edition soon related to IPods and their usefulness when it comes to working with websites. The next article will be based on Website Promotion and Social Site Apps.

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Thanks everyone for reading. I am always interested in feedback so please let me know how I can do this better. I would also like to know what types of reviews you are all interested in.

WebDevoMan

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Hi all and welcome to another review!

As stated in the title, this review is on one of my ultimate favorite Firefox Extensions, KGen Keyword Generator.  The add-on is basically a side bar containing many useful tools allowing users to see what keywords are being used strongly on visited websites. This information can than be used for your own websites.

To use KGen you simply select the “Scan It” link while your Firefox browser is on the website you are interested in. KGen will very quickly obtain all of the keywords being used on the site and will show useful information about these words.

The list of words obtained are not only useful keywords so you do have to sort of just filter out the words you are not interested in. This is a minor inconvenience if one at all.

There are 8 tabs to view and we will go through each one briefly and the tabs that are just too complex to explain will have an image showing the available information.

KGen Tabs List

#1 = List

The List Tab shows keyword position on the website, their weight and the amount of times they are repeated.

KGen List Tab

#2 = Stats

The Stats Tab shows the amounts of words collected, amounts of characters, percentages etrc. It takes all of the content and puts it into numbers. The image below explains it better than I can.

KGen Stats Tab

#3 = Cloud

The Cloud Tab is the one and only tab I am just not sure about. it does allow you to copy the source code into your clipboard but I am not so sure what else it does. If anyone knows please post.

KGen Cloud Tab

#4 = Options

The Options Tab allows you to sort keywords using criteria that you select from a drop down menu.

KGen Options Tab

#5 = Tags

I will let the image explain the Tags Tab.

KGen Tags Tab

#6 = Attributes

The Attributes Tab shows the weight of the websites attributes.

KGen Attributes Tab

#7 = URL

The URL Tab shows the weight of the Domain and path.

KGen URL Tab

#8 = Ignore

The Ignore Tab allows you to ignore keywords you do not wish to obtain information on. All you have to do is simple double click on the words you want to remove from the list.

KGen Ignore Tab

The KGen Firefox add-on allows you to research keywords on other sites with related content to the site you are working on. It allows you to do this very easily and quickly right from your browser. I strongly suggest grabbing this add-on if you perform search engine optimization.

If you would like to obtain the Firefox, KGen Sidebar please follow THIS LINK.

Thanks for reading!

WebDevoMan

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