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Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter
Maintain Your Computer and Use it More Effectively
to Design a Web Site and Make Money on the Web.
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StripFile Freeware Image File Size Reducer
StripFile reduces image file size by removing nonessential information such as comments. Click on the
"Settings" button to open the "Options" dialog box and set check boxes to configure what will be
removed from the file to reduce its size, for example "Remove embedded text" or "Remove comments".
Then enter a file or folder name, or click on the "Browse..." button to navigate to a file or
folder. Then click on the "Compress" button.
StripFile does not modify your original files, instead it creates a folder "Stripped [foldername]"
for the reduced files. The program's creater claim file size reductions of as much as 40 or 50
percent. I found reductions more along the lines of 2 percent. It reduces image file sizes primarily
by removing any embedded comments. The comments in image files usualy consist of the name of the
application that created or last modifed them and copyright information.
If the image file is used on a webpage, because the image may be transfered thousands or even
hundreds of thousands of times each month, even a small reduction in file size can improve download
time and reduce bandwidth consumption.
StripFile is small 861KB download. It has a help file and uninstall utility, and is freeware. You
are welcome to use or distribute it as you like, providing the package is not modified in any way,
and you're not selling it for profit.
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Webmaster Tools
by Sharon Housley
With new technologies, algorithms and sources emerging on a daily basis, webmasters are constantly
struggling to stay informed. The quality of content on the web and the number of products available
to webmasters can seem overwhelming. The goal of creating a site that can be quickly found can be
a struggle. Unless webmasters have a well-established brand, a great domain name and a huge marketing
budget, it is important that they appear in search engines via specific keywords. With this in mind,
we have compiled a list of resources and products that will benefit webmasters in their efforts to be found.
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Tools for Online Tracking
by Sharon Housley
In order to determine which advertising and marketing efforts are effective you must have ways to
measure the results of those efforts. Alerts and instant notifications can be instrumental in
monitoring search engine position, trademarked terms, monitoring competitors and staying abreast
of online occurrences. And, of course, the notification can be used for "ego searches". What is an
ego search? Find out where your name or company is mentioned, view forum posts or online articles
that mention your name or company.
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RSS Tools
by Sharon Housley
Considering the ever-increasing support for RSS in online communities, we have compiled a list of
resources and products that will benefit webmasters, web surfers and publishers in their quest to
understand the power of RSS. RSS has rapidly become an alternative communication venue. In order
to understand the full benefits, consider utilizing some of the following tools and resources.
RSS feeds bring automatically updated information straight to your desktop. You can monitor or promote
news, job listings, personals, and classifieds using RSS. The following tools assist webmasters in
using RSS to maximize their time. RSS readers are designed as tools to view RSS feeds, making it
easier for users to view and manage the content of a feed. Feed readers make it easy to mark feeds
as read or flag items that are important. The following are some of our favorite RSS readers:
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Free Downloads
October 3, 2006