ADD INFORMATION and SUBMIT URL:
Uniform Resource Identifier: Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and Uniform Resource Name
GENEALOGY:
* About Genealogy - Suggest a Site
* Add New URL to The Genealogy Home Page
* Cyndi's List - Submit a New Genealogy Link to Cyndi's List
* Family & Home: Genealogy: Webring
  Let WebRing promote your site for free.
* FamilySearch.org - Share
* FamilySearch Wiki: Edit and Contribute
  - Create an External Link to FamilySearch Wiki
* Genealogy Directory- Submit Link: About Us
  Provides free genealogy links directory submission.
* Linkpendium
  - Submit a Link for Page: Linkpendium > Genealogy >
  - Submit a Link for Page: Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Surnames
    Surnames are in worldwide listings.
* Open Directory - Society:Genealogy (dmoz)
  Please review the subcategories and select|
  the most appropriate subcategory for site submission.
  Do not submit one site to multiple categories.
* RootsWeb: Registry of RootsWeb Sites: Register
  Registering and promoting websites on RootsWeb.
  - RootsWeb Data Submission
* Wikipedia
  How to edit a page: Wikipedia:Introduction.
  Easily edit any unprotected page, and save those
  changes immediately to that page, making the
  alterations visible to every other reader.

GENERAL:
80 Plus Search Engines and Directories | Databases
Submit to search engines, directories and blogs.
Traffic Flow SEO
Add URL - Free Search Engine Submission Links
* Add Url Directory.Net
  Free submit your site now.
* AddMe.com
  Free submission to the top 20
  search engines and directories.
* AlltheWeb.com
  Webmaster resources and submit your site.
* Ask.com: Webmasters - Register Site URL
  Follow the open-format Sitemaps protocol.
  Prepare sitemap and add sitemap auto-discovery
  directive to robots.txt, or submit sitemap file direct.
* Best of the Web Directory: Best of the Web Blog Directory
  - Best of the Web - How to Submit your Site
* Bing™ (Live Search Site Owner)
  How MSNBot (the Bing™ web crawler, a program that scans
  websites and indexes their content, such as text, documents,
  images, and links, for searching.) works, guidelines for getting
  your website indexed successfully by Bing™, and usage information.
  on Bing™ Webmaster Center tools.
* Directory Submission Guidelines [Rules]
  Getting directory approvals.
  - A to Z of Directory Submissions eBook (pdf)
    Comprehensive eBook on everything pertaining
    to online directories and directory submissions.
* Exalead: Submit a Site
  Internet search engine, image search
  engine, video search engine, etc.
* Free Directories
  Rankings and reviews of free web directories.
* Google™
  Add your URL.
* ineedhits
  Free website search engine submission
  service and add URL online.
* Jayde.com - The B2B Search Engine
  - Submit your Site to Jayde
* Open Directory Project: Submitting a Site
  All submissions are subject to editor evaluation.
* ResearchBuzz: Submit your Site
  News about search engines, databases
  and other information collections.
* Scrub The Web
  Add / Submit one URL per email address per day.
* Search Engine Submission Links
  Free submissions.
* Search Engines: Whitelines.net
  Free promotion plan for successful marketing,
  optimization and submission of websites to search
  engines; gateway to the world of search engines.
* SelfPromotion.com
  How to create and submit websites to search engines
  like Google™.  Free site submission, search engine
  list and website ranking.
* Submit a Site
  Search engines and directories in the Yahoo!® Directory.
* Submit Express
  Free website URL submission.
  - Add URL Free - Search Engine Placement and Registration
* Submitnet
  Search engine optimization and marketing programs.
* Submitting To Search Crawlers
  Google™, Yahoo!®, Ask and Microsoft's Live search.
  - Critical Analysis Of Web Crawlers' Algorithms
* URL Submission to 66 Search Engines
  - Web Directory: Search Engine vs. Web Directory Submission
* WebmasterGate.com
  Submit to free web directories:
  (A-C) - (D-F) - (G-J) - (K-M) - (N-P) - (Q-S) - (T-W) - (X-Z) - (0-9)
* Wikipedia
  How to edit a page: Wikipedia:Introduction.
  Easily edit any unprotected page, and save those
  changes immediately to that page, making the
  alterations visible to every other reader.
* Yahoo!® Directory Help Topics
  - Suggesting a Site to the Directory
    - How do I Suggest a Site to the Yahoo!® Directory?



DOMAIN NAMES: Domain Name - Domain Name System FAQs
Top-Level Domain: Generic Top-Level Domain - List of Internet Top-Level Domains
* Domain It™
  (A-E) (F-I) (J-P) (Q-Z)
  Worldwide registry list of ccTLDs
  (country code top level domains).
* ICANN: ICANN
  Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers.
  - Glossary of Internet Terminology
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  - IANA
    Global coordination of the DNS Root, IP addressing
    and other Internet protocol resources.
  - ICANN Accredited Registrars
    Currently accredited domain-name
    registrars for top level domains.
    - Descriptions and Contact Information for Accredited Registrars
  - ICANN Related Sites
  - ICANN Resources
* InterNIC
  Public information regarding Internet
  domain name registration services.
* Netcraft Ltd
  Search web by domain.
* Network Solutions®
  Domain names, web hosting
  and online marketing services.
* Norid
  Domain name registries around the world.
* Uwhois.com
  Whois information about country-code
  (two-letter) top-level domains.
* VeriSign®, Inc.
  Operates the largest domain
  name registry in the world.
* WHOIS
  Query/response protocol which is
  widely used for querying an official
  database in order to determine the
  owner of a domain name, an IP address,
  or an autonomous system number on the Internet.
  - RWhois
    Referral Whois.
* Whois.net
  Domain based research services.
  - Internic | Whois
    WHOIS services provide public access to data
    on registered domain names, which currently includes
    contact information for registered name holders.
  - Whois.net: academic
  - Whois.net: academic-genealogy
  - Whois.net: ancestor
  - Whois.net: ancestorhunt
  - Whois.net: ancestry
  - Whois.net: dna
  - Whois.net: famiy
  - Whois.net: familyhistory
  - Whois.net: familysearch
  - Whois.net: findagrave
  - Whois.net: footnote
  - Whois.net: genealogy
  - Whois.net: genealogytoday
  - Whois.net: geni
  - Whois.net: heritage
  - Whois.net: history
  - Whois.net: myfamily
  - Whois.net: myheritage
  - Whois.net: onegreatfamily
  - Whois.net: research
  - Whois.net: roots
  - Whois.net: rootsweb
  - Whois.net: worldvitalrecords
* Wiki - AboutUs
  Find a list of websites for any topic.
  - Category: Ancestors
  - Category: Education
  - Category: Family History
  - Category: Family Tree (Category: Family Trees)
  - Category: Genealogy
    - Example: Academic-Genealogy.com
  - Category: Heraldry
  - Category: History
  - Category: Royalty



HOMEPAGE CONSTRUCTION: Homepage - Web Page
GENEALOGY RESOURCES:
Personal Home Pages and the Construction of Identities on the Web: Personal Web Sites
Exploring the role of personal home pages
in the construction of their authors' identities.
* ComeHome.net
  Free private family web site for close and extended family.
* Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit
  Tips, hints, links, etc. to help create
  personal genealogy home pages.
* Developing Genealogy Web-Pages
  Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks.
* FamilyBuzz.com
  Meeting place for family and friends.
* Genealogy Hosting (business)
  Best research tool is a genealogy
  website, for sharing information.
* Genealogy Web Creations
  Website design for the genealogist.
  - Resources for Website Design
* Guide to Donating Your Personal or Family Papers to a Repository
  Manuscript Repositories Section of the Society of American Archivists.
* Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet (pdf)
  Recommended by the National Genealogical Society.
* How to Create a Genealogy Lens on Squidoo™
  - Squidoo™: Family Search Results
  - Squidoo™: Genealogy Search Results
* LiveJournal™.com - Start a Free Blog / Journal Today
  Simple-to-use, powerful, customizable,
  personal publishing, "blogging" tool.
* MyFamily.com®
  Build your own private family website.
* Netvibes: Netvibes.com Blog
  Publishing a home page personal web portal.
* Pedigree & Lineage Networking: Family Trees
  General information, social networking
  and social networking with family trees.
* Personal Web Pages and Social Networking
  Create and design your own personal
  website or social networking site.
  - Online Diary Tutorial: WebBiographies.com
    Choosing a design for your biography page.
* Planting Your Family Tree Online
  How to create your own family history web site,
  by Cyndi Howells, the creator of Cyndi's List.
* Second Site v2: Wholly Genes
  Companion program for The Master Genealogist
  that creates professional-quality web pages from
  TMG data sets.  Copy the web pages to a web
  server to share your research with the world.
  Copy the web pages to CDs to share your
  ancestry with your family.

GENERAL INFORMATION: Web Design and Web Development
* 123Webmaster.com
  Free web development resources.
* All About Your Own Website
  Guide to creating and managing websites,
  to design and maintain your own web page.
* eFUSE.com
  Learn how to build a better web site.
* Help 4 Web
  'How to' needs of professional web developers.
* Markup Language
  - List of Markup Languages
    - List of XML Markup Languages: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
      - XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
        Has the same depth of expression as HTML,
        but also conforms to XML syntax.
        - W3C XHTML2 Working Group
* RSS: RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters
  Features and benefits of a web format
  called RSS and brief technical overview.
* VoS: Net Tools
  - Web Page Authoring
    - VoS: Advanced
    - VoS: For Beginners
* W3Schools Online Web Tutorials: W3Schools Sitemap
  Largest web developer sit on the net - all free.
* Web Design References
  University of Minnesota at Duluth: ITS&S.
* Web Developer's Field Guide
  Ultimate resource for web developers,
  designers, bloggers, coders, hackers,
  builders, and entrepreneurs.
* Web Developer's Handbook
  CSS, web development, color tools, SEO, usability,
  developing web-sites, exploring imagination.
* Web Developer's™ Virtual Library and Web Development Bots
  Encyclopedia of web design tutorials, articles and discussions.
* WebBuilderZone.com
  CGI Scripts, tutorials, programming,
  clipart and webmaster tools.
* Webmastering - Free Tests, Tips and Links
  Web Site design, validation, submission
  and web mastering summary.
* Web Page Authoring Internet Resources
  HTML Guides from Nanyang
  Technological University Library.
* Web Style Guide, 3rd Edition
  Yale University Center advanced instructional
  media's online site design guide.
  - Contents | Web Style Guide 3
    Chapters
    1   Process
    2   Universal Usability
    3   Information Architecture
    4   Interface Design
    5   Site Structure
    6   Page Structure
    7   Page Design
    8   Typography
    9   Editorial Style
    10 Forms and Applications
    11 Graphics
    12 Multimedia
* World Wide Web Consortium - Web Standards
  - W3C Link Checker
  - W3C Markup Validation Service
  - W3C Search, Site Index, Keywords: H Section
    - HTML Home
      News, tutorials and historical background.
      - Dave Raggett's Introduction to HTML
      - HTML Basics: Your Genealogy Website
      - HTML Code Tutorial - Free Reference Guide
      - HTML for Beginners - WebDeveloper.com®
      - HTML Help by The Web Design Group
      - HTML Interactive Tutorial
      - Lissa Explains it All: HTML Help & Tutorials for Kids
      - Oxford University Computing Services - A Guide to HTML

WEB SITE HOSTING PROVIDERS: Web Hosting Service
Netcraft Ltd - Internet Research, Anti-Phishing and PCI Security Services
Includes worldwide ongoing review of most reliable hosting company sites.
* Free Web Hosting Service
  - Best Web Hosting Providers
  - Eversoft SiteGenWiz Homepage
  - FreeSite.com
    Free web space.
  - Free Web Site Hosting Providers in the Yahoo!® Directory
  - Free Webspace and Free Web Hosting Services
    Directory list of free web hosting providers; i.e.,
    free homepage hosting sites, with many reviews,
    testimonials and ratings that are updated daily.
    - List of All Free Web Hosts Sorted by Name or Number
      - Angelfire
      - RootsWeb.com Freepages
      - Tripod
  - Google™ Page Creator - (Need a Gmail account?)
    Free online tool that makes it easy
    for anyone to create and publish useful,
    attractive web pages in just minutes.
  - Google™ Sites
    Makes creating and sharing
    a group website easy.
  - Web Hosting 101



LINK POPULARITY RESOURCES: Search Engine Optimization
Methods of Website Linking
* 7MetaSearch.com
  Web sites appearing in the top 10
  positions of each search engine.
* Add_Me.com
  Link popularity check and
  website backlink checker.
* Alexa® Internet: Site Owner Tools
  Website statistics and
  website traffic graphs.
* Competition Finder Tool
  Compares websites.
* Dataopedia.com
  All you need to know about a website.
* Google™ PageRank Tool
  Searchengine engine search analysis.
* gVisit.com
  Track visitors to your website
  using Google™ Maps.
* HitsLink
  Website statistics
  tracking and analysis.
* Incoming Links Development Guide and Directory
  - Introduction to Linking
  - Generate Incoming Links
  - Sources of Links
  - Prepare your Promotion Kit
  - Requesting Incoming Links
  - Tracking your Progress
  - Executive Summary
* Link Popularity Checker
  From Webmaster Toolkit.
* LinkPopularity.com
  Free link popularity service.
* Measuring Link Popularity
  From Search Engine Watch (SEW).
* Organic SEO Wiki
  Collaborate various search engine
  optimization (SEO) techniques.
* Quantcast - Open Internet Ratings Service
  Open internet ratings service
  (US basic), that is free to everyone.
* Ranking.com
  Top websites, most visited
  websites and website ranking.
* Search-This
  Website promotion, Internet
  marketing and blogging.
* StatCounter
  Free invisible web tracker,
  hit counter and web stats.
* Website Grader
  Free SEO score for websites, with custom
  search engine optimization and marketing advice.
* WhoisRanking.com
  Who ranks the web.  Capture keywords
  that visitors use, when visiting a site.
* WhoLinksToMe.com
  Reputation management reimagined.



ORGANIZATIONS: Webmaster
* HTML Writers Guild
  Web design training
  and certification.
* IADAS: International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
  - Webby Awards
    Set of awards presented to the world's best websites.
* International Webmasters Association
  Global leader for advancing the web professional.
  - Website Design Classes Offered by IWA-HWG
* National Association of Government Webmasters - USA
  - NAGW Resources
* World Organization of Webmasters: Web Professional Minute
  Support of individuals and organizations
  who create, manage or market web sites.
  - Find a Web Professional
* World Wide Web Consortium (W3C®) and W3C Search Site Index
  Develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines,
  software, and tools) to lead the web to its full potential.



RESOURCES for WEBMASTERS: Resources for Webmasters
* 321Webmaster.com
  Webmaster resources and free web tools to
  design, develop, and manage a successful website.
* AbsoluteCross.com
  Resource for webmasters,
  programmers and graphic designers.
* Builder AU
  By developers for developers.
* Computer - Internet - Software
  Computer and Internet resources for the
  experienced computer user, genealogist,
  family historian, or newbie just beginning
  to learn about the Internet.
* dWoz.com
  Directory of serious webmaster
  tools and resources.
* NetMechanic®
  HTML code help, search engine
  optimization and web site maintenance tools.
* WebmasterGate
  Directory of webmaster resources,
  tools and articles of interest to website
  designers and developers.
* Webmonkey
  Web developer's resource.
* World Wide Web Resources
  Monitoring reference resources
  and sites about the World Wide Web.



WEBMASTER RESEARCH TOOLS: Free Webmaster Tools and Resources
* Alexa® Internet - Website Information: Alexa® Blog - Help
  - Alexa® - Information for Webmasters: Webmasters
  - Alexa® Internet - Site Owner Tools
* Answers.com™
  Webmaster tools
* Bravenet.com
  Free web hosting and web tools.
  Webtools for webmasters.
* Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
   Making sense of E-Learning trends, technologies and tools.
  - Learning Tools Directory
* digitalresearchtools
  Collects information about tools and resources that
  can help scholars, particularly in the humanities and
  social sciences, conduct research. The Digital Research
  Tools team currently includes academic librarians with
  expertise in the humanities, science, and business.
  - Analyze Statistics
  - Analyze Texts
  - Author an Interactive Work
  - Blog
  - Brainstorm/ Generate Ideas
  - Build and Share Collections
  - Collaborate
  - Collect Data
  - Communicate with Colleagues
  - Compare Resources
  - Conduct Linguistic Research
  - Convert/ Manipulate Files
  - Create a Mashup
  - Edit Images
  - Find Research Materials
  - Focus
  - Make a Dynamic Map
  - Make a Screencast
  - Manage Bibliographic Information
  - Mine Data
  - Network with Other Researchers
  - Organize My Research Materials
  - Perform Qualitative Data Analysis
  - Search Visually
  - Share Bookmarks
  - Share Information
  - Stay Current with Research
  - Take Notes/ Annotate Resources
  - Transcribe Handwritten or Spoken Texts
  - Use Mobile Devices
  - Visualize Data
  - Write a Paper
  - Write Collaboratively
* Google™ Webmaster Tools
  - Google™ Analytics
    Everything about how visitors
    find and interact with sites.
  - Google™ Desktop Search Download
    Find your email, files, media,
    web history and chats instantly.
* iWeb Webmasters Toolkit
  Collection of tools, links
  and utilities for webmasters.
* KeywordDiscovery.com
  Free search term suggestion tool.
* Scriptol.com
  Tutorials and tools for creating a Web 2.0 site.
  - Best Tools and Services for Webmasters
  - Feedmyapp - Your Daily Web 2.0 Sites Dose
* Search Tools for Web Sites and Intranets
  Information, news and advice
  about web site searching technology.
* SurveyMonkey.com
  Powerful online software tool
  for creating web surveys.
* Textalyser: Text Analysis Tool
  Detailed statistics of your text, perfect for
  translators (quoting), for webmasters (ranking),
  or for normal users, to know the subject of a text.
* Toolbar: On The Net - Toolbars: Trash or Treasures?
  - Create a Custom Toolbar | Conduit
  - Google™ Toolbar
  - MSN® Search Toolbar
  - Yahoo!® Toolbar
    Find what you're looking for
    wherever you are on the web.
* URLinfo beta - Fagan Finder
  Tool for handling web pages, translating,
  tracking changes, searching, finding similar
  pages, looking up WHOIS (ownership) data,
  reading reviews and many more operations.
* Webmaster Toolkit
  Webmaster tools and
  SEO software resources.
* Webmasters-Manual.com
  Tools and resources for web
  masters to make money online.



WEBMASTER SPECIALTY SITES: ReadWriteWeb - TechCrunch
* Add Site Search Engine:
  - Google™ Custom Search Engine
    Site search and more.
  - FreeFind.com
  - PicoSearch.com
* Blogger™
  Create your free Blog.
  - Surname Newsgroups:
    Blogs, genealogy newsletters and periodicals.
* Delicious
  Share your bookmarks with
  family, friends, and colleagues.
* File Hosting Service
  - 4shared.com
    Free file sharing and storage.
  - File Transfer Protocol: FTP
    Network protocol used to exchange and manipulate
    files over a TCP computer network, such as the internet.
  - ImageShack®
    Image Hosting.
  - MediaFire
    Businesses, professionals and individuals:
    host files easily and share them with others.
  - RapidShare: RapidShare: Easy Filehosting
    Upload big files in one step and subsequently make
    them available to friends and family via the download link.
    The download link can only be accessed by the person who has
    stored the file.  In this way, data is secured against unauthorized access.
* FindSounds.com
  Find sound effects on the web.
* Google™ Webmaster Central
  Webmaster resources that will help you
  with your crawling and indexing questions.
* Link Checkers
  - W3C Link Checker
* OpenLayers
  Put a dynamic map
  in any web page.
* sitemaps.org
  - Google™ Sitemaps
    Easy way for you to help improve
    your coverage in the Google™ index.
    - Create your Google Sitemap Online - XML Sitemaps
    - How to Make Use of Google SiteMaps
  - ROR Sitemap Generator
    ROR is a rapidly growing XML format for describing
    your website in a generic fashion, so that search engines
    can find and discover information more easily.  By default,
    ROR information is stored in a ROR file called ror.xml,
    placed in your website's main directory.
* Spurl.net
  Free online bookmarks
  with full text searching.
* Talk Digger: Check Who's Talking!
  Solution for any Internet user, blogger
  or web site owner that want to know
  who is talking about a blog, a web site
  or a specific web page.
* TinyURL.com
  Making long URLs useable.
* Video Search Engine:
  - Blinkx: Video Search Engin
    ClipBlast!®
    World's largest video search.
  - Ditto.com
    See the web.
  - Google™ Video
  - Live Search Video
  - Truveo Video Search
  - Yahoo!® Video Search
    Search millions of videos
    from across the web.
  - youku.com
    China's leading Internet video website.
  - YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.™
* Visual Resources Association
  International association of
  image media professionals.
  - VRA Resources
* WebSite-Watcher
  Monitor any number of websites
  for updates and changes.
* Wikipedia®
  - Cyndi's List - Wikis for Genealogy
  - GenealogyWiki.org - Shared History
  - List of Wikipedias
  - Placeopedia.com
    Connecting Wikipedia®
    articles with their locations.
  - Starting and Running a Wiki Website
  - Why Wiki?
  - WikiBuddy
    Search Wikipedia®, wikiHow, Wiktionary,
    WikiAnswers, Wikmedia, Wikinews,
    Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wikispecies,
    Wikisource, Wikitravel...etc.
  - Wiki History
  - WikiMatrix
    Wiki feature comparison:
    compare them all.
  - Wikispaces
    A place to grow communities.
* Writeboard™
  Collaborative writing software online:
  write, share, revise and compare text.