All of us probably have a set of tools we use on a regular basis to maintain our sites. I occasionally find a new useful tool when someone mentions the tool. So I thought I would run through all the different tools I use, what I like (and dislike) about them, how I use them, where to get them, etc.

I am going to break this topic up into a number of posts because I use a lot of different tools.

I noticed something interesting the other day. I have a couple of new sites that do not yet have page rank as listed via the Google API or the Google Toolbar. I had these sites registered and verified for Google Sitemaps and while looking around the sitemaps site I noticed that the area that shows Page Rank for the site actually showed some Page Rank for the site.

In my case the site in question had the entire “low” bar full of green, instead of the “Not Yet Assigned” bar as I would have expected.

Google won’t be sending me anymore cheques, no I have not been banned. New Zealand is now one of the supported Countries for Electronic Transfer. So if you hadn’t noticed you need to head on over and set it up.

I set it up earlier this month and had the account verified, so early next month I should receive a direct deposit of earnings.

It’s been a while since I posted anything to this site, and I don’t have  any deadlines to meet tonite so I am finally getting around to writing some new posts.

This is a general update on where things are and then I’ll do a few more posts on specific items I want to cover.

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Finally Some Updates