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In my previous article I had mentioned how useful free directory submission can be for any website or blog. Even though Google has stripped most of the link directories of their PR but that does not mean you will not get some link juice from the thousands of cached pages of those directories.

You can either choose to hire someone to submit links on your behalf. This is a good option if it is going to be a one time deal but if you have multiple websites and you do directory submission or exchange links on a on going basis, I have a awesome solution for you.

Check our SubmitEaze, this is a directory submission software which will automate your submission process. The best part is that you can use it yourself and trust me on this, most of the companies you would pay to submit your website are using this software themselves.

Check out the screenshots of the software. It is available for free trial also, so you can use before you buy. At $78.95 it is worth the price. Heck! You can even start your own directory submission service!

A few days back I was asked to find out a live help support system for an online store. My client gave me the following criteria.

1. Very easy to install
2. Simple to work around
3. Easily Customizable
4. Multiple Operators
5. Multiple Departments setup
6. Limited Sub-Admin logins.
7. Should be FREE

The above features are usually easy to find in almost all the live chat software out there but not all of them come free! In fact most of the software would charge you a minimum of $19 a month for just 1 operator.

That’s when I stumbled upon Crafty Syntax which is available for automatic install on most cpanel’s under Fantastico. I will admit that at first, I was a bit skeptic to try it out as their website was quite dull and I was used to seeing those flashy websites of other paid chat software provider but then I decided to give it a try as it was free and I would not have to take any pain in installing it.

I must admit that I was wrong, though the software lacks the flashy graphics it is very well laid out and is very easy to understand even without reading any help document. My clients online store was a statup and so they did not have any dedicated support person to be on chat all the time. They wanted to make the chat button invisible on the user end so that they can passively monitor who is online and only they could initiate the chat. This way the user never sees the “Chat Support Offline” button which looks bad when your customer is looking for live help and no one is there to provide it. This was very easily accomplished by Crafty, there was a setting in the admin to make the button invisible.

Another thing my client was adamant about was the interface of the chat window. They wanted that the support window should look like a part of the website and not like we were using a free software. This was quite easy to do as well… I downloaded a graphic file which was used as the header of the chat window and created our custom header with PhotoShop and replaced it. That simple!

The Admin section of the software is web based, which means that it can be operated from any computer with a internet connection, though I think the desktop version is in the making. There are lot more features which you can explore, check out some of the Live Help Screen Shots.

The above is just a basic of what this software can do, I have to give a shout out to Eric Gerdes who is the brain behind it and has kept the software free… If you do use the software and find it useful, I would urge you to donate some money to Eric as a way of thanking him for the hard work.

Like many webmasters, even I have been looking around for the best affiliate script but never got around to finding one which suited my requirements. To be honest, I was always looking for something which was free… but good things in life are never free!

Then i happened to stumble upon iDevAffiliate.com as most of the forums / ebook sellers / SEO companies are using them to manage their affiliates.

In their own words “Since 1999, iDevAffiliate is the original in self managed affiliate software! iDevAffiliate was hand coded from scratch by the same team that provides your technical support! iDevAffiliate is not a product we’re reselling and it isn’t something we’ve pieced together from several other lesser quality products.”

Why would an Affiliate script be useful to you?

Why ever not! Anyone and everyone who is selling something on the internet need to have a superb affiliate management software, this will not only get you more and more sales but also increase the brand value of your product / company. Besides this is one investment which will directly reap you monetary benefits.

Pricing for the Affiliate program:

1. Standard Edition: $99

2. Gold Edition: $199
(Includes: CommissionAlert, Comission Stats, Custom Filename, QuickBooks)

3. Platinum / SEO Edition: $299
(includes: CommissionAlert, Comission Stats, Custom Filename, QuickBooks, Language Packs & SEO / SEF Links)

The above pricing is for their stand along software, which will be installed to your server. If you do not have your own hosting account, nothing to worry… you can you their Hosted Plan.

If you are using Joomla CMS (Content Management System), they have a Addon Module which is designed to take user information from your Joomla signup forms and auto-create affiliate accounts. If you do not have this module, users simply use the provided signup form that comes with iDevAffiliate.

Enough said, go to iDevAffiliate.com and check out their Demo and see if it fits your needs.