31+ Awesome Android Apps and some Runners-Up

These are the best, the most amazing, the cutting-edge, pick-of-the-crop, Android apps available on the Market.

Many men died to bring us this information. We must honor their memory and celebrate the freedom they died to protect… by enjoying all of the free apps we can get our fingers (or thumbs) on. We must go forth and start customizing their configurations, tweaking their settings, and rating them in the Market!

1. LauncherPro - Best replacement Home application for Android
   Runner Up: ADW Launcher
2. Google Maps – GPS-enabled maps, step-by-step voice-guided navigation & directions
3. mVideoPlayer - best video player app for Android
4. Pandora - Internet Radio that plays what you like
   Runner Up: Last.fm
5. Google Voice – Google Visual VoiceMail, SMS and more
6. Gmote 2.0 – Touch Pad, Keyboard and Media Controller for your PC over WiFi
   Runner Up: RemoteDroid
7. EStrongs File Explorer – Best file manager and file explorer for Android
8. EStrongs Task Manager – Absolutely the best task manager/task killer for Android
   Runner Up: TaskPanel Lite or TaskPanel X
9. MySettings - Quick toggle settings on your Android
   Runner Up: Quick Settings
10. AppBrain App Market – Best way to search, sync and manage your beloved Android apps – also use Fast Web Installer
11. Shazam - Music Discovery Engine
12. Awesome Drop (File Sync) – Drag and drop to sync files to your phone from a web browser
13. myRemote - Best WiFi remote control for Windows Media Center
14. Boxee - WiFi remote media controller for Boxee
15. RoMote- Roku DVP remote control over WiFi
16. Personal Finance by PageOnce – Track all your bank, credit cards, bills, and other accounts on your phone
17. Dropbox - Synchronization and cloud storage across all of your PCs and Android devices
    Runner Up: ASUS WebStorage
18. PayPal - PayPal is now powered by Bump!
19. QuickDesk Beta – Enhancement to Home Application
    Runner Up: Launch-X
    
20. Toggl Timer - Track your time on the go with the official Android app for Toggl.com
21. Skyfire Browser – server-assisted video pre-compression and streaming services
    Opera Mini - server-assisted webpage pre-compression – save money on bandwidth
22. Facebook for Android- updates your status, view your News Feed, upcoming Events, and friends, upload photos, read messages
23. PdaNet Free Edition – USB Tether and Bluetooth Internet connection sharing
    Runner Up: EasyTether Lite
    
24. WYSE PocketCloud RDP/VNC -Beta – Very fast Remote Desktop Connection over RDP/VNC protocols
25. AppMonster - Backup, restore and manage your apps
26. Mobile Banking - Do virtually everything you can at a Bank of America ATM or branch
    Runner Up: Wells Fargo Mobile
27. Bump - BlueTooth powered contact info and file sharing
    Runner Up: BlueTooth File Transfer
28. RingDroid - Make ring tones by taking samples from audio files on your phone
    
29. Google Gesture Search – Search your phone contacts, apps, emails, messages and more with gestures
30. Google Goggles - Augmented reality browser/camera, Android barcode scanner and more
31. WordPress - Write new posts, edit content, and manage comments with built-in notifications

Top Ten Apps for Android – Updated!

1. HandscentSMS
2. SuperDial
3. RingDroid
4. Dolphin Browser
5. RingsExtended
6. RemoteDroid
7. ASTRO File Browser
   ES File Manager
8. Facebook
9. SwiFTP Server
10. wpToGo

Locale ¹ has been removed.

¹ – Locale is no longer free… plus I’ve had some major issues with it since their last update(s).  I was happy with it before, but they’ve lost my vote for top 10 after I saw it listed at $9.99 on the market…

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I received this (awesome) letter from Google today and thought it was cool enough to share:

Top 50 finalists of the Android Developer Challenge

$275,000 Award Recipients

$100,000 Award Recipients

Finalists

Robots.txt, Robots Meta Tag, .htaccess mod_rewrite

There are three commonly supported methods for instructing/requesting internet indexing spiders/bots/robots what to scan and what to skip. Each of these methods are complimentary in usefulness to each other, but none are not equal in effect.

1. robots.txt
2. Robots Meta Tag
3. .htacess and mod_rewrite

Summary:

To really protect and enforce rules for any specific user agent that is visiting your website you will have to constantly analyze website traffic analytics, bandwidth reports and visiting IP addresses and geographic locations, known pubilc or private proxy servers, and the specific methods and tactics of EVERY unwanted program and visitor and be able to implement new means to thwart their new methods on a regular basis.

Robots Meta Tag

Use an embedded meta tag on a specific page to instruct search engine spiders and robots what to index and disallow:

1. Pages including “noindex, nofollow” indicate that they are NOT to be index, NOT to be included in listings, and NOT to be scanned for reciprocal links.
2. Pages including “index, nofollow” indicate that they are to be indexed and listed, but not scanned for reciprocal links.
3. Pages including “index, follow” indicate that they are to be fully index and scanned for all reciprocal links and included in all applicable listings.

DO NOT index, DO NOT include in listings, and DO NOT follow reciprocal links

<input name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" />

Index, include in listings, but DO NOT follow reciprocal links

<input name="robots" content="index, nofollow" />

Index, include in listings, and follow reciprocal links

<input name="robots" content="index, follow" />

Also see:

1. Robots.txt
2. .htacess and mod_rewrite

Robots.txt

Robots.txt is a plain text file that is implemented in the root directory of a URI as a configuration file used by some search engine spiders and internet robots/bot programs to help direct them to what you want to be indexed and what you don’t. Although many robots will read and follow your instructions in the “/robots.txt” file, many ‘less compliant’ programs may actually ignore this file completely.

Here are a few examples of robots.txt file (plain text):

Ask all search engines to NOT index or follow links on the entire website:

#asks all search engines to NOT index and NOT follow any pages or links on the entire website
User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Allows all search engines to index and follow links on the entire website by Disallowing nothing:

#allows search engines to index and follow all pages and links on the entire website by Disallowing nothing
User-agent: *
Disallow:

Disallows specific folders and files from indexing and following:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /uploads/ # since this folder may contain secure, private, cached or temporary files, we should disallow this entire folder from being indexed.
Disallow: /tmp/ # since this folder may contain cached or temporary files, we should disallow this entire folder from being indexed
Disallow: /page.php

Also see:

1. Robots Meta Tag
2. .htacess and mod_rewrite

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

SEO is an acronym for “[search engine optimization|Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines]” or “search engine optimizer.” Deciding to hire an SEO is a big decision that can potentially improve your site and save time, but you can also risk damage to your site and reputation. Make sure to research the potential advantages as well as the damage that an irresponsible SEO can do to your site. Many SEOs and other agencies and consultants provide useful services for website owners, including:

• Review of your site content or structure
• Technical advice on [website development|Web development is a broad term for any activity to developing a web site for the World Wide Web or an internet. This can include e-commerce business development, web design, web content development, client-side/server-side scripting, and web server configuration. However, among web professionals, web development usually refers only to the non-design aspects of building web sites, e.g. writing markup and coding. Web development can range from developing the simplest static single page of plain text to the most complex web-based internet applications, electronic businesses, or social network services.]: for example, [hosting|A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Web hosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data center, called colocation.], [redirects|URL redirection, also called URL forwarding and the very similar technique domain redirection also called domain forwarding, are techniques on the World Wide Web for making a web page available under many URLs.], [error pages|The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server but the server could not find what was requested. 404 errors should not be confused with server not found or similar errors, in which a connection to the destination server could not be made at all. Another similar error is 410: Gone, which indicates that the requested resource has been intentionally removed and will not be available again. A 404 error indicates that the requested resource may be available in the future.], use of [JavaScript|JavaScript is a scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications. It is primarily used in the form of client-side JavaScript, implemented as an integrated component of the web browser, allowing the development of enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites. JavaScript is a dialect of the ECMAScript standard and is characterized as a dynamic, weakly typed, prototype-based language with first-class functions. JavaScript was influenced by many languages and was designed to look like Java, but to be easier for non-programmers to work with.]
• [Content development|Web content development is the process of researching, writing, gathering, organizing, and editing information for publication on web sites. Web site content may consist of prose, graphics, pictures, recordings, movies or other digital assets that could be distributed by a hypertext transfer protocol server, and viewed by a web browser.]
• Management of online business development campaigns
• [Keyword research|Keyword research is a practice used by search engine optimization professionals to find and research actual search terms people enter into the search engines when conducting a search.]
• SEO training
• Expertise in specific markets and geographies.

Keep in mind that the Google search results page includes [organic search results|Organic search results are listings on search engine results pages that appear because of their relevance to the search terms, as opposed to their being adverts. In contrast, non-organic search results may include pay per click advertising.] and often [paid advertisement|Paid inclusion is a search engine marketing product where the search engine company charges fees related to inclusion of websites in their search index. Paid inclusion products are provided by most search engine companies, the most notable exception being Google.] (denoted by the heading “[Sponsored Links|Pay per click (PPC) is an Internet advertising model used on websites, in which advertisers pay their host only when their ad is clicked. With search engines, advertisers typically bid on keyword phrases relevant to their target market. Content sites commonly charge a fixed price per click rather than use a bidding system. Cost per click (CPC) is the amount of money an advertiser pays search engines and other Internet publishers for a single click on its advertisement that brings one visitor to its website.]“) as well. Advertising with Google won’t have any effect on your site’s presence in the search results. Google never accepts money to include or rank sites in the search results, and it costs nothing to appear in the [organic search results|Organic search results are listings on search engine results pages that appear because of their relevance to the search terms, as opposed to their being adverts. In contrast, non-organic search results may include pay per click advertising.]. Free resources such as [Webmaster Tools|Google Webmaster Tools is a no-charge web service by Google for webmasters. It allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites.], the official Webmaster Central blog, and the discussion forum can provide you with a great deal of information about how to optimize your site for organic search. Many of these free sources, as well as information on [paid search|Paid inclusion is a search engine marketing product where the search engine company charges fees related to inclusion of websites in their search index. Paid inclusion products are provided by most search engine companies, the most notable exception being Google.], can be found on Google Webmaster Central.

Additional Resources for Webmasters, Developers and Search Engine Optimizers:

• Check out Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide
• Read more on the Google Help page:  Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Sitemap Generators: Automating Google Sitemap Creation for Search Engine Optimization

Server-side Programs

• Enarion phpSitemapsNG ([PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.])
• Google Sitemap Generator ([Linux|Linux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the GNU GPL and other free software licences.] or [Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.], 32/64bit, [open-source|Open source is an approach to the design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to software source code. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet, which provided access to diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.])
• GS Master (Polish, [PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.]/[Perl|Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall, a linguist working as a systems administrator for NASA, in 1987, as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular amongst programmers. Larry Wall continues to oversee development of the core language, and its upcoming version, Perl 6.])
• Outil en PHP (French, [PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.])
• Perl Sitemap Generator ([Perl|Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall, a linguist working as a systems administrator for NASA, in 1987, as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular amongst programmers. Larry Wall continues to oversee development of the core language, and its upcoming version, Perl 6.])
• Python Sitemap Generator ([Python|Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to \'combine remarkable power with very clear syntax\', and its standard library is large and comprehensive. Its use of indentation as block delimiters is unusual among popular programming languages.])
• Simple Sitemaps ([PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.])
• SiteMap XML Dynamic Sitemap Generator ([PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.]) $
• XML Sitemap Generator ([PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.]) $

CMS and Other Plugins

• ASP.NET – Sitemaps.Net
• ClickCartPro $
• Coppermine
• DotClear (Spanish)
• DotClear (2)
• Drupal
• ECommerce Templates ([PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.]) $
• Ecommerce Templates ([PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.] or [ASP|Active Server Pages (ASP), also known as Classic ASP or ASP Classic, was Microsoft\'s first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages. Initially released as an add-on to Internet Information Services (IIS) via the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, it was subsequently included as a free component of Windows Server (since the initial release of Windows 2000 Server). It has now been superseded by ASP.NET.]) $
• LifeType
• mnoGoSearch
• OS Commerce
• PHPNuke (German)
• PHPNuke – NukeSEO Sitemaps Generator
• phpWebSite
• Plone
• RapidWeaver
• Textpattern
• vBulletin
• Wikka Wiki ([PHP|PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development, to produce dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML and generally runs on a web server, which needs to be configured to process PHP code and create web page content from it. It can be deployed on most web servers and on almost every operating system and platform free of charge. PHP is installed on over 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.])
• WordPress

Downloadable Tools

• CoffeeCup Sitemapper ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.]) $
• Devintelligence SitemapGenerator ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• GSiteCrawler ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• GWebCrawler & Sitemap Creator ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• G-Mapper ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• Inspyder Sitemap Creator ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.]) $
• IntelliMapper ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.]) $
• KeyLimeTie Sitemap Generator ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.]) $
• Map-IT Sitemapper ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.], [Mac|Mac OS is the trademarked name for a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface. The original form of what Apple would later name the Mac OS was the integral and unnamed system software first introduced in 1984 with the original Macintosh, usually referred to simply as the System software. It was a trimmed down version of the operating system underpinning Apple\'s earlier Lisa product.]) $
• MediaCET Diadematus ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• Microsys A1 Sitemap Generator ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.]) $
• Rage Google Sitemap Automator $ ([OS-X|Mac OS X is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems. It is the successor to Mac OS 9, the final release of the classic Mac OS, which had been Apple\'s primary operating system since 1984.])
• Site Magellen ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• Site Map Pro ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.]) $
• Sorrowmans Sitemap Tools ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• Vigos Gsitemap ([Windows|Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add on to MS DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces. Microsoft Windows came to dominate the personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced previously. As of July 2009, Windows had approximately 93 percent of the market share of the client operating systems for usage on the internet.])
• Web-design-pros.ca Sitemap.xml.gz Generator ([Java Webstart Application|In computing, Java Web Start (also known as JavaWS or as javaws), a framework developed by Sun Microsystems, allows users to start application software for the Java Platform directly from the Internet using a web browser. Unlike Java applets, Web Start applications do not run inside the browser, and the sandbox in which they run need not have as many restrictions, although this can be configured. Web Start has an advantage over applets in that it overcomes many compatibility problems with browsers\' Java plugins and different JVM versions. On the other hand, Web Start programs cannot communicate with the browser as easily as applets. To assist migration, users can also invoke a Java Applet as a Java Web Start application.])

Online Generators/Services

• AuditMyPc.com Sitemap Generator
• AutoMapIt
• Autositemap $
• Enarion phpSitemapsNG
• Free Sitemap Generator
• Neuroticweb.com Sitemap Generator
• Safe Area SitemapGenerator
• ScriptSocket Sitemap Generator
• ResourceSEO Online Sitemap Generator
• SitemapDoc
• Sitemapspal
• Smart-IT-Consulting Google Sitemaps XML Validator
• XML-Sitemaps Generator

Code Snippets / Libraries

• Java library
• Perl script
• ASP script
• PHP class

Hyperlink Protocols: Create Hyperlinks to Email, Instant Messengers, VOIP programs & Phone Numbers

It’s occurred to me that [Hyperlinks|A hyperlink is a reference in a document to an external or internal piece of information. The most common usage is in the Internet to browse through web pages: some text in the current document is highlighted so that when clicked, the browser automatically displays another page or changes the current page to show the referenced content.] are a part of every day life for pretty much everyone these days. Whether you use them in basic internet browsing, copying and pasting YouTube and Facebook links to your friends, or making websites, knowing how to create [hyperlinks|A hyperlink is a reference in a document to an external or internal piece of information. The most common usage is in the Internet to browse through web pages: some text in the current document is highlighted so that when clicked, the browser automatically displays another page or changes the current page to show the referenced content.] is an important thing to know!

Some people don’t realize there are a lot more kinds of [hyperlinks|A hyperlink is a reference in a document to an external or internal piece of information. The most common usage is in the Internet to browse through web pages: some text in the current document is highlighted so that when clicked, the browser automatically displays another page or changes the current page to show the referenced content.] than just ones that use the [HTTP|Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. Its use for retrieving inter-linked resources led to the establishment of the World Wide Web.] or [HTTPS|Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol and a cryptographic protocol. HTTPS connections are often used for payment transactions on the World Wide Web and for sensitive transactions in corporate information systems.] (HTTP with SSL encryption) [protocols|In computing, a protocol is a set of rules which is used by computers to communicate with each other across a network. A protocol is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection, communication, and data transfer between computing endpoints. In its simplest form, a protocol can be defined as the rules governing the syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication. Protocols may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of the two. At the lowest level, a protocol defines the behavior of a hardware connection.]. Many of which are very useful to today’s [socially-networked|A social network is a social structure made of individuals (or organizations) called nodes, which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.] [webmasters|A webmaster (portmanteau of web and postmaster), also called a web architect, web developer, site author, website administrator, or (informally) webmeister, is a person responsible for maintaining a website(s). The duties of the webmaster may include ensuring that the web servers, hardware and software are operating accurately, designing the website, generating and revising web pages, replying to user comment, and examining traffic through the site.] and internet gurus.

Here are some useful examples:

Email HyperLink:
Example Email Link

<a href="mailto:youremail@yourdomain.com?subject=Email+Subject">Example Email Link</a>

Phone Number HyperLink:
Example Phone Link

<a title="Call 503-555-1212" href="callto:5035551212">Example Phone Link</a>

Skype Call HyperLink:
Example Skype Call Hyperlink

<a title="Call YourScreenName on Skype" href="skype:yourscreenname?call">Example Skype Call Hyperlink</a>

Skype Chat HyperLink:
Example Skype Chat Hyperlink

<a title="Chat with YourScreenName on Skype" href="skype:yourscreenname?chat">Example Skype Chat Hyperlink</a>

Google Talk Instant Message HyperLink:
Example Google Talk IM Hyperlink

<a title="Instant Message YourScreenName" href="gtalk:chat?jid=yourscreenname">Example Google Talk IM Hyperlink</a>

Google Talk Call Hyperlink:
Example Google Talk Call Hyperlink

<a title="Call YourScreenName on Google Talk" href="gtalk:call?jid=yourscreenname">Example Google Talk Call Hyperlink</a>

MSN/Windows Live HyperLink:
Example MSN/Windows Live IM Hyperlink

<a title="Instant Message YourScreenName on MSN/Windows Live Messenger" href="msnim:chat?contact=yourscreenname">Example MSN/Windows Live IM Hyperlink</a>

Yahoo! Instant Messanger HyperLink:
Example Yahoo! Instant Messenger IM Hyperlink

<a title="Chat with YourScreenName on Yahoo! Instant Messenger" href="ymsgr:sendim?yourscreenname">Example Yahoo! Instant Messenger IM Hyperlink</a>

AOL Instant Messenger HyperLink:
Example AOL Instant Messenger IM Hyperlink

<a title="Chat with YourScreenName on AOL Instant Messenger" href="aim:goim?screenname=yourscreenname">Example AOL Instant Messenger IM Hyperlink</a>

I’ll update this post and add more useful examples as I think of them.

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