URL shortening services are a must if microblogging services like Twitter are to work. In 140 characters, you don’t want the URL you’re linking to eating up 100 of them. Or worse, it might not even fit. Enter TinyURL, and a bunch of other services that give you a shorter custom URL pointing to the target site. But why not roll your own, using Phurl? Let’s do it!

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When you’re managing larger teams of writers, developers, artist, or whatever really, a collaboration software can come in handy. The most popular and most talked about in the blogosphere is without a doubt Basecamp, which is a hosted solution that will set you back $$ monthly. If you want to save in on that, or if you just want to have full control of your inside stuff, then open source solution Collabtive is for you.

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MoFuse is a service that lets you convert basically any site with a RSS feed, to a mobile site hosted by MoFuse. You can customize the design, setup your very own domain, and even add advertising to the mobile version of your site. This is a great option if you don’t feel comfortable hosting your mobile site yourself. And the best part is, MoFuse supports both traditional mobile phones, and the iPhone, which is really cool. Continue Reading

Search is an important part of any website, and a lacking search functionality will mean that your visitors won’t find what they’re looking for, never a good thing. If you’re a WordPress user, you know what it is like, because WordPress, like so many other online publishing platforms, just can’t be as good as Google is. However, there are solutions. You can swap your search solution with something else, be it Google Co-Op, or Lijit. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at Lijit, which will let you search across several sites, as well as multiple social webapps out there.

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