Over the last few weeks, I have been working on a new site to make buying existing websites and domains easier. Tonight, I can proudly say that SiteViper 1.0 is now up and ready for action. I was spending a lot of time scanning forums that listed websites for sale. The process is terribly inefficient, and I am not a big fan of the tools that are already out there to help aggregate listings.

So why is SiteViper worth using?

• SiteViper aggregates for sale listings from around the web so that you don’t have to spend time wading through forums. Listings are refreshed every 15 minutes, so you will not miss anything.
• You can subscribe via RSS.
• You can search and set up RSS or email alerts for new listings matching your criteria. This feature is invaluable when you are looking for a site or domain that matches a specific niche.
• Listings are grouped into categories so you can view just sites or just domains for sale.

I plan on making a series of improvements to the site over the next few weeks. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at paul@monetizetraffic.com.

Over the past few weeks, I have come across a couple tools that have helped me to really crank out my latest project. I can’t emphasize how much time these have saved me.

Open Source Web Design Templates – From elementary school on, I have been pretty much a failure at anything that involves an artistic sense. Open source templates are free, and I have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of some of the designs. After muddling through a number of template sites, my favorites are FreeCSSTemplates.org, OpenDesigns.org, OpenWebDesign.org, and OSWD.org. It may take some time to find a good design, but it is well worth it.

Firebug – I usually waste a ton of time screwing around with div’s and other CSS minutiae. For this project, I used the Firebug plugin for Firefox, and it was a great help. Firebug will let you highlight specific elements of your CSS code so that you can see what is really going on with your code. The plugin also lets you dissect javascript and look under the hood at load time of specific elements. If you are very hardcore about load times, you should check out the Yslow enhancement for Firebug.

These tools have been great for me, and hopefully they can help you out too.