Xtra's new ad campaign heralds faster cheaper internet - coming soon!

Translation: Currently New Zealand has slow and expensive Internet.

Wouldn't it be nice if they just made the change without trying to spin it.

Some SEO tools that are worth a look ...

Cool SEO Tool
Type in your site and a search phrase and get a comparison on a number of useful factors.

NicheBot
Keyword research tool.

Google Ranking Factors
Cheat sheet of factors that are supposed to influence Google rankings. No information on weighting of factors. This information changes over time - so check the date of the last update.

Also interesting ...
Rollyo
"Roll your own search engine" - personalised search tool. Create lists of relevant sites to search.

Ted from AllSunnyvale.com sent me this link:

Yahoo Lays Out Welcome Mat For PHP Devs

Yahoo PHP Developer Center has some good information on integration with their web services and general links to PHP resources.

Evidently Yahoo employs Rasmus Lerdorf, the original creator of PHP.