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Brendon Sinclair posted a nice little post about how to get brilliant keyword research.

He mentions that a very easy way to get effective keyword research is to use Google AdWords and do a test run on keywords that you have in mind.

A run as short as 24-48 hours will give you a very good idea on the number of searches done on your keywords. Not only that, but AdWords stats will show you how often your ad was shown and also how many people clicked on it.

Although the AdWords test run idea is not entirely new to the world of SEO, it’s a good nugget of info for those that are just learning or didn’t know.

Azer Koçulu has created an open source tool called Rainbow 9 that simplifies developing web interfaces. It provides an environment to execute and test Javascript, CSS and HTML; sharing and publishing the application.

Check out the demo or watch the video demo to see this editor in action.

Although I think it’s a novel approach I can’t say it’s a tool that I would use. How about you?

Aaron Wall made a post today stating that he doesn’t like .biz domain names. I can’t say that I’m a fan of them either, but I’m not sure about his reasoning.

The question posed was along the lines of switching from a .biz to a .com for better ranking. Aaron believes that a .biz extension could hurt your exposure because the .biz is geared toward business in general and therefore could cost you some links.

Now I’m in the same boat as Scott who points out the fact that .com is commercial. That was the whole basis for .org domains. So the “commercial = spam” can be applied in theory but not logic.

In all honesty though, who’s going to register a .biz domain if the .com is available? Not sure you’d have many takers there.

I think the question is more, “Should I try for a variation of a .com domain instead of choosing my desired domain in a .biz format?”

In that case the answer is a big YES!

I think a .biz vs. .com domain is most always going to come out with .com on top. Although I’m not so sure it has to do with the extension itself but the perspective built into web surfers. A domain with a .com is seen instinctively as more authoritative than a .biz.

If you are going to register a domain and you have to choose from your desired domain in a .biz format or a variation in a .com format; make the smart choice and go .com.