Domains
Directnic - Domain registration with low prices and excellent service. Info-me.net's members continue to have good luck with this Domain Registrar located in New Orleans, LA.
DomainBank - Useful for finding out who your original Domain Registrar is for a domain name, in the event you have forgotten.
Rob's Search Enginez - Select Resources for Serious Searchers - Foreign Domains - A good list of Foreign Domain registrars and info on getting them.
3LA.org - Three Letter Acronynms - do you have a Three Letter Acronym for your website? Check them out here...
DNS
Dnsreport.com - This site will provide you with a DNS report for your domain. A very large percentage of domains have DNS problems; this site will help you find those problems and fix them. Also, the "Mail Test" tool will help find mail delivery problems for your domain.
Dnsstuff.com - Many DNS tools, like Whois, Spam Database Lookup, and even a decimal IP convertor.
Web Design / Webmaster
A List Apart - For People Who Make Websites - An interesting site with excellent advice for web designers.
Webmaster World Forums - A great place for webmasters to discuss technical and business issues
Yaromat's Dreamweaver Extensions - Yaromat's Dreamweaver Extensions are fantastic! Many of them are free.
Robots.txt Tutorial - Search Engine World instructs in the basics of making your website robot-friendly and keeping them out of directories you don't want them to crawl.
The Web Machine - Tutorials covering the entire Adobe Collection of applications. Well illustrated tutorials, great for beginners.
Any Browser - See your how your HTML holds up in various browses on this site. Also has a nice Meta Tag Generator and Search Engine View.
Spam
Spam Abuse - Tips for regular users
Spam Hole The subhead on this site says "Two hour email addresses. No logins required. Spam dies here." Prevent spam from ever getting your precious email address by using disposable accounts.
ECM--Email Countermeasures Want to protect your public email address from website spiders that scour your site? This page offers three different approaches to protecting your email addresses from bots.
Hiveware Enkoder Form 6.0 Encode your email address links to avoid spam. Has a nice form to use.
Computer Bits: Tracking the Elusive Spammer How to file complaints to the appropriate parties by decoding the spam message header
Firewalls/Security
Firewall-net For the discussion of various firewalls and their configuration. Seems friendly to beginners.
Online Translation Services
Promt Company
- Translate text, www, email and WAP
Zapp
Media compedium of web translation links
Technical
Active FTP vs. Passive FTP, a Definitive Explanation
Books
IBiblio - the public's library and digital archive
Copyright
U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office
NOLO
Law for All - Trademarks and Copyrights
U.S. Copyright Office
General
Copyright questions
Copyright
Basics: How to Create Your Work and Keep It, Too
Protect
Your Slogan
Free Resources
The Open Video Project - University of Carolina Chapel Hill's free video resource. A nice collection of historical and ephemeral videos of various lengths for download.