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Analyze backlinks from unique domains in an instant on MajesticSEO.com. They also feature a free bad-neighborhood checker which checks the backlinks on other domains hosted on the same server and a bulk backlink checker. Tools worked very well and quickly. The site also offers a pro version with which you can analyze competing domains, and also API services.

A clever commercial disguised as a fun YouTube video. A hunter shoots a bear. Of course we don’t want to shoot the bear, so you get to rewrite the story: kisses the bear? Watches TV with the bear? Fights the bear? How many outcomes are there?

On Swarmation you’re supposed to build a formation together with other players within a set amount of time. If you manage to create the given formation with other players you win points, if not, you lose points. It gets more challenging the more people are playing because the formations to be built become more complex. This game is surprisingly addictive, even if only a few people are playing.

Interested in what’s going with copyright laws, gaming laws and the first amendment when it comes to digital media and the internet? The Digital Media Lawyer Blog by David D. Johnson, a digital media lawyer, offers a wealth of articles on current and past lawsuits and other news and updates on internet and e-commerce law. Remember the news about gruesome photos of a dead girl being posted on the internet, or about a student putting up a defamatory MySpace page of his school’s principal? Here you can follow along and find out what the courts have decided. You’ll also find cases and news on the DMCA, internet gaming, cybersquatting, data security, internet decency and defamation and more.

If you’re trying to get an auction site up and running quickly, give Webid a try. It is still in beta stages, but is already a popular open-source auction solutions, written in PHP and customizable. Webid features an administration panel, quick install and setup, different themes and easy integration with PayPal and Authorize.Net.

Designing websites for the iPhone or any other mobile phone is very different from designing websites for a desktop. When you add to this that the new HTML5 standard, it becomes even more of a challenge to keep up. But there is at least one easy way to start learning about design and coding for the iPhone in HTML5 at Line25. The tutorial offers the basic steps for designing an interface using a HTML5 structure, and visual styling with some CSS3 effects.

The saying “if you need to ‘see’ something, look at something else” really holds true when it comes to design inspiration. Dan Lockton is now offering a new version of his free design kit ‘Design with Intent’. The kit includes “101 Patterns for Influencing Behaviour Through Design”, a set of 101 cards, “each illustrating a particular ‘gambit‘ for influencing people’s interactions with products, services, environments, and each other, via the design of systems.” They’re grouped into 8 easy to work with disciplines like ‘architecture’ with examples on what will bring about a behavioral change through design. You can download a corresponding worksheet with each card. Beautifully done!

(This tip was first seen on Mister Wong!)

Have you received a cease and desist notice asking you to take down content from your website, or stop engaging in an activity? Before you take action, inform yourself about your online rights at ChillingEffects.org. Chilling Effects aims to help you understand the protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to your online activities. While there are of course lawful claims, it seems that some individuals and corporations are using intellectual property and other laws to attempt to silence legitimate online activity for various reasons.

The website offers explanations of the law for people whose websites deal with topics such as Fan Fiction, Copyright, Domain Names and Trademarks, Anonymous Speech, and Defamation. It is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington School of Law, and Santa Clara University School of Law clinics. It allows you to submit your materials you have received (with personal info removed) which will then be posted on the site along with comments about its legal implications.

At the Google Code University (GCU) does not require registration and materials are free to use. It includes tutorials and courses on advanced topics, video lectures and exercises. Find courses like Intro to Distributed System Design, and HTML, CSS and Javascript from the Ground Up and lots of info on web security.

A compact cheat sheet on CSS structure and rules can be found at HTMLhelp.com. Find cascading rules, including author’s versus website readers stylesheet rules and specificity. It also has a quick run-down on pseudo-classes and pseudo elements and basic syntax rules like grouping of ID and class selectors and declarations and inheritance.