If you're on an online marketer with a limited budget, then you're in luck. I've compiled a list of online or downloadable SEO tools that I recommend and use on a regular basis. Each of these tools has to do with the organic or "natural" search engine rankings of websites.
bharzter highlights some very helpful tools that should ease the workload for most SEO undertakings. Are there any you've used that Bill may not have talked about? Discuss at Aaron Wall's Link Popularity/Backlink Analyzer We Build Pages folks have available in their arsenal. There several good free online SEO tools and analyzers. The Neat-o Backlink Tool, like Aaron Wall's tool mentioned above, "checks your backlinks (only showing one backlink per URL that links to you) and shows the link text used to link to you." This tool is an online tool and doesn't require that you download it. The C Class Backlink Analyzer Tool, also by We Build Pages, is a tool that checks the IP addresses of links to a site. This is important because not all links are created equal-it's better to have fewer links from a lot of websites than a whole bunch of links from only one or two websites. A third tool by We Build Pages, the Top 10 Analysis Tool, will give you the "big picture" of the rankings for a search term. "Type in a search phrase and this tool will check the top 10 sites in Google and will then show you things such as how many pages are indexed for each site, backlinks, allinanchor rankings, keyword density, and much more." Run this tool to see how competitive a search term is and what might be required to rank well for that search term. URL Trends This online tool gives you a "big picture" and an overall analysis of a website. http://www.webrankinfo.com/english/tools/server-header.php http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers.asp IDServe is a free tool that I keep in my desktop. This lets you perform a quick server header check without having to open a web browser. Find more online SEO Tools There are several websites that list even more online SEO tools worth exploring. SEO Company maintains a great list of Seo Tools worth checking out at http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/seo-tools.html, and even has a few of his own online tools, including a Page Rank Checker, a tool to check Internal Page Rank, a tool to check Link Popularity, a tool to check Indexed Pages, a DMOZ Listing Checker, and a SERP Checker. More free online SEO tool lists are available at the following sites, as well: http://seo.zunch.com/free_seo_tools.htm http://www.globalpromoter.com/seo-tools/ Privacy Issues Many search marketers have expressed concerns about privacy issues when it comes to using online tools. When you use an online form and enter a URL or any other data, you're potentially giving that data to the website providing that online tool. So, be sure to check the site's privacy policy before you use the tool-or only use the online tools to check your competitors' search engine rankings. Bill Hartzer is the SEO Manager atSuggest a Correction
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