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Free Online SEO ToolsArif Hanid For anyone wanting to do a bit of their own Search Engine Optimisation, there is an abundance of free online SEO tools available on the internet. Most of them provide some pretty impressive statistics and information to help you optimise your website, analyse search engine positions, research your competitors, plus much more! There are two ways these free online SEO tools can be used: 1 For those who are new to the area of search engine optimisation, these tools provide excellent insight on how a website is performing and ranking. They can quickly highlight issues and trends with their current website and provide a good insight as to where optimisation work is necessary. 2 For the more experienced search engine optimisers amongst us, these tools will act as a complement to the more specialised SEO tools, like WebPosition Gold or SpyderOpts. They can even be used to supplement an SEO’s internal knowledge base and experience. Here is a selection of some choice tools for both the novice and the experienced search engine optimisers: Keyword Research Tool http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-research-tool.shtml This helps to research appropriate words and phrases to include in your webpages body text to aid promotion. It’s simple and to use and requires the user to enter the sort of word of phrase you wish to be found under, the tool will then suggest some additional words and phrases you can think about using. One of the great things about this tool is that it gives you the option to select from a range of top search engines, e.g. Google, Yahoo, MSN, Teoma, etc. Keyword Analyser Tool http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-analysis-tool.shtml This tool reads the body of the page you specify and gives a report on what words are used, and how many times they are used. This is a valuable tool as most engines will rank your site depending on your keyword density which typically ranges between 3% and 9%. Search Engine Position Checker Tool http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/search-engine-position-checker.shtml This tool checks whether your website appears in the first fifty results in major search engines for your chosen keyword or phrase. If the URL is present, it will output what position it occupies. As an additional feature, the tool also informs you if any other URLs from your domain appear in the search results. Link Popularity Tool http://www.instantposition.com/link_popularity_check.cfm This tool measures the total number of links or "votes" that a search engine has found for your website. This is a pretty cool tool because as well as tabulated data it also produces a nice graph of the resulting data. One final key element of this tool is its ability to compare your website to your competitors to help you with your overall marketing strategy. Meta Tag Generator http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/meta-tag-generator.shtml This automatically generates a Meta Keyword tag by reading the page you specify, removing common words from it, and picking the most used words on the page. Extra weight is given to words in a heading tag etc. Search Term Suggestion Tool http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ Displays how many times a certain keyword was searched for at Overture.com. Shows all related searches for the entered keyword. A good measure to use in determining frequency of search among related keyword phrases Search Engine Optimisation Tool http://www.instantposition.com/seo_doctor.cfm A very impressive tool that tests the performance of a web site, by analysing a page on the important elements of web page creation, such as its title and content. It then scores the page against given criteria for the top search engines, followed by some valuable SEO advice to improve overall ranking. The report produced is well laid out and easy to follow for anyone doing their own optimisation. A freebie tool that works better than many costly SEO tools I know! The area of online SEO tools is an exciting area of growth as SEO developers come up with more and more tools to represent website positions on the internet. No doubt we will be revisiting this area again…
| | | | RELATED ARTICLES Get High Quality Traffic by Writing Articles One of the best ways to promote your website is by writing articles that you can post in e-zines, and sites that provide free content to e-zine publishers. This will help you develop credibility and, with time, build a solid customer base. There are a few things to take into account to maximize the effectiveness of this sometimes overlooked marketing technique: Steal Traffic From Your Competitors This interesting idea is likely to drive your competitors nuts. It is published purely for its entertainment value. Link Building: To Link or Not to Link, That is the Question Lately, there have been a lot of heated discussions regarding link building. Is it ethical to create a link building campaign Does Google or any other search engine penalize for “link farms” a bunch of non-related links created for the SOLE purpose of increasing search engine ratings Is the “link building era” over The Power of Link Popularity Getting quality links to your site from related web resources can be very difficult. It is a time consuming process and requires careful research. There are two ways to build your link popularity; 1 Make your site attractive to webmasters or 2 go out and hunt them down your self. Is An Online Business For You Do you recognize yourself in this There Should Be More to your SEO Consultant Than Rankings Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions in SEO is that ranking at Google and Yahoo is all that counts in search engine optimization. Potential clients come to me with a single goal: "Get me a top-ten ranking at Google." Some will also mention MSN, and a few will rhyme off a list of search engines and want to rank well at the top 200 of them. How to Make Your Site Attractive to Potential Link Partners Every now and then, I receive a link exchange request from someone who wants a link from my directory my high-ranking directory directly accessible from the index page, and in exchange, theyre willing to link to my page from one of their zillions of link pages about 18 jumps away from the home page.Needless to say, the proffered page has a Google PageRank of 0, and chances are its not even indexed by any search engines. What is the Google Dance As with any good web developer, the ability to time the changes Google will update your website and refresh the content for better SEO Search Engine Optimization is in your favor. Welcome to the world of “Google Dance”. The Google Dance is simply that the predetermination of when the actual update will commence. Breathe New Life Into Your Half-Dead Website By Using Words That Sell This article may come as a surprise to you. Google Finally Dropped The Bombshell On Affiliate Marketers Google finally dropped the bombshell on affiliate marketers. Their was a lot of speculation in the affiliate marketing community if they would actually go through with it. Well, they finally did. How To Test The Body Of Your Sales Copy For Weaknesses Your sales copy is the life source of your business. If your sales copy isnt pulling in a decent conservation rate, then your business is suffering. Learn How To Use These Six Explosive Marketing Techniques To Explode Your Website With Traffic Learn How To Use These Six Explosive Marketing Techniques To Explode Your Website With Traffic Ten Steps To A Well Optimized Website - Step 8: Link Building Welcome to part eight in this search engine positioning series. Last week we discussed website submissions. In part eight we will be covering the importance of link building and developing inbound links to your website. Networking Know How Networking, even to a seasoned professional, can seem intimidating or scary at times. The reason for this is due to the fact, that networking can be positive or negative! We dont often think of "negative" networking. Not knowing what constitutes the difference between the two makes it easy to network in a negative manner. The 2 Best-Kept Secrets Of The Internet Its a difficult creating a website that brings you business. Its full-time job where things seem easy at first but as soon as you start to explore the possibilities and appreciate the complexity of the task at hand it can soon start taking up ever increasing amounts of your time. There is a plethora of people out there offering you conflicting advice and its often difficult to know what to focus on. Is Your Websites Link Directory Even Worth Having A reciprocal link directory if a vital part of having a good Google page rank. However there are ways to make it a useful and important part ofyour website for reasons other than a high ranking in the Googledirectory. Make The Search Engines Love Your Site Most webmasters have no idea on how to make a search engine friendly web site. If you are one of them this will all change by following these steps below. Congratulations! You’ve Gotten Visitors to your Site! Now, can they find what theyre looking for As search engine marketers, we spend an enormous amount of time trying to get targeted traffic to our site. But, once those visitors get to our site, can they find what theyre looking for If not, guess what Weve lost a customer. Marketing Articles: Getting A Better Search Engine Rank For All Of Your Pages! In one of my articles, I discussed how to market your web site link twice. It detailed out how to promote not only www.yoursite.com but how you should also promote your site without the www., like this: http://yoursite.com. Are You Guilty of Stinkin’ Linkin’ Thinkin’ Do you know what kind of sites are suitable link partners for your site |
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