There are several online tools you can use for SEO. SEO tools are provided to help increase to visibility and popularity of your website as well as increase the PageRank. Be sure to browse around the internet for free tools before spending any cash. Let’s take a look at a few of these freebies:
Google PageRank Checker
People working in SEO are interested in PageRank, because they can use PageRank as a measure to the results of their optimization for a client. The typical way to measure it is to use he Google Toolbar that shows a page current PageRank. If you are not able to install such tools, online tools are available, one example is the Google PageRank Checker from prchecker.info
Wordtracker.com - provides search results
Free Keyword Suggestion Tool from Wordtracker. Primarily Wordtracker offers subscription plans to their online tools. Monthly subscriptions starts at $59. They offer a Full Money Back Guarantee.
Keyword list combinator
Sometimes you want to cover a lot of different keyword combinations, in example when buying adwords. There are plenty of online tools for combining keywords to get a long list, so you dont have to do it manually. One example is SEOPartner.com who offers a tool for combining keywords. Another one is found at related-pages.com
Broken Links Checker
Broken links (both internal and external) is bad for your search- and user-centered quality. Make sure you use some tool for this. W3C has a link checker for this. W3C Broken Link Checker
Page Optimization Scales and Domain Stats
A lot of SEO-tools find online is measurements on how you rank in comparision to your competition. This is one of the most interesting scales you will use. Webconfs has a tool to use for Domain Stats.
Google Webmaster Tools
Add your site to Google Webmaster Tool and track your position on Google, all links to and from your page. This is a must-have-online-seo-tool.
Site Comparision and Analysis Tools
Use Alexa.com or Compete.com to get a measure on how well your site is compared to the competition when it comes to traffic. This is a good tool to see the effects of your marketing or SEO-campaign efforts.
Google XML Sitemaps Tools
Google, Yahoo and MSN supports sitemap xml structures, which is one way to tell the bots about all your pages in your site, and with what frequency you are updating those pages. This is very good to have in order to help the bots to index your whole page without having to wait for the bots to crawl your site. XML-Sitemaps.com offers a solution for generating such xml-files online.
Add to this, hundreds of different tools online for Search Engine Optimization, just look at this listing of SEO-tools over att SEOChat.com. Now you know the tools! Start optimizing.
Also, be sure to use free links there are many ways to get free relevant links back to your site, they just take time and perseverance. Whether you contact site owners directly, create affiliations with relevant industry groups, or create and post articles on other sites - they’re all valuable additions to your SEO plan.
Please contact me with more free online tools for SEO that you use on a professional basis, and I will update this list with your links. Or make a comment below.
Happy optimizing!
Front-End Book is run and primarily written by Mattias Hising, an experienced Lead Developer from Uppsala, Sweden. I try to focus my efforts on Front-End related issues, as I find the problems to solve are more complex and interesting than the ones in traditional back-end development.