Search Engine Optimization Tools
Well, I bet many of you have been trying to find tools to help you in optimizing your website for search engines. So I thought I would throw together an article with a list of really useful tools (and of course ill give you a link to their websites so you can download them to!)
Keyword Suggestion Tool
This tool shows you the results from wordtracker (that online program that charges you to find "good keywords") and results from overture. Great tool plus its free... (http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/)
Backlink Tracker
For this tool you have to sign up for it.. Wait... don't run away yet.. its 100% free. Great tool for checking on who is linking to your website. (http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/backlinks/)
Cheap Domain Names
Woa... your probably wondering how this got thrown in to Search Engine Optimization Tools? Well when you optimize your website for search engines it is always good to have multiple domains, and have domains that have your keyword in it. So NameCheap offers domains for really cheap (thus the name). Price currently is at $8.88 (as of 07-04-2004 price may be different if the date you are reading this is somewhere distant from the date it was published). (http://www.namecheap.com/)
Site Report Card
Now this website has multiple tools built into one. You can run website analysis, optimization, and promotion reports. They give many reports on stuff like broken links, misspelled words, site popularity, keyword analysis, and much more. (http://sitereportcard.com/)
Google Monitor
This is an awesome tool... Especially if you just created a website and published it to Google. This will search your keyword and find what position you are on google for that keyword so you dont have to manually go in and search hundreds and hundreds of pages. (http://www.cleverstat.com/google-monitor-query.htm)
Website Analyzer
Have you ever paid someone to optimize your site for the web? (Search Engine Optimization) Well this tool is basically what a majority those "experts" use. (http://www.gorank.com/analyze.php)
Link Popularity Checker
Check how popular your website is with MarketLeap's tool. (http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/default.htm#)
Note: I am giving away tons of resources in this article, these may help you, and they may not. These are tools that a lot fo the "experts" use to market your website. Keep in mind that they charge you and use these tools because they know what they are doing and have experience in many fields while using these tools, plus other resources they may have.
Optimize With Search Engine Tools
These tools are a great help in managing your Search Engine listings , making your life easier. They can raise your positioning automatically , keep a ranking, let you know about your listings and more.
CompareYourClicks
CompareYourClicks is a very handy tool that allows you to search for any keyword and see what the top 5 bids are on several pay per click search engines for that keyword. Very handy and useful.
Search Engine Software
EngineReady is offering software to help you get what you need done, quickly and easily.
Good Keywords Professional : Research and find out which keywords you should be using for your pay per click search engine or search engine optimization campaign.
TopDog Analyzer/Submitter : Submit your web pages and study you or your competitors rankings. .
PPCVIP
The Pay Per Click V.I.P. card is a good way to start adveritising on many pay per click search engines at once. Start with over $2,000 worth of click throughs.
KeywordGold
Keyword Gold Card is the largest and longest running pay per click submission service offering over $3,500 in credit at more than 110 pay per click search engines. It will also upload your title, description, keywords and bid amount to the majority of those pay per click search engines.
Search-Network
Search-Network is offering over $2,000 in advertising accounts at pay per click search engines for $29.95.
AmazingSubmit
AmazingSubmit offer a full range of cheap search engine optimization and submission services. Get your site listed and ranking well in all the major search engines with AmazingSubmit.
WordTracker
WordTracker is a tool that helps you do keyword planning for your site or pay per click campaign. It has new agreements with Metacrawler and Dogpile so that WordTracker will now provide its users with 350 million keywords per month.
Top-10
Top-10 gives you a Visibility Report service. It's free and it will show you if your site ranks in the top listings of the 18 major search engines. A time saving tool that can show you where your website promotion needs to be strengthened.
The Mother of all Search Engine Reference Books II
Pandecta Magazine have re-released their book and called it "The Mother of all Search Engine Reference Books II." It is still a free download and a good resource for finding information on all search engine topics.
Search Rank Watch
EchoEcho's search rank watch tool allows you to check where you are ranked in 10 popular search engines.
Softnik's Domain Name Analyzer
Improve your search engine ranking with a domain name that attracts targeted traffic. Softnik's free web tool, Domain Name Analyzer makes the task of finding the right domain for your site less daunting. Enter your keywords and DNA will search for possible combinations, examining all top-level domains. The analyzer then checks to see which possibilities are still available. To help you make the right decision and ensure you're not using registered characters, it looks up US trademarks and patents automatically. (http://www.freesoftware.org/net/dna.shtm)
KeywordCount
KeywordCount is a real-time keyword frequency analyzer. It allows you to compare the keyword frequency of two sites.
AllSearchEngines
AllSearchEngines is a comprehensive listing of all major search engines, specialized search engines and web directories.
Targeted Traffic From Search Engines
BruceClay
Search engine tactics and tips as well as common-sense answers that most people neglect to mention in search engine optimization sites. Bruce insists on having good content on your site and preparing it thoroughly before submitting to search engines. This is a top ranking site on most search engines. Bruce knows what he's talking about.
SearchEngines
SearchEngines is a comprehensive resource center for both web searchers and webmasters. It provides tools and techniques for search engine optimization, submission and maintenance. It also has an extensive list of search engines and directories as well as tips for effective searching. It constantly refreshes its content to keep up with the latest trends and technologies.
Fantomaster
Fantomaster is a site dedicated to helping people with all things search engine. There is heaps of information regarding search engine positioning and cloaking.
SearchEngineWatch
Essential tips and insider information about search engines and directories from Danny Sullivan. 'Spotlight' section on news from search engines and directories. Reviews, ratings and tests section - tests search engines for various abilities, advantages, common factors and compares them to each other. This site is definitely worth a look. There's a helpful page of links to search engine resources.
SelfPromotion
Robert Woodhead's site SelfPromotion is loaded with helpful tips on getting good search engine rankings. There are links to Robert's articles that are packed with information on keywords and useful tags. There's a great section on getting listed in Yahoo! and a submission tutorial you can take. If you decide you want to purchase tools, you pay what you think they're worth.
VirtualPROMOTE
This site is the ultimate resource for webmasters. Jim Wilson's VirtualPROMOTE will expand your knowledge with simple tools and articles. It's full of links to other great resources on the Internet. Take a look at the JimTools section for linking, positioning, keyword tools and more. Jim's guest tutorials are written by industry leaders to give you the edge in your field. Jim has a great weekly Gazette that's full of information about Internet marketing and promotion.
Submit-It
Heaps of helpful information about what search engines are, what they do, what differentiates them from directories. All the information about different search engines has been collected for you. You can compare the different indexing of the top search engines. Large amounts information on submitting to Yahoo!. http://www.submit-it.com/subopt.htm
Deadlock
It's unashamedly full of promotional links but this site is packed full of great information that covers all the aspects of search engine submission and optimization. Jim Rhodes gives the insider tips of the professionals, clear instructions and easy to understand information that can take you step-by-step through the process of preparing and optimizing for search engines. He covers all the things you need to know before submitting, how to optimize your site and how the search engines work. Jim has a FAQ page for quick reference and a good spam-free message board for your questions. http://www.deadlock.com/promote/
Websales
Which search engines have partnerships? Does linking at one help you get into another? This site is crammed full of tips and tricks to get your site ranked highly. There are several articles that will interest search engine submitters. Includes tactics for using spiders to your advantage and evading the bad ones. You'll discover how to use search queries to reach and define your target audience. There's a lot to take in here, so make sure you have time to take a good look around.
Globalserve.net
Globalserve.net has a search engine submission tutorial and lots of good resources for optimizing your site for the search engines and directories. There are many good links to articles and sites.
Bizweb2000
Learn from Jim Daniels' experience with search engines and Internet promotion. Jim addresses search engine optimization by link popularity, as well as other aspects of promotion that include search engines. Freeware downloads and trial versions of software.
Supersoft-Solutions
Supersoft-solutions offers you an effective position checker, URL submission, meta tag generator. There's a source of marketing news and information where you can find tips and secrets that have helped others to succeed. Their Web Based Articles On Search Engines page is full of good content from some search engine optimization industry leaders. This news page links to helpful information, some of which is up-to-the-minute with the latest news from search engines.
DigitalAgeMarketing
Here's a short page that you can visit once a week to get a gem of information about submitting to search engines. With a different tip every week, you're bound to find some new and useful hints to make your site rank higher.
Globalnet
Globalnet offers a free promotion tips newsletter as well as free downloads to help you drive traffic to your website. The Globalnet Web Position Analyzer will optimize your keywords and improve your search engine ranking. The Globalnet Promotion Spider will list your web pages and keywords on all of the major search engines and popular links pages.
Brian Coryat
Brian Coryat gives a guest tutorial at virtualpromote, on one of the valuable pages of this site. Here are his tips for optimizing for search engines. Brian has been working in search engine optimization longer than anyone on the Internet, he claims to have the first such business, so you can be assured he knows his stuff.
SearchEngineWorld
SearchEngineWorld is a great source of articles and information about all things related to search engines. It has tips, tricks, news, meta tag information and more.
GoTo
If you're searching for help about having the top listing at GoTo, here's the place to start. Take a look around all the pages GoTo has to offer. These pages were designed to save time, both for you and for GoTo. You can also relate these helpful tips to any search engine submission. GoTo tells you how to create a listing using relevant terms, so that your listing will get targeted traffic. http://www.goto.com/
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