As Jeremy Schoemaker pointed out on his blog Saturday, Google Trends now has web site traffic data!
And as he points out, more people have the Google Toolbar installed than all others (Alexa, Quantcast, Compete.com, etc.) combined probably.
This tool seemed a bit unimportant at first glance but then I thought that it might really be useful if you are looking for really good links!
If 2 or 3 of your competitors have a link from a site, well you need that link too!
This tool, the Common Backlinks Tool, allows you to enter up to 10 domains and get a list of the common backlinks for the sites.
The information does seem to slightly dated, but it’s very helpful after all!
If you are into backlinks (and you should be) this is a pretty cool tool - the Class Backlink Analyzer
I tried it on our site and it shows some insightful stuff about the links we have and the quality of them.
| According to their web site, “KeyCompete is the answer to this question. KeyCompete is an online keyword research tool that identifies the keywords your competitors are using in their pay-per-click campaigns. |
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KeyCompete also identifies the competition that is bidding on your keywords.”
From what I have heard from others this is not an outrageous claim at all. I spent some time experimenting with it this weekend and it actually does live up to the hype!
I especially like the frequency of updates they make. I looked into our own stuff and it was very accurate.
So check it out today!
Are you linking to bad sites that are ruining your SEO efforts?
The Bad Neighborhood Checker allows you to check your URL to see if you are linking to to “bad” sites that may hurt you with the search engines.
It is very easy to use and super quick, so check it out.
The Browser Screen Resolution Checker is a pretty sweet tool to check your site in different screen resolutions. Back in my webmaster days, I always had to mess with the screen resolution to check this and it was a royal pain!
This tool is very easy to use and you can quickly check your site in all the different resolutions.
Check it out here
If you are into trading links, this free tool is a good one!
It will allow you to check if your link partners are linking back, as well as more advanced features such as creating link pages, disabling broken links, etc.
There are paid tools like this one, but this will definitely do the trick, especially if you are just starting out.
Check it out here
Sorry we are a little late this week, but I hope it is worth the wait.
If you have been wanting to do an XML sitemap for your site, for submission to Google Site Maps or to add to your feeds on Feedburner or MyYahoo, or for whatever reason, this tool is so far the easiest and best tool around.
XML-Sitemaps.com pretty much makes it a snap to create a full XML file for your site to submit to wherever you wish!
It can also help you create an HTML sitemap, check for broken links, and more.
For more information about sitemaps and their value with SEO, we suggest visiting Google’s Webmaster Tools.
So, check them out…
| So far, SEOBOOK may just be the most informative, accurate, and easiest to navigate SEO site I have seen. |
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According to the site:
SEO Book.com is a leading SEO blog by Aaron Wall covering the search space. It offers marketing tips, search analysis, and whatever random rants come to mind.
The first version of my popular SEO Book came out in December of 2003. I have propably revised it about 50 times since then.
The site has so much information, you literally have to be careful not to overwhelm yourself.
What more can I say? Check it out.
Apparently ViewSourceWith has been around for a while but I did not know about it…
I am not much of a programmer or designer, but our tech guys and designers love this tool.
Essentiall it allows you to choose the editor that is used when you “View Source” on a Firefox page. You can also use several editors (such as Dreamweaver, HomeSite, or Frontpage) and toggle easily between them.
Stumbled upon this site on a forum but forget where…
I played around with it for almost an hour before I finally backed away from the computer.
The Grade A WebSite Tool is pretty cool.
Enter your URL and come keywords and it will give you a grade and some helpful information all in one place!
I found it to be helpful mostly for newbies to SEO but also to intermediates. Even one of our SEO experts found one thing to be pretty cool.
New to SEO or just need to know a certain unfamiliar term?
Check out SEO Glosssary
| Despite the semi-creepy images on their homepage, so far the best tool we have found for checking broken links is Xenu’s Link Sleuth.
According to their site Xenu’s Link Sleuth ™ checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. |
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It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.
Additional features:
I found this a while back but did not have the time to test it until recently. I found it to be one of the best tools for adding keywords to your PPC campaigns.
According to the Keyword Tumbler web site:
Keyword Tumbler is a free keyword research marketing tool that takes your existing keyword phrase and generates multiple variations of it, simply by mixing the words in each keyword phrase around.
Why would you want to do this?
Well according to Amit Singhal, principal scientist at Google, a guy who really should know what he’s talking about, over 50% of the 200 million searches performed a day on Google have never been searched before!
And let’s not forget what Perry Marshall, author of the Definitive Guide to Google AdWords said at Carl Galletti’s Internet Marketing Superconference in June 2004: “Every combination of keywords that somebody could conceivably type in on Google is a market.”
Keyword Tumbler helps you build huge keyword lists in seconds!
So check out the Keyword Tumbler and see for yourself!
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