Free Search Engine Optimisation Tools
A list of free SEO tools:
Keyword related:
Overture Keyword Selector Tool
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
Wordtracker keyword tool – free trial
http://www.wordtracker.com/
Digital Point keyword suggestion tool - can search by country
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
SlowSEO keyword selector tool that shows cost per click information
http://www.slowseo.com/tools/keyword-selector-tool.php
Link related:
Web Build Pages Anchor text backlink checker
http://www.webuildpages.com/neat-o
and their Top 10 analysis tool
http://www.webuildpages.com/cool-seo-tool
Marketleap’s Link Popularity check, Search engine saturation and keyword verification tools
http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop
Sitemap creation tool
http://www.xml-sitemaps.com
Google webmaster tools - create a Google account to access these tools - shows diagnostics, statistcs, link report, keywords and submit your sitemap.
Google Analytics - Free web analytics with a Google Adwords account.
http://www.google.com
Google Toolbar –quickly and easily view page rank, keyword density and back links
http://toolbar.google.com
Assorted:
Submit express have a handy toolset including a page snooper
http://www.submitexpress.com/snooper
A load of seo tools including rank checkers for most search engines
http://www.searchenginegenie.com/seo-tools.htm
Bruce Clay has a free handy toolset including keyword activity, keyword density analyzer, competition research and link analysis. You can also get access to more tools by subscribing for free.
http://www.seotoolset.com/tools/free_tools.html
Google Duel -
Good to compare two words, such as plural to see which will rank better.
http://www.googleduel.com/original.php
Screen Res comparison tool -
More of a web development tool but extremely useful
http://www.markhorrell.com/tools/browser.html
SEOChat keyword difficulty check
They also have a number of other tools available
http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/keyword-difficulty
W3C Markup Validation Service, a free service that checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards
http://validator.w3.org
Domain age checker- Allows you to check multiple domains at a time
http://www.webconfs.com/domain-age.php
Link Vendor have a nice tool that shows links on a website with information including linked page’s PR, whether it’s an external link and if the no follow tag has been used.
They also have a decent free tool set
http://www.linkvendor.com/seo-tools/visualpagerank.html
Webcomfs SEO friendly redirect check, they also have many more free tools:
http://www.webconfs.com/redirect-check.php
Firefox SEO plug ins:
These plugins display a toolbar with just about every thing you could wish for in one easy snap shot, including PR, backlinks, domain age, alexa rank, DMOZ inclusion, whois and much more.
SEOpen
http://seopen.com/firefox-extension/index.php
SEO for Firefox:
http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html
SEOQuake:
http://ff.seoquake.com/?sln=en
SEO Services:
Research: Selecting the best keywords
Keyword research should the first step in the Search Engine Optimisation process.
Search Engine Optimisation: On-Page Optimisation
The on-page factors to Optimising your site for the Search Engines.
Back Link Building, Link Baiting and Page Rank
How many quality back links does your web site have? And how to get more.
Pay Per Click: Search Engine Marketing explained
You can generate targeted traffic while waiting for your SEO to kick in?
Web Analytics: Measuring results for improvement
Fine tuning to maximize your return on investment.
SEO Resources:
Our favorite FREE SEO tools
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