SEO Tools and Resources
Search Engine Optimization ("SEO") Resources & Tools
The following is a directory of recommended on-line search engine optimization ("SEO") tools and resources. These SEO tools and resources consist of both free and paid services that we recommend and will help you learn more about search engine optimization ("SEO") and search engine marketing ("SEM").
No list can ever be complete and we are always on the look out for additional SEO tools & resources. If you know of any on-line tools or resources for search engine optimization please use the "Contact Us" form to send us any SEO resources or tools that you'd like to see added to this directory. Once we've reviewed them we'll add them to our list.
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The guide is organized into the following sections. Feel free to scroll through this page or click on the section headings to go directly to the a specific SEO tool section.
SEO Resources & Guides
- Search Engine Watch
- High Rankings - Discussion Forum
- Search Engine Forums - very high volume boards, sometimes hard to find the true nuggets
- SEO Forumz - A good place to find alternative opinions and information
- Virtual Promote
- Art of Business Web Site Promotion
- Webcom Guide - Publicizing Your Web Site
- Lipperhey.com - SEO Analysis Tool
Search Voyeur Sites
- MetaCrawler Metaspy
- CNET's Search.com "snoop"
- The Lycos 50
- Google's Keyword Tool
- Wordtracker
- Trellian Keyword Discovery Service
- Self SEO Keyword Suggestion Tool (Info from both Wordtracker & Overture)
- Keyword Research Tool (Search by either Keyword or Domain name)
- Google Insights for Search
- WordStream’s FREE Keyword Tool
Search Engine Ranking Tools
- LinkPopularity
- Nu Blue - Search Engine Satutration - number of pages indexed
- Self SEO - Number of Pages Indexed
- PositionAgent - no longer free, it is part of the tools offered by Submit it!
- WebPosition - some consider this controversial
- Digital Point - keyword tracker (free service)
- Check Rankings - Automated keyword tracker (free & paid services)
- Page Rank Comparison - Compare PR between sites for a specific search term
- Page Rank Look-up - Compare PR between specific pages
- Google Page Rank Report - Check PR for mulitple URLs at one time
- Sitening - SERP Tracker, SEO Analyzer & more
Site SEO Analysis Tools
- Xenu - Web Site Link Checker
- Dead-Links.com - Link Checker
- Nu Blue Link Suggestion Tool
- Search Engine Techniques Assistant
Search Engine Spider Emulators & More
- SEO-browser.com - free text only browser and more
- Crawler Simulation
- Keyword Density & Stopword, Noun and Verb Density Analyzer
- Marketleap Search Engine Marketing Tools - large collection of tools
- Search Engine Spider Simulator - Outstanding Tool
- Link Checker & Link Text - Outstanding Tool
- Keyword Density Checker -Keyword Cloud Generator
- Search Engine Friendly Redirector Checker - Outstanding Tool
- Rank Checker - Mike's Marketing Tools
- Colins Internet - Code to Text Ratio Checker - Outstanding Tool
- StarGeek - Code to Text Ratio Checker - Outstanding Tool
- Keyword Density & Prominence- Ranks NL
- Robots.txt Validator- Search Engine World
- Robots.txt Generator- SEO Chat
- Free SEO Friendly 301 Redirection Service- 301url
E-mail Newsletters
- The Search Engine Report Newsletter
- WebPromote Weekly
- Searchday- another SearchEngineWatch newsletter