While Search engine optimization is the process of increasing a website visibility on search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo etc and the process of optimization a website can be tedious but exciting. If you are optimizing a website which contains very few pages or targeting a few.
If you are optimizing a website which contains very few pages or targeting a few keyword, you might be able to do so manually but when you have hundreds of pages and keywords ranging from nine keywords , you want to complete your tasks on time. Coupled with other tasks of relationship building to for
Coupled with other tasks of relationship building to for link building you need tools that can make your work easier.
List of SEO tools
Numerous SEO tools are available. Ranging from auditing tools, reporting, and tools for Keyword Research, link building and outreach the list of SEO tools that are free and easy to use are unlimited.
Here is a list of Search Engine Optimization tools that I have found interesting to use.
Google keyword planner:
The Google Keyword Planner was an upgrade of the old Google keyword tool which has been retired. This tool is great when researching keyword for your website. The Google Keyword planner also helps you target
The Google Keyword planner also helps you target keywords that you can use to run Pay per Click campaign. Why most people love this tool is because it’s free and from Google. Most of other keyword research tools are derivatives of this keyword tool.
Google Analytic:
The Google Analytic is a tool that collects statistics about your website and gives you detailed analysis. Some of the statistics it’s analysis includes things like where your traffic source is, bounce rate, geographical location of your audience and how the individual pages of your website perform. Without metrics, how do you measure? That is where the Google analytic tool comes in.
Google Webmaster tools:
The Google webmaster tools allow is a great tool for optimizing your website and measuring the amount of backlinks your website has. Among some of the information you get to see are details your linking profile, index ability of your website and also reports if there are any security issues with your website. The drawback to this tool is that it takes a long time for Google to provide information about backlinks to
The drawback to this tool is that it takes a long time for Google to provide information about backlinks to webmaster and recently, a post was sent out to enables user suggest improvements they want to see in the Google webmaster tools.
As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
The drawback to this tool is that it takes a long time for Google to provide information about backlinks to webmaster and recently, a post was sent out to enables user suggest improvements they want to see in the Google webmaster tools. As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
Among some of the information you get to see are details your linking profile, indexability of your website and also reports if there is any security issues with your website. The drawback to this tool is that it takes a long time for Google to provide information about backlinks to webmaster and recently, a post was sent out to enables user suggest improvements they want to see in the Google webmaster tools. As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
The drawback to this tool is that it takes a long time for Google to provide information about backlinks to webmaster and recently, a post was sent out to enables user suggest improvements they want to see in the Google webmaster tools.
As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
The drawback to this tool is that it takes a long time for Google to provide information about backlinks to webmaster and recently, a post was sent out to enables users suggest improvements they want to see in the Google webmaster tools. As I was writing this post, a friend of mine called to tell me his website has been hacked and he was able to know when he viewed his Google webmaster report.
Market samurai:
Market samurai is a great keyword research tool. But its use is not limited to keyword research. With the paid version, you get to use it to measure ranking, check domain names that you can buy. I have found its SEO competition module very useful. In the SEO competition module, you can the website that are ranking high for a keyword and check their SEO metrics to see where they are lacking and how you can improve it when targeting the same keyword. This is my best keyword research tool. The limitation it has is that it is a desktop version.
In the SEO competition module, you can the website that are ranking high for a keyword and check their SEO metrics to see where they are lacking and how you can improve it when targeting the same keyword. This is my best keyword research tool. The limitation it has is that it is a desktop version.
I have found its SEO competition module very useful. In the SEO competition module, you can the website that are ranking high for a keyword and check their SEO metrics to see where they are lacking and how you can improve it when targeting the same keyword. This is my best keyword research tool. The limitation it has is that it is a desktop version.
Sheerseo:
Sheerseo is a great SEO tool that helps you measure your keyword ranking over time, does a keyword page analysis for each keyword and suggest ways you can improve the keyword optimization for each page you targeting per keyword. Depending on your subscription level, you also a list of directories you can submit your website to and you can also carry out blogger outreach. If you are just starting out on optimizing your website, it can be a good way to give your website a boost to help you identify good directory.
Depending on your subscription level, you also a list of directories you can submit your website to and you can also carry out blogger outreach. If you are just starting out on optimizing your website, it can be a good way to give your website a boost to help you identify good directory.
Depending on your subscription level, you also a list of directories you can submit your website to and you can also carry out blogger outreach. If you are just starting out on optimizing your website, it can be a good way to give your website a boost to help you identify good directory.
Opensiteexplorer:
Opensiteexplorer is one the greatest tool from Moz. The Opensiteexplorer helps you analyse your backlink profile. It also has a lot of metrics which includes website Authority, Page link metric and Page social metrics. One of the best features of this tool is the “Just-Discovered” tab which shows you the number of newly discovered backlinks to your website.
SEMrush:
SEMrush is a great tool for analyzing your competitors to see what keyword they are targeting in both their organic campaign and also their PPC campaign. If you use this tool for checking your campaign, you also get information about advertising positions for
If you use this tool for checking your campaign, you also get information about advertising positions for domain name, ads text. You can use it to also analyze your backlinks or the backlinks of your competitors.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of Search Engine Marketing tools. Each of these tools has its own advantage and disadvantage. What is great about this tools is that it’s very good when you want to have a brief overview of what goes on with your website or when you just starting out your SEO.
These few tools above were the ones that help me get my footings in the SEO industry. I still use them on a regular basis and they can make very complex task seems easy to carry out. Take a try of any one of them and tell us what you like or don’t like about it.
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