Search Engine Optimization Tools

As a search engine optimiser (SEO) you definitely require a set of tools that display your ranking in various search engines, generate keyword, analyse backlinks, etc. Listed below are the various free tools that are available on the net for SEO.

Ranking in various search engines:

http://www.googlerankings.com/

In order to use this tool you need to register with Google and get an API key. This tool enables users to check the rank of your web site for a certain key word with Google, Yahoo and Msn.

I was able to get a high ranking of 16 for my site for the key words “software complexity”.

Keyword Suggestions/Density Checker:

Though most search engines do not consider the keywords anymore for better ranking, its better to have appropriate keywords in your sites. These tools can help you in deciding keywords.

http://googlerankings.com/ultimate_seo_tool.php
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Though these tool are good it would have been better if it could narrow down the keywords rather that giving a big list for us to choose from.

Other tools:

These are other third party tools that are available for free on these sites
http://www.webconfs.com/
http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/
http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/seo-tools.html

Though these sites provide free tools using Google’s API, I consider most of the functionality provided by these tools to be redundant.

Google’s Alert:

One other good tool that might help webmaster to get more backlinks to their sites is to register with Google alert. With this alerting facility you can easily build more backlinks. Click here to register http://www.google.com/alerts