{"id":176,"date":"2008-10-08T21:47:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T02:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2008-10-08T21:47:59","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T02:47:59","slug":"seo-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/seo-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO &#8211; free search engine optimization tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all want to boost our rankings in search engines. Fortunately, there are a lot of tools out there to help us achieve that goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keyword suggestion tools (tell you how often people search for your keyword &#8211; and how often they search for similar keywords):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wordtracker&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/freekeywords.wordtracker.com\/gtrends\/\">free keyword suggestion tool<\/a>. Click on the little chart icon (after you do a search) to find out how many sites are optimized for that word or phrase &#8211; and how much traffic a No. 1 ranking generates.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tools.seobook.com\/keyword-tools\/seobook\/\">SEOBook&#8217;s keyword suggestion tools.<\/a> Gives you a ton of info, including estimated search volumes on Google, Yahoo!, and MSN.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/adwords.google.com\/select\/TrafficEstimatorSandbox\">Google&#8217;s traffic estimator<\/a> tells you how your keywords will perform in Google search.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tools to test your site&#8217;s SEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.websitegrader.com\/\">Website Grader<\/a> gives your site an overall SEO score.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/term-target\">Term target<\/a> helps determine how well targeted your site is for certain words.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyworddensity.com\/\">Keyword Density Analyzer<\/a> shows how often keywords appear on your page &#8211; vs. how often they compare to your competitor&#8217;s page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Want more info? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here&#8217;s a list of <a href=\"http:\/\/seo.alltop.com\/\">SEO blogs from alltop<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Think you know all there is to know about SEO? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/seo-expert-quiz\">Take this quiz.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/ugc\/21offpage-seo-strategies-to-build-your-online-reputation\">21 ways to boost your SEO<\/a> away from your site.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/tools\">Seomoz has a wealth of tools<\/a>. So does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seo.com\/resources\/\">seo.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Maybe you&#8217;d rather <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn1.ustream.tv\/swf\/4\/viewer.31.swf?vid=757898\">watch a video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Oh, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compete.com\/\">compete.com<\/a> has a lot of great tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are there other SEO tools you find valuable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all want to boost our rankings in search engines. Fortunately, there are a lot of tools out there to help us achieve that goal. Keyword suggestion tools (tell you how often people search for your keyword &#8211; and how often they search for similar keywords): Wordtracker&#8217;s free keyword suggestion tool. 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