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Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

By justin james November 28, 2011, 1:13 AM PST

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Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

Introduction

Introduction

ntThe work of search engine optimization (SEO) used to require manual labor, handcrafted Excel spreadsheets, and homebrewed systems. Now, there are a number of tools out there to make it easy to perform SEO. Whether you are a specialist or a Webmaster looking to give your site a boost, these five tools will help you with your SEO efforts.

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Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

Raven's SEO Tools

Raven's SEO Tools

ntRaven has a full line of SEO tools that are well regarded within the industry. One of the really nice features is that the tools allow very fine-grained permissions and you can add your own logos and even use your own domain names to get to them. This lets you provide a smooth experience to your own users and clients if you are a third-party firm.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

Raven's SEO Tools

Raven's SEO Tools

ntThe tools also incorporate data from a few of the other tools listed here (like Google Analytics and SEMRush) to give you a comprehensive view of your SEO progress.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

Google Analytics

Google Analytics

ntIf you can’t relate your ad and SEO campaigns to actual traffic and conversations, it is hard to prove the effectiveness of what you are doing. Google Analytics is an excellent tool for the task.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

Google Analytics

Google Analytics

ntWhile there are plenty of other options in the Web analytics arena, Google Analytics is free, of high quality, and easy to use.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

Google Minify

Google Minify

ntMore and more, search engines are taking metrics like page load speeds into account when ranking sites. In addition, their crawlers limit the time spent on any given site, so making your site faster is important. Google’s Minify tool helps shrink your CSS and JavaScript files to help your pages’ load speeds drop.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

Google Minify

Google Minify

ntAs a bonus, faster page loading provides a big performance boost for users too, especially mobile users.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

SEMRush

SEMRush

ntSEMRush is a tool specific for keyword research. It lets you analyze your own keyword performance and take a look at your competitors, too. It looks at both paid and organic search results and lets you discover what keywords you may need to consider in your marketing efforts.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

SEMRush

SEMRush

ntThere are also tools to export data to common formats, and an API as well, allowing you to easily integrate it with other tools.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

SEOBook's SEO Toolbar

SEOBook's SEO Toolbar

ntSEOBook makes a tool called the SEO Toolbar, which plugs directly into the Firefox Web browser to give you a wealth of SEO data available on any page with a simple click.

Top tools for meeting the SEO challenge

SEOBook's SEO Toolbar

SEOBook's SEO Toolbar

ntWhile the information is available elsewhere, the SEO Toolbar makes it easy to access all in one place. So you don’t have to load an URL into another tool just to get one nugget of data. This makes it useful for spot checks on your own site or on a competitor’s site.

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