Free Tools For SEOs Without A Budget

Free Tools For SEOs Without A Budget

@DwayneHogan

Paid tools provide tons of data, amazing insights, and easy to use tools.

But, without a budget, you’ll have to look around for free options to get what you need.

“I'm not worried about that. I'm going to find a freakin way to get it.”Wil Reynolds – Link Love 2012

Keyword Research

(Other than the Google AdWords Keyword Tool)

UberSuggest

UberSuggest provides keyword ideas using Google Suggest and other suggest services. Keywords are presented in alphabetical order.

http://ubersuggest.org

SoovleAnother keyword tool that uses suggestion services

http://www.soovle.com

SEOQuake Keyword Density

The SEOQuake extension for Chrome and Firefox has a Keyword Density tool. Use this tool to scan competitor websites and see which keywords they are targeting.

http://www.seoquake.com

Rank Tracking

CuteRankCuteRank is a free rank tracker that automatically checks keyword SERP position in Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

http://cuterank.net

Rank CheckerRank Checker is a Firefox extension that allows you to quickly check keyword positions.

http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/rank-checker

Blogger RelationshipManagment

(for Gmail Users)

RapportiveRapportive is an add-on for Gmail users. It allows you to find out more about your contacts. You can see what they look like, where they are from, what social networks they use, and more.

https://rapportive.com

StreakStreak is another add on for Gmail that converts your current Gmail setup into a CRM. With Streak, you can schedule emails, set up follow-up reminders, and manage all of your blogger outreach.

For info on using Streak for guest posting, check out this article on SEOmoz. http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/guest-post-your-way-out-of-antartica

http://www.streak.com

BoomerangWith Boomerang, you can schedule reminders to follow up with a blogger who has not contacted you.

http://www.boomeranggmail.com

Site Audits

Xenu Link SleuthCrawl your website with Xenu and find broken links, slow loading pages/images, missing meta tags and image alt text, and problems with internal linking.

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

Learn 7 ways you can use Xenu Link Slueth.http://www.searchenginejournal.com/7-things-you-can-do-with-xenu-link-sleuth/7870/

Check My LinksThis Chrome extension will scan all of the links on a webpage and highlight any broken links.

To learn more about Check My Links, take a look at this review on SEOmozhttp://www.seomoz.org/blog/check-my-links-chrome-extension-a-link-builders-dream http://bit.ly/Xo7Was

SocialMediaManagement

BufferEasily share articles, photos and videos to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn throughout the day.

https://bufferapp.com

IFTTTIFTTT lets you create connections between social networks, RSS feeds, email, and more.

Use “recipes” to automatically perform social media actions. For example, you can automatically post “starred” Google Reader items to Buffer.

https://ifttt.com

BacklinkAnalysis

(You’ll have to use multiple free tools to get a complete backlink analysis)

Rank Signals

http://www.ranksignals.com

Bing Webmaster Tool’s Link Explorer

http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster

MoonSearch

http://moonsearch.com

Backlink Watch

http://backlinkwatch.com

FreemiumBacklinkAnalysis

Open Site Explorer

http://www.opensiteexplorer.org

AHREFS

http://ahrefs.com

Majestic SEO

https://www.majesticseo.com

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