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ToolbarBrowser - Toolbar Manager, free Custom Toolbar Builder
ToolbarBrowser.com is a free toolbar manager that allows you to custom build the toolbar to your likings. We use this toolbar in at our office. The toolbar gives you SEO tools, news, shopping or your favorite sites in one place. The one thing I like about ToolbarBrowser is its ability to allow me to customize it to my needs. You can also setup multiple clipboards in the Clipboard Manager.
Here are some the features of the Free ToolBarBrowser. The best one I like is NO ADWARE, POPUPS, POP-UNDERS OR SPYWARE.
- Popup Blocking
- Auto Form Filler
- Highlight search text
- Zoom in and Zoom Out
- Search major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask etc..
- Popularity Index (PI Rank), Google PR ™ and Alexa Rank ™
- Wayback Machine - See how a website looked in the past
- Clipboard Manager -- Very nice !
- Tabbed control to save toolbar space
- Fully programmable with XML support
- RSS feeds
- Create your own toolbars
- Add Toolbars to your web site
- Standard IE buttons and links replacement to save browser space
- Available in Dutch, English, French, German, Polish and Swedish
- DOES NOT include any: Adware, Popups, Pop-unders or hidden Spyware.
- Search Bar - Meta search most major search engines
- Pay Per Click engine meta search toolbar
- Links toolbar replacement to save browser toolbar space
- Favorites toolbar for easy access to your favorite links
- Search Engine Optimization toolbar loaded with SEO tools & features
- Lots of other handy free custom toolbars...
Many thanks to David Warmuz at Trellian for supporting this free toolbar for the SEO community. The one thing I love about this community is how willing everyone is to help each other.
DNS Stuff - dnsstuff.com
A lot awesome free DNS tools that allow you to do fast and accurate WHOIS and IPWHOIS lookups, as well as many many other DNS reports. Here is a list of some the nice free features on DNSStuff.com:
- DNS Lookup - Very nice to see if your DNS changes have been recoginzed on the internet. You can lookup the A record, MX record, CNAME, record, NS, SOA, AAAA/IPv6, PTR, SOA, SRV, TXT information on any domain.
- DNS Report - Checking for problems with DNS hosting.
- DNS Timing - Check DNS hosting speed.
- WHOIS Lookup
- IPWHOIS Lookup
- Abuse Lookup - Nice way of finding the abuse contact for a domain
- Spam Database Lookup - Check to see if a mailserver has been flagged for sending spam.
- Reverse DNS Lookup - Check to see if your IP has a reverse DNS entry setup
- City From IP - Check to see what city and IP address is coming from
- IP Information - Another IP lookup
- Traceroute - Nice feature to see the trace route information come from another network.
- Ping - Another nice feature. You can ping a IP address from another network.
- ISP Cached DNS Lookup - Check out the cached DNS at major ISP's on any of the records.
I love using the online DNS tools on this site. It make my life and the others that work with much easier.
Bruce Clay's SEO Tool Set
Top of the list of indepensible tools for doing professional grade SEO work is Bruce Clay's SEOToolSet. You can get free access to start out then step into the their for pay versions as you learn more about the tool set. It's best to just visit their site to learn the details. If you haven't heard of Bruce Clay yet, you will. He runs one of the most visible and respected SEO firms in the business. Danny Sulivan went back and did the research and discovered that Bruce Clay was the one who coined the phrase "Search Engine Optimization".
4WebResults and eLawSoftware uses their SEO tools now religiously for small business, corporate SEO and lawyer projects. All the SEO tools are accessible via a web browser along with the data for each client. This way you don't have to worry about keeping a PC version of the tools up to date - and you know how the SEO world is always changing. It's all done for you by their service. Highly recommended.
One note, these tools are not for the faint hearted or 'beginner do it yourself type'. They are are powerful tools that need some training to use properly either through trial and error or their training department. I personally attended one of their SEO Toolset traning courses and found it to be very helpful in not only using there SEO Tool Set, but getting a different perspective on how the search engines are seeing your web sites. One question asked in the class was, "how do you know if you are creating something on your site that the search engines might consider to be SPAMMY", Bruce Clays simple, but accurate response was "if you are trying to deceive the search engine or the visitor, then its SPAM".
For more information on Bruce Clays SEO Tools, you can visit Bruce Clay's corporate site at www.bruceclay.com or visit his SEOToolSet site at www.seotoolset.com.
Keyword Density , Prominence & Placement Analyzer
Research your keywords and general page properties from an seo point of view. Show your keyword density and placement (prominence). The tools features options to show the page's headers, page elements, outgoing links and more. It will warn you when it detects possible stopwords, adult words and 'poisonwords'. This is one of my most favorite collections of web-based SEO tools. VERY complete and you can't beat the price.
Professional SEO Tool - Webmasterbrain.com
Daily tracking of your URLs':
- PageRank™
- Search Position
- Link Popularity
- Indexed Pages
- Domain Popularity
- Indexed Pages
- Automated tracking of up to 15 URLs and keywords
- Receive instant email alerts of any movements
- Analysis and reports of up to 365 days worth of data
- View graph and flat table reports of all stats
- $10/Month - 30 day money back guarantee!
151 SEO Tools | |
Huge amount of SEO Tools at your disposal here...this is certainly worth a look. They've pointed out best tools of the month/year, you'll want to look at those. Really, it couldn't hurt to glance over everything on the page, they review the tools before posting them so you know you aren't wasting your time with things that don't work. | 151 SEO Tools |
Google Tool Bar | |
Just get it. You'll be glad you did. It's free and includes a pop-up blocker and a ton of other useful features to make search easier, faster, and more fun. You'll find yourself using it to determine best sites for creating themed links to improve your website's PageRank visibility. Ask Tom at 4WebResults for more details on linking strategies for your business. PageRank explained here. | Google Tool Bar |
Link Popularity Comparison Tool | |
Optimzing your page with keywords is only half the battle. You must develop a linking strategy from other websites and directories on the Internet. Write articles, publish an Ezine, create a blog, post in forums, submit Internet press releases. Just get going and get creative. Use this tool to see how you compare to your competition. Got questions - call Tom at 512-692-7714. | Free Link Popularity Tool |
Special thanks to Web Promotion for making this tool available.
Search Engine Keyword Tracker & Keyword Ranking Tool | |
This utility can be used to check search engines for keyword ranking and track search engine ranking for your various keywords over time, which, as you probably know, is critical when doing search engine optimization. These guys (Digital Point Solution) have done an excellent job with this tool. Recommended In order to use this tool, you need to create a username and password ( which is completely free ). Because it tracks your data historically, they need to know which data is yours. | Digital Point Solutions - Free Keyword Tracker and Ranking Tool |
Search Engine Mega List | |
A complete list of search engines and directories with direct-add URL links. Very handy list of search engines worldwide, with links to manually add your domain. Recommended | Search Engine Megalist |
Search Engine Submission - Free | |
Free search engine submission service that we recommend.
They also offer a Professional Search Engine Submission to 120 search engines for $29.95, which I endorse. You pay only ONCE and that's the right answer - not monthly. Don't get yourself hooked into paying monthly submissions fees. That's just bonkers. | Free Search Engine Submission |
Lynx Viewer | |
This service allows web authors to see what their pages will look like (sort of) when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser. Pretty darn handy. | Lynx Viewer |
Open a PPC Google Adwords Account | |
Create your google adwords account online but BE CAREFUL. It's too easy. Read their guidelines and proceed slowly at first. Remember, no Popups on the pages your send people to. | Google Adwords Account Setup |
Create a PPC at Overture Account | |
Create your account at Overture | Overture Account Setup |
Knoodle Account Setup | |
Knoodle is a pay-per-click search engine like Overture, but the pricing is a lot less. They have relationships with 'the other half' of the users that don't use Google. Great folks to work with and low keyword bids ... for now. | Knoodle Account Setup |
HitsLinks Account Setup | |
Set up a new Hitslink account - this is how you measure and monitor traffic behavior at your site. Highly Recommended | Hitslink Account Setup |
WordTracker | |
The tool will give you an entirely new perspective, which will help you find the right keywords to drive more traffic to your site. It's what all the pros use. Highly recommended, though has a learning curve. Experience with the tool helps. | WordTracker |
Alexa Web Search And WayBack Tool | |
Reviews traffic rankings and more for every site on the web! Alexa does this in association with Amazon. Great location to learn about your competitors. The WayBack tool is down on the left-hand side of the page after you search on a domain. The WayBack tool allows you to see what your website looked like 5 years back. Yea, I know, amazing. It's slow but worth the wait. | Alexa Web Search and WayBack tool |
Information about Web Spiders | |
Lots and lots of good tools -- free. Excellent site for learning more about search engine indexing and website promotion. | SpiderHelp.com |
Spam-Proof Your Email Address | |
This page will generate a HTML encoded mailto link that is reasonably 'spambot' proof. Spambots crawl over websites looking for email addresses. When they find one they add it to their database for junk email. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Protect Your Email Address in web pages |
Expert Search Engine Positioning Tools by Jonathan Leger | |
Free high-quality search engine optimization tools, techniques, online assistant, keyword selection, themed back-links tool, Google Ranking tool, back-link checker, doorway page generator and more. Recommend. | Search Engine Optimization Tools |
Web Server Uptime and Other Related Information | |
Use this link to determine the status of a web server, uptime and a ton of other pieces of useful information. I use it before meeting with my clients so I understand their server setup. It is at Netcraft.com | Web Server Info and Uptime information |
ISBN Numbers and E-Books | |
This is where you go to purchase a batch of ISBN numbers for your products. You'll want this if you are selling your book or ebook at Amazon, Borders and other online outlets. Here is another useful link with more background | Purchasing and Registering ISBN numbers |
Tom's Internet Biz Blog | |
This is my blog. Stories and experiences of a search engine visibility consultant in Austin, Texas - helping clients be successful with their website. You'll find some valuable "How To' articles on how to make your site more visible in the free and pay-per-click search engines, and ideas to help you think outside the box. | Tom'sInternet Biz Blog |
Yahoo free add URL | |
Use this link to add your site for free to Yahoo. However, if you're already in Google it's likely your home page is in Yahoo. Additionally, Yahoo is in the midst of a lot of changes. They may change to pay-for-inclusion status, so be aware. | Free Add URL - Yahoo |
Directories (short list) - Free and Paid Listing | |
DMOZ.org - Free but takes a while. Remember to use the ADD URL tool above because you'll find niche-specific directories for your website. Need help? Ask Tom Parish at 512-692-7714 | |
