10 SEO Tools

There are many great SEO tools on the web but finding them can sometimes be a challenge. Throughout our daily workflow we use and come across many of these tools.

Below we have assembled a list of these tools in no particular order:

1. Link Counter Tool
   Shows the amount of outgoing links for any web page.
2. XML Sitemap Validator
   Validates and checks out the XML sitemap of a website
3. HTML Markup Validation Service
   Validate the HTML code of a site and see if there are any bugs. Fixing the errors and warnings can help increase the value of the site SEO.
4. CSS Markup Validation Service
   Validates and checks the CSS or Cascading Style Sheets on a website to see if there are any errors or warning in the code.
5. Google Indexed Pages Checker
   Find out how many pages of a website are indexed in Google. The more indexed pages the better for SEO. If there are no indexed pages on Google, that is a problem that needs to be addressed. One possible issue is the robots.txt file is prohibiting indexing of the site pages.
6. Pingdom Website Speed Test
   Check the speed of any site and what possible issues may be causing it to be slow. Pingdom will grade sites as well ranking them against other sites (this site is faster than 63% of all other websites)
7. Broken Link Checker
   Discover broken links on a site in order to fix them. Google and other search engines penalize sites with broken links because it provides a poor user experience.
8. Alexa Web Traffic & Rank Analyzer
   Alexa offers insight into the global and US ranking of a website. It shows how much traffic and popularity a site has. Note that some sites that are new or have too little traffic will not appear on Alexa.
9. Similar Page Checker
   tells whether other sites have the same content as yours. Duplicate content is a serious issue to a positive SEO campaign.
10. Keyword Density Checker
    is another great tool that shows how many times a keyword appears and how much the keyword density is. This information is key to as successful SEO campaign.



Leapfrogging the competition with good SEO

That is it for now. Use these tools to rate sites and fix issues and the search results will leap frog the competition. Share experiences in the comments:


Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone
Jophiel Silvestrone has written 326 posts in the Tech Blog.
Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.
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