Free Top 20 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools

Many times I receive email's from blog reader's (It includes many of SEO Experts too) about which SEO tools I use on for daily SEO analysis or question's like Please suggest best ways to boost their site/blog positions in Search Engines?

Which tool you use for Keyword research & analysis? Which SEO tool's you use for making site search engine friendly? How you find out Technical problems associated with website coding and their structure, Google page Rank, spider simulation, link popularity and the list goes on. There's a huge list of all such question in my mailbox!

I have assembled list of Top 20 free SEO tools available online which I'm sure you will love to jump now.

Here is the list of most useful Free SEO tools you can also use to optimize your website or blog. I have used and analyzed all of listed free SEO tools online.

Keyword Research & Analysis Tools - Keyword Finder
1. Free Keyword Suggestion Tool From Wordtracker
2. Free Keyword Suggestion Tool by KeywordDiscovery.com
3. Free Keyword Suggestion Tool by Google Adwords

Link Checker, Link Analysis & Link Popularity Tools
4. W3C Link Checker tool
5. Free Reciprocal Link Checking Tool
6. Link Popularity Checker tool by SEOValley.com
7. Backlink Anchor Text Analyzer tool

Server Side & Domain Analysis Tools
8. Domain Age Tool
9. IP Address Checker Tool
10. C-Class IP Analyzer Tool
11. Server Header Checker Tool
12. Search Engine Spider Simulator

Search Engine Rank Checker Tools
13. Free Firefox Rank Checker tool
14. Free Google Rank Checking tool
15. Google Page Rank(PRV) Checker tool

Traffic Analytic Tool
16. Google Analytics
17. Traffic Tracking Tool by Woopra.com
18. Search Engine Analysis Tool by Enquisite.com

Robots.txt Creation Tools
19. Robots.txt Generator - SEO Tools

XML Sitemap Generator Tool
20. Online XML Sitemap Creator

SEO Toolbars
1. Free SEO Toolbaar by Aaron Wall
2. Rankquest SEO toolbar
3. SEO toolbar for IE & Mozilla Firefox by SeoQuake

Bonus Free SEO Tools
1. Google Webmaster Tool
2. Google Sitemap Generator
3. Free SEO Tools by Exactfactor.com
4. Duplicate Copy Finder by Copyscape.com
5. Similar Page Checker tool by Webconfs.com
6. Free SEO/SEM tools by SEOValley.com
7. Free SEO Tools by SEOMoz.org

If you liked the collection of SEO tools which I use for my daily SEO activity, do not hesitate to Digg it or vote it. You can also subscribe to TopRankSEOBlog RSS feeds to get all latest blog post in your mailbox

Enjoy!
Afzal Khan
Search Engine Marketing Professional

Alltop.com single source to get best resource avaiable Online on various topics & niche

To all of my client's and blog reader's, I always suggest if you want to promote Blog or Website, first decide on niche or topics or subjects you want to explore and build your site based on that, do a research on your competitor's website.

The question which usually reader's ask Where I can find such Website & Blogs? or How can I get list of all such sites? or Can you please suggest some resource?

So to all you folks, who want to explore best information on the web without even wasting time or do research on various site in their niche, Alltop.com is for you. Although there are many blog directories available, like Stumbleupon, Technorati Or Google's blog search even many more.

But to my personal experience Alltop.com is excellent alternative to all such websites, even worth alternative of iGoogle.

Instead of hopping across sites to sites online and subscribing to various RSS feeds, visit Alltop.com - One stop source for online reading on various topics.

Alltop.com displays one the largest and best collection of RSS feeds from N number of topics and makes your online reading task lot easier.

Alltop.com is an “online magazine rack” of popular topics. We update the stories every hour. Pick a topic by searching, news category, or name, and we’ll deliver it to you 24 x 7. All the topics, all the time.

About Alltop
We help you explore your passions by collecting stories from “all the top” sites on the web. We’ve grouped these collections — “aggregations” — into individual Alltop sites based on topics such as environment, photography, science, Muslim, celebrity gossip, military, fashion, gaming, sports, politics, automobiles, and Macintosh. At each Alltop site, we display the headlines of the latest stories from dozens of sites and blogs.

You can think of an Alltop site as a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points—they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you’re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn’t know existed. In other words, our goal is the “cessation of Internet stagnation” by providing “aggregation without aggravation.”

By now you must be thinking of How you can see your Blog at Alltop too isn't it, Before you do anything, watch Alltop.com Video tutorial .

And if you have any such sort of Question stacking into your mind.....Q. Some of my favorite sites are not included, how do I get you to add them?....Q. How do I suggest an additional topic?...Simple...send an email to Alltop mailto: info(at the rate)alltop.com


If by luck your are Site Owner and Blogger, want to get your site or blog added to Alltop?....Simply fill up Alltop Submission Form

At last, I would like to inform all of my blog reader's TopRankSEO Blog (SEO Service Blog) is also included to Alltop feed under Search Engine Optimization (SEO) category. Thanks to Alltop for considering TopRankSEO Blog, don't forget to explore TopRank SEO Service Blog at SEO.Alltop.Com, alternatively you can also subscribe to TopRankSEOBlog feed.

Cheer's

Afzal Khan

Google New Favicon - Google got new favicon in January 2009

Have you noticed changed favicon image in your browser (Mozilla) while opening Google.com; Don't be puzzled or surprised or think there is some fault in your web browser.

Google made a change to it's Favicon Image on 09th January, 2009 atleast I noticed this day.

The new Google favicon image, 2009
New Google Favicon Image can be found at http://www.google.com/favicon.ico

Here is the old favicon image which was implemented in 2008
Old Google Favicon Image can be found at http://code.google.com/favicon.ico

If you want to check all of Google's favicon update, Visit http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-google-favicon.html or subscribe to TopRankSEOBlog RSS feed.

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008 by Tamar Weinberg

No need to look around, hopping from one website to another in search of best blog posts and resource on Internet Marketing topics.

Tamar Weinberg of Techipedia.com has already taken the pain of compiling & publishing "Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008" from all round.

All such blog website posts included in the list of "Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008" will be useful and range from beginner to advanced with a greater emphasis on the more intermediate posts. If you’re starting your Internet Marketing business with not much know-how, you can't miss to read compilation of Best Internet Marketing Posts for 2007 by Tamar; according to her, you will find most of them still relevant and upto date.

In her "Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008" she has covered each & every topic of online marketing publishing best post for all of us. I personally thanks her for all of effort and sleepless nights spent.

Collection of "Best Internet Marketing Posts - 2008" has been grouped into different categories and written short descriptions on each post. Click to read best posts of 2008 http://www.techipedia.com/2009/internet-marketing-posts-2008/

Tamar Weinberg comprehensive list is categorized into topics covering best posts on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media: Generic Strategy, Social Media: Strategy for Social Sites, Twitter.com, Sphinn.com, LinkedIn.com, Digg.com, Wikipedia, StumbleUpon, Fark, Facebook, delicious, Flickr, FriendFeed, Blogging, Viral Marketing, Link Building, Reputation Management, Google Analytics, Personal Branding, Google Yahoo & MSN Local Search, Content Development, Web Development, Affiliate Marketing, Domains and Domaining, AdWords/PPC, Internet Marketing, General Marketing and last but not least Best of Techipedia 2008

The full list is a great list for inspiration and will be great read to all of us. You can bookmark her post which will be useful in future too. It's Tamar gift to the online community on her Birthday.

How to get recurring Visitors to your Website

While most webmasters concentrate on getting visitors to their websites, smart website owners concentrate on getting visitors to come back again and again, developing an audience who has passion and interest in their website and product.

Here are 5 ways to get your website visitors coming back for more:

1. Start a Blog – Blog about things going on in your industry, new products and sales. Get involved with other bloggers in your niches, and encourage new visitors to sign up for your RSS feed.
2. Email – You are capturing your visitors email address, right? Let subscribers know about new deals, new content and new products that they may be interested in. Create special coupons only for email customers to encourage visitors to sign up.
3. Content – Create compelling content (Video, Music or Articles) that brings visitors back for more. Even though it may not be your main product, sticky content will bring back visitors to your site and eventually turn them into buyers.
4. Twitter – Twitter is a micro blogging platform that is very popular right now. By letting visitors who have already subscribed to your Twitter feed, you can let them know about new content on your website. Since they subscribed, it's obvious they want to be informed of what's going on your site.
5. Break Content into Parts – If you've developed compelling content, try breaking it into a series. For example, a video can be broken into 2 or 3 chapters and shown over the course of a few days or a week, in order to keep visitors interested and coming back for more.
   

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This article was contributed by Maya Richard, who writes on the subject of Comcast deals. Maya Richard invites your feedback at mayarichard at gmail dot com

5 Tips to Convert those Window Shoppers to Buyers

There’s a reason why websites are put up – every webmaster is looking to attract the largest number of people to his or her site and is deliriously happy when the statistics show that their traffic is heavy. But when you’re an online business, you’re looking to convert those visitors, both random and otherwise, into revenue, which means you have to make them buy what you have to sell, not just come by, look around and go elsewhere with their credit cards. Here’s how you can get them to do just that:

• Easy does it: People are looking for convenience in every aspect of their lives – they want to do things easily and in the shortest time possible. Make the buying process as simple as possible – offer them a neat display of items and prices with a searchable database to start with, and refrain from asking them unnecessary questions when they click the BUY link. Display prices prominently so that they don’t have to open additional pages to see what the product’s going to cost them. In short, make the number of steps from decision to buy to the actual purchase the minimum. If you want additional information, ask them for it after the sale is complete.

• Comeback tricks: Get your customers to shop with you again and again by keeping them informed of deals and sales on your site. For those who’ve stopped by and left without buying, track what they’re interested in and send them emails when these items are on sale or available at a lower price.

• Holiday cheer: Use holidays to boost your sales by offering more for less. People love the idea of a sale, so it’s up to you to get them to buy from your site rather than brave the shopping crowds at the malls. Start early, and offer your customers early-bird discounts for those who buy first. Similarly, you could sell all your remaining holiday items at a discount the last two days before the big day, a sort of bonus for stragglers.

• Information pays: Make your site informative so that customers don’t leave when they don’t find answers. Make sure that policies pertaining to returns and privacy are displayed prominently on your FAQ page, and not hidden in the fine print. You may be able to take customers for a ride once, but if you think they’re going to continue to offer you their patronage after being bamboozled, you’ve certainly got another think coming.

• Perk up: Customers love the fact that they’re getting something extra special at your online store, so throw in the mail-in rebates, the discounts for shopping online, the secure channel for credit card transactions, free shipping, and numbers to track their delivery online.

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This post was contributed by Kelly Kilpatrick, who writes on the subject of open courseware. She invites your feedback at kellykilpatrick24 at gmail dot com

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Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Step Down as CEO - Yahoo is looking for New CEO

Yahoo has officially announced, they are looking for New CEO and Jerry Yang is stepping down from CEO position and will return to it his Former role as Chief Yahoo! & Board Member.

The official Yahoo Press Release says

"Yahoo! Conducting Search for New CEO -

Co-Founder Jerry Yang to Step Down Following Appointment of New CEO and Return to Former Role as Chief Yahoo! and Board Member

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a search for a new Chief Executive Officer. Jerry Yang, co-Founder of Yahoo!, has decided to return to his former role as Chief Yahoo! upon the appointment of his successor as CEO, and he will also continue to serve on the Board. Yang, 40, assumed the CEO role at the Board's request in June 2007, and he has led Yahoo! through a strategic repositioning and transformation of its platform."

There is mix reaction over this news in industry moreover this news is much interesting to watch reactions from Yahoo Share Holder's on "I strongly believe that having transformed our platform and better aligned costs and revenues, we have a unique window for the right CEO to take ownership over the next wave of mission-critical decisions facing the company." which he has written in his Memo to Yahoo Employee's about his decision.

BoomTown has obtained the entire memo from Jerry Yang to his employees at Yahoo about his plans to step down as Yahoo CEO. You can read Jerry Yang's last email as CEO written to Yahoo Employee's about his decision on step down.

Creative Advertisement - Funny Ad for Departmental Store Job

Hey Folks,

Well you will find this Blog post bit unusual out here, but what to Do, I was so inspired by this Advertisement, couldn't restrict myself to publish it..

Yesterday I went for shopping and found this Funny yet creative Job Description Ad.

I thought it would be great to share with you all readers. I found this Recruitment Ad very creative and innovative.

This kind of advertisement makes sense, at least this Ad is grabbing attention and bringing customer's to visit their Retail Store. I must say, very Creative way to promote your services.

Here is what they are looking for, If you feel you are most suitable candidate for this Job Positions, let me know!

You will be part of this Store without any interview, what they want is Attitude and Passion to be part of such a fabulous Store :-)



Enjoy!

Afzal Khan

Gmail on Android, T-Mobile G1 Pictures from Google Official Gmail Blog

Access Gmail on Android Platform, G1 phone from GOOGLE.

The first Android-powered phone, the T-Mobile G1, is coming out on Wednesday i.e 22nd Oct, 2008.

Below is the sneak peak of Gmail application, how it will run on Android platform. If you like using Gmail on your computer you'll feel very much at ease with Gmail on Android-powered phones. You can download documents and MP3s, manage and view labels, star and archive messages, save drafts and even report
spam.


Gmail Contacts on Google Android G1 Phone - T-Mobile


To learn more about Gmail on the world's first Android-powered phone, check out Google's Mobile blog post, the Gmail page, or visit to get complete details Official Gmail Blog: A sneak peek at Gmail on Android

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Thanks,

Afzal Khan
Search Engine Marketing Professional

Yahoo Search in a New Avatar - Yahoo Got a New Look

Yahoo Search has a got a all new look. Yahoo has tried to make it's Search Home page UI similar to like what Google has....by keeping it Simple with white background.