10 free SEO tools

Since the Internet is full of lists of "useful links" or "essential resources" we also want to add our own, aimed at professionals in the SEO and all the people who work in web marketing and social media.

We selected 10 sites and information (in English) that we find very good utility in our daily work of Search Engine Optimization and therefore we believe may be of interest to our readers. The order is pretty random, all our comments.

1. SEOmoz
Of all the blogs, and resources for "research" on SEO this seems to us the most complete and up to date: in addition to the tools available (some free, some for sale but they are worth all the money spent on such Linkscape) is really the SEOmoz ' SEO hub of knowledge, full of useful articles and research to discover the latest and most effective tricks for positioning

2. Link Diagnosis
One of the few free tools to analyze the backlinks of a site, whether your own or - especially - that of its competitors: for every link shows the Pagerank, the anchor, if no-follow, the "power" and other parameters Useful, all obviously exportable to CSV. If you install the Fire fox plugin, it becomes faster and more integrated than ever to have other tools at hand as the "Age Page" and a diagnostic tool for the internal links of a site

3. Twitter
It will be trivial, but Twitter is undoubtedly one of the better tools for those who "make websites" in a professional way: to be updated on the latest news and articles in the field, to customer care, to contact new partners and find new business opportunities. Besides being the most especially fun to use.
4. Google Webmaster Central Blog
The "master's voice", and news articles directly from the search engine which we devote most of our working days to. Full of useful news and updates on this blog is that "must read" to try to understand what is happening (and will) to our pages and those of our customers in the search results of Google

5. Sphinn
Digg Sphinn + SEO =. Social bookmarking designed by and for professional search engine optimization and positioning: the freshest items selected by users to read (almost) always interesting, of course-date, moreover, a great way to discover new blogs and authors to follow.

6. Google Webmaster Central Channel on YouTube
Matt Cutts is now a celebrity - when he shaved the hair off there was a wave of grated among many (many more than you can imagine) web marketing professionals. The Google Webmaster Central channel on YouTube is without d oubt a source of information fast, easy and full of information: if the evening there's nothing on TV (and, usually, there's nothing on TV) this is a 'excellent alternative

7. Econsultancy
The most important part of the magazine online digital marketing: one of the few landmarks in this area, full of articles, research and insights from cutting very professional and business-oriented. In recent times they are dedicated - as is normal - special attention to social media and social marketing, ergo to keep an eye out for all the "experts" of new media

8. Google Insights for Search
Although this tool does not always work very well in Google is very useful to have a range of information on the keywords we're working on: development of interest over time, parts of the world where they are most sought after, keyword etc related. Obviously works best with key words in English than in our poor and forgotten but a lso for our Italian market often gives valuable information and suggestions.

9. SEO Browser
Means for viewing a site with the "eyes" of a spider are so many but this is: a free, well made, fast, complete. In short, it has all the credentials to become a tool widely used by those who must optimize a page and wants to understand and interpret the first-hand how the various search engine bots.

10. Adobe BrowserLab
Internet Explorer unfortunately exists and there are those who use it, maybe on the Mac: this is why when you create a web page should always test compatibility with most browsers. If you do not have to hand (usually it is not easy to have Mac and PC side by side, for example) you can use this service which allows you to view a preview of the appearance that our pages will be available in different browsers

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