Category Archives: SEO Tools

Search engine optimization (SEO) tools that scan and test your website, provide essential optimization guidance and assist with website optimization enhancement.

3 of the Best Browser-Based Website Optimization Tools

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Nothing beats generating relevant – useful site optimization goodness on the fly. Especially when it can be quickly accessed with your long time trusted best buddy and pal – your web browser.

We’ve been using a multitude of website optimization tools on a daily basis for over a decade and thought it was about time to share our favorites that can be easily utilized within your favorite web browser.

SEO Quake Website Optimization

An oldie but tremendous goodie – is your browser shaking or is it just another SEO Quake? Ha ha. This well crafted tool is best used for ultra fast checking of web pages against a ton of SEO parameters. Plus, on-page and link auditing along with domain/URL comparisons and exports – BOOM. All right here.

Lighthouse Website Improvement

Need to go deeper? How does a Chrome web browser tool designed for improving the quality of web pages endorsed by Google sound? One that can be run on any web page that returns audits on performance, progressive web apps, accessibility, best practices and yes – SEO. Lighthouse can be run in Chrome DevTools and as a Chrome Extension right here.

Built With Website Technology Profiler

Ever wanted to know more about a particular website? Like why is it so fast, who’s hosting it? Or, what font/CMS/feature is that? Built With has been around for years and scans websites in order to discern what technologies were utilized. You can install it on Chrome, Firefox, Edge and as a bookmarklet right here.

3 Additional Must Have Tools for Your Web Browser

ColorZilla – Color picker and eyedropper tool with additional color related tasks (Chrome/Firefox)
Google Analytics – See live visitors on your website along with access to analytic data (Chrome)
Google Publisher – Easy access to AdSense and DoubleClick data and ad selection tools (Chrome)

Make Sure Your Website Passes This Google Mobile-Friendly Test

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Test Mobile-Friendliness and Site Speed with 3 Tools from Google

A fast loading website just isn’t enough these days unless it is mobile-friendly. The three tools below are provided by Google and were developed in order to test website speed and mobile-friendliness. The first tool is especially important, websites that don’t pass this test are not treated as mobile-friendly in the eyes of Google. The other tools have been included because they provide expanded insight about how to increase site speed and imporove mobile-friendliness.

1. Google Search Console Mobile-Friendly Test

Tests your website to see if it meets Google’s criteria for mobile-friendly and provides details about page loading issues and site-wide usability.

Why it’s important: Mobile-friendliness is a weighted organic search engine ranking signal. If your site doesn’t pass this test it will not be treated as mobile-friendly nor will it benefit from the added signal weight.

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2. Google Developers PageSpeed Test

Tests page speed in order to provide relevant optimization suggestions and assigns a speed score out of 100 to both mobile and desktop versions of your website.

Why it’s important: Gives options about how to speed-up both mobile and desktop versions of your website.

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3. Think with Google Mobile Speed Test

Tests the speed of your mobile website and plots the results on an industry comparison speed graph. Provides top fixes and an option to receive a report.

Why it’s important: Shows gain/loss mobile speed estimates and top fixes.

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Jtree is based in Boise and Portland and has assisted companies throughout the nation with increasing site speed and maintaining mobile-friendliness. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Test Website Speed and Mobile Friendliness with Google’s New Tool

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The days of testing site speed and mobile friendliness with two different tools have recently come to an end. Because of their importance as search engine ranking signals, Google has consolidated both tools into a new tool in addition to making overall effectiveness improvements.

After the scan completes, you can elect to receive a report from Google that contains expanded information about how to improve your website speed and mobile optimization.

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Contact Jtree with Site Speed and Mobile Optimization Questions >

How Long Should Blog Post and Page Titles Be?

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Blog Post and Page Titles Should Be Between 50-60 Characters Long

Search engines like Google pay close attention to the title of blog posts and pages, which may be used when displaying search engine results. [tweetthis]How Long Should Titles Be? #SEOTip[/tweetthis]

Blog post and page titles between 50 and 60 characters long help prevent search engines from shortening or cutting off the title. As far as what to put in titles, ensure text is relevant and related to the actual content on the page.

As a general rule, Jtree optimizes post and page titles with a “less is more” mentality, with the majority of titles coming in well below 50 characters. This is done because search engines weight title words and phrases in a left to right fashion (text on the left weights the most).

SEO Pro Tip! Quickly count characters with the cut and paste character counter tool.

SEO Pro Tip! Find out how long Meta Descriptions, Headings and ALT text should be right here.

SEO Pro Tip! Enough of this craziness! Hire us to manage your SEO on an ongoing basis!