Three Free Web-Based SEO Tools to Evaluate and Compare Websites

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Posted by Josh Laughtland, Founder and Consultant for Boise-based SEO and Internet Marketing Company Jtree.net

There are many different types of web-based SEO tools that will generate a quick analysis of a website/blog. These free, basic SEO tools are great for initial observations, but it is important to take note of the high potential for skewed data results. Such is the plight of automated analysis in a world of ever-evolving objectives, rules and Search Engine algorithm updates. Hiccups could even arise due to something as simple as the service not being able to connect to Google or Yahoo!.

Three Free Web-Based SEO Tools

Website Grader

One popular auto-gen website analysis tool is Website Grader. I received a score of 96 when grading Jtree.net. Although some of the information presented is relevant, other parts either contain skewed or omitted data. Overall, a good tool for approximation and benchmarking. Grade a Website

Search Engine Saturation

Compare the number of pages indexed versus that of related websites or competitors in the major search engines. Check SE Saturation

Keyphrase Ranking

Another way to benchmark your own website or blog is to simply type in what you are looking for in a search engine and compare who comes up near the top. This tool simplifies the process: Compare Keyphrase Ranks on Multiple Domains

Comparatively Speaking

The above tools can also be utilized to compare potential SEO/Internet Marketing service providers since they help determine a website’s rank compared to that of another. Which makes them a good fit for analyzing the growing crowd of Internet Marketers.

Twitter and FriendFeed Tip : Share and Track Links with Tweetburner

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Hmmm. Ever wonder how many tweeps actually click on your Twitter links? How about FriendFeed? If so, I’d like to introduce you to Tweetburner; a URL shortening, sharing and tracking service.

Burn Baby Burn

Tweetburner recently upgraded their service offering to include additional link tracking information, user accounts, FriendFeed tracking and a new bookmarklet. This means that any links that are shortened and shared via the Tweetburner service are trackable from a nifty stats page. Always interesting to see what links get the most clicks and from what source.

Link Stats on Tweetburner

Link Stats on Tweetburner

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Twitter Tip : Tweeting the Long Tail

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Are you on Twitter? Do you run a blog or website? Do you tweet about it?

If you do, this tip will help tweak your tweets in an effort to increase the rank of your site or blog in the search engines based on targeted keywords and phrases. There’s no guarantee as to how much of an effect, if any, this will have. However, my personal tests have yield positive results.

How to Tweet the Long Tail

Step 1. Make sure your targeted keywords/phrases are in the text of the tweet that contain the link.

Step 2. When linking to a blog post or web page in a tweet:

  • On the web: try to keep your URL short, you don’t want Twitter’s URL shortening service changing your link. If you need to shorten your URL, use Tweetburner – which saves the original URL and text on the web and shares data with a number of other published resources.
  • With a client application: use Twhirl’s built-in URL shortening service Twurl.nl, it saves the original URL to Tweetburner.

Step 3. Syndicate your Twitter feed/stream. This can be accomplished a number of ways; FriendFeed, Jaiku, RSS embedding, WordPress Plug-Ins, Widgets and social networking profiles … for starters.

Note: While Twitter attaches the “nofollow” attribute to links posted directly to a Twitter profile, syndicated links generally DO NOT have “nofollow” attribute tags, hence the elevated potential of increasing link juice.

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Originally Published June 15, 2008

Google Search Engine Rankings

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Why entrust Internet Marketing to a company or consultant that has a poorly ranked website or blog? Jtree.net is currently ranked in the #1 positions for the the top two most searched on Internet Marketing phrases in Boise and Idaho (according to recent Google keyphrase data obtained from analytical applications).

View Jtree.net’s current search rank by clicking on the links below.

Search Rank Updates

As of May 15th, 2008, Jtree.net ranks #1 in Google for the following phrases:

The #2 position for ‘idaho internet marketing’  is held by Idaho Online Marketing, which is actually not based in Idaho, but is an out of state company targeting Idaho. The #2 postion for ‘boise internet marketing’ is utilizing blatant keyword stuffing/loading, you can tell based on their listing in Google. I would imagine their position won’t last much longer. (see below updates)

May 22nd, 2008 Search Rank Update

As of 05.22.08 the above rankings from 05.15.08 remain the same. Jtree.net continues to hold the top organic positions for both phrases.

May 29th, 2008 Search Rank Update

When checking ranks today for Jtree.net something immediately caught my eye. After clicking on the ‘search’ button I noticed that the results had changed. However, despite the reshuffle, Jtree.net continues to maintain the top positions for both searches.

June 13th, 2008 Search Rank Update

Another reshuffle – the result is the same; Jtree.net remains in the #1 positions for both phrases.

June 14th, 2008 Search Rank Update

Same as the 13th: #1 in both searches.

July 23rd, 2008

Jtree.net continues to rank in the #1 positions on both searches despite a continuous reshuffeling of page one positions below #1.

In addition, Jtree.net also ranks #1 for the following search on Google:

“pay per click boise”

Jtree.net ranks in the #2 position for:

“seo boise“

As of October 13th, 2008, Jtree.net still ranks #1 in Google for the following phrases:

And, #2 for:

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