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Pithy Comments About SEO Tools
March 14, 2006
There are a lot of SEO Tools available to both “in-house� SEOers as well as agencies like ours that specialize in SEO. There are tools for nearly everything – from keyword research tools all the way to Google vs. Yahoo SERP comparison tools. We’ve even created our own helpful tools to assist us in directing client campaigns.
The success of some very good SEO tools has been a catalyst for a plethora of SEO tools being created and made available online. Some of these are unique and useful, many are simply “me too / jump on the bandwagon� applications, and some are really not tools at all but rather experimentations. The latter group are the ones that you say “Cool!� when you see them, followed by “What exactly is that?", then you never visit them ever again.
Here’s my pithy comments about SEO tools...
If you are going to throw an SEO tool out to the public, please make sure it works. And if it’s broken, at least put up a notice on your site that it’s temporarily unavailable.
I visited two of the most popular online SEO tools this week and both of them had major problems. One didn’t work at all and the other gave incorrect results.
Crippled SEO tools reflect poorly on your company and our industry. If you are doing SEO in-house, make sure to verify some of the results provided by your frequently visited SEO tools.
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posted by Doug Ausbury at March 14, 2006 11:56 AM
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Man, that's crazy! I'd ask for a refund ;)
Posted by: Jimbo at March 15, 2006 12:20 AM
Doug,
I've been noticing problems with many of the free SEO tools of late, particularly those that provide Google rankings. There are some reports that the Google API is having significant time-out problems right now.
None of this is an excuse for putting up tools that don't work, but it may be the reason.
Brian
Posted by: Brian Combs at March 15, 2006 12:55 PM
Two basic Tools for keyword research are available "free of cost" :
2) Overture Keyword Select Tool
Wordtracker is also a useful keyword research tool, but it isn't free :(
Posted by: SEO Expert India at May 9, 2007 02:52 PM
I agree with Brian. Putting up the useless tools makes no sense at all. Even if you search for the Google Page Rank tool, The top website pr measurement tool is showing the wrong informations. I believe search engines are generous when it comes to serps, but why the bad serps are included as well? Generous to both parties, the good ones and the bad ones?
Posted by: Tina at May 15, 2008 02:30 PM
Even the TOP SEO Tools websites have quite so many bugs and issues with their tools, Makes no sense at all.
Anyway, for wordtracking, you may use the web ceo (the free version) optimization software that gives you the point exact information.
Hope this helps
Regards:
Tina
Posted by: SEO Company at May 31, 2008 11:20 AM