For anyone serious about search engine optimisation (SEO), having the right tools is a must. SEO involves a lot of constant analysis, and so having a selection of SEO tools on the ready can save a lot of time. It is possible to develop your own SEO tools, however unless your building something very specific, the tool you need probably already exists.
We recommend using Mozilla Firefox as your primary web browser, as this allows you to install and use a number of ‘add-ons’. There is a huge of SEO tools available from the Firefox website, which are completely free! These can be great for day to day checking and analysis, and are a great feature!
Our top 4 favourite SEO add-ons are:
Web developer:
This adds a number of menus to your Firefox toolbar that have all kinds of useful web developer tools for analysing a site.
Greasemonkey:
This allows you to create simple scripts for modifying how you view the web.
Rank Checker:
A tool created by SEO Book, that allows you to quickly check the position of your keywords against your chosen domain.
Seoquake:
This allows you to investigate many important SEO parameters and information about websites shown in Search Engine Results Pages, extremely useful for quickly finding information about competitor sites.
