ptimizing can be a real * for Alexa: overview, traffic
hassle, but using the right details, backlinks and related
tools can speed the process sites.
along. Here is where Firefox and * keyword density of the most
some of its plugins come into used words on the page.
action! * DMOZ checker: see if the site
is included in the directory.
One piece of software any * check for robots.txt.
optimizer should love is Firefox. * validator to check your page
Now some may say "Why Firefox, for errors (it uses the validator
it's only a browser?" Yes, it's a from www.w3.org).
browser, but one that supports a
big variety of plugins, some of There are other things, but these
them very useful for search are the most important.
engine optimization. So let's see
what those plugins are: 2. SEO Links (
http://www.webmasterbrain.com/seo
1. SEOpen ( -tools/firefox-extensions/seo-lin
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefo ks/ ) is another extension I use
x/570/ ): this is one of the best everyday. When the extension si
and most used Firefox seo active and you hover over a link
plugins, and has many tools that a tooltip will appear that will
make it a favorite of mine. So show you Yahoo, MSN, and Google
let's see what it can do: link popularity and ranking data
for the URL and anchor text pair.
* in Google it can check for: When you're simply browsing this
backlinks, indexed pages, related can be annoying, but you can
pages, cache and PageRank. simply deactivate it with a
* in Yahoo and MSN: backlinks and right-click!
indexed pages.
This could be very easily used to this little tool can do a lot
check your search engine rankings more than that:
for a certain page, and here is
how: write up a list with all the * it shows what metatags a site
keywords and keyphrases that you has
want to rank for, and then link * checks for backlinks and
those words or phrases to the web indexed pages in Google, Yahoo
pages associated with them! and MSN
* it shows the robots.txt file
Now every time you want to check * keyword density report function
your ranks activate the SEO Links * and best of all: the highlight
extension and hover over the "nofollow" links will show you
links -- you will see where your what links will be followed by
pages are in Google, Yahoo and search engine spiders -- very
MSN. useful when you want to submit
your site to a directory and
3. Don't waste anymore of your don't know if it will matter from
precious screen real estate just a seo perspective.
to find out what your PageRank
and AlexaRank is! SearchStatus ( So in case you're not using
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefo Firefox, go get it! It could be
x/321/ ) can sit anywhere you your best friend when it comes to
want (I keep it in the status search engine optimization!
bar) and you'll receive the
precious info at a glance. But
About the Author:
Florin Costache writes on a daily seo blog for Romanian webmasters over at http://www.greentwinkie.com .
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