Aug
17Neat free SEO tools of the trade?
Tags : SEO, Software Posted in: Search Engine Optimisation
When I was looking at the screen dumps for IBusinessPromoter there was a screen which showed you your position for keywords on search engine. Also percentage improvement.
I think a tool which could show this, maybe a graph showing the position as it improves over a time.
Although simple the current position and the last position would do.
I’ve been searching for a free tool to do this, but haven’t found one.
I guess I could write one easily enough, but I don’t want to have yet another project 
Have you got any neat tools?
by JM
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Sorry, none!
I did use Google Webmasters and its Top Search Queries for this kind of purpose but nowadays my site has settled down in SERPS and I use this feature less and less.
One simple (and free) thing to do would be to record Webmaster results in Excel and use the chart wizard to create a graph.
I do spend a bit of time each day doing my “favourite” searches and seeing where my site lies in the results. When I do this I’m not just interested in my site but what else is happening around me. For example, there are 3 or 4 sites who always come up around mine in the SERPs. I like to see if these are moving up or down and also if new sites are appearing in the same positions in the results and may knock me down.
Do you do any keyword tracking?
What else do you do ?
Have you looked at IBusinessPromoter
Also what are your favourite searches?
I think I did very briefly look at some IBP material about 6 months ago but didn’t work with it. I was very cost-conscious in the beginning because I was unsure about the product and possibility of any sales.
My favourite searches are pretty basic - invoice software, invoicing software. As I mentioned many posts ago though, even though these are the most searched for items according to tools like wordtracker, they still represent less than 4% of my hits from search engines (they’re representing a smaller and smaller proportion over time). I’ve got lots of long-tails that bring in visitors.
I was just going to ask what searches I would be doing, then I thought, ah hang on, I have lots of sites and lots pages, where do I start.
long-trails?
So what sort of other visits do you get via search engines?
Just wanted to add this for future reference.
Haven’t had a chance to check these out.
Let me know here if you get there first and if they are any good
http://www.socialseo.com/the-top-15-free-seo-tools.html
SEOmoz Rank Checker is good as it keeps a record of previous enquiries.
I guess its just as easy to use it that google and it keeps the history.