Free SEO Tools Blog

Welcome to my Free SEO Tools Blog! There are many blogs out there, and even quite a few on search engine optimization. And there are quite a few sites with "link bait" - cool free tools to help marketers and businesses get to the top of Google, Yahoo, or Bing via their free SEO tools. As an instructor in search engine marketing, I thought - hey, I should blog on Free SEO Tools, exclusively. And so - here goes. I hope you enjoy this blog, and if you know of any great free SEO tool - please let me know by email! Don't miss my free SEO webinar, which I hold live a couple times each month!

Free SEO Tools - Blog Postings

• Free SEO Link-Building Tool - Linkdiagnosis: Checking Inbound links for SEO - One great, free fantastic tool comes from Linkdiagnosis.com. Here is my review of this free SEO link-building tool.

• SEO Certification Test (Informal) - Do You Really Know SEO? I Mean Really? - Whether you are one of my online students, a student from my real-world SEO classes in San Francisco, or a potential student, this page gives you a test of getting SEO certified, informally, through my class. It's informal, but if you can do well on this test you at least grasp the basics of SEO. And you therefore deserve Certification in SEO.

• Free SEO Tool - Using Google's Wonder Wheel for SEO Keyword Discovery (25 January 2010) - Google is the world's greatest search engine! But Google doesn't have the world's greatest marketing and branding department. Think of some of their brand names. Froogle? Or what about hiding Google Local Search under Maps. Yelp, anyone? For SEO people, one of the best free SEO tools is the Google Wonder Wheel. It's totally hidden, and most people do not know it exists, nor how to use it. Let's take a look.

• Free Website SEO Analysis - HubSpot Website Grader, a Review (7 January 2010) - One stop shopping. One size fits all. Take a pill. Have someone else do it for you. With the cornucopia of free SEO tools out there, why doesn't someone make a one-stop-shop (free) tool for SEO? Wouldn't a simple Website Grader be fantastic? Believe me, the thought has crossed my mind, so I investigated the most popular service out there: HubSpot Website Grader. Here's my review.

• Be #1 on Google - 52 Fast and Easy Search Engine Optimization Tools to Drive Customers to Your Web Site (18 November 2009) - Want to be No. 1 on Google? Who doesn't? In his new book, Internet guru Jon Smith attempts to outline 52 SEO tools to get to the top of Google. A few of the suggestions are right on the mark. Unfortunately, many fall short. Here is our review of this new book.

• Google Local Business - What is It, How to Get Listed on Google Local for SEO? (17 November 2009) - Google local is so important to locally-based businesses, but Google has done a terrible job at making it easy to understand. How can you get listed? What are the tips and pointers for SEO?

• Facebook SEO vs. Google SEO (15 November 2009) - do you Facebook? Do you Google? What is a good strategy for Facebook? What is a good integrated strategy for both Facebook and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) / search engine marketing? A recent New York Times article got me thinking...

• Internet Marketing Tools for SEO (26 October 2009) - what is Integrated Marketing Communications (ICM)? How can you devise a strategy to integrate your "real-world" and "online marketing" activities? And are there any free tools out there? You bet...

• Online SEO Training vs. Real-World SEO Training (9 October 2009) - Online vs. real-world. Which is better? Which is more feasible? I teach both, and enjoy both. I find that each has its advantages - so read my blog post comparing and contrasting the two.

• Youtube as an SEO Opportunity (4 October 2009) - Do you Youtube? Beyond that, do you realize that videos and Youtube are great opportunities not just for search engine optimization but also for getting to the top of Google for your target keywords?

• SEO Page Template (9 September 2009) - So much noise is out there. Here are the best tags for on page SEO, described in a nifty page template. Feel free to copy and reproduce!

• Free Social Media Webinars (7 September 2009) - United break guitars, social media is hot, and here are some upcoming free webinars on Twitter and friends. Did I say free?

• SEO Keywords (30 August 2009) - curious what words and searches were the most popular in SEO, I turned the spotlight on the SEO industry, itself. Here are my results.

• Seo Training - What to Look for in a Search Engine Optimization course (29 August 2009) - if you are looking for real-world or online seo training, what should you look for? (or here | here).