SEO Tools

    In Chapter 9: SEO Tools can come for free, while some webmasters really invest in these elements that provide SEO for their sites and businesses. You can be given info on the basics behind these tools, and how helpful they can be to a webmaster who is after a good page ranking.

  • SEO Tools
    • Keyword Density Tool
    • Keyword Selection Tool
    • HTML Validation Tools
    • Google Toolbar
    • Web site analytics tools
    • Yahoo Web Rank Toolbar
    • Broken Link Checker
    • Search Engine Submitters
    • Software That Supports Your Site

Yahoo Webrank Toolbar

    The Yahoo Web Rank Toolbar was developed as part of Yahoo Search Marketing, and it helps web masters as well as clients of Yahoo’s SEO services to determine how well their pages rank within the search engine’s index. Also, if you use this option, you will be able to know how your competitor’s sites fare against you.

    Basically, the URL of your site may be given a Yahoo rank within the 0 to 10 scale. A rank of 10 should be the aim of most SEO campaigns. Lower ranks may be indicative that additional polishing on keywords and other website features may be needed.

    Originally, this feature was included as part of the Yahoo Toolbar that can be downloaded and used on the web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Whenever a user types in a URL or visits it, there will be an image on the toolbar that indicates the Yahoo web rank of that page or site.

    How do you use the Yahoo web rank to your advantage? Keep in mind that this is a sign of how well your site is performing, based on Yahoo standards. This is not based on search results on other search engines.

    For one thing, to have a fighting chance against your rivals, you can prioritize submitting your site to the Yahoo directory or to the DMOZ Open Directory. There have been sources that explain how sites submitted to these directories have higher Yahoo web ranks than others, sometimes even a perfect 10.