Let’s face it, we all want higher

rankings for our targeted keywords.

So here are 5 Free SEO Tools you can

use to help you achieve those rankings…

5 Free Must Have SEO Tools

Unless you go the PPC route and pay for your

traffic, SEO or Search Engine Optimization will

play a major role in the success or failure of

your website. Therefore, it’s in your best interest

as a webmaster to learn everything you can about

SEO and use the right SEO tools to achieve an

advantage over your competition.

Needless to say, SEO or getting high rankings

for your keywords is extremely competitive,

especially for popular lucrative keyword phrases

which bring in the big bucks. You must be at the

top of your game if you want to compete.

One important factor in winning the SEO battle

is using the right SEO software or tools. Major

online companies use expensive software, hire

SEO firms and have whole departments devoted

entirely to search engine marketing – so you

know your work is cut out for you.

You’re probably asking yourself how can the little

guy compete against such stiff competition? Well,

it is not as difficult as you might think or believe.

For starters, you can use some simple SEO tools

which will help give you a slight advantage if you

use them properly.

Surprisingly, all of these SEO tools are free and

any webmaster can take advantage of them in their

ongoing SEO endeavors. I believe all webmasters must

learn and master SEO in order to succeed online or

get someone else to do it for them.

Over the years I have built up a passable knowledge

of SEO due mainly from running 9 or 10 sites and working

as a full-time online affiliate marketer. My livelihood

depends on me achieving high rankings for my lucrative

keywords in the search engines, mainly in Google. Also the

daily running of two websites on Internet Marketing Tools

has played a small part as well!

Along the way I have used countless SEO tactics and

tools to try to increase my keyword rankings. Here’s

a short list of my most helpful Free SEO tools that

I use on a daily basis in the running of my websites:

1. SEO Book Keyword Research Tool

http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/

This tells how many searches are made each day

for my targeted keywords. Invaluable information

to have for Search Engine Marketing and for choosing

your keywords. Most experts suggest you go for the

mid to low range keywords if you’re just starting out

and targeting long tail keywords (three or four words)

yields the best returns.

2. Detecting Online Commercial Intention

http://adlab.msn.com/Online-Commercial-Intention/Default.aspx

This MSN tool tells me the probability (percentage)

someone clicking my chosen keywords is likely to buy.

Another great tool for picking keywords if you’re trying

to earn revenue from your sites. Higher the percentage,

the more likely you will make a sale or earn revenue.

3. SeoQuake for Mozilla Firefox

http://www.seoquake.com

This is an addon for Firefox and gives you

invaluable SEO information on any site you’re

viewing. All the important info is here:

Google PageRank, Number of Links, Traffic Rank,

Whois, Keyword Density, NoFollow links… used

in conjunction with Firefox this tool will prove

invaluable.

4. Google Alerts

http://www.google.com/alerts

This is a great SEO tool if you use it to track

and build your links. Just create Google Alerts

for all your major keyword phrases and Google will

keep you updated on current links being formed/indexed

on your keywords. Also great for tracking articles,

urls, competitors… and staying up-to-date in your

niche.

5. WordPress

http://www.wordpress.com

This free blogging software lets you place very

SEO friendly blogs on your sites. Social media,

blogging, tags, RSS feeds… are becoming increasingly

important for online success so you must get your

sites into this whole mix in order to compete.

WordPress is a valuable SEO tool for improving

your keyword rankings. Blogger and Bloglines

are other blogging alternatives you can use.

I use many more SEO tools but these are the top five.

Try some of these handy tools and see if they can

improve your own keyword rankings like they did mine.

No harm in trying and you may be pleasantly surprised

at the results.

Jeffrey Smith is an active internet marketing optimization strategist, consultant and the founder of Seo Design Solutions Seo Company http://www.seodesignsolutions.com. He has actively been involved in internet marketing since 1995 and brings a wealth of collective experiences and fresh marketing strategies to individuals involved in online business.

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