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More Freeware SEO Tools for the DIY Webmaster - Part 2
By Mel Strocen (c) 2007

In Part 1 of this article (http://www.sitepronews.com/archives/
2007/apr/23.html), some of the better, freeware keyword, sitemap
and ranking tools available to webmasters were listed. Part 2
covers meta tag generators, link popularity apps, link checkers
and general SEO tools. Again, all of these tools can be found in
the SiteProNews Webmaster Tools directory
(http://www.sitepronews.com/wapps.html) along with new additions
as we find them.

Let's start with a look at meta tag generators. Since meta tags
lost their SEO relevance several years ago, most of the freeware
programs in this category are either no longer supported or
haven't been updated for several years. But, then again, not
much has really changed in meta tag usage so the apps listed
below should still be useful.

Meta Tag Generators

1. BHead 4.1.1 (1.0 MB) is an advanced meta tag generator that
can create your entire HEAD section, including CSS style sheets.
Generates the code for all popular meta tags and also has an
option for custom tags. Keywords and description can be imported
from files. Comes with a basic Style Sheet editor that includes
a color picker. Other features include spell check, search
replace, syntax highlighting, etc. For Windows 9x/NT/ME/2K/.

( http://home.swipnet.se/~w-52253/hyper/program/free_product.htm#bhead )

2. Metty Meta Tag Maker 1.31 (2.5 MB) is a meta tag creator with
support for 33 meta tags that ensure search engines properly
index your website. Easy to use and requires no knowledge of
meta tags. For Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP.

( http://www.clickfire.com/tools/freeware/metty/ )

3. Search Engine Buddy 1.0 (2.7 MB) analyzes web page meta
tags and web page content on or offline to help you create the
best possible meta tag combinations and web page content based
on the requirements and algorithms of the major search engines.
For Windows 9x/2000/NT.

( http://www.searchenginebuddy.com/download.htm )

4. MetaWizard 1.2a (617 KB) is a simple, bare bones meta tag
generator that guides you through the process of creating basic
tags for your web site pages.

( http://www.tafweb-trainz.co.uk/tafwebsw/metawizard.html )

Link Checkers

Where oh where did all the good freeware link checkers go? Well,
apparently they went offline with the cos. or individuals that
developed them or they went the shareware route. Of the three
listed below, CheckWeb is probably the best.

1. CheckWeb 1.23 (74 KB) is a small, powerful links analyzer
that can scan online/ offline HTML pages and generate a report
on link, error and page size information. For Windows 95 and
above.

( http://p.duby.free.fr/chkweb.htm )

2. Mihov Link Checker 0.5 (250 KB) can check multiple links on a
web site or a local web page. It reports the state of each link
as valid, missing, forbidden or otherwise not accessible. Links
can be stored in a text file or extracted automatically from
a local or internet page. For Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

( http://www.mihov.com/sw/en/lc.php )

3. SiteLinkChecker 1.0 (480 KB) is an easy-to-use link checker
tool that checks websites for broken links. Easily locates
broken links and links containing syntactic errors and reports
the status of each link. For Windows 2000/XP/2003.

( http://www.networksecurityhome.com/network_tools/
  broken_web_link_checker/broken_links_detector.html )

Link Popularity Tools

Another category of programs that has suffered attrition in the
last few years. At least half a dozen are no longer available,
no longer supported or no longer freeware. The first two are the
best of the three listed.

1. Indexa 2.0 (115 KB) is a java website popularity program that
reports Google Pagerank, the number of backlinks recorded on
Google, Yahoo, MSN, Altavista and AlltheWeb and the number of
pages indexed. Limitations: Analyses 4 urls and 2 search
engines. For Windows 98/ME/XP/2000/2003/Unix/Linux/MacOS X.

( http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/WEB-Design/
  Web-Design-related/Indexa.shtml )

2. Link Popularity Check 3.0.3 (941 KB) checks how many sites
link to yours and your competitors in 5 major search engines.
For Windows XP/Me/NT4/2000/98/95.

( http://www.Axandra.com/LPC11.exe )

3. BackLinks Master 1.5 (1.3 MB) helps you find who is linking
to you, whether links are direct and what keywords are in the
anchor text. For Windows 98/ME/XP/2000.

( http://www.cleverstat.com/backlinks-software.htm )

General SEO Tools

Last, but not least, are tools that don't fall into any
specific category, but that are multi-featured and definitely
worth a look.

1. SEO Surf 0.7 (2.6 MB) is a powerful program for SEO
enthusiasts. It offers numerous features, including keyword
analysis, SEO page analysis, backlink management and search
engine analysis. For Windows 98 to XP and I.E. 6.0+.

( http://www.seosurf.com/ )

2. Keyword Crawler 1.1 (424 KB) is a keyword tool that can
analyze your website and provide web page reports for the top
keywords used, word density, Google pagerank, internal and
external backlinks and broken links. In addition, the program
can also generate a sitemap file in XML format. For Windows
98/ME/NT4/2Kx/XP.

( http://www.webkeysoft.com/keyword_crawler.php )

3. SEO SpyGlass v.2.0.4 (7.8 MB) is a research tool designed to
show how your competitors got top search engine rankings. It
reveals backlink numbers, the URL, PageRank, Alexa Rank, and IP
address of each backlink, website age, link value, backlink
origin, keyword density, etc. Detailed reports can be generated
but not saved in the freeware version. Requires JRE and email
registration. For Windows 98+ and Unix/Linux/MacOS X. The
current version is temporarily unavailable from the SpyGlass
site but can be downloaded from:

( http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/106413 )

SpyGlass site:
( http://www.link-assistant.com/seo-spyglass/download.html )

That's it folks. Feedback is welcome. If you are aware of similar
freeware tools that are as good or better than those listed above,
we'd like to hear from you. Just send your recommendations along
to feedback@sitepronews.com and we'll highlight them in upcoming
issues of SiteProNews.
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Mel Strocen is CEO of the Jayde Online Network of websites and
founder of the Independent Search Engine & Directory Network
(http://www.isedn.org) . The Jayde network is comprised of more
than 20 websites, including ExactSeek.com (http://www.exactseek.com),
SiteProNews.com (http://www.sitepronews.com), SEO-News.com
(http://seo-news.com), and GoArticles.com (http://www.goarticles.com).
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