Website Promotion Tools & Applications

Below are software applications that were selected for inclusion in the daily SiteProNews newsletter. The programs are both shareware and freeware, and all were selected for their usefulness to webmasters in the management of their web sites.

Page Speed 1.8 a FireFox add-on that evaluates the speed of your website and gives suggestions on how to improve its speed. Freeware for Windows XP and higher, Mac OS X (x86 only), Linux (32/64-bit). Requires Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and Firebug Firefox Add-on 1.5.3.

Iron Web Analyzer (2.6 MB) is an open source app for webmasters to analyze web site content. Features include installable analyzers for header tags, meta tags, html tags, alt tags, site maps, browser types, etc. Freeware for all Windows versions that support .NET Framework 3.5.

Traffic Travis 3.1 (4.2 MB) is a comprehensive collection of essential Market Research, PPC and SEO tools bundled into one application. Impressive interface, intuitive navigation and helpful tutorials. Rated 4.5 stars by cNet. Freeware for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista. Requires on-site registration.

Link Page Creator 1.0 (2.5 MB) solves the problem of creating sitemaps for large sites (100 pages plus). It quickly connects all of the pages on your website together in a way that satisfies Google's webmaster guidelines. Freeware for Windows 7/ 98/ 2k/ Me/ XP/ Vista.

CuteRank 2.1.4 (6.2 MB) is a smart rank checker tool for website owners, SEO pros, and bloggers to review and track their website ranking on multiple search engines, including Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, and AOL. Freeware for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7.

Software Submit v5.0 (2.0 MB) is a tool which enables you to submit your software to 800+ download sites. Freeware for Windows 98 or above.

CryoSubmitter 1.0 (16.4 MB) semi automates URL submissions to over 3000 web directories. Features include a FTP template system for automating reciprocal links and auto detection of sites that are down. Enables you to achieve an average of 60-100 submissions an hour. Freeware for Windows NT 4.x/ 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista Starter.

Social Submit 1.0 (61 KB) is a simple program that speeds the process of submitting new websites and fresh content to 30 major social bookmarking websites. Freeware for Windows 95 and above.

Woopra (5.4 MB) is a revolutionary Web analytics tool that tracks visitors through your site in real time. Both a desktop client program and a web server application, Woopra delivers a rich library of visitor statistics in an unmatched user interface which includes an innovative live chat feature allowing communication between you and site visitors. Freeware while in Beta for Windows, Linux and Mac.

SliQ Submitter 1.1 (3.5 MB) is a directory submission software tool that allows you to semi-automatically submit up to 5 sites simultaneously to over 1,200 directories with minimal effort. Supports multiple titles, descriptions and categories. Freeware for Windows XP / Vista. Requires Microsoft .Net 2.0.

HQ Keywords Grabber 1.0 (3.0 MB) is a simple utility that extracts the most appropriate keywords from any text file or webpage. It can also generate suitable metatags for a webpage. Freeware for Windows 2000/ Me/ XP/ 2003/ Vista.

Piwik 0.1.5 (1.9 MB) is web analytics software that aims to be an open source alternative to Google Analytics. Download the latest release, upload it to your webserver and open your browser. Installation is automatic and takes less than 5 mins. PHP 5.1 or higher and a Mysql database required.

Xtreme Keyword Tool (1.7 MB) can quickly create a large list of niche keywords and display the number of daily searches and competing pages for any keyword in the 3 major search engines. Results can be saved to an excel worksheet. Freeware for Windows ME/ NT 4.x/ XP/ 2000.

Free Monitor for Google 2.4 (1.5 MB) is a program for search engine specialists and webmasters. Use it to find the position of your web site in Google for popular keywords. It keeps stats for several URLs and several lists of keywords and you can add notes. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT 4.x/ XP/ 2000/ Vista.

Rank Tracker 2.0.7 (9.1 MB) enables you to track search engine positions in Google, Yahoo!, and MSN, plus their regional versions. Monitor any number of sites for any number of keywords. Freeware for Windows, Linux and Mac. Requires JRE Version 1.4 or later. Save function disabled in freeware version.

Smart Page Generator 2.07 (430 KB) can optimize pages for any number of keywords. Create optimized pages with the touch of a button. Compliant with all search engines. Freeware for Windows 95 and above.

Artemis Lite (1.47 MB) submits articles to 1,000's of sites and newsletters. To download, name and email address need to be provided and confirmed. Freeware for Windows 2000/XP. Requires I.E. 5.0+.

WPCheck 2.1 (456 KB) is a helpful program for webmasters who have link exchange partners. It periodically visits partner sites to ensure your link has not been dropped. Freeware for Windows XP/ 2000/ 2003. Requires .Net Framework 2.0.

WebPlacementVerifier (452 KB) checks your site search engine placement for multiple keywords and if it finds your site within the page depth selected, it reports the page number and position. User-friendly interface and easy to use. Freeware for Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003.

M6.net PageRank Checker (515 KB) is a simple, useful tool that displays the pagerank of any site. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT/ XP/ 2000.

Keyword Digger (49 KB) is a tool specially designed to search both Yahoo and Overture for all keywords people entered during the previous month. Provides the number of times a keyword was searched and up to 100 different variations for that term. Freeware for Windows 9x/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Keyword Crawler (424 KB) is a keyword tool that counts and displays broken and internals links, gets Google pagerank for each file and generates a sitemap file in XML format. Also calculates word density and displays meta information. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT4/ 2Kx/ XP.

QuidProQuo Lite (22.5 MB) scans through your site to locate your link partners and then spiders link partner sites to verify reciprocal links back to you. Results can be saved to excel/ csv format. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT4/ 2Kx/ XP.

QuidProQuo (35 MB) is a reciprocal link checker that scans your site to locate your link partners and then spiders through your link partners sites to verify reciprocal links back to you. Lite version is freeware for Windows 98 or higher.

SEOpen is a useful extension for FireFox users allowing them to find Google backlinks, PageRank, DMOZ inclusion, MSN backlinks, Alexa Site info, keyword density and more by right-clicking on the target site.

Blog Blaster (551 KB) is an automated tool to submit your blogs to over 12 blog search engines. Freeware edition limited to the submssion of 2 blogs. For Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ 2000/ NT/ XP.

Rapid Deployment 1.0 (975 KB) is a handy tool for anyone who wants to peek at their competition with one click. Helps save time by allowing you to create, store, and launch a customized list of regularly visited url's by pressing one button from the program. Fr'eeware for Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT 4.x/ XP/ 2000.

Searchable Clickbank Catalog (846 KB) allows you to search 10,000 Clickbank products from your desktop. Rebrand the catalog and give it away fr'ee to rake in sales. Perfect for affiliate marketers.

DomainInspect (889 KB) is an advanced domain name checker, enabling WHOIS lookups of more than 100 TLDs. Manually input domain names, import domain names from a file or have domain names based on keywords automatically generated. For Windows 9x/ NT/ 2000/ XP. Shareware($39.95).

123Promotion use their search engine promotion skills, to ensure that when customers search for your product, your site will appear higher in the search results. This is achieved via Optimisation and/or Pay Per Click Campaigns. If you want to sell, you MUST promote your site.

ICLinx 3001 Link Popularity Checker (2.62MB) delivers accurate up to the second link counts backed with quick graphing capabilities for trend analysis. Runs in the background and informs you of count fluctuation through sound or visual non-intrusive alerts. Other URLs can be checked in the lower section of the window. Free for Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Trellian SEO Toolkit is a Search Engine Optimization application that features all the Search Engine Optimization tools you will ever need to manage your web site and reach the top of the search engines! Get listed within the first two or three pages of search engine results. Free trial download. Shareware US $299.95.

IBP (2.9 MB) Lite is an award-winning Web site promotion tool that helps you get top 10 rankings on major search engines. IBP tells you in plain English how to optimize your Web site for maximum results. The lite version is freeware. Standard, Pro and Business versions range in price from $99.95 to $499.95. For Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP.

Keyword Live (237 KB) shows you the top 100 keywords and phrases being used on several popular search engines on the Web in real time! This is a one-of-a-kind tool that is an absolute MUST for webmasters. Freeware.

Link Popularity Check (701 KB) checks how many sites link to yours and your competitors. For Windows XP/Me/NT4/2000/ 98/95. Freeware.

Good Keywords is a freeware program for Win95/98/2000/NT (236KB) that finds the best keywords for your web pages and then helps you measure your success by comparing your traffic with that of your competitors!

AgentWebRanking (1.9 MB) is a tool to monitor and improve your search engine position. Enter the keywords you are interested in and see how your site ranks. The app searches the engines for strategic keywords describing a web site and summarizes the results in an easy-to-read format, with details showing how well a site is positioned in Yahoo, Alta Vista, HotBot, Excite, and important international engines. Analyze any number of web sites for any number of domains. For Windows 95/98/2000/NT.

JOC Press Release A Professional Press Release Distribution system. It can generate an extraodinary amount of publicity for your products, services, causes or websites. Compose and email your PR to a targeted list of media contacts. Database includes thousands of magazines, daily and weekly newspapers, radio and TV stations and many more. Compact and easy to use. For Win95/98/NT. Registered version $49.95.

Traffic Attractor Lite (2.25 MB) is a freeware website submission tool for promoting your website to over 3000 FFA links and 80+ search engines. Fast submission, free updates.

EternalHits.com is an international web traffic building system run by the authors of the Wise Wolf software. In brief, you get $25 free For joining, up to a $3 CPM for simply displaying ads, 5 levels of referrals, 3 Cents per visitor and 5 Standard ads free per day.

Press Blaster will send your press release to over 24,000 media contacts in the U.S.A. and Canada. Contact info includes: name, address, phone, fax, website URL, and email address. Press Blaster has a built-in email program. 4 star ZDnet rating. Trial demo severely restricted. For Win 95/98/2000/ME/NT. Reg. version: $149.95.

WebPosition Gold is a highly awarded site promotion app. Generates HTML pages designed to rank high in search results, analyzes existing web pages and gives improvement advice, assists in uploading pages, submits to the major search engines automatically, provides ranking reports for targeted keywords and tracks visitors to your site. Demo versions restricted. Std. & Pro registered versions cost $149 and $349 respectively. For Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

AddWeb submits to 500,000 search engines, directories and link resources. Features include a page advisor, page builder & optimizer, live traffic analysis, AI submit� technology, powerful ranking functions, built-in FTP & MS FrontPage� support, free automated database & revision updates and an automated search engine rule checker. Three commercial versions, ranging in price. Demo versions available as well. For Windows 95/98/NT.

TopDog allows you to effortlessly RANK your web site on 455 search engines and SUBMIT to 94 search engines world wide! Plus TopDog Pro helps protect your web site from being blacklisted by working like your web browser so search engines think you're submitting by hand. Registration is $149.95. For all versions of Windows.

Link Checker 0.2d is a Firefox add-on that helps you find your links on other websites with just one click. Simply add your link to the add-on after installation and links will be highlighted in green (DoFollow) and red (NoFollow) if on a webpage. Requires Firefox 1.0 and higher.

Feed Counter 1.0 (107.5 KB) allows you to find a website's FeedBurner stats (circulation, hits, reach) for a particular day or period of time and export them as a CSV file. Freeware for Windows NT/ 2k/ Me/ XP/ 2003/ Vista/ 7/. Requires .NET Framework.

Keyword Extractor 1.05 (374 KB) extracts all of the keywords off a webpage. Keywords are sorted and indexed based on their usage and position; giving you details of how a search engine sees your site. Freeware for Windows 95 and higher.

Web Searcher 1.1.2 (1.1 MB) is a simple tool that searches Google and MSN for keywords. It allows you to extract links and titles, find the positions of your web pages in the search results, filter results, skip duplicate links and domains, and split output files. Freeware for Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7.

NDB Directory Submitter 1.0.0 (22.2 MB) allows you to submit to multiple web directories semi-automatically. Includes a collection of 200+ directories that do not require reciprocal linking. Freeware for Windows 98/ XP/ Vista/ 7.

Easy Feed Editor 2.5 (3.2 MB) is a tool to create and edit your own feeds. Supports RSS and ATOM and direct upload via FTP. Features include opening and saving of ATOM and RSS Feeds, exporting files to HTML, media file attachments to entries, categories to order entries and a WYSIWYG editor. Freeware for Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista.

WebLinks Status Analyzer 1.10 (292 KB) is an internal, external links and keywords analyzer. Supports 7 search engines: Google, MSN, Yahoo, Altavista, AOL, AllTheWeb, Lycos. Finds back links with Page rank and keywords positions. Freeware. Written in Java. Supports multiple operating systems. Requires Java Runtime Enviroment version 6.0 update 2 or higher.

Google Site Map Maker (1.0 MB) spiders your web site, creates a site map for your site, saves a copy of that site map to a folder of your choice, and then uploads a copy of the site map to your domain. After this it pings Google providing notice that a new site map is ready to be crawled. Freeware for Windows ALL.

Linking The Web 2.0 (799 KB) monitors backlinks to your site. If links don't exist, contain the wrong anchor, are covered by a "nofollow" flag or hidden by robots.txt, then you are notified by email. Also keeps track of purchased links and notifies you of their expiration dates. Freeware for Windows XP/ 2000/ 2003/ Vista.

Xedant Keyword Harvester 1.1 (1.2 MB) grabs keywords from meta keyword tags, html tags and website content of the top 10 search results in Google. Freeware for Windows 98 and above.

Xtreme Link Analyze (1.5 MB) analyzes the link popularity of your, or your competitors', sites. It also shows the number of indexed pages in Google and Yahoo, PageRank, Alexa Rankings, and the number of backlinks from Google, Yahoo, Ask, AltaVista, AllTheWeb & Alexa. Freeware for Windows ME/NT 4.x/XP/2000.

Keyword Analyzer 1.0 (961 KB) is a useful keyword generator that can quickly create lists of keywords from a single word or phrase, show keyword search popularity and the number of competitors for those keywords in Google, Yahoo and MSN. Freeware for Windows 98/ 2K/ XP/ 2K3/ Vista.

SEO Spyglass 1.0 (5.9 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. Requires JRE and email registration. Freeware for Windows 98+ and Unix/ Linux/ MacOS X.

SEO Tutorial (493 KB) is an ebook for webmasters and site owners. Covers the basics of search engine optimization and site promotion. Mainly intended for beginners. Freeware for all Windows versions.

PaRaMeter (1.0 MB) is a mass Google PageRank checking and monitoring tool. Easily find the page rank of many pages with one-click. Freeware for Windows 9X/ 2000/ XP.

Rank Tracker (4.3 MB) is a useful tool for checking the keyword rank of websites, using search engine results from Google, Yahoo and MSN. You can create multiple projects with unlimited keywords and track changes and progress over time. Supports Google and Yahoo API login, if needed. Freeware for Windows 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP/ Mac/ Linux. Requires Java Runtime Environment v1.4.

BackLinks Master (1.2 MB) helps you find who is linking to you, whether links are direct and what keywords are in the anchor text. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ XP/ 2000.

SEO Surf (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. Freeware for Internet Explorer 6.0 and Windows 98 to XP.

e3KWD Check (920 KB) is a lightweight, fast program for analyzing keyword density within web and text documents. Freeware for Windows 95/ 98/ 2000/ NT/ ME/ XP.

Get Keywords 0 (289 KB) is a small program that finds keywords in files and then creates an optimized web page using selected keywords. Features include automatic words search, add/ remove keywords options, web page creation and preview, etc. Freeware for Windows 98 and above.

Active Web Reader Customizer (696 KB) allows you to distribute your own RSS reader that includes your feeds and web pages. Users can then download your RSS reader, preloaded with your RSS feeds, increasing your website visibility. Freeware for Windows 98 SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

Sloogle Site Listing Pro (857 KB) is a tool to help you find where you are listed on Google for all keywords you are targeting. Allows you to save your keywords and domains in a database and save or print out reports. Nice freeware app, but a help file would be useful. Appears to work with most Windows versions.

Hixus Keyword Inventor (712 KB) is a SEO and keyword popularity analysis front-end for the the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool. Speeds up the process of finding good popular keywords. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT4.x/ XP/ 2000.

Automate Link Exchange assists in automating the process of building a reciprocal link directory. Features include link an exchange request submission form, reciprocal link checking, generate categorized link pages by users' defined schedule, multi-language support, and more.

VisitorVille (5.9 MB) is a unique site stats program that lets you see visitors to your website as people, in real time! Visitors are cast as animated characters in a virtual village and move around the village in real time, visiting houses that correspond to the actual pages they are viewing on your website. Fr'ee 30 day trial version allows you to monitor up to 4 pages on one site. For Windows 98 and higher.

Search Engine Commando is search engine optimization suite that automates submission and rank checking for 432 search engines, plus domain name monitoring (e.g., "whois") for any registrar around the world. Exclusive features like Trickle Submission, inclusion/exclusion of sponsored listings, integrated scheduling and historical reports have made Search Engine Commando a favorite of webmasters since 2000. Priced at only $179 and offering unlimited usage, a free trial is available for downloading from the web site. For all versions of Windows. Localized for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Swedish.

Golden Phrases(422 KB) is a log file analyzer that allows you to; gather common statistics of visitors from search engines, find out your position on search engines for all phrases, and determine which phrases have the most perspective. The program's unique "Perspectivity rating" technology allows you to instantly know what keyphrases are still not used. Freeware. For Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.

AdaURL (1.2 MB) automates submission to 30 major Search engines and Link Directories. It submits to the most appropriate category for each site automatically. Features include free upgrades, a keyword manager that can examine pages and compile a list of keywords and generate HTML META tags. For Windows 95/98/NT. Freeware.

LinkSurvey (859 KB) is a fully-loaded link popularity tool that is a must for any Webmaster. To check the link popularity of any site, just enter a URL and hit the Start button. Link Survey queries popular search engines and displays the results in a table format. Use the built-in, multi-tabbed Web browser to check out the Web sites that have linked to that site. A great way to see who's linking to your competitors' sites. Link Survey will also let you export your results to a text, HTML, or Excel file for easier review. Shareware for Win95/ 98/ NT/ 2000/ ME/ XP. Requires Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. 30 Day Free Trial.

Google Monitor (312 KB) is a free web site promotion aid for webmasters that enables you to find and track your position in the Google search engine results for specified keywords. Keep track of your ranking history, check multiple keywords and sites. For all Windows versions.

Site Popularity Meter (227KB) finds how your site compares with that of your competitors. Uses the Alexa database to report the number of visits to your site and it's ranking based on data collected in the previous 6 months. Freeware for Win 95/98/NT/2K.

AnalogX Keyword Extractor
(234 kb) extracts keywords from a webpage, and then sorts and indexes them based on their usage and position. Once indexed, you can adjust search-engine specific weighting factors and keyword criteria to get the best possible view of how a search engine sees your site. KeyEx can load local files as well as site files, work through a proxy, and have separate configurations for as many search engines as you'd like to enter!

Award-Me! (3.9 MB). Submit your Site to Over 300 Awards quickly and easily! Just fill out one form to submit your site for hundreds of awards. Save time and money. Award-Me! is FREE! For Windows 95/98/NT.

Aesop Award Submitter (1.3 MB) is a free, easy to use program that automatically submits award requests to nearly 100 award sites, including the 8 most important awards on the web. If you want more exposure for your site, download this handy little app.

Metty (2.0 MB) is a meta tag generator that allows you to create meta tags by filling in simple form fields. This handy little app supports 33 meta tags in the current version. No knowledge of meta tags is necessary to use Metty. Freeware. For Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

SubmitWolf PRO (2.4 MB)is a professional website promotional tool, which automates the process of promoting your web pages on the internet. SubmitWolf PRO can automatically register your websites with thousands of engines and directories, PLUS over 500,000 link pages. For Win 95/98/2000/ ME/NT. Shareware.

JOC Web Promote (703 kb) announces your web pages to 1000+ search engines and directories. Unlimited uses for all your web pages. Unlimited free updates of the database! Uses project files. 16 simultaneous connections. Includes web page builder for better position in certain engines. Fast, Compact and easy to use. For Win95/98/NT. Registered version $29.95.

Keyword Density Analyzer is a keyword analysis program that examines your html files and gives you an extra advantage in scoring your web pages higher in the search engine ratings. KDA will allow you to determine what keyword density mix is currently scoring well on any given search engine.

Search Engine Power Pack is an easy to use, step-by-step search engine optimization tool that prepares your site to rank high in the search results. These five tools save you time by helping you choose targeted keywords, automatically generating META and TITLE tags, giving you search engine specific tips to obtain higher rankings, submitting multiple pages within your site to your choice of 100 leading search engines and tracking your rankings in the search results. Low annual subscription price of $99.

Active WebTraffic Pro auto submits your site to 13,000+ quality search engines, directories, classifieds, & more. Add your own submission sites. Provides detailed html registration reports. Fast..can use up to 300 ports at one time. Updates to new versions are always free. Standard ($69.90) and Pro ($99.90)versions. For Win95/98/ME/NT/2000.

Easy Submit Website (406 KB) is a simple and easy-to-use search engine submission program. Currently submits to 24 engines. Freeware for Windows Win 9x/ NT/ ME/ 2000/ XP.