SEO Tools: Some you must know. Some don't suck. :)

**m42** · 4 August, 2009, 12:52 PM

Inspired by a popular Sphinn submission which touted 101 Free SEO Tools that don't suck, Tad Chef over at SEOptimise compiled his own list.
The 30 Free SEO Tools You Must Know.

Here's why he compiled his list:

Using 101 tools for whatever purpose is not productive. At the end of the day you got to find your set of say 10 or 12 tools you’ll use. Everything else is just playing around and wasting your precious time.

Here's what's on it:

web based tools
stand alone software
Firefox extensions

Do you have a quick list? What's on it?

**Will.Spencer** · 6 August, 2009, 12:11 PM

That is a pretty good list. We should try to narrow it down to ten.

**SeriousBiz** · 6 August, 2009, 12:18 PM

Yeah, having so many tools is counter-productive - no matter how good they are!
Thanks for the link!

**GameOver** · 6 August, 2009, 13:12 PM

Three tools is all I need: Google Search Keyword Tool, Google Analytics and Backlink Watch (although I hardly use Backlink watch anymore

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**Nick** · 6 August, 2009, 17:03 PM

Originally Posted by GameOver

Three tools is all I need: Google Search Keyword Tool, Google Analytics and Backlink Watch (although I hardly use Backlink watch anymore

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Backlinkwatch does come in handy, but I only use it every once in a while.

**Will.Spencer** · 8 August, 2009, 04:11 AM

My Own Top Ten

This includes some paid tools:

**badmash** · 8 August, 2009, 05:40 AM

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

My Own Top Ten

This includes some paid tools:

Mr. Will which paid keyword tool you will recommend to discover new keyword and keyphrases . I have used keyword country but no good result . Is word tracker much better then that .

**thesyndicate** · 8 August, 2009, 11:53 AM

NetBuilders is that not a forum or something?

**pctec** · 8 August, 2009, 12:07 PM

More toys to play with

Its going to be a long day I see...

**Will.Spencer** · 8 August, 2009, 15:55 PM

Originally Posted by badmash

Mr. Will which paid keyword tool you will recommend to discover new keyword and keyphrases . I have used keyword country but no good result . Is word tracker much better then that .

I mainly use Wordtracker. I use a lot of the free tools to supplement Wordtracker.

I have not yet tried Keyword Country.