Search Engine Optimization (SEO) as defined by Wikipedia refers to the process of improving the visibility of web sites or web pages in search engines. It is one of the most important and the trickiest part of web development. With millions of websites being developed every year, optimizing web sites have become very crucial to improve the site’s visibility and traffic. Now here’s a hardy list of the best seo tools for Firefox.
Free SEO Tools
Lately, lots of handy Firefox add-ons have been developed to simplify the SEO process. Below are few of the best SEO add-ons for Firefox.
1. SEOQuake SEO Extension – SEOQuake is a an easy-to-use and powerful tool for analyzing the optimization and the promotion level of internet web projects. It enables you to obtain and investigate many important SEO parameters like Google PR, Google Index, Alexa Rank, Yahoo! Index and many more.
2. SearchStatus – SearchStatus is a really useful add-on for SEO. It provides you some of the most useful SEO parameters such as Google PR, Alexa Rank, Compete Rank and SEOmoz Linkscape mozRank within just the reach of a click. Apart from this it also provides you some additional tools such as keyword density analyzer, keyword highlighting, show related links/backward links, nofollow highlighting and many more.
3. Google Global – Google Global is a simple and easy-to-use Firefox extension that enables users to quickly and easily see organic and paid Google search results as they appear in different geographical locations.
4. KGen – KGen (Keyword Generator) is a simple Firefox add-on that analyzes the content of a web page and displays a set of keywords for that page. It retrieves every word of the page and displays the number of times it has occurred and also it’s weight in the page.
5. User Agent Switcher – User Agent Switcher adds a menu and a toolbar button to your browser that enables you to easily switch the user agent of your browser. This tool especially comes in handy when you want to check for cross browser compatibility issues.
6. Foxy SEO Tool – Foxy SEO Tool is an all-in-one SEO add-on that offers you a vast multitude of tools for SEO, web traffic analysis and web page analysis. Basically, it is a free and open-source toolbar that provides you quick and easy access to a number of search engine functions like Google Site, Yahoo! Site Explorer, and many more. Also included are many web traffic analysis sites, important directories and also links to some useful network functions and keyword research services. It also offers a spider simulator function which enables you to display a web site just as a search engine would read it.
7. SEOpen – Just like Foxy SEO Tool this add-on too provides you quick access to some web-based tools to help with search engine optimization. It enables you to quickly check inbound links, page ranks, HTTP headers and much more.
8. SenSEO – SenSEO is a really useful Firefox extension that enables you to analyze web pages and tells you how good they fulfill on-page SEO criteria. It checks the correct usage of Document-Title, Meta-Description, Meta Keywords, headlines, domain, URL path and other general content criteria.
9. SEO Doctor – This add-on helps you to see how any web page is optimized in terms of SEO. It provides an easy diagnosis of SEO problems and also offers some simple tips. It is a really useful tool to check the SEO status of any web project.
10. SEO for Firefox – SEO for Firefox is a really powerful extension for Firefox. It pulls useful market research data such as Google Page Rank, backlinks, delicious bookmark counts, Alexa rank, WhoIs data and much more right onto your search results page.
11. SEO & Website Analysis – SEO & Website analysis by WooRank provides you a very deep SEO & Website analysis report for any website. It analyzes the website based on various criteria such as keyword analysis, title and URL analysis, traffic estimation, Alexa rank, Compete rank and much more.
12. SEO Toolbar – The SEO Toolbar is a really simple and easy-to-use add-on that displays the Page Rank, Alexa Rank and Popularity Index rank of any web page you visit. It also includes other SEO tools such as search engine view, server header view, Wayback Machine button and also links to many SEO forums and websites.
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Nice article
Thanks for article.
good information,thank you
Its really interesting to know about some useful software. I’ve used some of them to my Firefox.
Thanks for providing detailed of some which I was unknown about.
good article but it would be nice if you can provide your comments on which add-ons you like most and personally use.