{"id":43041,"date":"2020-08-01T18:19:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T10:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=43041"},"modified":"2022-09-15T17:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T09:46:29","slug":"seo-tools-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/seo-tools-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"10+ SEO Tools You Will Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As an <strong>SEO consultant, you need a particular set of tools<\/strong> to know exactly where your competitors rank in top search engines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/keyword-research-tactics\/\">how to look for effective keywords<\/a> and track new opportunities as they develop. Also, there are <strong>dozens of activities, plans, and campaigns<\/strong> that need to be managed. In such a case, it\u2019s always a good idea to have some useful SEO tools at your disposal.<\/p>\n<p>So, in this guide, I\u2019ll talk about <strong>some of the best and most up-to-date SEO tools<\/strong> that every SEO consultant would need to better manage their activities.<\/p>\n<h2>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/sitechecker.pro\/website-crawler\/\">Website Crawler by SiteChecker<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/sitechecker.pro\/website-crawler\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SiteChecker.jpg?2\" alt=\"SiteChecker\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1688\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>SiteChecker is a cloud-based website crawler for technical SEO audits for any website. It gives you a comprehensive report on the site\u2019s technical SEO in a few minutes. You can also set customized crawling criteria, get emails regarding critical issues and warnings, and get useful instructions on fixing the issues.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Simple to use<\/strong> and easy to navigate interface<\/li>\n<li><strong>Businesses websites can resolve issues<\/strong> related to SEO performance<\/li>\n<li>Digital agencies can <strong>speed up the SEO audit<\/strong> and bug fixing of their client\u2019s websites<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Centralized platform<\/strong> that monitor site health and tracks keywords and backlinks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Setup rules and filters<\/strong> in the crawling settings. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/go\/semrush\">SEMrush<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/go\/semrush\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-SEMrush-2.jpg?2\" alt=\"SEMrush\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A reliable keyword and competitor research tool, SEMRush is a must-have in every SEO enthusiast\u2019s list. The tool offers <strong>extensive and deep research options<\/strong> as well as the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Keyword Difficulty Tool <strong>ranks keywords based on the expected difficulty<\/strong> in ranking for it, considering the competition. <\/li>\n<li>Find out your competing brands\u2019 best performing backlinks, high traffic grossing content, best keywords, and much more. <\/li>\n<li>Gives you a <strong>broad overview of the paid advertising and PPC efforts<\/strong> of competing brands, helping you understand what\u2019s worth trying for your own brand.<\/li>\n<li>Helps you <strong>find long tail keywords across multiple databases<\/strong> for both international and local Google and Bing versions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>3. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/\">Ahrefs<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-Ahrefs-1.jpg?2\" alt=\"Ahrefs\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>Data never lies, and <strong>SEO experts need advanced data analysis<\/strong> to take control of campaigns. Ahrefs is an awesome suite of stellar SEO tools that provides five different graphs that help you track your SEO campaign\u2019s progress. Following are some other things it can do.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its Site Explorer is among the best and <strong>most intuitive backlink analysis<\/strong> tools around. <\/li>\n<li>It shows you <strong>important keyword metrics<\/strong> like search volume, keyword ranking, keyword difficulty, and traffic, apart from Domain Authority (DA) and URL Rating (UR).<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>keyword research tool lets users know stats<\/strong> on global or country-wise search volumes, position history, difficulty level, and related keywords. <\/li>\n<li>The Content Explorer helps users find out the most amazing content related to entered topics and keywords. <\/li>\n<li>You can <strong>add tags to keywords<\/strong> and filter them using tags, making management of multiple campaigns easier.<\/li>\n<li>All plans come with free trials, which are pretty useful. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>4. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchbox.com\/\">Pitchbox<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-Pitchbox-3.jpg?2\" alt=\"Pitchbox\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pitchbox is a superb tool for outreach, <strong>assisting your link-building efforts<\/strong> in many ways, thus contributing to SEO. It offers a lot of resources for beginner SEO consultants, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just specify your keywords, and Pitchbox will automatically <strong>compile a list of the best websites around, related to the keywords<\/strong>, for you to target for link building. <\/li>\n<li>With its follow-up email scheduling feature, you can easily <strong>set up advanced follow-up campaigns<\/strong>, driving more value from your connections without investing any time into it. <\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>management, client, and team reports<\/strong> help you refine your outreach strategy to maximize returns.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The tool is integrated with Moz, Majestic, LRT, and SEMRush, connecting you with the most coveted publishers online.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>15-day free trial is perfect for you to get started<\/strong> with basic features. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>5. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/slerpee.com\/\">Slerpee<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-Slerpee-4.jpg?2\" alt=\"Slerpee\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>The way your website looks in Google SERPs has a major impact on its search rankings, as well as on how many people decide to actually click on it and visit your pages. You can use this tool to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check how your <strong>websites looks in Google SERPs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Get <strong>free value-adding tips for improvement<\/strong>, such as better meta descriptions.<\/li>\n<li>Make <strong>experimental changes to title and meta description<\/strong>, without making them live, to observe how they appear on SERPs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>6. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/beamusup.com\/\">BeamUsUp<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-Beams-up-5.jpg?2\" alt=\"BeamUsUp\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>SEO Crawlers can be time-consuming and frustrating to work with; not if it\u2019s BeamUsUp that you\u2019re using. Here\u2019s what it can do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It gives the option of using <strong>smart filters to display the most common types of SEO errors<\/strong> from the crawl result reports generated. <\/li>\n<li>It allows easy data export (even after filters are applied) directly to Google Drive or MS Excel. <\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s easy to <strong>remove duplicate pages<\/strong> from the crawl reports.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>free version lets you do a lot more<\/strong> than any other crawler\u2019s free version (which come with highly suffocating restrictions).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>7. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/seochat.io\/tools\/meta-tag-generator\">SEOChat Schema Generators<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-Schema-6.jpg?2\" alt=\"SEOChat Schema Generators\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>Schema markup tool can make your webpages stand in utter contrast from others, thereby improving their SERP presence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schema generation tools can <strong>easily generate the markup code<\/strong>, which you can then add to your webpage HTML. These codes are search engine friendly. <\/li>\n<li>The ready-to-use schema generator tools offered here include article code generator, review-rich snippets code generator, event-rich snippet code generator, and people-rich snippet code generator. <\/li>\n<li>Other schema generators include <strong>product, brand, movie, book, and video schema generators<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>8. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/lsigraph.com\/\">LSI Graph<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-LSI-7.jpg?2\" alt=\"LSI Graph\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>Latent Semantic Indexing is a method of evaluating the subject matter quality of a <strong>web page based on the range of semantically related keywords<\/strong> for the main keyword it incorporates in the content.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It helps you <strong>quickly generate a large list of LSI keywords<\/strong> related to their primary keywords. You can then simply incorporate these keywords into the content for better rankings. <\/li>\n<li>It also <strong>offers a free LSI guide to users<\/strong> in return for their names and email IDs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>9. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xml-sitemaps.com\/\">XML-Sitemaps<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-XML-sitemap-8.jpg?2\" alt=\"XML-Sitemaps\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>XML Sitemap errors can wreak havoc for your website\u2019s search engine visibility.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can use this tool to <strong>generate a sitemap<\/strong> for whatever purpose you want \u2013 HTML sitemap for website\u2019s navigation structure, text sitemap for a list of webpages on the website, or <strong>XML sitemap to submit to search engines for indexing<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<li>For small websites with less than 500 pages, you can use this tool without registering and can get the sitemap immediately. <\/li>\n<li>With a <strong>free registered account, you can directly submit the sitemap to your server<\/strong>, edit without re-uploading it to a website, and manage sitemaps for multiple websites. <\/li>\n<li>An <strong>upgraded account comes with useful features<\/strong> such as broken link checker, along with image, video, and news sitemaps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>10. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/tools.seobook.com\/robots-txt\/generator\/\">SEOBook Robots.txt Generator<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Robots.txt files tell a search engine bot as to which pages it\u2019s allowed to visit (crawl) and save (index) on search engine result pages. To specify any duplicate <strong>pages you want the crawler to ignore, you need to make appropriate declarations<\/strong> in the robots.txt, which is what Robots.txt Generator does.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using SEOBook\u2019s robots.txt file generator, you can <strong>easily generate the file without any errors<\/strong>, so that search engine bots can easily crawl and index your websites. <\/li>\n<li>You can <strong>specify default robot access level<\/strong> as \u2018disallow all robots\u2019 or \u2018allow all robots. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-robots-9.jpg?2\" alt=\"SEOBook Robots.txt Generator\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<h2>11. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pagespeed.web.dev\/\">Google Page Speed Insights<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/seo-tools-you-need\/SEO-tools-Page-speed-10.jpg?2\" alt=\"Google Page Speed Insight\" width=\"1044\" height=\"522\"><\/figure>\n<p>Your website\u2019s page loading speed is one of the first things the user encounters and <strong>you can only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/dependable-ways-boost-wordpress-speeds\/\">make your website load faster<\/a> if you have the correct insights<\/strong> on it. Google Page Speed Insights is the tool to help you with that.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It helps you <strong>find out the technical improvements you can make to your pages<\/strong> to boost their loading speed. <\/li>\n<li>Some of the commonplace suggestions this tool can help you with include <strong>elimination of above-the-fold render-blocking JavaScript and CSS<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<li>It helps in optimizing images, leveraging browser caching, etc. <\/li>\n<li>The results can be seen for <strong>both mobile and desktop website<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Bonus tip:<\/strong> Use VPN to evaluate the local traffic of a website<\/h2>\n<p>Many times, <strong>SEO consultants need to understand the local SEO aspects<\/strong> for a client website. When the client is from different geography, this can be challenging, and so VPNs prove invaluable here. Ensure to compare the top VPNs before you make the final decision.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/cheapest-vpn-providers\/\">VPN<\/a> will not only <strong>help to evaluate websites by simulating your web presence from any geography<\/strong>, but also make sure you\u2019re never held back from using any of the SEO tools I covered in this guide from any location, with useful VPN options by your side.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The world of SEO will continue to evolve. Entrust the tools I covered in this guide, and be on the lookout for new ones that can help you get more work done in less time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an SEO consultant, you need a particular set of tools to know exactly where your competitors rank in top search engines, how to look for effective keywords and track new opportunities as they develop. Also, there are dozens of activities, plans, and campaigns that need to be managed. 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