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Again, all of these tools can be found in the SiteProNews Webmaster Tools directory along with new additions as we find them. Additional Article Information: =============================== 901 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2007-05-14 11:00:00 Written By: Mel Strocen Copyright: 2007, All Rights Reserved Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For more free-reprint articles by Mel Strocen, please visit: http://www.thePhantomWriters.com/recent/author/mel-strocen.html ============================================= Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters: ============================================= If you use this article on your website or in your ezine, We Want To Know About It. 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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. 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