Ann Smarty is the blogger and marketer specializing in SEO consulting and guest blogging. Ann's expertise in blogging and tools serve as a base for her writing, tutorials and her guest blogging project, MyBlogGuest.com.
You probably know how much I love Excel for being an excellent data management tool. I have already done a guide on how to export Google search results to Excel. Today I am sharing another set of tools that will allow you to export Twitter search to Excel for brand management and keyword research. Note: If you are geeky enough you can do without tools and read Twitter RSS feeds through Excel diy-style,...
Link Research Tools I once gave a great deal of attention in my very favorable review (because the tool deserves it) have one new exciting feature to be added soon: Link Alerts: Think "Google Alerts" for Links! The tool will scan 12 backlink sources including your Google Analytics referrers for new links, validate them and report them to you. You can set the alerts to come for your own domain or your competitors. You can...
I know that our readers love cheat sheets: our last year's post listing SEO cheatsheets had a great response. This week I have collected another set of useful lists that will allow you to use Google services to their full potential. Enjoy! 7 useful Google cheatsheets: 1. Google Search Cheatsheet: Google Shortcuts Download here: Google (and Yahoo) Search Shortcuts A search shortcut is any pre-defined combination of characters / words that allows to quickly get an answer...
SEOgadget.co.uk has announced a new keyword tool beta to make the keyword research process more actionable and (hopefully) enjoyable experience. According to the announcement, “Getting clear visibility on keyword search volume and opportunity data is painstaking and time intensive, but it’s such an important part of the initial and ongoing process of SEO”. The tool combines keyword data from your Google Analytics account with local search volume (based on...
Free SEO Report (gotta love the domain!) is a new easy-to-use tool (which launches today) that generates in-depth competition research reports based on your keyword. The tool works a follows: Give the service your keyword and domain you want to rank for. Confirm your registration from within an email message (for first-time users only); Wait for the report to arrive at you email inbox. Note: the tool will also work if you fill only the keyword field. That way you...
With Google Chrome, FireFox smart keywords and multiple addons, searching from the browser address bar has become the common searching experience. But is there any way to give your browser address bar "instant" feel? Actually, there are two ways. Here are 2 tools to search from FireFox address bar and see instant results as you type: 1. Instant FireFox Inspired by Google Instant, Instant FireFox borrows that behavior and lets you see Google search results while you...
Shortly after starting my SEO career and creating my online moniker, I have registered annsmarty.com domain name. I have never been able to find a good use of the site though - speaking about myself has never been something I've been good at. So I just kept it to occasionally share some professional news about myself and linking to friends. Then, last week, I decided to turn it into an online business card. There seemed...
Are you tired of Google as you see it with all its experiments and updates? Do you want to get things under control? Then you may want to try any (or all) of the following Google search modifications: 1. Google Informative Informative Google Search is a FireFox search plugin that takes advantage of Google's sidebar options to make the results, well, more "informative: Related search suggestions (to refine your search); Page previews (doesn't work with Google Instant Previews). Get...
We scan through Google Results daily, sometimes even hourly. Having Google results numbered helps a lot in understanding where your (or your competitor's) page scores. With Google changing its SERPs so often, it is essential to be aware of several tools that would number Google SERPs for you. Understanding the Limitations When you number Google results, you should know what to expect and what not. All of the browser addons and extensions that number Google results have a...
Today SEO SpyGlass, the link and and competitor research software we gave a very favorable review earlier, is adding a new exciting feature and data source - the news is pretty huge, so we decided to announce it as a separate announcement post. As you know, since there's no telling how long Yahoo Site Explorer will last the eyes of the search community are set on Blekko as the new open source of backlink...
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