I’ve been reviewing numerous SEO tools and FireFox extensions. One of our valued readers, Stephanie Trahd, asked to share my methods to organize all those tools to know where to look when you need anything.
Really, with multiple SEO tasks we need to tackle daily and all those numerous SEO tools (that might help) you need to know how to effectively organize them. The worst part is that there tools you need almost daily; other tools, instead, come in handy only once in a while, so it is easy to forget about them.
You can organize your tools in the following ways:
- by task you accomplish with them (SEO diagnostics tools, search tools, keyword research tools, backlink research tools, etc);
- by usage frequency (for example, tools you use daily will go in FireFox Bookmarks toolbar, while tools you need less often can be put in general bookmarks folder).
Organize Tools with FireFox:
FireFox bookmarks (that can be synchronized among several computers with Xmarks) can store your tools categorized by the task you use them for.
I usually create several folders to sort the tools by the SEO task and the frequency I use them (the less often I need the tool, the deeper folder-level I use to store it).
The bookmarks are searchable by title from "Bookmarks" -> "Organize bookmarks". The search can be limited to any folder, so you can search your stored SEO tools by any keyword.
Organize Tools with Wikipad:
Wikipad is an awesome desktop application that allow to create well-organized, inter-linked documents. I have already mentioned the tool describing how to use Wikipad for keyword research.
Wikipad is one of the greatest free tools to organize anything. I for one use it to organize links I come across and plan to refer to in the future.
To create subpages there, simply use [] brackets which will be converted into the clickable link. Wikipad can also be searched and its search feature is really powerful:
And how do you organize SEO tools to quickly remember and find the one you need?
Thanks Ann! I kept trying to figure out how I should organize them in an Excel spreadsheet, but your method here makes sooo much more sense. Thanks for being so responsive and for sharing!
Very useful post, thanks!
Great Idea. I am always looking for my tools.
Ann i have been using this addon past 1 year. It was useful to organise all my bookmarks. Now the name has been changed, previous it was “Foxmarks”.
Yeah, foxmark is very useful.
Also, I use portable firefox – I can run my firefox on every computer.