Programs for webmasters to boost traffic
Meta tags are quite important for all webmasters. I know that many webmasters won't agree with me, but they work for me. so if you wish to mess with your meta tags, here is the list of some popular webmaster programs.
BHead 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/.
Metty Meta Tag Maker 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.
Search Engine Buddy 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.
Very important for those who care about their page rank, and don't wish to have their sites linking to a bunch of dead pages, these are valuable. Of the three listed below, CheckWeb is probably the best.
CheckWeb is a small, powerful links analyzer that can scan online/offline HTML pages and generate a report on link, error and page size information.
Mihov Link Checker 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.
SiteLinkChecker 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.
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.
Indexa 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: Analyzes 4 urls and 2 search engines.
Link Popularity Check checks how many sites link to yours and your competitors in 5 major search engines. For Windows XP/Me/NT4/2000/98/95.
BackLinks Master 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.
Now come the tools that don't fall into any specific category, but that are multi-featured and definitely worth a look, for the novice webmaster/blogger.
SEO Surf 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+.
Keyword Crawler 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.
SEO SpyGlass 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.
