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SEO TOOLS OF THE TRADE 
60 TOOLS YOU NEED IN 2014 
Bastian Grimm, VP Organic Search, Peak Ace AG | @basgr
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Presentation Download: 
http://pa.ag/bac14-tools
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BUCKLE UP, GUYS…! 
90+ SLIDES IN 45 MINUTES
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Keyword Insights 
Benchmarking, Comparison, Suggestions & Search Volumes
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#1 SEMRush 
http://www.semrush.com/ 
partially free (or $69 / mo.), web-based
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#1 SEMRush 
http://www.semrush.com/ 
Massive DB (in 25+ countries), keyword data for phrases and / or domains
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#2 Searchmetrics Essentials 
http://suite.searchmetrics.com/en/research 
partially free (or €69 / mo.), web-based
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#2 Searchmetrics Essentials 
http://suite.searchmetrics.com/en/research 
Especially useful when it comes to relations, synonyms, etc.
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#3 Übersuggest 
http://ubersuggest.org/ 
free, web-based
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#4 Suggestion Keyword Finder 
http://tools.seochat.com/tools/related-keywords-tool/ 
free, web-based, English keywords only
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#5 Scrape it with Google-Docs 
http://pa.ag/gscrapeit 
free, web-based
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#6 KeywordTool.io 
http://keywordtool.io/ 
free, web-based
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#6 KeywordTool.io 
http://keywordtool.io/ 
The beauty: Also has Bing, YouTube & App Store keywords - in multiple languages!
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#7 Keyword Eye 
http://www.keywordeye.com/ 
free (or $16 / mo.), web-based
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#8 soovle 
http://soovle.com/ 
free, web-based, mainly English keyword data
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#9 Bing Keyword Research 
http://www.bing.com/toolbox/keywords 
free, web-based
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#10 Google AdWords Keyword-Planer 
https://adwords.google.com/KeywordPlanner 
free, web-based
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What to do with all this data? 
http://bg.vu/sesldn14 
Structured approach on comparing and processing all this keyword data…
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On-Page Auditing 
Architecture: Crawling, Headers, Redirects, etc.
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#11 Screaming Frog SEO Spider 
http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/ 
free (or £99 / yr.), Win + Mac + Ubuntu
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#12 DeepCrawl Website Crawler 
http://deepcrawl.co.uk/ 
paid (€60 / mo.), web-based
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#12 DeepCrawl Website Crawler 
http://deepcrawl.co.uk/ 
Simplified and efficient architecture auditing, scheduled reports & more
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#13 strucr.com 
https://strucr.com/ 
free (or €119 / mo.), web-based
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#14 botify.com 
https://www.botify.com/ 
paid (€39 / mo.), web-based
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#15 Searchmetrics Suite 
http://www.searchmetrics.com/de/suite/ 
paid (€349 / mo.), web-based
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#15 Searchmetrics Suite 
http://www.searchmetrics.com/de/suite/ 
URL health monitoring including quick-win suggestions
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#16 HTTP Status Code Checker 
http://httpstatus.io/ 
free, web-based
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#17 Bulk HTTP Header Checker 
http://www.tomanthony.co.uk/tools/bulk-http-header-compare/ 
free, web-based
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#18 ModRewrite Generator 
http://www.generateit.net/mod-rewrite/index.php 
free, web-based
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#19 robotto 
http://www.robotto.org/ 
free (or $60 / mo.), web-based
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Some more On-Page Tools 
Various (little) helpers to make your life easier…
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#20 SERP Snippet Optimization Tool 
http://www.seomofo.com/snippet-optimizer.html 
free, web-based
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#21 flang - hreflang Testing Tool 
http://flang.dejanseo.com.au/ 
free, web-based
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#22 hreflang Generator Tool 
http://www.internationalseomap.com/hreflang-tags-generator/ 
free, web-based
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#23 Copyscape & Siteliner 
http://www.copyscape.com/ & http://siteliner.com/ 
free, web-based
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#24 Schema- & microDATAgenerator 
http://schema-creator.org/ & http://www.microdatagenerator.com/ 
free, web-based
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#25 Google‘s Structured Data Testing Tool 
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets 
free, web-based
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Performance Auditing 
All about site speed
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#26 Google PageSpeed Insights 
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ 
free, web-based
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#27 YSlow 
http://yslow.org/ 
free, browser plug-in
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#28 GTmetrix 
http://gtmetrix.com/ 
free (or $15 / mo.), web-based
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#28 GTmetrix 
http://gtmetrix.com/ 
PageSpeed & YSlow at-a-glance, report download, URL comparison & API
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#29 TinyPNG & JPEGmini 
https://tinypng.com/ & http://www.jpegmini.com/ 
free, web-based
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#30 SpriteCow & SpriteMe 
http://www.spritecow.com/ & http://spriteme.org/ 
free, web-based
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#31 blitz.io Load Testing 
https://www.blitz.io/ 
paid ($30 / mo.), cloud-based
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Want some more? 
http://bg.vu/brigh14 
Way, way more performance optimization tools & strategies…
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Link Management Tools 
Evaluation, Auditing, Link Intelligence, etc.
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#32 LinkResearchTools (LRT) 
http://www.linkresearchtools.com/ 
paid ($129 / mo.), web-based
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#32 LinkResearchTools (LRT) 
http://www.linkresearchtools.com/ 
Linkprofile & domain auditing / comparison, alerts & bulk-auditing tools
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#32 LinkResearchTools (LRT) 
http://www.linkresearchtools.com/ 
(Competitive) link (risk) auditing / evaluation
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#33 Majestic 
https://majestic.com/ 
paid (€40 / mo.), web-based
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#34 ahrefs.com 
https://ahrefs.com/ 
partially free (or $79 / mo.), web-based
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#34 ahrefs.com 
https://ahrefs.com/ 
Super-fast link discovery, beautiful interface, social data & link growth trends
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#35 OpenLinkProfiler 
http://www.openlinkprofiler.org/ 
free, web-based
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#36 LinkRisk 
http://linkrisk.com/ 
paid (€179 / mo.), web-based
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#36 LinkRisk 
http://linkrisk.com/ 
Also a link suite with multiple sub-tools for auditing, monitoring, removal, etc.
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#37 urlprofiler 
http://urlprofiler.com/ 
paid (£10 / mo.), Win + Mac
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#37 urlprofiler 
http://urlprofiler.com/blog/screaming-frog/ 
Combine data from ScreamingFrog with urlprofiler
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SEO Suites 
All-in-one solutions for your (large-scale) SEO Usually has rankings, visibility, recomms, etc.
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#38 Searchmetrics Suite 
http://www.searchmetrics.com/de/suite/ 
paid (€349 / mo.), web-based
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#39 Sistrix 
http://www.sistrix.co.uk/ 
paid (€119 / mo.), web-based
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#39 Sistrix 
http://www.sistrix.co.uk/google-updates/ 
Free Google update checker to match with timestamps of all big updates / changes
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#40 OnPage.org 
http://www.onpage.org/ 
paid (€100 / mo.), web-based
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Rank Tracking & Flux's 
Monitor Rankings and SERP Volatility
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#41 MozCast 
http://mozcast.com/ 
free, web-based
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#42 SERP Volatility Index by SERPs.com 
https://serps.com/tools/volatility 
free, web-based
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#43 Algoroo 
http://algoroo.com/ 
free, web-based
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#44 Advanced Web Ranking (AWR) 
http://www.advancedwebranking.com/desktop/ 
paid ($199 / mo.), Win + Mac + Unix
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#45 SerpBook 
http://serpbook.com/ 
paid ($5 / mo.), web-based
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Browser Plug-ins 
Various extensions for Firefox & Chrome
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#46 Off-Page Plug-ins for Chrome 
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/ 
Linkparser, Redirect Path, Linkclump & Check My Links
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#47 General SEO Plug-ins for Chrome 
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/ 
META SEO Inspector, SeeRobots, SEOquake & Disconnect
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#48 SEO Plug-ins for Firefox 
http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ & http://getfirebug.com/ & http://pa.ag/1nimBXp 
SearchStatus, Firebug & Web Developer Toolbar
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MS Excel Extensions 
Get easy access to all relevant data sources
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#49 SEOTools for Excel 
http://nielsbosma.se/projects/seotools/ 
free, Windows
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#50 SeoGadget for Excel 
http://builtvisible.com/seogadget-for-excel/ 
free, Windows
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#BONUS: Super Metrics for Excel 
http://supermetrics.com/ 
paid, Windows (Excel) or web-based (Google Docs)
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#BONUS: Super Metrics for Excel 
http://supermetrics.com/product/supermetrics-data-grabber/ 
paid, Windows (Excel) or web-based (Google Docs)
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Social Intelligence 
Tracking Social Networks & Data Points
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#51 Buzzsumo 
http://buzzsumo.com/ 
paid ($99 / mo.), web-based
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#52 Social Crawlytics 
https://socialcrawlytics.com/ 
free, web-based
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#53 socialbakers 
http://www.socialbakers.com/ 
free reports, or paid ($120 / mo.), web-based
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#54 Talk Walker Alerts 
http://www.talkwalker.com/en/alerts 
free, web-based
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#55 KnowEm 
http://knowem.com/ 
free check, paid username signup ($85 one time), web-based
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Search Engines 
Nope, not Google; Competitive Intelligence!
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#57 SimilarWeb 
http://www.similarweb.com/ 
partially free, (or $199 / mo.), web-based
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#58 SpiderFoot 
http://www.spiderfoot.net/ 
free, Win + Unix
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#59 NerdyData 
http://nerdydata.com/ 
free (or $99 / mo.), web-based
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#60 Shodan 
http://www.shodanhq.com/ 
free, web-based
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ITS NO ROCKET SCIENCE 
PLEASE DON‘T USE TOOLS WITHOUT QUESTIONING THEM!
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WE ARE HIRING: pa.ag/ace-jobs 
10+ Openings in PPC, SEO as well as Content & Online PR in Berlin! 
http://pa.ag/ace-jobs
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 
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SEO Tools of the Trade - Barcelona Affiliate Conference 2014

  • 1.
    1 SEO TOOLSOF THE TRADE 60 TOOLS YOU NEED IN 2014 Bastian Grimm, VP Organic Search, Peak Ace AG | @basgr
  • 2.
    2 Presentation Download: http://pa.ag/bac14-tools
  • 3.
    3 BUCKLE UP,GUYS…! 90+ SLIDES IN 45 MINUTES
  • 4.
    4 Keyword Insights Benchmarking, Comparison, Suggestions & Search Volumes
  • 5.
    5 #1 SEMRush http://www.semrush.com/ partially free (or $69 / mo.), web-based
  • 6.
    6 #1 SEMRush http://www.semrush.com/ Massive DB (in 25+ countries), keyword data for phrases and / or domains
  • 7.
    7 #2 SearchmetricsEssentials http://suite.searchmetrics.com/en/research partially free (or €69 / mo.), web-based
  • 8.
    8 #2 SearchmetricsEssentials http://suite.searchmetrics.com/en/research Especially useful when it comes to relations, synonyms, etc.
  • 9.
    9 #3 Übersuggest http://ubersuggest.org/ free, web-based
  • 10.
    10 #4 SuggestionKeyword Finder http://tools.seochat.com/tools/related-keywords-tool/ free, web-based, English keywords only
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    11 #5 Scrapeit with Google-Docs http://pa.ag/gscrapeit free, web-based
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    12 #6 KeywordTool.io http://keywordtool.io/ free, web-based
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    13 #6 KeywordTool.io http://keywordtool.io/ The beauty: Also has Bing, YouTube & App Store keywords - in multiple languages!
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    14 #7 KeywordEye http://www.keywordeye.com/ free (or $16 / mo.), web-based
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    15 #8 soovle http://soovle.com/ free, web-based, mainly English keyword data
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    16 #9 BingKeyword Research http://www.bing.com/toolbox/keywords free, web-based
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    17 #10 GoogleAdWords Keyword-Planer https://adwords.google.com/KeywordPlanner free, web-based
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    18 What todo with all this data? http://bg.vu/sesldn14 Structured approach on comparing and processing all this keyword data…
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    19 On-Page Auditing Architecture: Crawling, Headers, Redirects, etc.
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    20 #11 ScreamingFrog SEO Spider http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/ free (or £99 / yr.), Win + Mac + Ubuntu
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    21 #12 DeepCrawlWebsite Crawler http://deepcrawl.co.uk/ paid (€60 / mo.), web-based
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    22 #12 DeepCrawlWebsite Crawler http://deepcrawl.co.uk/ Simplified and efficient architecture auditing, scheduled reports & more
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    23 #13 strucr.com https://strucr.com/ free (or €119 / mo.), web-based
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    24 #14 botify.com https://www.botify.com/ paid (€39 / mo.), web-based
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    25 #15 SearchmetricsSuite http://www.searchmetrics.com/de/suite/ paid (€349 / mo.), web-based
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    26 #15 SearchmetricsSuite http://www.searchmetrics.com/de/suite/ URL health monitoring including quick-win suggestions
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    27 #16 HTTPStatus Code Checker http://httpstatus.io/ free, web-based
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    28 #17 BulkHTTP Header Checker http://www.tomanthony.co.uk/tools/bulk-http-header-compare/ free, web-based
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    29 #18 ModRewriteGenerator http://www.generateit.net/mod-rewrite/index.php free, web-based
  • 30.
    30 #19 robotto http://www.robotto.org/ free (or $60 / mo.), web-based
  • 31.
    31 Some moreOn-Page Tools Various (little) helpers to make your life easier…
  • 32.
    32 #20 SERPSnippet Optimization Tool http://www.seomofo.com/snippet-optimizer.html free, web-based
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    33 #21 flang- hreflang Testing Tool http://flang.dejanseo.com.au/ free, web-based
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    34 #22 hreflangGenerator Tool http://www.internationalseomap.com/hreflang-tags-generator/ free, web-based
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    35 #23 Copyscape& Siteliner http://www.copyscape.com/ & http://siteliner.com/ free, web-based
  • 36.
    36 #24 Schema-& microDATAgenerator http://schema-creator.org/ & http://www.microdatagenerator.com/ free, web-based
  • 37.
    37 #25 Google‘sStructured Data Testing Tool http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets free, web-based
  • 38.
    38 Performance Auditing All about site speed
  • 39.
    39 #26 GooglePageSpeed Insights https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ free, web-based
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    40 #27 YSlow http://yslow.org/ free, browser plug-in
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    41 #28 GTmetrix http://gtmetrix.com/ free (or $15 / mo.), web-based
  • 42.
    42 #28 GTmetrix http://gtmetrix.com/ PageSpeed & YSlow at-a-glance, report download, URL comparison & API
  • 43.
    43 #29 TinyPNG& JPEGmini https://tinypng.com/ & http://www.jpegmini.com/ free, web-based
  • 44.
    44 #30 SpriteCow& SpriteMe http://www.spritecow.com/ & http://spriteme.org/ free, web-based
  • 45.
    45 #31 blitz.ioLoad Testing https://www.blitz.io/ paid ($30 / mo.), cloud-based
  • 46.
    46 Want somemore? http://bg.vu/brigh14 Way, way more performance optimization tools & strategies…
  • 47.
    47 Link ManagementTools Evaluation, Auditing, Link Intelligence, etc.
  • 48.
    48 #32 LinkResearchTools(LRT) http://www.linkresearchtools.com/ paid ($129 / mo.), web-based
  • 49.
    49 #32 LinkResearchTools(LRT) http://www.linkresearchtools.com/ Linkprofile & domain auditing / comparison, alerts & bulk-auditing tools
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    50 #32 LinkResearchTools(LRT) http://www.linkresearchtools.com/ (Competitive) link (risk) auditing / evaluation
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    51 #33 Majestic https://majestic.com/ paid (€40 / mo.), web-based
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    52 #34 ahrefs.com https://ahrefs.com/ partially free (or $79 / mo.), web-based
  • 53.
    53 #34 ahrefs.com https://ahrefs.com/ Super-fast link discovery, beautiful interface, social data & link growth trends
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    54 #35 OpenLinkProfiler http://www.openlinkprofiler.org/ free, web-based
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    55 #36 LinkRisk http://linkrisk.com/ paid (€179 / mo.), web-based
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    56 #36 LinkRisk http://linkrisk.com/ Also a link suite with multiple sub-tools for auditing, monitoring, removal, etc.
  • 57.
    57 #37 urlprofiler http://urlprofiler.com/ paid (£10 / mo.), Win + Mac
  • 58.
    58 #37 urlprofiler http://urlprofiler.com/blog/screaming-frog/ Combine data from ScreamingFrog with urlprofiler
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    59 SEO Suites All-in-one solutions for your (large-scale) SEO Usually has rankings, visibility, recomms, etc.
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    60 #38 SearchmetricsSuite http://www.searchmetrics.com/de/suite/ paid (€349 / mo.), web-based
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    61 #39 Sistrix http://www.sistrix.co.uk/ paid (€119 / mo.), web-based
  • 62.
    62 #39 Sistrix http://www.sistrix.co.uk/google-updates/ Free Google update checker to match with timestamps of all big updates / changes
  • 63.
    63 #40 OnPage.org http://www.onpage.org/ paid (€100 / mo.), web-based
  • 64.
    64 Rank Tracking& Flux's Monitor Rankings and SERP Volatility
  • 65.
    65 #41 MozCast http://mozcast.com/ free, web-based
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    66 #42 SERPVolatility Index by SERPs.com https://serps.com/tools/volatility free, web-based
  • 67.
    67 #43 Algoroo http://algoroo.com/ free, web-based
  • 68.
    68 #44 AdvancedWeb Ranking (AWR) http://www.advancedwebranking.com/desktop/ paid ($199 / mo.), Win + Mac + Unix
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    69 #45 SerpBook http://serpbook.com/ paid ($5 / mo.), web-based
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    70 Browser Plug-ins Various extensions for Firefox & Chrome
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    71 #46 Off-PagePlug-ins for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/ Linkparser, Redirect Path, Linkclump & Check My Links
  • 72.
    72 #47 GeneralSEO Plug-ins for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/ META SEO Inspector, SeeRobots, SEOquake & Disconnect
  • 73.
    73 #48 SEOPlug-ins for Firefox http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ & http://getfirebug.com/ & http://pa.ag/1nimBXp SearchStatus, Firebug & Web Developer Toolbar
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    74 MS ExcelExtensions Get easy access to all relevant data sources
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    75 #49 SEOToolsfor Excel http://nielsbosma.se/projects/seotools/ free, Windows
  • 76.
    76 #50 SeoGadgetfor Excel http://builtvisible.com/seogadget-for-excel/ free, Windows
  • 77.
    77 #BONUS: SuperMetrics for Excel http://supermetrics.com/ paid, Windows (Excel) or web-based (Google Docs)
  • 78.
    78 #BONUS: SuperMetrics for Excel http://supermetrics.com/product/supermetrics-data-grabber/ paid, Windows (Excel) or web-based (Google Docs)
  • 79.
    79 Social Intelligence Tracking Social Networks & Data Points
  • 80.
    80 #51 Buzzsumo http://buzzsumo.com/ paid ($99 / mo.), web-based
  • 81.
    81 #52 SocialCrawlytics https://socialcrawlytics.com/ free, web-based
  • 82.
    82 #53 socialbakers http://www.socialbakers.com/ free reports, or paid ($120 / mo.), web-based
  • 83.
    83 #54 TalkWalker Alerts http://www.talkwalker.com/en/alerts free, web-based
  • 84.
    84 #55 KnowEm http://knowem.com/ free check, paid username signup ($85 one time), web-based
  • 85.
    85 Search Engines Nope, not Google; Competitive Intelligence!
  • 86.
    86 #57 SimilarWeb http://www.similarweb.com/ partially free, (or $199 / mo.), web-based
  • 87.
    87 #58 SpiderFoot http://www.spiderfoot.net/ free, Win + Unix
  • 88.
    88 #59 NerdyData http://nerdydata.com/ free (or $99 / mo.), web-based
  • 89.
    89 #60 Shodan http://www.shodanhq.com/ free, web-based
  • 90.
    90 ITS NOROCKET SCIENCE PLEASE DON‘T USE TOOLS WITHOUT QUESTIONING THEM!
  • 91.
    91 WE AREHIRING: pa.ag/ace-jobs 10+ Openings in PPC, SEO as well as Content & Online PR in Berlin! http://pa.ag/ace-jobs
  • 92.
    92 Your turn!Questions?  bg@peakace.de  twitter.com/peakaceag  facebook.com/peakaceag  www.peakace.de http://pa.ag/bac14-tools