Internet Marketing Tools

Top five internet marketing tools

CAUTION - SE's do not like automated software that may artificially improve rankings and continually use methods to detect and penalize sites that do this!!

Internet marketing tools have come a long way in a relatively short period of time and today's marketplace is crammed with products boasting miraculous results. Such claims should be taken with a healthy pinch of salt, although some are worth a closer inspection:

Web Position Gold
Web Position has been in the SEO game for more than a decade and has unquestionable expertise in the field. They are so confident of their abilities that they allow you free 30-day trial; otherwise you're looking at between $149- 349 depending on which package you choose. Sign up with Web Position and you can expect help with everything from keyword identification to analyzing rankings. However, it's their Page Critic service that really sets them apart from the rest of the competition by monitoring on page factors (such as keyword density and prominence) of the top ranking sites. Once you know what's working you can alter your pages accordingly. For more information visit webposition.com

Top Dog and Search Engine Commando
Top Dog has developed software to enable to you to automatically submit a website to close to 100 search engines across the globe. Of course you could save yourself the $200-280 fee and do it yourself, but it's a thankless and lengthy task. Top Dog also helps monitor site rankings, by letting you know where you are and which pages are climbing or falling. Top Dog can be found at topdogsoftware.biz, while a comparable service is provided by Search Engine Commando at searchenginecommando.com (free trial available).

Webmaster World
Forums are great places to pick the brains of like minded people and they don't get much more informative than Webmaster World. Old pros are always on hand to offer words of wisdom on anything from basic optimization to advanced internet marketing techniques. The site is free to use, although an annual donation of $149 per annum allows access to the latest news and discussion boards - and helps to keep the site up and running. For instant access visit www.webmasterworld.com.

OptiLink
An invaluable tool in the SEO armory, it checks that all your internal and external links are intact in a mater of seconds. Search engines hate broken links. Visit optilinksoftware.com