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  <body-formatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic SEO health check and analysis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Website Grader by Hubspot - &lt;a href="http://website.grader.com/"&gt;Website.Grader.com&lt;/a&gt; is a free &lt;strong&gt;SEO&lt;/strong&gt; tool that measures the marketing effectiveness potential of a website. It provides a score that incorporates elements such as website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Content Duplication finder by Virante - &lt;a href="http://www.virante.com/seo-tools/duplicate-content.php"&gt;Virante's content duplication tool&lt;/a&gt; can diagnose common causes and effects of duplicate content penalties such as server headers, Google index issues and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. Builtwith by Gary Brewer - &lt;a href="http://builtwith.com/"&gt;BuiltWith.com&lt;/a&gt; is a website analysis tool, providing technical analysis and SEO optimization information to assist in your website's SEO effectiveness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. Quarkbase - &lt;a href="http://www.quarkbase.com/"&gt;Quarkbase.com&lt;/a&gt; is the great way to find website information including social bookmarking stats, Alexa ranking, related sites and domain information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic back link analysis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;a href="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/"&gt;Yahoo Site Explorer&lt;/a&gt; is a fantastic tool for basic back link information, to view the most popular pages from any site and to dive into a comprehensive site map.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6. Google Browser by Touchgraph -&#160; &lt;a href="http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html"&gt;TG Google Browser&lt;/a&gt; is a free Java application which you can use to explore the connections between related websites.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic on-page analysis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. SEO Browser by Anduro Marketing and McAnerin International Inc - &lt;a href="http://www.seo-browser.com/"&gt;SEO-Browser.com&lt;/a&gt; is a free tool which lets you see your website like a search engine sees it. Useful to find image with no alt text, to ensure drop downs are crawlable and much more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;8. Image Analyzer by Juicy Studio - &lt;a href="http://juicystudio.com/services/image.php"&gt;Image Analyzer&lt;/a&gt; will highlight images without alt text, long image names and much more. Because image optimisation is essential for successful SEO, image analyzers are an absolute must.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;9. Server Header Checker by SEO Consultants -&#160; &lt;a href="http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers.asp"&gt;Server Header Checker&lt;/a&gt; allows you to analyze your non www homepage version and other pages to check that the server header is returning a 301 redirect response, 200 OK response etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;10. Popuri by Xavier Larrea - &lt;a href="http://www.popuri.us/"&gt;Popuri.us&lt;/a&gt; allows you to quickly check your link popularity across social bookmarking sites, Google Page Rank and much more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Which tools are you using?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-formatted>
  <body-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic SEO health check and analysis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Website Grader by Hubspot - &lt;a href="http://website.grader.com/"&gt;Website.Grader.com&lt;/a&gt; is a free &lt;strong&gt;SEO&lt;/strong&gt; tool that measures the marketing effectiveness potential of a website. It provides a score that incorporates elements such as website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Content Duplication finder by Virante - &lt;a href="http://www.virante.com/seo-tools/duplicate-content.php"&gt;Virante's content duplication tool&lt;/a&gt; can diagnose common causes and effects of duplicate content penalties such as server headers, Google index issues and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Builtwith by Gary Brewer - &lt;a href="http://builtwith.com/"&gt;BuiltWith.com&lt;/a&gt; is a website analysis tool, providing technical analysis and SEO optimization information to assist in your website's SEO effectiveness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Quarkbase - &lt;a href="http://www.quarkbase.com/"&gt;Quarkbase.com&lt;/a&gt; is the great way to find website information including social bookmarking stats, Alexa ranking, related sites and domain information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic back link analysis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. &lt;a href="http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/"&gt;Yahoo Site Explorer&lt;/a&gt; is a fantastic tool for basic back link information, to view the most popular pages from any site and to dive into a comprehensive site map.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Google Browser by Touchgraph -&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html"&gt;TG Google Browser&lt;/a&gt; is a free Java application which you can use to explore the connections between related websites.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic on-page analysis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. SEO Browser by Anduro Marketing and McAnerin International Inc - &lt;a href="http://www.seo-browser.com/"&gt;SEO-Browser.com&lt;/a&gt; is a free tool which lets you see your website like a search engine sees it. Useful to find image with no alt text, to ensure drop downs are crawlable and much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Image Analyzer by Juicy Studio - &lt;a href="http://juicystudio.com/services/image.php"&gt;Image Analyzer&lt;/a&gt; will highlight images without alt text, long image names and much more. Because image optimisation is essential for successful SEO, image analyzers are an absolute must.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Server Header Checker by SEO Consultants -&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers.asp"&gt;Server Header Checker&lt;/a&gt; allows you to analyze your non www homepage version and other pages to check that the server header is returning a 301 redirect response, 200 OK response etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Popuri by Xavier Larrea - &lt;a href="http://www.popuri.us/"&gt;Popuri.us&lt;/a&gt; allows you to quickly check your link popularity across social bookmarking sites, Google Page Rank and much more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Which tools are you using?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body-unformatted>
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  <extract-formatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether you're new to SEO or an experienced consultant we all prefer automated tools, free when possible, which make our life just a bit easier at times and allow us to spend more time on the creative elements of the SEO work. By successfully using these tools and others, you'll be able to concentrate on what you do best. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Below are some of my favorite tools which I normally recommend on my &lt;a href="http://www.conversioncounts.com/blog/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; to support your SEO work:&lt;/p&gt;</extract-formatted>
  <extract-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether you're new to SEO or an experienced consultant we all prefer automated tools, free when possible, which make our life just a bit easier at times and allow us to spend more time on the creative elements of the SEO work. By successfully using these tools and others, you'll be able to concentrate on what you do best. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Below are some of my favorite tools which I normally recommend on my &lt;a href="http://www.conversioncounts.com/blog/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; to support your SEO work:&lt;/p&gt;</extract-unformatted>
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  <learn-more-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/search-engine-optimization-seo-best-practice-guide"&gt;SEO Best Practice Guide&lt;/a&gt;, a comprehensive report about search engine optimization written by Dr Dave Chaffey which has been described as an "SEO Bible". We have also published a &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/sem-search-engine-optimisation-seo-business-case"&gt;business case for SEO&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/sem-seo-request-for-proposal-rfp"&gt;Request for Proposal template file&lt;/a&gt; for those looking to hire an SEO agency. &lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-formatted>
  <learn-more-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Econsultancy has published an &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/search-engine-optimization-seo-best-practice-guide"&gt;SEO Best Practice Guide&lt;/a&gt;, a comprehensive report about search engine optimization written by Dr Dave Chaffey which has been described as an "SEO Bible". We have also published a &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/sem-search-engine-optimisation-seo-business-case"&gt;business case for SEO&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/sem-seo-request-for-proposal-rfp"&gt;Request for Proposal template file&lt;/a&gt; for those looking to hire an SEO agency. &lt;/p&gt;</learn-more-unformatted>
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  <name>10 free SEO tools you should bookmark</name>
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