Comprehensive SEO Toolbox – SEOjeff.com

Feeling a little overwhelmed by all of the SEO information available on the internet I decided to put together a comprehensive list of all the tools, sites, & blogs that I should be aware of as an SEM Developer. Certain I wasn’t the only one feeling this way I decided to put up this page for all to benefit from. Bookmark this page or subscribe to my feed as I will continue to update this list. Also, if I’ve missed something please email me and I’ll update it.

-Jeff

SEO Reference web sites

• SEO Glossary - glossary of SEO terms put together by Aaron Wall, SEO Book author

SEO Tools

• SEO for Firefox - plugin for Firefox that shows SEO data in search results
• SpyFu - find out SEO data on your competition
• Mikes Marketing Tools - I like his search engine rankings tool
• XML-Sitemaps.com - free tool that will create a Sitemaps.org compliant XML sitemap
• SEO Digger - find out what keywords you rank for
• Spellery - spell check your web site
• Compete.com - compare your site to your competitors
• Google Trends - track search trends
• Google AdWords Traffic Estimator - find out how much traffic a keyword might get
• Xenu’s Link Slueth - check your entire website for broken links - free tool
• Backlink Finder - Generate a clean report of backlinks to your web site.
• Link Checker - Searches for links to your site with several options - more comprehensive than the tool above.

SEO Keyword Tools

• Google Suggest - find popular search terms you didn’t think of
• Google AdWords Keyword Tool - generate keywords
• Google Suggest + SEO Book Keyword Tool - generate more keywords
• SEO Book Keyword Tool - generate even more keywords
• WordTracker - top-rated keyword tool
• Keyword Discovery - popular keyword tool
• SEO Book Typo Generator - find common mispellings of your keywords
• KeyCompete - keyword discovery tool
• WordZe - yet another keyword discovery tool
• Hitwise - yet another keyword discover tool
• Compete Search Analytics - find out what keywords drives traffic to any site
• Adwords Generator - combines keyword lists

SEO Blogs

• SEOmoz.org
• SEO Book
• Seth Godin
• John Battelle’s Searchblog
• Google Blogoscoped
• Copyblogger
• Search Engine Watch
• Scobleizer
• Yahoo! Search Blog
• Search Engine Land
• Search Engine Journal
• Matt Cutts
• Microsoft Live Search Blog
• Top Rank Blog
• Shoemoney
• Performancing.com
• Search Engine Roundtable
• Problogger
• SEO BlackHat
• Marketing Pilgrim
• MarketingVOX
• Google Webmaster Central Blog
• Graywolf’s SEO Blog
• Ask.com Blog
• Search Engine Guide
• TopRank Online Marketing’s BIGLIST

SEO Podcasts

• Internet Marketing Secrets

SEO Forums

• DigitalPoint
• Webmaster World

SEO Books

• SEO Book

SEO Link Building

• A List of Places to Submit Articles

SEO Industry Groups & Associations

• SEMPO
• Search Marketing Association
• Direct Marketing Association
• American Marketing Association
• Web Analytics Association

SEO Conferences

• SMX
• Pubcon
• SES
• HighRankings
• AD:Tech

SEO Tools

• Google Webmaster Central Tools
• Yahoo! Site Explorer
• Microsoft AdCenter AdLabs Tools
• DigitalPoint Tools
• SEOmoz Tools
• WeBuildPages Tools
• Webconfs Tools
• SEOChat Tools
• McDar Tools
• MarketLeap Tools

SEO Site Submission

• Google Webmaster Central
• Yahoo! Site Explorer
• Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Center
• SitemapWriter

Social Networking Directory

• Facebook
• MySpace
• Orkut
• Flickr
• LinkedIn
• Newsvine
• Yahoo! Answers
• Wikipedia
• Technorati
• YouTube
• Digg
• Reddit
• Del.icio.us
• StumbleUpon
• Propeller
• Sphinn
• Squidoo