Free SEO tools - usefulness, usability and additional tools

[dynamics]

Hi,
I've recently release a suite of free SEO and domain information tools.
I'd like to get some feedback about the usefulness and usability of the current tools and thought this forum would be the best place to ask.

NetDnx.com - Free Webmaster Power Tools

The current features include:
Whois lookup
Additional owned domains
Website traffic
Site Popularity
SE rankings
Competitor analysis
Websites on your webserver
Class C neighbors
Link validator
Sitemap creator
Google sitemap creator
Search Engine simulator
Keyword analysis
Keyword suggestions
Site keyword suggestions
Link Partner suggestions

I have several more tools which will be added in the future and hope to release keyword search popularity very soon.

What I would really like is any feedback or ideas about additional tools that you SEO experts would like included.

Any feedback good or bad would be appreciated.

Cheers
Brad

[kgun]

1. Have you made the tools?
2. Where do we find them?

[dynamics]

Hi kgun,
I developed the tools and have several more to add.

(I modified my original post to include a link this time - doh)

Cheers
Brad

[alhefner]

I took a quick look at your tools and they seem to be pretty good but, there is a problem handling subdomains. If a webmaster enters something like "subdomain.domain.com" your scripts inserts "www." ahead of the subdoman. This makes your tools unable to perform since that URL will not work.

Other than that, I am still checking your tools using a main domain of mine and so far so good.

[kgun]

Originally Posted by dynamics

Hi kgun,
I developed the tools and have several more to add.

(I modified my original post to include a link this time - doh)

Cheers
Brad

Hi Brad. I too took a fast look at the tools. My impression:

1. Very partial analysis and some errors.
2. Good start. Have to work on the tools to improve.

[dynamics]

Originally Posted by alhefner

I took a quick look at your tools and they seem to be pretty good but, there is a problem handling subdomains. If a webmaster enters something like "subdomain.domain.com" your scripts inserts "www." ahead of the subdoman. This makes your tools unable to perform since that URL will not work.

Other than that, I am still checking your tools using a main domain of mine and so far so good.

Thanks for the feedback.
I see what you mean and will get that sorted out.

[dynamics]

Originally Posted by kgun

Hi Brad. I too took a fast look at the tools. My impression:

1. Very partial analysis and some errors.
2. Good start. Have to work on the tools to improve.

Thanks for the feedback.

I'm not sure what you mean by partial analysis?
Is there a particular tool that you are refering to or do you mean that there are tools missing that should be included?

Can you give me a bit more info regarding the errors. I need to know what the errors are before I can fix them.

Cheers
Brad

[naman]

Well, you have taken great efforts to combined these SEO tools under one roof, I guess you skipped one important tool i.e. bad neighborhood tool, i 'm using it from bad-neighborhood.com site. Hope , you will also include this tool in your tool set.

[kgun]

Originally Posted by dynamics

I'm not sure what you mean by partial analysis?
Is there a particular tool that you are refering to or do you mean that there are tools missing that should be included?

Can you give me a bit more info regarding the errors. I need to know what the errors are before I can fix them.

I used the site in the second link in my signature as an example.

1. I got my name as title tag. Today it is correct. What has happened?
2. Link validator: 404 Not Found: I can not remember that I have used these CSS files.
3. I miss a report on all pages for some tools.

It is not so easy to analyze that site, since it is a Global Financial / IT portal. Impressing though, and I will link to your tool.

1. Use site navigation.
2. The quality control sub page. Also look for tools on the "link" page in the upper right corner.
3. The marketing sup page. On the toolbar and "links" in the upper right corner.
   Page Search "Marketing tools". Repeat to you come to the heading. There are other tools there if you take the time to look.
4. There are tools on other pages that may be of interest, too.

[dynamics]

Originally Posted by naman

Well, you have taken great efforts to combined these SEO tools under one roof, I guess you skipped one important tool i.e. bad neighborhood tool, i 'm using it from bad-neighborhood.com site. Hope , you will also include this tool in your tool set.

Hi naman,
Thanks for the feedback.

I've had a look at the bad neighborhood site and can see what the tool does. As the author points out in his blog, there is some human intervention required (ie - you) with this tool to ensure you don't blacklist a domain that you perhaps should not.

Rather than make arbitrary decisions about wether a domain is good or bad based on a list of suspect words, it might be better to rate the quality of the domain based on selectable filter words or other data such as entry in spam lists, proxy abuse or ban lists.

I do have several tools coming that identify 'suspect' domains using a range of different parameters. Hopefully these tools will address the 'bad neighbor' information you are looking for.

Cheers
Brad

[dynamics]

Hi kgun,

[*]I got my name as title tag. Today it is correct. What has happened?

When an initial summary for a domain is done (the very first page when you do a lookup), globally indexed information is used. If your site has not been recently spidered, the initial title tag is from the global index (which may not be completely up to date).
Once you perform any other lookup for the site, the site is re-spidered and all information is updated.
I assume when you first checked the tools, you did a quick summary. Following a lookup with one of the tools, the information for your site was updated - hence your site title is now up to date.

[*]Link validator: 404 Not Found: I can not remember that I have used these CSS files.

The css file that you are refering to is on line 56 of your main page.

[*]I miss a report on all pages for some tools.

I'm not sure what you mean? If you can expand on this a little, I will have a look.


Thanks again for the feedback.

Cheers
Brad

[activeco]

Very nice set of tools, dynamics.

Some observations and questions:

* Why are Yahoo links not included?

* What is the purpose of listing 'Class C Neighbours' adresses?

* Website Sitemap Creator doesn't seem to work well

* '"Owned Domains" - Other domains owned by domain'
What do you mean by that? Subdomains?

* Results of Keyword Sugestions take extreme width in Firefox

[kgun]

Originally Posted by dynamics

The css file that you are refering to is on line 56 of your main page.

Thank you. Macromedia template code. I do not know what the purpose of that link is.

Originally Posted by dynamics

I'm not sure what you mean? If you can expand on this a little, I will have a look.

Simply that I want all pages analyzed, and not only the home page when I put the URL in the submit box.

[Webnauts]

I tested our site, and did not display our keywords. Is that a bug?

[dynamics]

Hi activeco,
Thanks for the feedback.

Very nice set of tools, dynamics.

Thank you. More tools will be added in the near future.

* Why are Yahoo links not included?

This is because Yahoo have switched to a licensed model for access to this information.
I am still waiting for them to get back to me so that I can include their results.
It seems that the Yahoo/Microsoft buy out has placed a hold on any applications for access to their api.

* What is the purpose of listing 'Class C Neighbours' adresses?

Class C is actually an inaccurate term for what is displayed, however, the term seems to have stuck in SEO circles so that is why it is used.

In answer to your question:
Close 'Class C' IP addresses for similar 'themed' sites can affect the 'relevance' of SE placement. (Please note: I am aware of the different views on this. The feature is there if you wish to take advantage of it.)

* Website Sitemap Creator doesn't seem to work well

I really need more specific information to identify the problem.
If you could expand a little further or perhaps supply a web address I can look into this.

* '"Owned Domains" - Other domains owned by domain'
What do you mean by that? Subdomains?

No. This refers to additional domains owned by the owner of the site you have looked up.

* Results of Keyword Sugestions take extreme width in Firefox

There are still some display issues with Firefox. I am working on fixes for this.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Cheers
Brad

[dynamics]

Hi kgun,
Thanks for following up and getting back to me.

Thank you. Macromedia template code.

No problem.
I may add line number support for 404 files in a future release.

Simply that I want all pages analyzed, and not only the home page when I put the URL in the submit box.

The initial 'summary' after entering a URL is only (and will only ever be) for the domain.
Some of the tools are only designed for domain lookups (whois for example) and some will allow specific URL lookups.
I'm not sure what sort of data you want to retrieve from all of your pages from an initial (summary) lookup?

Cheers
Brad

[activeco]

Originally Posted by dynamics

Close 'Class C' IP addresses for similar 'themed' sites can affect the 'relevance' of SE placement. (Please note: I am aware of the different views on this. The feature is there if you wish to take advantage of it.)

I understand that, but the feature currently returns five preceding and five following addresses/numbers. Maybe you should return only those with valid host/reverse lookup from the whole 0-255 range.

I really need more specific information to identify the problem.

I think this feature (website Sitemap) has problem mainly with frames.
E.g. try to follow this site: http://www.vandeput.be/
The site has 146 indexed pages in Google.

No. This refers to additional domains owned by the owner of the site you have looked up.

Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
What tool/api do you use for that? Dialog.com?