What are the "must have" SEO software tool?

[sheena]

I also used SEOpen, firefox adds-on, adwords and seobook for keyword research tools, web ceo and advanced web ranking for seo software

[genewell]

I use IBP (Internet Business Promoter). Love it. Clients love it. I particularly likes its detailed comparison of the target site against the top ten. Generally I'll run this program on the page I'm trying to optimize and go through an iterative process until I get as many checkmarks as possible. Works extremely well for on-page. There's also a link tool that you have to buy separately. Not the cheapest program on the market, but effective and worth it.

[reubin]

SEO tool :IBP, SEO Elite, WebCEO ,which is better for backlink. seo is hard work, the are are a lot of repeated work.SEO tools minimize the repeated work,It's great.

[genewell]

They're all pretty good at the on-page stuff. They leave a lot to be desired for linking campaigns.

[gavjof]

Bah, I was about to post a detailed list of tools I currently use but need to make it up to 10 posts in order to post links. I really must contribute more instead of just being a passive reader...

I'd say the best tools for me at present are all of the webmaster tools available from Google/Yahoo/Bing.

[povidiu]

The fist tool is Google Toolbar (PR activated). This is the most important one.

[Doc]

The fist tool is Google Toolbar (PR activated). This is the most important one.

That is the one that would head my list of "most useless".

[povidiu]

@Doc ... quite disapointed of your answer, but when you need to know the PR of a website you rely on the 3rd party websites to find out instead to going directly to the source... not very professional.

[Doc]

@Doc ... quite disapointed of your answer, but when you need to know the PR of a website you rely on the 3rd party websites to find out instead to going directly to the source... not very professional.

If I thought that the information provided there on PR was any kind of reliable, up-to-date information, my opinion would probably be the same as yours, povidiu. But since the PR indicated there is typically up to three months out of date, I don't put much stock in it.

To be fair, I don't put much stock in PR at all. While not insignificant, I think it has become the be-all, end-all for many people, and I see it as more of a buzzword than a goal. SERP position is much more important than PR, IMO, and the two don't necessarily go hand-in-hand.

[povidiu]

@Doc, now i understand your point of view very well.