Best SEO Plugin: SearchStatus
I don’t often praise FireFox plugins, but this one is really sweet - I’d call it the Swiss Army Knife of SEO plugins.
It’s SearchStatus! Here are some of the sweet things about it:
- It’s lightweight. I can’t stand things that slow down my computer - I’m way too ADD for that.
- It’s not a toolbar. I HATE installing toolbars because they take up too much screenspace. Most of my work I do on my travel laptop which measures about 14.1″ diagonally.
- It shows Alexa and Google ranks at a glance. This means I can get rid of the Google toolbar too, since I already have a smaller searchbox standard with FireFox.
- It boosts your sites’ Alexa ratings. Yes, Alexa ratings are bullshit, but some people still use them, and a higher one is better than a lower one, always.
- Highlights nofollowed links.
- Quick Keyword Density Analysis
- Easy access to Whois, Archive.org, meta tags (no looking through source code!), robots.txt
- Indexed page and backlink checks in MSN, Yahoo, and Google
- Quick link report on links on a page
- Again, it’s lightweight. Another good SEO plugin is SEOBooks Tool, but it’s very heavy and useful more for intense market research rather than just getting a snapshot of a site’s popularity.
So if you’re interested, I’d recommend installing it. Enjoy and happy surfing!
