You can’t just put your website on the net with right keywords and all the right touches and expect your traffic and ranking will remain constant. As the web is an ever changing landscape, you have to keep track of your own web results like what is happening with the competition and also the best and highest ranked sites. There are many useful tools to help you find out what exactly is happening.
1. A tool which you can use to test your own website links or other websites for broken links:
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
2. With this tool you can check search engines for the number of back links to your URL i.e. other web pages linking to your site:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/backlinks/
3. It sometimes becomes important to know where the servers of your hosting company are physically located. Because, some search engines like Google have the ability to filter search results based on their physical location called geotargeting. This could be used to determine why your site is showing in only a certain country. This link can also be used to research the country location of a particular competitor’s website:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/website-country/
4. In order to track the location of the visitor or a customer to your website:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/
5. In order to check the Yahoo! web ranking of your’s or your competitor’s website use :
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/webrank/
6. Here is a link to check the web ranking of a website using a Mac or Apple computer:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/pagerank-mac/
7. You need a Google AdSense account for using this. This link provides you with charts and reports which will help you analyze traffic, clicks, and results from your AdSense advertising
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/adsense-charts/
8. If you have an AdSense account, you can analyze your website address or another website address to see what Google ads will be displayed when the customer selects certain website names or keywords:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/adsense-sandbox/
9. This link will take you to a cooperative advertising network where you can join to display and
share your ads with other website owners:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/
10. You can add the Search Functionality on your website which uses Google. This works only if your site is listed in the Google Index.
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/search/
11. Here are some links to free website counters which you can use on your website to track your traffic and hits:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/counter/
http://www.amazingcounters.com/?ref=gad033
http://www.cyber-counter.com/signup.php
http://www.statcounter.com/free_hit_counter.html
http://www.free-counters.net/
Find the Best Keywords for Your Business and Drive More Traffic to Your Website!
Ms. Ileane Speaks
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#1 by ANSH@Roseville real estate for sale on October 30, 2009 - 12:46 am
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I think these tools are really looking very interesting because, with the help of this tools you can monitor your website. This is the only way to make a money making website.
#2 by steve@manchester lettings agents on October 30, 2009 - 6:58 am
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That xenulinks site is SO useful…I’ve been running a couple of affiliate sites in my spare time so its good to be able to check which links are broken! I can see a couple of other tools on this list which look very useful too – how did i not know about them before? thanks!
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#3 by Dave Doolin on October 30, 2009 - 10:11 pm
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Pretty good list. I know of a couple of these already, but some are new.
Also, I may start “outsourcing” some of the stuff on my blog I’m currently doing “in-house,” like checking for broken links. Too many plugins.
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#4 by manu@Sydney Backpackers on October 31, 2009 - 4:24 am
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Thanks for sharing the above tools.They are very helpful for me to monitor my website.
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#5 by Teasastips on October 31, 2009 - 1:42 pm
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@Dave: Me too (the plugins). If you find some really good tools to monitor your website, let me know.
@steve: thank you Steve!
@manu: You are welcome!
#6 by Teasastips on October 31, 2009 - 1:44 pm
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@Anush: Yes it is. What most people don’t understand about having a money making website, is there are behind the scenes tools and techniques you need to use in order to keep that site on top.
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#7 by Mac Jones@free iPhone3GS on November 4, 2009 - 6:42 pm
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Some great tools there. I especially like the utility for checking for broken links – I never bothered checking my site at first (everyone should) and found three with an incorectly typed link in there which didn’t go anywhere.
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#8 by Teasastips on November 4, 2009 - 10:15 pm
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@Mac: Glad I could help out!
#9 by Ileane on November 10, 2009 - 5:04 am
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I can see why Teasatips made the top 10 at Blog Engage for the month of October with this list!
I am new to this so you just gave me a headstart with all of these links. I didn’t hear back from Google about my adsense account yet, but when I get it I will be well equipped thanks to you.
@Ileane
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#10 by Teasastips on November 10, 2009 - 4:38 pm
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Hey Ileane, all I ask for is a cup of coffee to get me awake so I can keep writing and keep you informed. I am so glad for you. I am posting a series of articles on Adsense and how to earn with it beginning next week. Stay tuned!
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#11 by Extreme John on November 14, 2009 - 1:44 pm
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Knowing where your webhost is located is very important, my hosting company imploded about a year or so ago and getting to my servers would have ben murder had I not know where they were.
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#12 by Teasastips on November 14, 2009 - 4:45 pm
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Thanks Extreme John, I never considered that, as did many of my readers I’m sure. The value of comments should never be underestimated.
#13 by sam@sydney backpackers on November 18, 2009 - 1:35 pm
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yes i think these tools are really useful and interesting and with the help of these tools you can monitor your website. that’s the way to make money online.
#14 by Teasastips on November 18, 2009 - 3:12 pm
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Thanks Sam! Using these tools can and will enhance your website for your users and make it run more efficiently.