This article discusses the best free SEO tools of the year. These are divid into different categories: from on-page SEO to link build and keyword research . At the end of this article are tools that fall outside of these categories. Is your favorite tool not list? Then leave a comment below this article and explain why every SEO should use this tool in your opinion.
On page SEO audit
For many webmasters, SEO starts with their own website. What can you change directly about the technology behind the website to positively influence the position of the website in the Telemarketing and Lead Generation results? By performing an SEO audit, it becomes clear how the website is doing and especially in which areas you can improve it. See it as an internal analysis of the website.
1. SiteGuru
A tool that helps you find and solve SEO problems is SiteGuru . This Dutch tool automatically provides full audits of your website. SiteGuru’s crawlbots search for broken links, duplicate content, correct use of title tags and meta descriptions, redirects and sitemaps. Users of the software receive a weekly update in the mail with tips to optimize the website.
Screenshot of the SEO tool SiteGuru
2. Screaming Frog
Screaming Frog SEO Spider was also on the list last year, but it leader of generation apparel not yet received the attention that this tool actually deserves. In my opinion, this has two causes. First, Screaming Frog cannot be used via the browser, the tool must be download and install. In addition, the layout is not as attractive as other SEO tools. It takes some searching to find the possibilities.
The free version has many features
To use premium features you pay £149 per year.
3. Google Chrome’s Lighthouse
Did you know that the Google Chrome browser has built-in capabilities to perform audits?
The open-source tool Lighthouse
Lighthouse makes it possible to perform an on-page audit directly without external parties or software.
Websites are check for spe, accessibility, SEO and general improvements. On each domain, the website is given a score, from 0 to 100. The audits can be perform separately for the desktop and mobile versions of sites.
There are several ways to use Lighthouse.
The easiest way is to ‘inspect’ the page by right-clicking on a page and then clicking ‘inspect’. For those who like shortcuts, use Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + C to open the page inspector. This will open the menu below, where you can find the Lighthouse option in the row with ‘Elements’ and ‘Console’.
