Some tools that you can use to monitor your website

In the last issue we talked about reciprocal linking and how it can effect your business. In this issue we are going to go over some tools that you can use to monitor your website.

Chances are if you’ve been online for awhile, you know that you just can’t build your website, plug in the right keywords and expect your traffic and ranking will remain constant.

It takes a bit more effort than that. You have to keep track of your results, plus keep a sharp eye on the competition. Doing this doesn’t have to be a complicated process. There are many useful and free tools to help you find out what exactly what is going on, including your own.

One of my favorite places to find a variety of tools that I can use to keep track of my site and of any other site that I may be interested in is the digitalpoint.com. Here is a quick list of some of the tools that you can use to keep track of your site:

1.Keyword Ranking Tool – this tool allows you to track historical search engine result placement data for any keyword you choose. http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/

2.Backlink Tracker Tool – this tool allow you to check search engines for the number of back links to your site: http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/backlinks/

3.Geotargeting Website To Country Tool – this tool allows you to find the physical location of any website. It can be used to determine the location of your hosting service, or research the country location of a particular competitor’s website: http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/website-country/

4.Geovisitors – this tool that will automatically detect where your site visitors are located all over the world. http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/

5.Yahoo! WebRank – this tool will allow you to check the ranking of any website in Yahoo.

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/webrank/

6.PageRank Toolbar Widget For Macintosh – this tool will allow you to check the ranking of a website using a Mac or Apple computer: http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/pagerank-mac/

7. Google AdSense Sandbox Tool – this tool 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.Google AdSense Charts and Graphs – If you have an AdSense account, you can analyze your website address or another website address to see what Google ads will be displayed.

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/adsense-sandbox/

9. Free Web Counter – H this tool is a free website counters which you can use on your website to track your traffic and hits: http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/counter/

Now, of course there are many more tools available other than the one from digitalpoint.com. For instance, I like to use this tool Xenu’s Link Sleuth, it allows you to test your websites for broken links:

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

There is also software that you can download and use to monitor multiple processes at one time. A lot of them come with free trials and will require a slight learning curve, so that you can use them effectively. To find a piece of software that will work for you just do a

search and you will discover that there are many available.

I guess the point that I am trying to make is that it is very important to monitor your website, whether you use free tools like provided in this issue, or you use software that will do the job for you.

Make sure you look for your next issue soon. We will be talking about using keywords in your page titles.