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• By robellis
• In SEO
• Tags Google Keyword planner, GT Metrix, hootsuite, SEO, SEO Tools, Universal Google Analytics, w3 total cache, wordpress, Yoast SEO

WordPress SEO Tools 2017 | SEO Resources to help get page rank

Here are a few SEO tools and WordPress SEO plugins I use to get a decent page rank on the websites I build. SEO does take time, but if you do your research, have a plan for your website and the niche market you want to target, the following SEO tools will help you bring traffic to your website.

PILLARS OF A GOOD WEBSITE

• Organized – Easy to use/navigate
• CONTENT – relevant, unique, hand-written and USEFUL content
• Fast – slow kills in the SEO wold, see my speed comments above

SEO TOOLS I USE

• Google Analytics / Piwik / HotJar – if you’re terrified of google use one of the other two
• Google keyword planner – crucial in the beginning for keyword research.
• Google Trends – useful to see if your niche is dying or growing
• Google / Bing Webmaster Tools – Core info, also make sure you are not facing any penalties
• http://Wincher.com – SERP rank tracker, only 6 euro (swedich company) a month to track unlimited SERP ranks for your website
• http://Serpwoo.com – keyword finder tool is free (limited # of searches)
• http://gtmetrix.com/ – Website speed test
• http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/ – Website speed test
• http://www.webpagetest.org/ – yet another website speed test
• http://www.portent.com/tools/title-maker – Content idea generator, sometimes writing is hard, this helps get you going
• https://readability-score.com/ – make sure the pleebs can understand what you’re saying.
• http://openlinkprofiler.org/ – free backlink checker
• https://ahrefs.com – backlink tool
• http://www.feedthebot.com/ – audit of your website for basic googlebot compliance

ESSENTIAL WORDPRESS PLUGINS:

I love these tools, they make wordpress websites better, faster and more usable. The amount of time and energy these plugins save is amazing.

• Yoast SEO – better than all in one, I was reluctant to make the switch but glad I did
• Table of Contents Plus – Long articles should have a table of contents this helps a ton
• WP Twitter Autopost – All posts are automatically tweeted. ( I also use hootsuite to post to twitter, facebook and instgram)
• W3 Total Cache – IThe best caching tool
• Breadcrumb NavXT – Google and users like breadcrumbs, you should too
• Use Google Libraries – Speeds up load times, loads jQuery from googles servers not yours = faster.