Webmaster Tools

Webmaster - Free Tools : Some carefully selected free tools to that can help any webmaster do better online 

Having access to the right webmaster tools can be a great asset.

Note: Some of the below mentioned webmaster tools can compliment SEO techniques. However, best SEO tool is to provide the search engines with what they want - High quality original content.


Why dedicate a section of this website to webmaster tools? Because knowledge is power.

The three most important applications are, evaluating -
1. your own web site,
2. competitors, and
3. potential partners

Let's briefly look at the above one by one.

Your own web site

The better you can analyze and understand your own website the easier it will be to improve your site or make necessary changes. Webmaster tools can give your site a health check-up.

Using the correct tools will prevent a lot of headaches and save you time and money. It obviously remains up to you to use the information to your own advantage.

A webmaster often gets so involved in building his website that he loses his objectivity. Webmaster tools provide completely objective and factual information on a website.

There is an old saying that goes: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer". O.K. It is a bit dramatic but it is important for any serious money maker to know his position relative to his competitors.

We are either leaders or followers. Nobody wants to make the mistake of being so far behind that he thinks he is actually in front!

We can learn a lot from our competitors, especially on the internet. By analyzing the sites of our competitors we can gain valuable information that can help us improve our own sites and actually get ahead in the race for top search engine rankings.

Partners can include suitable web sites to advertise on, exchange links with or enter into commercial agreements with. We typically want partner sites that is at least as good as us but ideally much better.

Webmaster tools can help us identify the best partner sites.

There are many webmaster tools at your disposal on the internet. Some good and others a total waste of time.

Webmaster Free Tools

i) Google PageRank - Indicates the "importance" of a site as far as Google is concerned. Sites are ranked out of ten with ten being the highest and zero the lowest. For more info visit: Google PageRank Algorithm and how it works.

ii) PageRank Search - A useful tool to quickly verify the current PageRank of any web page - Google PageRank Calculator

iii) Keyword Position - Ever wondered where your site or web page (or that of a competitor) is ranked in the search results for a specific keyword and what you can do to optimize keyword tags? Yes? Visit the following page for more information - Ranking Well For Particular Keywords 

iV) Link Popularity - Relevant, high quality backlinks (incoming links) play a major role in getting a high Google PageRank. Here is a useful webmaster tool you can use to determine the number of backlinks your site or blog has - Online Link Popularity Check 

Building a successful internet home based business can be compared to building a house. Any builder needs tools to build and tools to measure his work. Webmaster tools measure our online progress and help us to make money working online.

There is no need to measure your progress on an hourly, daily or even weekly basis. It takes time to build a successful online business. Trust you will put the above free tools for webmasters to good use. Will be adding some new tools in the near future.