Hi Entrepreneurs! (Your on your way to it anyhow). You've taken in a lot of information in the last few weeks and I'm sure most of you by now are venturing in to doing your Articles. I wish you all the best.
Today I thought I'd put in an article that I ran across today from someone that's pretty educated on the line of Internet work in my opinion, Titus Hoskins. This varies a little from
Article lessons, but is something I'm sure you all have, if not will have, Websites.
"How Well Do You Know Your Website"?
Where do your site's visitors come from? How long do they stay on your site? Just where do they go to on your site and how well do they convert into buyers or subscribers?
Do you know your site's rankings in the major search engines? What are your site's top keywords or keyword phrases? What's your site's Google PageRank? What's your future PageRank prediction?
These are just some of the questions you shouldknow the answers to when analyzing your site. Thereare many more questions/answers you should knowabout your site. The more knowledge you have about your site the better equipped you willbe at improving it.
So here's a list of some of the best free online tools/sites that will totally reveal the hidden details about your site or any site for that matter.
1. Google Analytics
Perhaps one of the most helpful analytical tools you can use on your site. Google Analytics will give you a wealthof information about your site's traffic. Where itcomes from, how long it stays on your site, where itgoes on your site, how well your content converts... invaluable information every webmaster should havein their possession. ( http://www.google.com/analytics )
2. NetMechanic Toolbox
Check your site's mechanics - find broken links, checkbrowser compatibility, find bad HTML code, spot slow-loadingpages, and check your spelling... all by using the NetMechanic Toolbox: ( http://www.netmechanic.com/ )
3. Keyword Suggestion Tool
This free keyword suggestion tool will tell you how many searches are done in WordTracker and Overture for your site's keywords. Extremely valuable information since much of web's traffic and ecommerce is keyword driven. Great for developing keyword content for your site.http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
4. Iwebtool
This is another free site which offers many valuable webmaster'stools that will give you information about your/any site.Google PageRank, PageRank Prediction, Link Popularity, SearchEngine Position for Keywords, Backlink Checker... also Visual PageRank where you can see all the PR values of all the links on a given page - both internal and external; really valuable when assessing a future linking partner especially for Google.( http://www.iwebtool.com/ )
5. Alexa Traffic Rankings
Alexa measures the web's traffic by using the Alexa bar in a surfer's browser. Most people know it is not an accurate assessment of the traffic on the net but is a handy measuring stick, nonetheless. It is also a handy tool for comparing sites and seeing the long-tern traffic trends of different sites, including your own. (http:// http://www.alexa.com/ )
6. Your Site's Traffic Logs
Most webmasters know your raw traffic logs are worthchecking and reading. It contains valuable informationabout your site. Especially helpful if you're checkingfor broken links on your site, you don't want to see those302's everywhere. Professional online marketers also know your traffic logs contain many obscure keyword phrases that are worth their weight in gold. Close examination and regular checking of your traffic logs and stats will point out the profitable keywords on your site.
7. BetterWhois
You can use this site to find out the domain informationabout your site. Do you have control of your domain? Many webmasters buy their domain name thru their web hosting company,while this is not a problem in itself, however, if any dispute should arise who has administrative control of your domain? You or your hosting company? Can you change hosting companies? Professional webmasters always make sure they have completecontrol of their domains. Make sure your details are at least in theregistrant part of the Whois information, just in case any conflictshould arise. You never know, your domain could just be worth something someday! ( http://www.betterwhois.com/ )
8. Google Alerts
Another valuable tool from Google which notifies you byemail when your link or site is found anywhere on the web. Great for keeping track of any new links your site is getting. Many webmasters also use this handy tool to keep track of their competitor's sites. They also use Google Alerts to keep track of whenever their own name is mentioned anywhere on the web. This onewould even make Orwell proud. ( http://www.google.com/alerts )
9. IP Neighbors
Many webmasters have their site hosted on shared hosting plans, which means there can be hundreds of sites sharing the sameIP address. This site lets you discover who your IP neighborsare. Why would you want to know your IP neighbors? Well like neighbors everywhere; there are good ones and there arebad ones. For example, if you have a neighboring site thatuses email to spam, it could get your IP address blocked or shut down. Also, if you have an IP neighbor who uses/runs a lot of new scripts it could crash your server. ( http://www.myipneighbors.com/ )
10. Any Browser
Use to this handy site to discover what your site lookslike in different browsers; you could be in for a realshock. ( http://www.anybrowser.com/ )
11. Google Toolbar
The Google Toolbar can be placed on your browser so thatwhen you're surfing you can see the Google PageRank of each page/site you're visiting. Many SEO experts believe Google is not giving us the true PR of a page and this bar is rather useless. However, like the Alexa rankings it is a handy measuringstick, nonetheless. ( http://www.toolbar.google.com/ )
12. What Is Your Site Worth?
Please take this last analyzing tool with "a large grain ofsalt", but it is fun to use and to see how much your site is worth. Measurement here is done largely by the amount of links you have coming into your site. Which is probably not a bad method to measure the worth of your site for every webmaster knows links means traffic and a site without traffic is worthless. ( http://www.directory.sootle.com/website-worth )
In conclusion, all of these free handy tools/sites will give you a better, more complete picture of your own site. The more knowledge you acquire about your own site and your competitor's sites; the more equipped you will beto succeed. This is one case where being a "Big Brother" can truly benefit your site.
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The author is a full-time online marketer who has numerous websites, including two sites on Internet marketing. For the latest and most effective web marketing tools try: Internet Marketing Tools Or why not try these excellent free training manuals and videos:Free Marketing CoursesCopyright © 2007 Titus Hoskins.
See you next time when we get back to Articles, have a good day and lots of Success.
Dolores
http://dody1.freegoogle.hop.clickbank.net
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