Setting up the alerts is really easy, user basically needs to select where byTagg should look for updates (news sources, blogs, web etc.) and provide alert keywords. For instace, if you setup news alert for “iraq” you will only get alerted on Iraq related news. Same applies on alerts on blog feeds. As for alerts on changes in search results there are advanced options that allow user to setup alerts for specific phrases and restrict them to specific domain.

The alerts include the title and a brief summary of the page.

Features:

• Track your favorite blogs and news for things that matter to you.
• Setup active searches for specific keywords and get notified on new search results.
• Follow updates from people on Twitter.
• Customize the visual theme and layout of your byTagg client.
• Currently supports Microsoft Windows XP, 2000 and Vista.

Check out byTagg @ www.bytagg.com (by Srikanth AD from Firefox Ninjas)

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• Twilert: Monitor Twitter Conversations For Any Keyword

To get suggestions simply enter the site’s URL in the field and hit on “Generate Keyword Suggestions” button. Almost instantly it will generate a list of keywords for you to review. You can delete keywords which you don’t require and then choose to download the remaining list as text, CSV or Meta-Tag code.

Features:

• Get automatically generated descriptive keywords for websites.
• View the keyword listing as text, CSV or Meta-Tag code.
• Free. No registration required.

Check out Keywordle @ www.keywordle.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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• RapidsSiteMap: Free XML Sitemap Generator
• PageRankChecker: Comprehensive Pagerank Lookup Tool
• PageRankAlert: Track Your Site’s Page Rank Changes
• LinkVoodoo: Quality Score & Backlink Analyzer Tool
• HotWords: See What Others Are Searching For

Along with showing the details like domain age, site speed and site keywords, it also shows the different traffic ranks like Google Pagerank, Alexa rank and Yahoo directory listings for the site.

Features

• Check the power of your domain.
• A 360 degree analysis of domain using many variables.
• Get scored on indicators like name, popularity, SEO and coding.
• Get data on things like pagerank, alexa rank and other such listings.
• Similar sites:Dataopedia, AbouThiSite and QuarkBase.

Check out DomainMeter @ www.domainmeter.com ( by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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To find the quality of a website, click on Quality Rank Tool and enter the website address. Within a few minutes it will show you the trust score (in %) for that site along with the individual parameter from which the score was derived.

Moreover, LinkVoodoo also shows a total number of links pointing to a website. Other details include, the link anchor text (and number of times it is used), and the PageRank and Alexa stats of the websites that are back-linking to it.

Features:

• Quality ranking and backlink analyzer tool.
• Helps you in making informed decision before seeking a link from site.
• Easy to use and free.

Check out LinkVoodoo @ www.linkvoodoo.com (by ROW from reviewofweb.com )

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How it works:

1. Fill in the blanks
2. Press “Generate Sitemap”
3. Download generated XML file
4. Rename it to sitemap.xml and upload it to your root directory

If your site is small with few hundred pages, the process takes around 3-7 minutes. For larger sites with thousands of links, it takes more time to generate. The limit on sitemap file is 50,000 URLs and 10MB.

Features:

• Generate xml sitemap online.
• View generated sitemap online or Download.
• Processes around 100 pages in 5 minutes.
• Limit on file size: 50,000 URLs and 10 MB.
• Free

If you’re looking for an alternative XML sitemap generator then also check out a MakeUseOf article on How To Create A XML Sitemap by Wendy.

Check out RapidSitemap @ www.rapidsitemap.com

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• PageRankChecker: Comprehensive Pagerank Lookup Tool
• PageRankAlert: Track Your Site’s Page Rank Changes
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• Keywordle: Auto-suggests Descriptive Keywords For Websites

With the help of this tool you can search for keywords rankings, keywords that are gaining or losing position over a period of time. Also it provides an option to view historical reports where you can view keywords rankings for past 3 years. I think this tools can be particularly useful for affiliate marketers searching for hot niche or for bloggers searching for a topic to write on. After all it makes perfect sense to write on a topic that world is searching for.

By default this tool is family safe. But if you wish to search for adult keywords you can always turn Adult Filter off by clicking on Adult Filter On/Off link given on top-right-side.

Other such tools are either paid or show limited data for one search engine only. Hotwords has partnered with major search engines and the trend is gathered on a huge sample of 6 million searches per day.

Features:

• Tells you what people are searching for.
• Find hot keywords across a period of time.
• Daily and Monthly keywords ranking.
• View keywords rankings for past 3 years.
• Free and no registration.

Check out Hotwords @ HotWords.com (Contributed by ROW from www.reviewofweb.com)

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Generally page rank checkers allows you to check page rank for a single URL. This tool gives you a host of options to choose from. You can check page rank for multiple URL’s, check page rank of an entire site using XML sitemap, or check page rank of all the links emanating from a particular URL.

To get started, enter the URL(s) and click on the ‘Check them’ button. The PageRankChecker will check the links and neatly show page rank data on the bottom of the page.

Features:

• Pagerank checker tool.
• Check PR for all outgoing links from a URL.
• Check PR of all URLs in an XML sitemap.
• Check PR of multiple URLs at one time.
• Check PR of a single URL.
• Easy to use and Free.
• Similar sites: PageRankAlert

Check out PagerankChecker @ pagerank.bthomson.com (via Labnol) (by ROW from reviewofweb.com)

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Te site provides you with an online account interface from where you can easily view all of the pages in your watchlist. There is also an option to view pages that are losing or gaining value.

Features:

• Online page rank tracker.
• Track as many pages as you like.
• Alerts you via email when Pagerank value changes.
• Manage pages in your watchlist from an online account.
• Free and simple to use.

Check out PageRankAlert @ www.pagerankalert.com

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1. Get email alerts when your keyword rankings change (up or down).
2. Receive alert when you reach the first page.
3. Know when your competitor outranks your site.
4. Track results of keyword optimization.

To get started, type in the address of your website, add keywords that you want ExctFactor to watch and select the search engines you care about. ExactFactor will then monitor provided keywords on those search engines and start sending you email alerts.

Features:

• Monitor your rankings on Google, Yahoo and Live.com.
• Get email alerts when rankings changes.
• Monitor rankings of your competitors.
• The service is free for up to 50 keywords per website.
• Get weekly reports and track optimization progress.
• Quick and easy registration process

Check out ExtractFactor @ www.exactfactor.com (via labnol.org)

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There are a number of ways you can benefit from Seo-Browser. For instance, it can help you find out whether your current blog theme or website template is in SEO friendly format. There is also an advanced mode that analyzes even more factors, such as meta tags, page size and load times, text to page weight ratio and so on.

Another similar service is WebsiteGrader. I actually like it even more. Not only it gives a thorugh site report but also explains the logic behind each element.

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Report Overview

• Instantly get detailed report for any website.
• View site’s ranking for relevant keywords.
• Compare your website against competitor website/s.
• General info: Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, Technorati, Google Inbound Links, Yahoo Inbound Links, nr. of Delicious Saves, Google Indexed Pages, etc.
• Web Page Structure: Title, Description and Meta tags overview.
• Domain Info: redirect check, registrar info, domain age, etc
• Seach Engines: Google/Yahoo Index reports, Inbound Link counts, etc
• Digg.com Submission Summary: Number of submissions, Total nr. of Digg counts, and nr. Home page stories.

Check out WebsiteGrader @ www.websitegrader.com

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