Free Tools (General)

• SEO Research Labs Keyword Worksheet
  This 415KB zip archive includes our standard keyword research report template in Microsoft Excel format, along with our usage instructions in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Includes sample data. To download, right click here and select "save as..." or "save target as..." from the menu.
   

• Peter Faber's "Keyword Effectiveness Rank" Formula
  We aren't the only people trying to improve the quality of keyword research. Peter Faber of SEO-Works has developed an interesting alternative to Sumantra Roy's KEI analysis (which is used by Wordtracker), to provide a different way of comparing similar keywords. A free spreadsheet allows you to compare up to 25 keywords using Wordtracker data.
   

• Good Keywords
  If you're doing your own keyword research, you may as well use the right tools. Good Keywords is a very helpful brainstorming tool, combining the "related searches" from several search engines into an easy to use Windows application.
   

• BrakNews
  It saves searches Google, Altavista, MSN, AllTheWeb, and Yahoo simultaneously, which may give you a little more balanced idea of how many sites are actually linking to yours.
   

• BrakNews WebMaster Tookit
  The suite of free tools and resources offered continues to grow to this day, and we aim to offer something useful for the beginner to the advanced webmaster alike.
   

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