Yoast [SEO Product Review]

Getting better SEO results means finding the best tools and using them. On his blog Yoast, Dutch WordPress aficionado and online marketer Joost de Valk offers an array of useful WordPress plugins and SEO tools. The best thing about them? They’re free. Like the blog’s tagline, “tweaking websites,” may suggest, the Yoast SEO tools are probably best for those who are looking to fine-tune. Here are some of de Valk's best tools and scripts to assist you in your SEO operation: Internet Explorer/Firefox Plugin Search Plugin: This plugin will disable personalized searches from appearing in Google. WordPress SEO Plugins Meta Robots: This plugin adds meta robot tags for you to prevent particular pages from being indexed. Canonical URLs: Use this to help solve problems with duplicate content issues. Search engines will then use the canonical URL, instead of the campaign tagged URL. Firefox Extensions SEO Link Analysis: If you're looking for more comprehensive link data, this extension will give you a more insightful description including the linking page's PageRank, the anchor text of the link, and whether it the link is nofollowed or not. [[Greasemonkey]] Scripts Nofollow display Greasemonkey script: It will easily identify and highlight nofollow links with a pink background. GreaseMonkey statistics detector: Access statistics gathered by any javascript-based statistic packages that a site is using. This script will first identify and if available, then provide links to. SEO [[Bookmarklets]] Outbound Links and Meta Tags: These two bookmarklets will easily list all of the meta tags and links on the page. Technorati Ping Instead of having to access the manual Ping form, this will let you simply ping a particular post. Cost Free! They’re all available for download now. The Verdict If you're looking for a comprehensive SEO management tool, Yoast won't be your best option. However, his SEO tools are free and can help make your life a little bit easier. Use them to help tweak your site and gain some more insight, as well as enjoy enhanced functionality.