Search Engine Optimization
Based in the Ottawa area, we help our clients with their computer and Internet needs. Our specialty is modifying our client's website content to ensure that search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Bing give it a high ranking. In addition, we offer assistance in the design of web stores to simplify the shopping experience and enhance revenue.
While search engine optimization (SEO) is our specialty our clients often have other computer related needs. Our expertise allows us to help our clients in a variety of ways. We also offer webmaster services, computer network services, data recovery and other computer services.
Monday, November 16, 2009
A few free tools that every SEO consultant needs
There is a lot of great free software out there and I'd really like to thank the people who make it available.
When you develop and optimize web pages it is really important that they look consistent and things are positioned where they belong. Unfortunately different browsers use different rules. Microsoft has done a lot to ensure that Internet Explorer now complies with HTML standards however this means that it had to change. Although Internet Explorer 8 is available as a free download there are still people out there who use Internet Explorer 6. That brings me to the first tool:
IE tester is free software that mimics different versions of Internet Explorer. It is not perfect but my experience is that it works very well.
Designing webpages can be complicated when you don't use a conventional builder and it is nice to be able to make small changes without altering your code. Firefox is a great browser and it has a
great webpage development plugin. This plug-in allows the developer to change all kinds of parameters quickly and easily. I use it all the time and it is great. I have to thank my buddy Jay, the SQLite guru for that one.
The next tool that I'm very thankful for is Firebug, another plugin for Firefox. Firebug is very helpful in web development too but it really shines when you want to debug javascript. Javascript is great but finding errors on in javascript can be very tedious and unproductive. Firebug really helps.
Last, is SEO Toolbar. In search engine optimization it is really great to get information quickly and this Firefox plugin does it.
When you develop and optimize web pages it is really important that they look consistent and things are positioned where they belong. Unfortunately different browsers use different rules. Microsoft has done a lot to ensure that Internet Explorer now complies with HTML standards however this means that it had to change. Although Internet Explorer 8 is available as a free download there are still people out there who use Internet Explorer 6. That brings me to the first tool:
IE tester is free software that mimics different versions of Internet Explorer. It is not perfect but my experience is that it works very well.
Designing webpages can be complicated when you don't use a conventional builder and it is nice to be able to make small changes without altering your code. Firefox is a great browser and it has a
great webpage development plugin. This plug-in allows the developer to change all kinds of parameters quickly and easily. I use it all the time and it is great. I have to thank my buddy Jay, the SQLite guru for that one.
The next tool that I'm very thankful for is Firebug, another plugin for Firefox. Firebug is very helpful in web development too but it really shines when you want to debug javascript. Javascript is great but finding errors on in javascript can be very tedious and unproductive. Firebug really helps.
Last, is SEO Toolbar. In search engine optimization it is really great to get information quickly and this Firefox plugin does it.
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