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Firefox and SEO

Firefox and SEO

Here's one I bet you may not be aware of, a free SEO plug-in for Firefox. This is so cool I had to pass it on. SEO for Firefox lets you import marketing data right into Google and Yahoo search results. Now, I am not one for browser plugins at all and will not jump at the latest and greatest hype either. I won't even use the Google tool bar, done that, been there...

If I am going to use a plug-in it must be small and fit nicely into the status bar. It just bugs the $hi† out of me to have a plug-in that takes up to much space in my browser. This little tool is clean, powerful, and fits my needs nicely, so I thought I would share this with you.

You are reading this because like me, you are interested in SEO. Let's face it, we are small timers' in the scheme of things without the bankroll for professional help and need every advantage we can take, especially when they are free! The features are easily customizable with right click options, something I really enjoy, and the information you have at your fingertips is worth at least a look-see.


SEO for Firefox Features:

Pulls useful market research data right into Google's and Yahoo!'s search results, including the following data near each search result.

PR: (Google PageRank) an estimated measure of global link authority
Age: age pulled from Archive.org, shows the first time a page was indexed by Archive.org's spider. The theory is that if Archive.org found a page so did many of the major search engines.
Links: (Yahoo! linkdomain) shows a rough estimate of the total number of links pointing at a domain
.edu Link: (Yahoo! .edu linkdomain ) shows a rough estimate of the total number of .edu links pointing at a domain
.edu Page Link: (Yahoo! .edu link ) shows a rough estimate of the total number of .edu links pointing at a specific page
.gov Link: (Yahoo! .gov linkdomain ) shows a rough estimate of the total number of .gov links pointing at a domain
Page Links: (Yahoo! link) shows a rough estimate of the total number of links pointing at a page
del.icio.us: number of times a URL has been bookmarked on Del.icio.us. Heavily skewed toward techy / Web 2.0 stuff.
Technorati: an estimate of the total number of links to a site from blogs
Alexa: rank based on website traffic . Heavily skewed toward internet marketing and webmaster related resources.
Cached: (Google site:) shows how many pages from a site are indexed in Google
dmoz: searches the Google Directory to count the total number of pages from a site that are listed in DMOZ, and the total number of pages listed in DMOZ that reference that URL.
Bloglines: shows you how many people are subscribed to a particular blog via Bloglines.
dir.yahoo.com: is a site listed in the Yahoo! Directory or not.
WhoIs: makes it easy to look up the whois data for any site.

Download Firefox and SEO

There are many place you can download this little gem of a tool by doing a search, but I am going to recommend you download it from here, SEO for Firefox @ SEOBook.com to introduce you to a site you may not be aware of. This is main reason I have picked this site for the download.

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