In this video i’ll share with you the Top 13 free seo tools that will help you Improve rankings on google these are the Tools that i use every single day and i Couldn’t do seo without them if we Haven’t been introduced before i’m matt Diggity i’ve been doing seo since 2009 And i now run multiple seven-figure seo Companies no matter the size of your seo Operation i can guarantee there isn’t a Single seo success story that doesn’t Rest on the solid foundation of free Tools in this video we’re going to Review all the free seo tools that my Team and i use throughout every area of Our seo processes some of these free Tools are quite popular and you’ve Likely heard of them others aren’t as Well known and i’ll be happy to Introduce them to you either way i’m Excited to be sharing my complete list Of the best free seo tools that you can Also add to your tool kit there are two Types of free seo tools out there first We have freemium tools premium tools Give you limited functionality for free And then you can pay more to get the Rest freemium tools are awesome because You typically get a better built tool You can often bank on the fact that Companies offering freemium models are Constantly improving their tools and Innovating since their paid tiers Allowed them to grow and scale
Continuously it won’t be a scrappy side Hustle project that has long been Gathering digital dust so be sure to pay Attention when i share my top picks that Use a freemium model then we have truly Free tools that will likely remain free Forever but don’t let their freeness Fool you into thinking they’re not Effective the free tools i’m about to Share with you are absolute powerhouses In their own right let’s start right now By looking at the best truly free tools The first on my list is 100 free youtube Like button which can be activated for The low cost of zero dollars by giving It a gentle smashing just kidding but in All seriousness it helps my channel out A lot and it helps the youtube algorithm Know what kind of videos you like now if You’re doing seo and you don’t have any Free browser extensions in your tool kit You’re seriously missing out so let’s Start out with these bad boys there are Tons of seo extensions out there but Here are my top picks hands down my Favorite tool in this list is keyword Surfer keyboard surfer lets you gather Keyword ideas and seo metrics while You’re searching google it’s super handy When you’re hunting around for low Competition keywords to add to your Content plan using the sidebar feature You can build a list of keywords related To your search and then with just one
Click you can export that list along With the monthly search volume metrics Too you can also gather metrics for Different countries without interrupting Your workflow keyboard research is such A critical task for seo success and it Can be so easy to get slowed down by Clunky tools that’s why i love how Intuitive keyword surfer is so after you Watch this video check out the link in The description below and take it out For a spin next on the list of free seo Extensions we got seo minion have you Ever been researching on google and Wanted to extract data about the top Ranking pages directly from the search Results page for example you could Scrape the top 20 titles from the search Result to get good ideas for your own Title optimization or you could do some Fancy pants topic research by scraping The people also ask results i’ll show You how to do that in a sec well seo Minion is the guy that gets that job Done my favorite application of this Powerful extension is how it makes light Work of exporting all the people also Ask data with a few button clicks you Can download every people also ask Question related to your search query This is great for plugging any gaps in Your content content gaps happen when There’s a topic that’s relevant to your Niche but your website isn’t really
Covering it completely and that’s no Good if you’re a visual thinker you can Also get a neat tree diagram of how These faqs relate to each other Seriously most seos i know have seo Minion installed the next free tool on My list helped me build my very first Outreach link and i still recommend it To this day it’s called gmass and like The other tools so far it’s also a free Browser extension if outreach link Building is a core part of your seo Process gms will help with managing cold Outreach campaigns directly from gmail For free it drips out emails to your Outreach list and also schedules Follow-up emails a nice benefit is that Gmass’s deliverability is also damn good Email deliverability algorithms often Don’t like it when you use an additional Tool layer and gmass helps you avoid That because it’s a lightweight add-on To gmail if you’re a newbie seo or just Want to get started for free then go for Gmass the final free browser extension i Wanted to share with you is the detailed Seo extension detailed gives you a One-click bird’s-eye view of the on-page And technical specs of any public page On the internet i like using it in our Qa process to make sure that my content Uploader has implemented the right Heading structure image alt text and Used all the html tags necessary for a
Good foundation for on-page seo you can Also use it when auditing a client’s Website or performing a detailed no pun Intended analysis of a competitor’s Content what you see on a page can be a Very different story from what’s Reflected in the code the next few tools I’m going to recommend are must-haves For your site’s overall seo health the Best data you can get often comes Directly from search engines and you’d Be a dum-dum not to tap into it not to Mention google search console is hands Down the most popular free seo tool out There so let’s take a look at it gsc Does a bunch of by using google search Console you can submit your sitemap Directly to google to get crawled you Can also troubleshoot technical seo Problems related to how google’s bots Crawl and index your content google Search console is also the best tool to Turn to when you need your content Indexed as soon as possible you can Force indexing on new content and pages You made significant edits to that is When it’s not broken you can also get Insight into what keywords your website Is ranking for and your website’s Overall organic performance in google Search this data is an absolute treasure Trove forget gold it’s worth its weight In bitcoin since we’re already talking About powerful data we can gather from
Google there’s a bunch of other free Tools that google offers which can level Up your seo these include the google Freaking search bar google analytics tag Manager google trends keyword planner Google sheets and the nlp api these Tools have all played a crucial part in My seo success so far and i know many Other seo pros out there who also agree With me on this but a lesser known Search engine tool that can also give You powerful data is being webmaster Tools and with it you can also access Microsoft clarity heat map software for Free too how do you like that compared With google search console being Webmaster tools has a lot of the same Functionality plus a few additional Features not many people know this but In being webmaster tools you can check Out their seo section and get reports on Backlinks new keyword opportunities and You can even run technical audits if You’re just getting started with seo you Don’t have to pay a penny to access all This valuable information and to sweeten The deal bing is much more generous with The data it offers to seo professionals Compared with google as mentioned Earlier bing also gets you free access To microsoft clarity which is a heat Mapping tool if you’re not using a heat Mapping tool stop just stop but in Saying this both google search console
And bing webmaster tools don’t really Get into the super detailed technical Items we need to fine-tune our Optimization for anyone interested in Taking their technical seo skills up a Notch i suggest you look into the Following free schema tools schema is Like a translator between what we Understand as humans to concepts that a Search engine can understand too now Remember no matter how smart google Seems like it is it still can’t read and Understand content as well as us humans Can schema helps you tell google that Your article is about a review of a Network router instead of forcing them To guess if you’re looking for free Tools to help create schema most seo Plugins will already do a basic level of It for you but their output scheme is Often generic and basic so if you want a Competitive edge i’d suggest starting With merkel’s free schema generator Which walks you through how to create Different types of schema combine it With the free schema validator offered By schema.org and you can hand craft Your own custom schema whether that be For e-commerce websites review websites Or service websites this alone is a Competitive edge over your competition That relies on seo plugins to Auto-generate their schema besides you Get a nice boost on people clicking
Through to your site if you implement Things like review ratings that stand Out on the search results page and while We’re looking at tools for technical seo Screaming frog deserves a mention here Screaming frog has long been a staple Tool used for technical audits by seo Nerds all over the world technically It’s on a freemium pricing model but if You have a site with less than 500 urls You unlock a decent amount of essential Functions for free screaming frog is Great to use in combination with google Search console and it’s fairly easy to Operate and it also offers a butt ton More technical data than search console Does we use it to gather the following Data pages with no internal links Pointing to them slow loading pages the Indexability status of all pages Checking all pages with missing on-page Elements such as heading tags meta Titles and descriptions and a bunch of Other nerdy sh it makes large scale Auditing so much more efficient since You gather all your data in bulk with Only two clicks here’s some more Freemium seo tools that i find very Helpful for improving rankings and Traffic let’s kick these off with ahrefs Many people know ahrefs for their swiss Army knife seo solution that powers many Seo professionals around the world Including myself most people know ahrefs
Is a paid tool what’s not as well known Is that hrs also has the stack of free Tools available most noteworthy ahrefs Webmaster tools it’s like a cross Between google search console and Screaming frog a similar level of data But in a much more user-friendly Experience you can also get access to The same version of ahrefs site explorer And site auditing tools that paid Members access the only drawback is you Can’t use these on competitor sites on Their free tier just the ones you verify Ownership of but that’s an insane amount Of value anyways for free you can also Leverage all of these free tools by Ahrefs as well i’ll add a link to the Page in the description below the next Premium seo tool we’re checking out is Answer the public instance the public Made waves in the seo community by its Ability to expand a topic and visualize It not only can it give you ideas for Subheadings in your content but you can Also go one level beyond that and Extract ideas for keyword research so You make sure you aren’t leaving any Gaps in your content plan on the free Tier you have limited usage per day but For most people it’s still decent enough If you want next level tips on how to Use tools like this to create a topical Map check out the interview i did with Corey after you watch this video stick
With me though the next few tools i’ll Be sharing are freemium tools that you Can plug into your topical mapping Process too ubersuggest is a decent tool For most people starting out since it Has similar functionality to ahrefs you Can do keyword research basic competitor Research and access your website’s seo Performance stats the level of data Isn’t as great as hrs by mile but if You’re looking for a free tool to start Learning with ubersuggest is a good one To go with as far as implementing Essential seo optimizations on your Website rank math is a damn good seo Plugin it’s a freemium wordpress plugin That allows you to update your key On-page seo items such as title tags and Descriptions keep in mind it’s not a Detailed on-page optimization tool like Surfer seo you can also set up an Automatically generated site map but Where ranked math stands out is its Support for different schema types Natively it’s going to be the closest You can get to manually creating your Own schema through a generator like Merkel another great freemium tool to Add to your toolkit is keyword hero ever Want to unlock those not provided Keywords in google analytics who doesn’t With keyword hero you can unlock those Values to get more insights into how People are actually finding your content
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