{"id":187,"date":"2018-07-31T09:54:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T09:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/?p=187"},"modified":"2018-07-31T09:54:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T09:54:40","slug":"top-10-seo-tools-for-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/top-10-seo-tools-for-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 SEO Tools For Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jaoeb64ba518865621\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.milesweb.com\/2325-1-1-18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img style=\"border:0px\" src=\"https:\/\/affiliates.milesweb.com\/media\/banners\/728x90-MilesWeb.jpg\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.jaoeb64ba518865621 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.jaoeb64ba518865621 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.jaoeb64ba518865621 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.jaoeb64ba518865621 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.jaoeb64ba518865621 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a small business, deciding which SEO tools to use can be somewhat confusing. You hear about all of these wonderful tools available on the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But which ones are for you? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, it actually depends on your business which ones would be more useful to you. If you run a small local business, you won\u2019t need too many tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if you run a global SEO agency, then you would need enterprise tools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, I will specifically be sharing with you, the top 10 SEO tools for small businesses. All of these tools are sure to help you build and grow your business!. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Ahrefs (SEO Experts Love This Tool)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahrefs is one of the biggest &amp; popular SEO tools in the industry. Top SEO experts love this tool, and it comes in great for small businesses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the worlds biggest, well-known brands use Ahrefs. Even some Google SEO experts use it instead of their own program! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahrefs creates high-quality data toolsets for SEO and Backlink Analysis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si Quan Ong, The Customer Success Manager &amp; Marketer At Ahrefs, described it to be:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahrefs is a digital marketing tool that crawls the world wide web to store tonnes of data and presents it in a user-friendly format to enable marketers to make informed marketing decisions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Tools Do Ahrefs Offer?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Content Explorer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their content exploder helps to find any topic with the most substantial amount of shares on social media. So for example; if you searched for \u201cBest SEO company Melbourne\u201d the data it provides would tell you where it is mostly shared and how widespread the topic is. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Site Explorer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tool helps to effectively keep track of and analyze the backlinks of your site. It also keeps track of the sites of your competitors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is an especially useful tool if you want to research the best keywords to gain organic traffic and paid traffic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rank Tracker<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rank tracker is similar to Google Analytics; It lets you keep track of your rankings and get reports as frequently as you desire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Keyword Explorer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keyword explorer is a keyword tool. It will allow you to find keywords and gain an estimation on how much traffic they receive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Site Audit<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Side audit provides a took for you to keep track of your SEO issues. It helps you to monitor your SEO continually and ensure it&#8217;s in the best form. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The alerts they offer will also notify you of any new backlinks you receive, any mentions and will also monitor your keyword rankings. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of Ahrefs is to replace many tools and keep them all in one convenient, easy to use place. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Jaaxy Keyword Tool<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaaxy is a keyword tool that allows you to do in-depth research on keywords. As a website owner, you need a reliable keyword tool, and that&#8217;s precisely what Jaaxy provides. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been designed to make finding keywords effortless. Small businesses can run into problems with online rankings, and this is what Jaaxy helps to solve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It collects data from the three biggest search engines &#8211; Google, Yahoo &amp; Bing &#8211; and shows it to you in the most straightforward &amp; most understandable manner. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Moz Pro (Even <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveseoservice.com\/service.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>Professional SEO Consultant Services<\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Use This Tool) <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO is a nightmare, for the most part. Its something that can either be simple to achieve or give you a major headache and Moz Pro is here to help with that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moz gives you industry standard results. It is a robust SEO tool suite that keeps up to date with the latest trends and changes to the search engines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its the closest you can get to &#8211; and without buying &#8211; an enterprise suite of SEO tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part of Moz is you get a free toolbar extension (you can download it without buying Moz Pro) that allows you to do SEO research on the go. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MozBar provides you with instant data when viewing any webpage at all or SERP results.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Google Drive\/Docs\/Sheets etc<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technically, this one arguably may not be a tool. It&#8217;s available free of charge via Google if you have a Google account you\u2019re good to go! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine the vast amount of data your business has; Especially if you run an online business. Google Drives tools can come in extremely handy for storing data. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It even comes in handy for any research that you do &amp; any data you have to store. It can also be used for something as simple as a business plan!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Google <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google isn\u2019t only used for searching, it has some pretty powerful tools. <\/span><\/p><div class=\"wffmf64ba51886568c\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1998875270506674\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5700030306\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.wffmf64ba51886568c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.wffmf64ba51886568c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.wffmf64ba51886568c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.wffmf64ba51886568c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.wffmf64ba51886568c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the most commonly used search engine. Google has billions of searches a day and is the leading service among users. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being the leading service, they have some of the best insight tools for your website. The best part? All of their tools are FREE! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>PageSpeed<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tool helps to analyze how quickly your website loads. It monitors how fast it loads on multiple devices and offers suggestions on how to fix it if it takes too long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Analytics \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Analytics gives you all the data you need to see how well your website is doing. It gives you insights into various things such as: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Page views\/Unique views<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience information<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click through rate <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How users reached your site <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Trends<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trends help you to monitor the latest search trends on Google. It helps you to compare keywords and see what is being searched for throughout the day. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Search Console<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the one tool that helps your website be found on Google. It thoroughly tests your site for any errors and makes sure it can easily be reached via the search engine. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will help determine how reliable your site is. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Search Console provides data to show you which pages, products, etc. are the most successful for you and your site. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also applies to Bing &amp; Yahoo, they also offer the same tools for their search engines.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Optimizely <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a highly efficient A\/B testing tool. It is used to better your website and test various things and\/or trends. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A\/B testing is used by many web owners, marketers &amp; web designers to help determine which type of webpage is best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shows live analytics so you can see first hand which one converts more. Even something as minuscule as changing your color palette can encourage people to stay on your website longer. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A\/B testing is also used for things such as: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call to action pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landing pages <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. \u00a0GTMetrix <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is another tool used to monitor your page speed. When you use GTMetrix, it will analyze your pages and give you a \u201cgrade\u201d on how your pages rank. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only does it analyze your site, but it also offers a solution on how to remedy your speed issues. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. BROWSEO <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever wondered what your website looks like to search engines? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, this is what BROWSEO offers. It\u2019s an app available on the web that allows you to see a website exactly how search engines would see it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes away all the distracting features of a website for you to see. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is this helpful though? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps you to understand what search engines need for SEO and ranking purposes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search Engines analyze everything (text-based) on your site and doesn\u2019t care about the fancy design. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use this to view your structure, tags, hierarchy and more. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Headline Analyzer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CoSchedule have created a fantastic headline analyzer tool. It\u2019s used to help you create headlines that convert. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also helps to create websites that drive traffic, encourage shares and stand out within the search results. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides a handy guide on how to create compelling headlines; It then ranks them and creates a chart to tell you what you should focus more on. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Bright Local \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bright Local is an SEO report that offers Local SEO tools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local SEO is when you rank for area-specific keywords near to you or your business. Examples would include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO Expert Melbourne <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best SEO Company Melbourne <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO consultant Melbourne<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It offers an all in one SEO package for you to effectively manage all aspects of your SEO trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1d1f20; font-size: 1.953em;\">Final Thoughts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though there are many tools available; I thoroughly believe these are the best ones for a small business. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of them offer the detailed insights that you need to run your business to the best standards. 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