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Easy to Use Bookmarklet Tools

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Bookmarklets are JavaScript applications contained within a bookmark. Appearing as be normal links, they are actually dynamic scripts, able to perform a variety of tasks, depending on the bookmarklet you use, the page you're visiting, and even what specific text is selected on the page. bookmarklets can be saved and used as a normal browser bookmark, providing quick access to many important and useful tools.

• To SAVE a bookmarklet simply drag it into your bookmarks folder in your browser.
• To USE a bookmarklet, just click bookmarked link for the page you want it to run.

SEO Bookmarklets

• Backlinks:
  • Google: Backlinks - Google external links to page
  • Yahoo: Site Explorer - Yahoo Site Explorer - External and internal links to page
• LinkDomain
  • Yahoo: linkdomain - Internal links to active site: Yahoo
  • MSN linkfromdomain - View outbound links from site
• Site Search:
  • Google Site:Search - Shows pages indexed by Google
  • Yahoo - Shows pages indexed by Yahoo! Search
• X-Browser SEO Tool - Find information vital to search engine optimization - very useful on search results pages
• Alexa Info - Displays Alexa information on the site
• AttentionMeter - lets you view Compete.com, Quantcast, Google Trends, Alexa and Technorati stats for the current domain name
• Clear Cookies - Clears the cookies for the current page
• Disable CSS - View page without CSS, reapply CSS by clicking again
• Edit Page - Allows you to edit the current page
• Google: CACHE - Shows the Google cache for the current page
• Highlight headings - Shows all H1-H6 headings on the current page
• Highlight NoFollow - Highlights all links with “nofollow” attribute
• HTTP Headers - checks all headers for the current page
• int/ext links - Colors internal links red, external blue, in-page links orange
• Keyword Density - by Webconf, counts and displays usage percent of words on page
• Make a link for this page - Generate a link for the current page instantly
• Page Freshness - Finds the last modified date
• Page Headers - shows all headers on the current page
• Reverse IP DNS Check Tool - This tool will find other domain names hosted on your IP
• Robots.txt - Displays the Robots.txt file for the active site
• SEOmoz Page Strength tool - Membership to seomoz required. Provides 14 factors that may influence a page's ability to perform in the major engines
• Show Meta - Shows a page's meta tags
• Spider Simulator - by Webconf, displays how the page is seen by the Search Engines
• Technorati - Real-time search for user-generated media (including weblogs) by tag or keyword. Also provides popularity indexes
• TinyURL - Creates a tiny URL for/from the active web page that will not break in email postings (or Twitter, or anywhere else you don't want a long URL..) and never expires
• Uber Site Compare - Allows you to compare data from two sites, such as yours and your competition
• UpDirectory - Moves up one directory level at a time
• Validate HTML - checks the markup validity of the current web page
• Validate W3C CSS - Validates code of linked or imported style sheets
• Validate W3C Markup - Validates HTML code
• Verify Links - Check that links on page are not broken
• View Meta - Display the meta tags on the active page
• WayBack Machine - Shows cached view of the current page at various points in time
• WhoIs - Provides domain name registration information - registrant information, DNS, and expiration dates from DomainTools
• Word Frequency - Highlight a word to see how many times it was mentioned on a page