SEO has become a tools sport these days. People are constantly trying to outdo each other when it comes to SEO Tools. There are many tools out there that can help you find keywords or create .htaccess files for your websites, and you should use all these tools to become a more productive SEO. SEO domain tools are important as they tell you about ways you can optimize your on-page tactics to achieve better results on Google.

Here are the 5 tools that you can use to find out where you stand as far as organic search is concerned:

URL Redirect Checker: the type of HTTP redirect that you use on your site can affect your rankings on the SERPs significantly. HTTP 302 redirect tells search agents that your site is temporarily located at that address. HTTP 302 is in general not SEO friendly, and you can’t pass PR credit from an old site to a new site with a HTTP 302 redirect.

Google Banned Tool: This tool allows you to figure out if you have been banned by Google or put in a sandbox. You may have implemented a new SEO tactic that Google does not like, and that can often get you in trouble. Knowing whether you are banned can help you formulate a strategy to get out of Google’s banned list.

Broken Link Checker: broken links can seriously hurt your search engine rankings. Links allow search agents to get through your pages, and if you have a broken link, that does not bode well for your organic rankings. Besides, it is just not good user experience to have links that do not work on your website.

Website Speed Test: your site’s load can also affect your overall SEO rankings. A very slow site can lead to search bots abandoning your site. Having a slow site leads to terrible user experience for your audience as well. You should constantly test your website to figure out if it works with slower connections as well as very fast connections.

Class C checker: if you are hosting your websites on a shared hosting account, the chances are that all your domains are hosted on the same class c IP range. For linking and overall SEO purposes, it is always recommended to host your sites on different class c ranges. Class C checker allows you to find out if you are suffering from this issue.

Attention to details is often the difference between good and great SEOs. By using the above tools, you can find out the problem areas with your website to strategize ways to address them.

Aaron Wall had a cool collection of SEO tools that used data from Overture and WordTracker to provide keyword estimates. The tool was not functioning quite well for a while due to Overture keyword tool becoming unpredictable. Now Aaron has relaunched his SEO keyword tool set and I highly recommend using it if you are in keyword research and discovery mode. Check the SEO toolset here.