Shortcuts, online tools, and resources to make your life easier…
Page Speed Test Including Components and External Scripts
Good resource on Proper IA structuring & planning:
http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/seo-guide-information-architecture/
A1 Website Analyzer – Site Crawl & Audit
SEO for Excel Tips and Data Manipulation
Drafted by Distilled – companion “agency side” to SEOMoz
Hidden DIVs, Menu’s, and other White Hat SEO techniques
- Make sure your page is configured with all of your DIVS expanded when JavaScript is disabled.
- Make sure all the divs and the text is on the page–and not called from an external file.
- Make sure the header line is visible, otherwise you might be considered as hiding text.
Interstitials and SEO (similar findings apply to SEO friendly Geo IP rendering of content on pages from Rand @ SEOMoz…)
Optimizing AJAX calls & URLS for State and Headless Browser Rendering… (this was useful while I was @Mapquest, heaving Ajax site rendering):
Mobile SEO & Rules (Smartphones vs. older mobile devices vs. Desktop handling)
Mobile SEO, Mobile Sitemaps, and Canonicals (traditional mobile vs. smartphones)helpful for the comments, including the Googler who replied to the questions. Helpful…
Mobile SEO Tips and Guidelines by Cindy Krum
Awesome. The authority on mobile SEO. Read it. Know it. Follow it…
Technical SEO analysis and log file parsing / analysis tools
Good post with examples from Adam Audette.
Omniture Site Catalyst VISTA rules - To enable SEO visit tracking in Site Catalyst (rather than Discover)
http://www.seosydneyblog.com/2010/02/tracking-seo-traffic-results-with.html
BOTW: Best of the Web Direct Link (25% off (depends on timing of their special though…))
SEO Resources for Beginners: Nice collection of information / resources for newbies…
URL Encoding and Unsafe or Reserved Characters – helpful when defining safe vs. unsafe character inputs in URL rules (or just use a plugin and make your life easier) for SEO…
Customizing editor functions for Thesis – my favorite WordPress Theme
View All Hosted Sites on an IP – a great tool. Enter a URL, see all other hosted sites and commonly owned based on GOOG Analytics or Adsense Pub IDs. Spy Tool.
