Hey I started this thread hoping that others may add in helpful free resources of websites that help websites. I got the idea from the free directory thread and thought that we could expand on that. I would also encourage people to post SEO tips since that is part of pumping up your website. I will post http://www.alexa.com you can compare your websites against your rivals and get great data on your customers that way. I hope others will post links to helpful websites :).

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kicked off a useful thread about free tools and SEO. Replies from and call out tracking and relevance, and asked how to actually earn quality links. The practical checklist below focuses on durable, high-impact actions that still matter years later: technical health, measurement, and link-earning tactics that create real value.

Technical essentials (first actions): verify the site in Google Search Console, publish a clean XML sitemap and confirm robots rules (sitemaps.org), serve pages over HTTPS, choose canonical URLs for duplicates, and ensure pages are mobile-friendly. Monitor speed and Core Web Vitals with PageSpeed Insights and follow the SEO Starter Guide for indexing basics.

How to earn links (answering ): stop chasing mass bookmarking or paid lists. Build linkable assets — original data, useful tools, deep how-to guides, templates or industry roundups — and promote them with targeted outreach. Tactics that scale: broken-link outreach, niche guest contributions, resource-page pitching, using HARO for press mentions, and reclaiming unlinked brand mentions. For safe, tactical guidance on link acquisition see Moz’s .

Measure and iterate: pick 1–2 KPIs (organic visits that convert or leads), instrument events and funnels, and prioritize changes that move those metrics. Avoid shortcuts that risk penalties. SEO compounds over time: fix technical debt, publish genuinely useful pages, and pursue outreach that earns real referral traffic.

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I'd say it's www.sitemeter.com. You can trace your traffic and a lot of other relevant stats for your site here.

I'd say it's www.sitemeter.com. You can trace your traffic and a lot of other relevant stats for your site here.

thats a good site.

it is not just about submitting to social bookmarking, directory submission etc, in order for your site to be success in the search engine , your site must have good content, friendly sites and have many quality backlinks.

it is not just about submitting to social bookmarking, directory submission etc, in order for your site to be success in the search engine , your site must have good content, friendly sites and have many quality backlinks.

NO offence, but a little self contradiction here!

I mean, what's point of ubmitting to social bookmarking, directory submission etc?/

Or how to get many quality backlinks??

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