Google has it’s own URL shortener at goo.gl. According to Matt Cutt’s blog it was created so Google could use it for its own products, but then they decided to make it available to the public. If you log in to your Google account, you’ll get analytics and history features

Analyze backlinks from unique domains in an instant on MajesticSEO.com. They also feature a free bad-neighborhood checker which checks the backlinks on other domains hosted on the same server and a bulk backlink checker. Tools worked very well and quickly. The site also offers a pro version with which you

Get free sitemaps of your website with up to 500 pages. XML-Sitemaps lets you create sitemaps in XML, ROR, text or html format that can be submitted to Google, Yahoo and other search engines. XML sitemaps can be used to create simple lists of all pages on a website, which

A service from seomoz.org, OpenSiteExplorer is a free link popularity checker and a backlinks analysis tool. You can get data on up to 1,000 links and unlimited use for free. You can choose to show only followed, non-followed or 301 redirects, links from internal or external pages only, and also

Making all external links on your blog open into a new window is easy with the help of the SEM External Links plugin for WordPress. This plugin will also change your links to rel=”nofollow” or add an external link icon. Related posts: Image Gallery Plugin for WordPress Analyze Internal And

W3’s link checker tool is very simple, but works well. There are lots of link checkers out there, but many have limits on how many pages they’ll check, or you have to create an account and log in to use it. Depending on how big your site is, this free

This strategy may not be 100% fool proof, but using a service like may help you increase the number of backlinks to your website. It works by attaching a script to any snippet that a visitor will copy from your site; the script generates a backlink where the snippet it’s