Web Resources You Can Afford

Free Keyword Tools


Good Keywords

http://www.goodkeywords.com/
[Be sure to use the Yahoo search method]

Free Keyword Spider
http://www.googlemakesadsense.com/freekeywordtools/index.php

Free Keyword Tool
http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/
[Free keyword tool available from SEO Book]

Keyword Density Tool
http://websitetips.com/seo/tools/keywords/#freekeywordtools

URL for Checking Article for Duplicate Content
http://www.dupecop.com/duplicate-content-checker.php

Google Suggest
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Not Free-But Worth Checking Out
Micro Niche Finder
Micro Niche Finder

A really handy tool for exploring niches, I use it all the time. Enter your keyword and it returns number of searches, exact phrase match, and of particular interest, SOC or Strenth of Competition. SOC lets you see how many websites are competing for a particular keyword and whether they have the word in their anchor text, title, and/or url. It just saves so much time.

SEO Links and Traffic For

Your Article Sites

Some Top Article Directories for Free Links and Traffic

ezinearticles.com
articlecity.com
articledashboard.com
goarticles.com


Article Underground-Not Free
articleunderground


This resource is not cheap, so I wouldn't recommend it if you are just starting out. It runs about $97 a month, but if you have several content sites and/or blogs under your belt and want high quality links to these sites, then this might interest you. Membership gives you access to 33 or so article announcement blogs (plus an additional 80 member blogs) where you place an excerpt of your article with a link to the rest of the article on your site. Depending on how many categories you enter, you can obtain an additional 4-5 links for each posting. If you would like to take this for a test drive, the following link will let you sign up for 21 days for only $9.95. This will give you this month's 400 articles and complete access to the site. Article Underground $9.95 Test Drive.

In addition to a ton of keyword and linking tutorials, there is a FREE Article Announcement Blog. You can get this by signing up for the AU newsletter and registering for the blog. Then use it for free traffic and links just to check out and utilize the system. There is no purchase required. So even if you aren't ready to join, at least register and use the free blog. If you have any trouble locating the blog, drop me an email at: support@ez4uguru.com and I will send you the link.

Hosting

For Hosting I have the highest recommendation for HostGator. They are the only hosting company I have ever dealt with that you can consistantly reach on the phone at any hour for your sales or technical questions.