5 SEO tools every blogger should use

Do you want to know if your website needs better keywords, has broken links or suffers from slow page speed? These tools can help you out.

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Although SEO (search engine optimization) best practices are undeniably important, learning SEO is no easy task.

That’s why you need to know about the directory of SEO tools SEOChat created. Not only will these tools help you keep your content optimized and up-to-date, they will help you stay ahead of the ever-changing Google algorithm curve and keep your website (or your clients’ sites and blogs) functioning at optimum levels.

I recommend you check out all of the tools, but to save time, here are a few of my favorites:

1. IMN Google Site Map Generator

Fixing broken links is not only good for SEO, but for your customers. Nobody wants to get stuck while trying to get around your website.

You might have more broken links than you realize. To find the problem areas, simply type your URL into the IMN Google Site Map Generator. You’ll get a full report that includes broken links, redirects and a site crawl. You can also opt to have the generator email the report to you so you can access it as you need it.

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