SEO Resources

There are lots and lots of SEO tools and software available on the internet. I use various online and offline tools to help me make the most of my SEO efforts. It is often best to optimize web pages manually, however, in order to accurately monitor your web sites, measure results and create robust reports, you need to use SEO tools and software.

SEO Software

Web CEO - Web CEO is one of the best SEO Software available. It is an integrated set of twelve powerful tools that can help you attract visitors to your site, get them interested in your products and services and convert them into buyers. Download Web CEO for free.
Trellian Toolkit - Trellian SEO Toolkit allows you to optimize and promote your web pages and increase your web site traffic and search engine visibility.

SEO Tools

Competitor Analysis - Analyze your competition with his tool.
Keyword Density - Find out the keyword density on your web pages with this tool.
Ranking Check - Check your rankings for any search term on Google, Yahoo! and MSN.
Simple Submission - A simple tool that allows you to submit your website to various search engines.
GoogSpy - A very useful keyword research tool, GoogSpy helps you find the search terms that your competition is ranked for Wordtracker.
SearchTerms.com - Locate and analyze hundreds of potential keywords for your web site.

Analytics

HitsLink - A leading online analytics service that allows you to track real-time website statistics. It is very easy to implement and provides many monitoring features.

General SEO Information and Books

These sites offer general information on search engines and SEO.

SEO Book - A comprehensive book by Aaron Wall with information about everything you need to know about SEO and Internet marketing.
SEO Beginners Guide - A beginners' guide on SEO by Rand Fishkin
Search Engine Watch - An authoritative guide to SEM and SEO, offering latest news about search engines.
Marketing Terms - A comprehensive dictionary of search engine terms.
Search Engines - Tips on search engine optimization and promotion.
SEO Chat - SEO Chat offers SEO articles and an SEO forum.
Google SEO Guidelines - A brief article on search engine optimization by Google.
ISEdb - Internet Search Engine Database offers a collection of articles and resources on SEO and search engines.

Blogs

if you want to keep up with daily search engine news and the latest search engine optimization practices, you must pay attention to blogs by other SEO professionals.

SEOmoz - A hub for search marketers worldwide providing information, tools and resources on SEO.
Matt Cutts - This blog is maintained by one of Google's engineers.
Google Blog - Google's Official Blog.
Wolf Howl - A blog maintained by Michael Gray.
Bluce Clay Blog - A very informative blog by Bruce Clay.