Any webmaster that is in the market for an easy to use SEO (search engine optimization) tool may want to consider taking a look at the "SEO for Firefox" plug-in. This article examines its features and advantages, as well as its limitations. It will help you decide whether to add the SEO for Firefox tool to your SEO arsenal.
Introduction
There are some SEO tools you will have to pay for, while there are plenty of others that are totally free of charge; one of these free tools is SEO for Firefox. Not only is it free, but it is a plug-in. Therefore, you don’t have to worry about doing a major install. However, you must have the Firefox browser installed on your system before you can use this SEO tool. If you are concerned about security, SEO for Firefox is secure.
SEO for Firefox gives you vital information that goes beyond the website. For example, you can find out information such as the age of the website, its page ranking, links and data traffic. The tool also allows you to view pages that are indexed to Google. You can also find out whether the website is found in other directories.
Having this information is important because sites can be ranked due to their age or possession of many trusted links. For example, since the Internet was founded thanks to a government project, people find that both government (.gov) and educational (.edu) websites are inclined to have more credibility than commercial websites. All in all, SEO for Firefox gives you an overview of why the website is ranked the way it is.
SEO for Firefox consist of two modes: automatic and manual (On-Demand). Automatic mode automatically brings in data whenever you are searching Yahoo! or Google. If the mode is manual, you will have to click on the question marks to get the market information you are looking for. SEO for Firefox’s tool features are automatically defaulted to the On-Demand mode. Developers set it up this way to prevent users from abusing the tool.
One significant fact you must pay attention to is that you don’t want SEO for Firefox on all of the time. SEO for Firefox pulls in a lot of data from various search engines. As a result, search engines may thwart your inquiries because they may think you are scraping data. The rule of thumb is to make sure you turn off this function when you are not using it for research.
You can tell if the function is on by looking at the icon. The icon is located in the status bar at the bottom of the Firefox browser. If the icon is off, it is grayed out. SEO for Firefox enables you to ping search engines for data at a slower speed. In this case, you’ll want to configure this delay to approximately one or more seconds. On the other hand, if you configure it to zero, it is likely that the search engines might temporarily block your search results.
According to SEO Tools, it's a good idea to put Del.icio.us, Technorati, and Bloglines in the On-Demand mode. There are some reasons as to why you want to set up these parameters. One of the reasons is if you ping Del.icio.us too fast, you can receive 503 service unavailable errors. You also can’t count on Technorati. Ask.com can give you a lifetime ban if the company thinks you’re consuming too many resources.
Read on to learn more about the features that SEO for Firefox offers.
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