We are often asked what SEO tools we use day in and day out for SEO. Particularly, there are a few favorites here at DFM. Here is our list of tools we use every day and what we use it for:

SEO Tools:

• Google Trends – One of the best tools out there to do keyword research. Tells us when certain keywords spike, where they spike and how we can take advantage of the trends
• Raven SEO Tools – We have been using Raven from the begining, we use it to get a morning snap shot of all of our clients traffic, social media, referrals and keyword rankings.
• Google Keyword Tool – Any time we write a blog and need a title that’s being searched, we hit this tool
• SEOMoz – Great tool for looking at each page of our website for improvements
• Google News Alerts – When we are monitoring for a person or company’s reputation, we use Google News through Google reader to monitor real time news and respond quickly
• Open Site Explorer – If you want to see how you compare to another website in terms of link backs to the website, this is the best tool to use.
• Google Webmaster – Tells us what is broken and where we need to fix it.

With the above tools, almost anyone can get going with SEO and get some links back to their sites.