My tools talk for SMX.

1. TOOLS FOR PULLING RANK++
Nearly every tool you’ll ever need. EVER
MICHAEL KING
DIRECTOR OF INBOUND MARKETING
@ipullrank

2. DOWNLOAD THIS DECK:
http://iacq.co/toolspullrank2
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3. DISCLAIMERS
I am a programmer I am an SEOmoz
Associate
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4. I AGREE WITH MATT CUTTS (for the 2nd time ever)
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5. YOU SHOULD BUILD YOUR OWN TOOLS
JavaScript – Codeacademy.com Python – Udacity.com
It is now easier than ever to learn how to code for free. Take advantage of these classes and build your own
nuanced tools
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6. OH SEO GODS,
PLEASE TELL ME
WHAT MIKE KING
USES
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7. iACQUIRE IS NOT A TOOL
Professional Off-Page SEO for the Enterprise
DIGITAL PR MANAGED LINK DEVELOPMENT
IDENTIFY/ENGAGE TREND SETTER OUTLETS NATURAL LINK INTEGRATION
TARGETED CONTENT MARKETING LINK RECLAMATION
DIGITAL ASSET DISTRIBUTION BACKLINK AUDIT AND OPTIMIZATION

8. MIKE! WHAT
TOOLS DO
YOU USE FOR
ON-PAGE
ANALYSIS?
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9. SCREAMING FROG
Get it: http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/
8 Alternative Ways to Use Screaming Frog for SEO
http://www.distilled.net/blog/seo/8-alternative-ways-to-use-screaming-frog-for-seo/ (@craigbradford)
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10. SCRAPER FOR CHROME
With a right-click I can scrape anything from a page and export it to a Google Doc.
Get it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mbigbapnjcgaffohmbkdlecaccepngjd
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11. HTTPFOX
I use this for checking response codes of HTTP requests. Specifically for 301s, 302s, 404s.
Get it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/httpfox/
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12. PAGE SPEED PLUGIN
Get actionable insights about issues with page speed.
Get it: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/download.html
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13. MIKE! WHAT
OTHER
KEYWORD
RESEARCH
TOOLS DO
YOU USE?
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14. YAHOO CLUES
Get demographic data at the keyword level straight from Yahoo. http://clues.yahoo.com/ (h/t @keyrelevance)
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15. KEYWORD EYE
Keyword Eye visualizes keyword research and quickly indentifies keywords from just inputting a domain name.
Get it: http://www.keywordeye.co.uk
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16. SOOVLE
Keyword Research using Suggest on Google, Bing, haoo, Wikiedia, Amazon, Youtube and Answers.com
Use it: http://www.soovle.com
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17. UBERSUGGEST
Keyword Research using Google Suggest with country and platform options.
Use it: http://ubersuggest.org
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18. SCRAPEBOX
A white hat keyword research application for Scrapebox with Google/Bing/Yahoo! Suggest has recently come to
light.
Read about it: http://ipullrank.com/how-to-uncover-100s-of-new-longtail-keywords-in-minutes/
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19. @SEOGADGET ADWORDS API EXCEL PLUGIN
Use this and you’ll never have to visit the Adwords Keyword Tool again.
Get it: https://seogadget.co.uk/google-adwords-plugin-excel/
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20. MIKE! HOW DO
YOU COME UP
WITH
CONTENT
IDEAS?
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21. GOFISH
I made a tool that uses Twitter for real-time keyword research to help get content ideas that people want now.
Get it: http://ipullrank.com/tools/gofish/
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22. @SEOGADGET GOOGLE DOCS TOOL
Similar to GoFish this Google Docs tool scrapes various blogs and discussions to get hot ideas
Use it: https://seogadget.co.uk/using-google-docs-to-generate-hot-content-strategies/ (@dbseo)
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23. FACEBOOK RECOMMENDATION DEMO
Find out what is the most popular content on a given domain and make a better version. Expand to 1000 pixels to
see up to 20 top performers in social.
Use it: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/recommendations/
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24. MIKE! WHAT
TYPE OF MAGIC
CAN I DO RIGHT
IN A
SPREADSHEET?
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25. SEOTOOLS BY NIELS BOSMA
Scrape pages, get link and social metrics as well as analytics right in Excel using this plugin.
Get it: http://nielsbosma.se/projects/seotools/download/
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26. IMPORTXML FOR GOOGLE DOCS
Scrape pages, use APIs, get analytics right in Google Docs
ImportXML Cookbook: http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/importxml-cookbook (@djchrisle)
The ImportXML Guide to Google Docs: http://www.distilled.net/blog/distilled/guide-to-google-docs-importxml/
@ipullrank (@davidsottimano)

27. MIKE! HOW
CAN I GET
ACTIONABLE
INFO ON A
LINK
PROFILE?
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28. LINK RESEARCH TOOLS
LRT is fiercely underrated and has a variety of tools that tell you exactly what types of links you need to beat
your competition.
Get it: http://www.linkresearchtools.com
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29. LINK DETECTIVE
This tool crawls all your links and classifies them by type: sidebar, comment, directory, list, blogroll, sidebar, etc.
Get it: http://www.linkdetective.com
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30. MIKE! HOW CAN
I DO
COMPETITIVE
ANALYSIS
QUICKLY?
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31. SEARCHMETRICS ESSENTIALS
The quickest way to understand what your competitors are doing as they track performing keywords, traffic, and
social for many sites
Get it: http://suite.searchmetrics.com/en/essentials
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32. MIKE! I HEAR
YOU DO
AWESOME
THINGS WITH
ANALYTICS…
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33. KEYWORD-LEVEL DEMOGRAPHICS
Search Keyword-Level
FB:Admin Demographics
Referrers
I probably should have patented this.
Read the Post: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/keyword-level-demographics
Get the Code: http://www.github.com/ipullrank/keyword-level-demographics
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34. TRACK SOCIAL NETWORKS USERS ARE LOGGED INTO
@TomAnthonySEO wrote some code for this.
Get Code: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/visitor-social-network-login-status-google-analytics
Wordpress Plugin: http://www.springest.co.uk/social-analytics/
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35. GOOGLE ANALYTICS DEBUGGER
Custom variables take a long time to populate. Use this to make sure you’ve implemented the code properly.
Get It: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jnkmfdileelhofjcijamephohjechhna
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36. MIKE! YOU
ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT
PERSONAS,
HOW CAN I FIND
MY TARGET
AUDIENCE?
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37. FACEBOOK AD CREATOR
The Facebook Ad Creator is the audience version of the Adwords Keyword Tool
Use it: www.facebook.com/ads/create/
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38. FACEBOOK INSIGHTS
Gender Country
Female
Age distribution
Male
If the site is already on the open graph, you can get data on the audience from FB Insights
Use it: www.facebook.com/insights
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39. DOUBLECLICK AD PLANNER
The DoubleClick Adplanner will give you demographic insights per domain. Enter competitors if you’re not there
Use it: www.google.com/adplanner/
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40. MIKE! HOW
CAN I GET
LINK BUILDING
QUICK HITS?
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41. LINK BUILDING GUIDES
I wrote two six month plans for link building – http://www.iacquire.com/resources/link-building-guides
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42. BRAND FANS
Pull your Twitter followers using SimplyMeasured then pull your Link Profile. Contact users that follow but don’t
link.
Use it: http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/using-twitter-and-backlinks-to-build-links/2011/07/28/ (@ethanlyon)
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43. MIKE! WHERE
CAN I FIND DATA
FOR
INFOGRAPHICS?
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44. WORLD GOVERNMENT DATA
Data from Governments all around the world.
Use it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world-government-data
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45. GOOGLE PUBLIC DATA
All types of data on all types of things from Google itself.
Use it: http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory
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46. MIKE! HOW
CAN I
VISUALIZE
DATA?
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47. INFOGR.AM
Create beautiful charts without being a graphic designer.
Use it: http://infogr.am/
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48. DIPITY
Create interactive timelines from your data and images.
Use it: http://www.dipity.com/
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49. STORYBIRD
Create interactive books out of your data.
Use it: http://www.storybird.com
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50. MIKE! WHAT
OTHER LINK
DATA SOURCES
ARE THERE?
@neyne: looked at them all
http://www.rankabove.com/news/seo-
research/backlink-data-provider-all/
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51. AHREFS
http://www.ahrefs.com
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52. BLEKKO (/SEO)
http://www.blekko.com - use the /seo tag.
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53. LINKDIAGNOSIS
http://www.linkdiagnosis.com – watch this space. I’m working with our tech team to add new features soon.
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54. BROKEN LINK INDEX
Shhh! This is a secret. We are launching the Broken Link Index in a few weeks. Sign up to find out when.
http://signup.brokenlinkindex.com
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55. MIKE! WHAT
BOOKMARKLETS
DO YOU USE?
@tomcritchlow: Give
August 2011 its post back
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/
some-nifty-seo-
bookmarklets-to-make-you-
more-efficient
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56. OPEN GRAPH HELPER
I wrote this tool to help you check if your Open Graph Data is of optimal length.
Get it: http://ipullrank.com/open-graph-helper/
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57. WIRIFY
Turn any site into a wireframe so you can easily show your UX team where they went wrong.
Get it: http://www.wirify.com
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58. MIKE! WHAT DO
YOU USE FOR
RANKINGS?
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59. STAT
I have literally seen no better rankings platform. I use the Codex to check for fluctuations when Google makes
announcements: http://codex.getstat.com
Get it: http://www.getstat.com
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60. MIKE! WHAT
DO YOU
SUGGEST AS
LINK BUILDING
TOOLKIT?
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61. FOLLOWERWONK
Identify link prospects on twitter by searching the keywords in their user profiles.
Use it: http://www.followerwonk.com
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62. OUTREACHR BULK DOMAIN CHECK TOOL
Give the tool a list of domains and it pulls the link metrics, IP, country, emails and social profiles associated with
the domain name.
Use it: http://www.outreachr.com/bulk-domain-checker/
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63. KNOWEM
Most people use the same user name for all social media. Use KnowEm to do research on your link prospects.
Use it: http://www.knowem.com
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64. MENTIONMAPP
Find link prospects you would not have found through keyword searches based on who talks to your influencers
Use it: http://mentionmapp.com
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65. ONTOLO
Use Ontolo for automated link prospecting and to organize and track link campaigns.
Use it: http://www.ontolo.com
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66. IFTTT
Use ifttt to setup automatic tweets whenever an influencer in your space blogs or tweets
Use it: http://www.ifttt.com
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67. RAPPORTIVE
See all of user’s social profiles right from Gmail as you write to them.
Get it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hihakjfhbmlmjdnnhegiciffjplmdhin
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68. BOOMERANG
Schedule emails and automatic follow ups with this plugin for Gmail
Get it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mdanidgdpmkimeiiojknlnekblgmpdll
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69. BUZZSTREAM
Track link, prospects, social progress all in one place.
Use it: http://www.buzzstream.com
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70. ZEMANTA
Zemanta is a content network that integrates with a free Wordpress / Movable Type plugin that suggests related
articles and images to bloggers as they write.
Use it: http://www.zemanta.com
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71. MIKE! I MANAGE
TOO MANY
BLOGS. GOT
ANYTHING THAT
CAN HELP?
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72. MANAGEWP
Backup, update, install plugins and themes for multiple Wordpress blogs all from one place.
Get it: http://www.managewp.com
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73. MIKE! WHAT’S
THE MOST
IMPORTANT
TOOL YOU
USE?
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74. MY BRAIN
No matter how you many tools you have, no one can teach you imagination. Learn your tools but understand how
to make them work for you.
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75. MIKE! WHO
SHOULD I
FOLLOW ON
TWITTER TO
FIND OUT
MORE?
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76. MICHAEL KING
Director of Inbound Marketing
www.iacquire.com
mike@iacquire.com
@iPullRank
THANK YOU / Q&A