SEO Toolbox
Every Internet marketer has a set of tools or websites of resources, and at many times, these resources help to ease all the tedious work, and speed up processes! Here is my toolbox! These are some very useful resources for you to get started with building a website, starting blogging and marketing your blog. I will update this page as I find new resources.
Websites on SEO
- SEO Training Workshop in Singapore - Get SEO training from the Singapore SEO expert!
- WebConfs.com - Useful variety of tools, tutorials and articles on SEO
- SEOChat.com - Another list of SEO tools
Blogs you MUST read
Blog Engines
There are a lot of blog software and blog engines out there, and each one has its good and bad points. Here are three very popular and useful ones. Enough to get started on your blogging journey!
Useful WordPress Plugins
- Angsuman’s Feed Copyrighter Plugin
- Subscribe to Comments
- WP-ContactForm
- WP-Notable
- Smart Update Pinger
- Adsense-Deluxe
- Simple Recent Comments
- Ultimate Tag Warrior
Nifty Firefox Extensions
- IE View Lite
- Search Status
- Measure It
- Paste Email
- Adsense Notifier
- PDF Download
- Web Developer Toolbar
- Firefox Showcase
- Google Toolbar
- Stumble Upon
- GMail Manager
RSS to Email
Blog and Website Directories
Submission to blog and website directories is one quick and surefire way of getting backlinks. Here I have my list of blog and website directories I submit to… feel free to submit to them!
- Blog and Website Directories Page 1
- Blog and Website Directories Page 2
- Blog and Website Directories Page 3
Article Directories
Another great way to build incoming links is to write articles and submit them to article directories. Here is my list of article directories!
Keyword Research Tools
A very important element in SEO and Internet marketing is knowing what you are targeting for, and doing research on the keywords that you want to target. These resources will help you do that!
Website Design Templates and Ideas
Run out of ideas for your website design? Here are links for inspiration.
Stock Images
For SEO purposes, we may not need beautiful images or flashy graphics. But still, you will need some good images to keep your human visitors reading your page! Images are also very useful to grab attention.
Web Browsers
It is important to get your site tested across multiple browsers. Things really look and behave differently in different browsers!
- Mozilla Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Opera Web Browser
- Safari Web Browser (Macintosh)
- Lynx Text Browser - This is a text browser, so you can see actually what the search engine crawlers see when they get to your website!
FTP Client
Most webservers require you to use FTP to transfer your files to the webserver, so that your site can be viewed by the anybody on the Internet!
PDF Creators
PDF creators are useful to create e-books which you can use to give away and get email subscribers.
- PDF Creator
- PDF Blender
- Ghostscript - You need this with PDF Blender
Image Editors
While images may not be so useful on the SEO point of view, you still need to put a few pictures here and there - to attract your human visitors! Who wants to read a page full of boring text! Use pictures wisely, and you are on your way to a cool looking page optmized for both search engines and humans!
Sound / Audio Editors
Podcasting? Here is the thing you need to get started with your own radio station.
Screen Capture Software
Office Productivity and Web Authoring
Documents, spreadsheets, databases, formulas, webpages - you name it, you have it.
Tan Kian Ann is blog marketing coach based in Singapore. He is passionate in helping individuals and small businesses reach out to the world using blogs. 
