Do you really need SEO software?

knightskid

11 years ago

Basically, I just use rankcheckerace to check my ranking. That's all I did.

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MikeFriedman

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ljp

Hi everyone!
Long time lurker...

I've been managing several income-producing websites for many years and doing pretty well. It's a side thing, but I really enjoy it and would like to increase my websites and earnings in the new year.

For years I've looked at various SEO software. I've been skeptical. But yesterday, SEO PowerSuite was having a big sale and I broke down and bought it. Now, after using it for a short time, I'm starting to doubt my purchase.

I would like to know from people here who are actually making an income, do you use SEO software? If so, which? What does it help you do that you couldn't without the software?

And for those of you who don't use software, could you outline what you do to track your sites and how they're doing?

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What exactly did you think you were getting out of the PowerSuite? If you thought it was some magical push a few buttons and rank type of thing, then I could see the disappointment.

The two modules I use the most are Rank Tracker and SpyGlass. Rank Tracker is great when you are checking hundreds or even thousands of keywords across multiple search engines. If you are targeting 5 keywords for your own site, it is probably a bit overkill.

SpyGlass is awesome for analyzing the backlinks of a competitor. It is even more powerful though if you combine it with another link database or two like Ahrefs, Majestic, or OSE. Download all of their links and then import them into SpyGlass and get a more complete picture.

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linkmonster

11 years ago

I Used in past but Softwares are no use. They are not Long term Life. You must Use it Manual SEO which will be best. Results will be great. But if you want help with the software you taken try to Watch VIDEO on Youtube/Tutorial you will get everything.

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Irmscher

11 years ago

Everyone who's saying that you need to do manual SEO are either naive or trying to mislead you.

Sometimes I'm feeling like most of the people giving away advice here on WF have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

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PlotHost 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Irmscher

Everyone who's saying that you need to do manual SEO are either naive or trying to mislead you.

I agree with you.
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ralchevd 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Irmscher

Everyone who's saying that you need to do manual SEO are either naive or trying to mislead you.

I agree with that too.
Have you heard somewhere that Google has more than 1 million well-teached and ultra intelligent employees, who are responsible for the searches, and each search you type in is being prepared from these employees? I have absolutely no idea what I just wrote, but however - no, you didn't hear this for sure.

Think of a strategy, implement it in software and then use it - still manual.

As Mike said above - he is using SpyGlass to track competitor's backlinks, what could be wrong with that and how the heck is it possible without a software?

The thing is there are few types of software, thats where the general mislead comes from.
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HorseStall

11 years ago

No - I don't think that you do. The software can sometimes simplify things making it faster finding duplicate titles or descriptions but you can also manually audit pages.

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ljp

11 years ago

I appreciate the replies.

And no, Mike Friedman, I didn't expect magic. I'm not naive nor new to running websites. I am hoping it may help me tweak my sites more.

I'm most skeptical sometimes of the advice given here because I'm not sure most of these people are making money off websites. Rather, they may be making money off of links in their signatures and such...but yet I do come here to get info and take most of the advice, I guess, with a grain of salt.

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MikeFriedman

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ljp

I appreciate the replies.

And no, Mike Friedman, I didn't expect magic. I'm not naive nor new to running websites. I am hoping it may help me tweak my sites more.

I'm most skeptical sometimes of the advice given here because I'm not sure most of these people are making money off websites. Rather, they may be making money off of links in their signatures and such...but yet I do come here to get info and take most of the advice, I guess, with a grain of salt.

Well, I am making money as an SEO.

I find SpyGlass, especially, a great tool. It saves me so much time, money, and effort. I use it a lot for evaluating domains that I want to buy and also identify competitors best back links.

The website auditor is not bad, but I have found all website auditors to provide minimal actionable results. It can give a few decent tips and has some value for really large sites that you could never comb through by hand.

Link-assistant... unless you have a lot of arranged backlinks to keep track of, is not really that useful.

As far as desktop rank trackers go, I think Link-Assistant's and Advanced Web Ranking are the two best. Many rank trackers out there still have not even figured out how to track Google Places rankings, and it has been about 2 years since Google made that change.

If you need some help with them, let me know.

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kaytav

11 years ago

You could use Software for checking your ranks, which is good. If you are looking to build links links using software, then its a bad idea and will get your site into trouble.

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Irmscher

11 years ago

Originally Posted by kaytav

You could use Software for checking your ranks, which is good. If you are looking to build links links using software, then its a bad idea and will get your site into trouble.

Really? You are now saying this from your own experience or just suggesting/guessing/replicating other's thoughts?

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gearmonkey

11 years ago

Of course I use SEO tools. Magic Submitter is my favorite tool.

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