5 Tools I add to every new web project for SEO and analytics

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Fathom Analytics

Fathom is privacy first analytics for the web. According to their site, Fathom is a Google Analytics alternative that doesn’t compromise visitor privacy for data. We revolutionized website analytics by making them easy to use and respectful of privacy laws (like GDPR and more).

#Open Source #Analytics #Privacy 58 social mentions

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Google Search Console

My adoption of Google Search Console come from what I learned taking Monica Lent's Blogging for Devs course.

#SEO Tools #SEO #Keyword Research 95 social mentions

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Reddit

It's completely free, and takes just moments to set up - you just need to create an account, and set up keywords for the service to track. When your keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hackernews, or Lobste.rs, you'll get a tidy little email in your inbox.

#Social Networks #Social Network #Forums 3294 social mentions

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Hacker News

It's completely free, and takes just moments to set up - you just need to create an account, and set up keywords for the service to track. When your keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hackernews, or Lobste.rs, you'll get a tidy little email in your inbox.

#Social Networks #Social News #Startups 498 social mentions

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Lobsters

It's completely free, and takes just moments to set up - you just need to create an account, and set up keywords for the service to track. When your keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hackernews, or Lobste.rs, you'll get a tidy little email in your inbox.

#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 120 social mentions

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F5Bot

The pitch for f5bot is simple - as they say, it is a service that will help you to "Get an email when you're mentioned online!".

#Social Media Monitoring #Reputation Management #Monitoring Tools 34 social mentions

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CloudFlare

I use Cloudflare to manage the DNS records for all of my sites. In addition to having a really straightforward UI for DNS management, they offer a host of other features to keep your sites running well. This includes automated protection for DDoS attacks, maintenance mode, and performance enhancements such as origin server optimization and caching.

#CDN #Cloud Computing #Content Distribution 94 social mentions

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Blogging for Devs

My adoption of Google Search Console come from what I learned taking Monica Lent's Blogging for Devs course.

#Productivity #Email Newsletters #Email 9 social mentions

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Ahrefs Webmaster Tools

I have found ahrefs webmaster tools to be absolutely invaluable in keeping an eye on my sites' content. Once you register a free account and verify that you have control of the sites you want to monitor, ahrefs will kick off a weekly audit of all the pages on your domain. It will check for common pitfalls, and give your site a health score from 0-100. If you're a dev, it may be helpful to think of it as a linter for SEO.

#Analytics #Marketing #Growth Hacking 9 social mentions

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Positions Explorer

You only need to spend a few moments researching SEO online before ahrefs pops up somewhere in your results. In addition to their incredible blog and studies on how search works on the web, they provide a fantastic suite of free tools for monitoring and improviing the SEO on your sites.

#SEO Tools #SEO #Keyword Research 8 social mentions