There are definitely a lot of useful web stat software and tracking tools online. There are also some staples in the industry, like StatsCounter and others. But there are also some newer services and other, not so well known, website stat tools worth reviewing. I left Omniture and a few other larger companies off of the list because I felt they appealed mostly to companies with deeper pockets. The list below is instead suited to the "everyday" Webmaster.

GetClicky.com - Clicky is a web analysis tool that tracks a high level of detail for every visitor to your website. Some of their website stats show "actions per visit" for users, visitor hostnames, most active visitors, tagcloud stats data, and more. Personally, I would rate this tool a bit higher than Google Analytics, but that's probably because of the deep data it provides. We were very impressed with the free version of Clicky and plan to use this cool web tracking tool more in the coming months.

It's hard to avoid spying tracking online competition, especially when competitors may make changes or advances quicker than you. The most important aspect of SEO is the ability to stay ahead of competitors but more important is a clear understanding of why you increased ranking results and being able to put solid assessments behind collected competitive data. With that said, our compilation of the best free competitor tools (not to be confused with our Top Free SEO Tools list) focuses on all aspects of your competitors and allows you to understand the competitive landscape to help you succeed. So, here we go:

We have used, reviewed, and analyzed many of the free seo tools online and have put together a short list of the top 15 free seo tools online.

1. Ranking Checker by SEOmoz.com

This nice SEO tool allows you to check your rankings for up to 5 keywords per day for FREE and it keeps an archive for you. All you need is to sign up for a free SEOmoz account. The coolest part is that you are able to download your archived rankings as CSV. When you install the "browser button" it automatically copies the URL of the page that you are visiting into the tool for a fast ranking check. Since this free tool can handle up to 5 keywords daily, you'll be able to check approximately 150 keywords monthly.

I stopped by SEOmoz today and took their SEO Expert Quiz test. Looks like I'm a Dark Lord SEO Expert. I missed a question about the PageRank name being named after Larry Page. Oh well, I'll take a 99% score though. Fun tool to brush up on your SEO knowledge!!

Dark Lord - 99%

Note to self... Create SEO quiz tool for visitors with anchor text "SEO Expert" and the like within the banners/text to build better rankings for the phrase. ;-)

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