Need a tool that doesn’t require an API or hundreds of dollars? Well besides Google Analytics (my personal favorite) our team just came across a site called sheerseo. This tool, which is free, has a number of cool and not so great features. The historical data is great. You can track within a graph how specific keywords are performing and quickly see your current ranking.

The not so great keyword density appears as well. If your new to SEO keyword density is not a great SEO factor – you should include keyword rich content in your pages, yes, but to measure what percentage your keywords should be from page to page – isn’t something to consider. The reason I mention this is because there are still those out there that think this is important. You could easily have 100 words on a page and if that page’s primary keyword is “family breakfast” all I have to do is ensure that keyword is included in the content 10-15 times and I have 10-15% of my content with my primary. Is that going to really help boost my rankings? Answer: No it wont. I have seen pages with just the title tag optimized do really well (albeit not for too long without the other major factors).

Give the free tool a shot and see how it works, or doesn’t for you. FYI: this is no Omniture, Hitbox or Google Analytics tool here. Just enjoy it for what it is and have some fun!