Search engine optimization (SEO) has become big business in the Online world we live in today. Everybody wants to know how to “work” the search engines so they can get themselves in as many results as possible.

I guess before you get this extension, it might better help if I describe what search engine optimization is all about. Here is the definition of it right from Google:

The process of improving web pages so that it ranks higher in search engine for targeted keywords with the ultimate goal of generating more revenue from the web site. There are many SEO techniques. In general, these techniques can be categorized as On-Page Optimization, On-Site Optimization, and Off-Site Optimization. There are also two schools of SEO: white hat SEO and black hat SEO. White hat SEOs are those that play by the rule (actually guidelines provided by search engines).

What tools does this extension provide? It comes with: spider simulator, keyword density, determine link price, Yahoo web rank, domain stats, HTTP headers, robots text viewer, whois lookup, keyword suggestions, web site country and domain age.

This Firefox extension is for versions 1.5 and up of the browser. If you want to download it and try it out for yourself, you can do so at the Mozilla Update Web site.

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