[Brown]

anyone use any? pc or mac based they would recommend?

preferably one made by budgies. cheep.

thanks.

[Bill Posters]

Not sure this is exactly what you're after, but I use GoogleAlert.

Use it to monitor the top slots on a range of searches.
Not as useful as it was before my sites fall from (google's) grace only to be replaced by link pools and ad-word carrying portals (boo! hisss!).

(I don't even come in top for New Plastic Arts anymore, despite having the domain, the title and the h1 tag. Stuck behind two forum links back to me, one of the DT, the other SPf. Fekkin G eejits. S'all gone to sh*t.)

[smallbeer]

You mean like keyword trackers?

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/

?

[Brown]

getting there. cheers guys. trying out a few options as the price differences are pretty funny. from free (cheers sb) to $1500. Looking at £100 or so for somethng that works properly.

Thanks again.

[smallbeer]

These are in my favourites if any of 'em help. As a side note, Oli or mods, it might be useful to start some pinned threads of FAQs or useful resources for certain forums. Just a thought.

Backlink tracker:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/backlinks/

Keyword tracker:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/

Stem variant checker (requires Google API key- free from Google):
http://www.searchguild.com/cgi-bin/stem.pl

Robots.txt syntax checker:
http://www.sxw.org.uk/computing/robots/check.html

UK specific SE and directories:
http://www.searchenginespy.co.uk/national.html

UK SE and Directory relationship chart:
http://www.alphaquad.co.uk/internet_...ationships.jpg

Google Sets - Bit like All The Web's cluster feature
http://labs.google.com/sets

Google keyword suggestion tool:
https://adwords.google.com/select/faq/keywords.html

Hitbrain - An "all-rounder" KW suggestion tool with bid prices and traffic stats - Covers several SE's... a pretty poor UI though!
http://www.hitbrain.com

Good Keywords - Downloadable app that queries several SE's for related KW's and stats, also link pop & site pop too. Can drill-down on Overture's suggestions.
http://www.goodkeywords.com

Google's PageRank - Calculator
Calculate best site linkin structure to best disseminate PR thru your site
http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank_calculator.php3

List of google tools:
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/sea...le.php/3304771

PHP Google tracker.
http://www.cj-design.com/index.php?i...nloads&page=13

Google Dance Viewer
http://www.targetable.com/dance/index.php

Backlink report:
http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/

Visually compare Google's top 100 results with Yahoo's for any search term:
http://www.langreiter.com/exec/yahoo-vs-google.html

High quality freeware SEO tool
http://www.webceo.com/

[Brown]

cheers beers.

Originally Posted by smallbeer

As a side note, Oli or mods, it might be useful to start some pinned threads of FAQs or useful resources for certain forums. Just a thought.

wouldn't it be great if there was like, a links page too? and we could have links on it, not a 404!

[smallbeer]

Originally Posted by Brown

wouldn't it be great if there was like, a links page too? and we could have links on it, not a 404!

I might go start a poll to see who would use it if it was incorporated into the new design.

[Bill Posters]

Fwiw, the Urchin 5 web-stats package enables you to run some pretty slick 'campaign' keyword monitoring.
Considerably more than your stated £100 budget, but there's (presumably) no harm in trying out the 15 day free trial.
Could be a good investment for a medium+ company which is serious about SEO.