Useful SEO Links and Tools:

The following resources will help you in researching keywords, evaluating competitive sites, finding backlinks, and building a site?s ranking.  For additional help, please contact anyone at the Cardinal Team www.CardinalWebSolutions.com

Focus site content on the keywords with the highest Search Volume and Commercial Intent.  After reviewing competitive sites, plug keywords and geographic modifiers into Google?s External Keyword Tool - https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

A SiteMap is an electronic index which shows Search Engines what your site is about and the depth and breadth of your content.  XML SiteMap Generator ? www.xml-sitemaps.com

This is a fantastic plug-in for Mozilla Firefox that will allow you to see many key SEO stats at a glance. SEOBook Download  http://tools.seobook.com/

Cardinal Web Solutions provides a free ?Traffic Tracker Report? that will do a preliminary keyword and site analysis http://www.cardinalwebsolutions.com/Traffic-Tracker.htm

Google Analytics is a necessity for any site for tracking referring sites and keywords and analyzing traffic within your site  http://www.google.com/analytics

Google?s Webmaster Tools provide a vast array of tools for webmasters to improve Search Engine Optimization  www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

Be sure to submit your site to the major Search Engines

Google?s Site Submission Form Link ? www.google.com/addurl

Yahoo?s Site Submission Form Link ? http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html

Bing?s Site Submission Form Link ? http://www.bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx

To quickly build high quality backlinks you can purchase directory listings with Yahoo or Business.com

Yahoo Business Directory purchase Link ? http://dir.yahoo.com/

Business.com purchase Link ? http://www.business.com/info/advertise