[Hidden-tech] Web site analysis report as supplement to Google Analytics, SEO, SEM

[Charles Uchu Strader]

I'm appreciating this thread...

Keep in mind you don't have to use Google Analytics javascript/cookies on your 
web site to get access to Google Webmaster Tools search engine data about your 
web site.    They are distinct things.

Not sure if this is part of what Christian was asking about.  I tend to come at 
it from a pure site performance and server performance perspective.  I wonder 
about tools that can both integrate the campaign and search engine profiling of 
Google/Bing Webmaster Tools with the raw server access data that shows all 
traffic to a web site.  Site performance optimization and SEO can really use 
working together.

Haven't checked out the tools recommended except for SEOmoz, which I have not 
found much more useful that what is available through Google/Bing webmaster 
tools.  It can integrate those two into one report, but the value proposition of 
the integrated report, with the unique intelligence that SEOMoz provides was not 
as useful as I thought it could be.  Looks like there's some others to check 
into too though...

Charles Uchu Strader
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On 9/29/12 6:26 PM, Rob Laporte wrote:
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> Re: [Hidden-tech] Web site analysis report as supplement to Google Analytics, 
> SEO, SEM Hi Christian,
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> I'll email you separately with more details, but for the benefit of all here:
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> There are tons of such toolsets out there. Many are "link bait" or leads bait 
> and not good; some are excellent. My firm is constantly reviewing them, has 
> used many over our 15 years, and settled on a few for now. Which one to choose 
> depends on a precise list of features wanted and on one's budget. But off the 
> cuff, a good tool you can use once per week for free is woorank.com. This is 
> not sufficient, and even the most robust and costly toolsets have gaps and 
> require knowledge about which failed tests are truly red alert, or Scotty 
> merely bellowing that "the engines can't take it any more!", or a very 
> low-risk problem.
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> As Chuck noted, SEOmoz offers a good toolset. Raven Tools is also good. Google 
> Webmaster Tools--- and Bing's--- are musts. For most tests, there are various 
> free tools that one can put together in a comprehensive report. The challenges 
> are learning what to test in the first place, then finding the few good free 
> ones among the many bad ones, then knowing which problems to fix first and 
> how. But again, WooRank.com is good start.
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> Best Regards,
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> *Rob Laporte
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> *From: *Christian Lagier <clagier at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:11:05 -0400
> *To: *<Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
> *Subject: *[Hidden-tech] Web site analysis report as supplement to Google 
> Analytics, SEO, SEM
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> Hello all,
> Do any of you have recommendations for a good online tool for getting a web 
> site analysis report (as supplement to Google Analytics)? I need a result 
> that's fairly simple not just giving values, but also gives indication of 
> what's good and bad (relative to best practices or a web site I benchmark 
> against, e.g. competitor's site). I am thinking page load speeds, broken 
> links, number of pages, design issues, and all the SEO elements.
> Target is www.epi-ctr.com <http://www.epi-ctr.com> <http://www.epi-ctr.com> , 
> a Drupal based site. As enhancements are rolled out, the goal is to keep track 
> of key web site metrics in addition to all the data we get from Google 
> Analytics, i.e. this is not a one shot thing, but for ongoing monitoring of 
> progress.
> Would you recommend SEOprofiler.com, Google Webmaster Tools, or other?
> Also, if you have recommendations for somebody expert in SEO and SEM 
> specifically for business-to-business lead generation and Drupal optimization, 
> I'd love to hear from you.
> Greetings,
> Christian
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