SearchStatus is a useful plugin for Firefox that I use regularly.
One of the many features is a “show robots.txt” link, which allows you to easily see the robots.txt for a site without having to type it into the address bar. I wanted a similar feature to show the sitemap.xml file for a site, as this […]

Firefox is a great browser for SEOs and web developers. Due to the fact it is open source, many developers have written plugins and add-ons for the software to do a huge variety of tasks.
Here is my list of the top 10 plugins I use regularly:

Web Developer Toolbar - essential for web designers and developers
ColorZilla […]

Link checking software such as Xenu’s Link Sleuth enables a webmaster to locate broken links, as well as count the number of URLs on a site.
Link Sleuth is a free to download piece of software, but there are many others available. The software works by spidering links in your site the same way a search […]

The big 3 search engines provide handy tools and features to help analyse your sites. These include showing the number of backlinks your site has and the number of pages indexed by the search engine. Learn about the differences in these features below, and keep a record of the changes over time, to see what […]