Sunday, November 30, 2008

Paid SEO Tools Compared To Free Tools

By Simon M Skinner

If you are interested in SEO tools, you'll find that you have two options - free tools or paid tools. There are some tools out there that are free for everyone to use, allowing you to check out your back links, the measure various things on your site, and some that even do keyword research for you. However, in many cases, you'll actually find that the paid tools are often much better than the free ones. Why? Well, here are just a few reasons that make the case for paid tools over free ones.

Paid Tools are Usually More Reliable - First of all, you'll typically find that once you try them out, the paid tools offer more reliability than do the free options out there. The reason for this is pretty obvious; there is a profit motive involved in the paid tools, so the developers have incentive to make sure that the software is maintained and updated.

Paid Tools Offer More Accuracy - Paid tools also generally perform better in the accuracy department. Free SEO tool developers have less incentive to improve and fine tune their tools. Developers who are paid for their work tend to get an earful from customers if their tools do not perform as advertised, which keeps them focused on constantly improving their software.

Paid SEO Tools Are More Convenient - In general, users report that paid SEO tools are easier to use - there are all in one SEO tool suites available (but not for free). The convenience of having all of the tools you need in one place can more than make up for the small investment made in SEO tools.

Paid SEO Tools Offer Easier Integration - There are of course a lot of free SEO tolls out there. However, there are so many tools in so many places which all work so differently from each other that for the most part you can forget about integrating them with each other. This is one of the chief advantages of paid SEO tools.

Paid Tools Come With Technical Support -One of the biggest reasons that paid tools are often chosen over free SEO tools is that there will be technical support available in the event of any problems with the software. Free SEO tools tend to come with little or no technical support, while paid SEO tools will provide support with turnaround times of 24 hours or less in most cases.

While you can indeed get some very good SEO tools for free, there is a strong case to be made for paid SEO tools. Many webmasters decide that the convenience, support and ease of use offered by paid SEO tools are more than worth the price.

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