Search Engine Optimization Tools

The following tools and resources are posted here for your convenience.  Optigroove takes no responsibility for their effectiveness or operation. Please contact the source website for support.

Top Dawg HTML Editor (941 KB) is a feature rich html editor that includes style sheet, frames and forms support. Also, has built in color picker, html file viewer and ftp client. Opens multiple files at once. Freeware for For Windows 98/ ME/ XP.

BackLinks Master (1.2 MB) helps you find who is linking to you, whether links are direct and what keywords are in the anchor text. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ XP/ 2000.

Site Popularity Meter (227KB) finds how your site compares with that of your competitors. Uses the Alexa database to report the number of visits to your site and it's ranking based on data collected in the previous 6 months. Freeware for Win 95/98/NT/2K.

LinkToLink (6.7 MB) is a reciprocal website link manager. Make offers through its e-mail service. Organize status of each link through its filing structure. Check links through its rule-based, automatic link tester. For Windows 95b/98/NT4.

FTP Navigator (640 kb) lets you upload and download data or delete one or more files, including whole folders along with subdirectories. The transfer interface window shows what percentage of files has already been uploaded or downloaded. FTP Navigator has numerous useful features, including a context sensitive menu, drag-and-drop, auto resume for file transfers, directory synchronization, manualinput of FTP commands and is compatible with Proxy, Firewall, Sockets 4, 4.5 and 5. Thirty day trial version. Shareware.

SmartFTP (300 KB) is an advanced, feature-packed, easy to use FTP client for Win 9x/ME/2K/NT. Too many features to list here. Free for personal use.

WinPDF (738 KB) offers an easy way of creating high-quality PDF documents out of almost any windows application. The software installs a virtual printer named "Easy PDF Creator" which enables users to create PDF files and convert existing documents into PDF format though the print command. Numerous program options. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ XP/ NT 4.x/ 2000.

XS Invoicing (7.0 MB) is a comprehensive invoicing package. Features include invoicing & credit processing, payments & deposit processing, customer statements, debtors aging, full reporting & analysis of information, etc. Freeware for Windows 2000/ ME/ XP/ 2003.

WildVoice Studio 1.0 (26.5 MB) makes it easy and fun to record podcasts and other audio. Create professional, quality podcasts in minutes. Just talk live and mix in music and other recordings. Freeware for Windows XP. Requires online registration.

WifiRadio (10.7 MB) is a Desktop Media Player, Broadcast Machine and Windows Mobile Media Player rolled into one unique application. Great for bloggers, publishers, musicians and anyone who wants to run their own radio station. Supports most popular audio, video and playlist formats. Freeware for Windows XP.

RSS Screensaver (2.7 MB) lets you subscribe to multiple RSS feeds, select a directory for background images and then view /navigate through feed items. Supports multiple feeds, formats and customization. Freeware for non-commercial use.

Pop This! (1.5 MB) is a small, effective, and intelligent anti-popup program that works directly from within Internet Explorer, preventing popups before they are displayed and loaded. Easy to use and offers some configuration options from the IE tool menu, including an option to exclude certain domains and prevent sites from resizing your browser window. Freeware. For Windows 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

NeoNapster (1.0 MB) is a free file sharing program based on the Gnutella protocol. Similar to Napster and Morpheus, NeoNapster gives users the ability to search for, download, and share music, videos, software and more with millions of others.

On-Hold Domains Questor (310 kb) is the ultimate tool for uncovering both "on hold" and "expired" domains. The program allows you to easily and quickly find only the domain names you're interested in. Shareware. Not cheap but worth it if you are looking for good domain names.

SpywareBlaster (503 KB) prevents spyware from being installed by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls. Also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage. The SpywareBlaster database contains information on known spyware Active-X controls and can be updated with the click of a button. Freeware. For Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT4/ 2000/ XP.

PC Image Editor (5.3 MB) is a user friendly graphics editor. Edit bmp, gif, jpg, tiff, pcx, png, tga, and j2k images. Features include copy, move, delete, and rename; photo color adjustment; filters; rotations and transformations; image resizing; etc. Freeware for personal use. Windows 98/ ME/ NT4/ 2000/ XP.

WebRipper (543 KB) finds and extracts pictures and media files from specified URLs and saves them to your hard drive. Input URLs or use the web search function to find images based on keywords. Features filter options, depth settings for site spidering, image preview and multi-threaded downloading. Requires .NET framework 1.1 or higher. Freeware for Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP.

Image Analyzer (1.9 MB) is an advanced image editing, enhancement and analysis program that reads/writes numerous image formats. Features scanner and printer support, built-in filters, morpheological operations, resize, rotate, crop, warping, etc. Also has plug-in support. Freeware for Windows 9x/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Free Web Buttons (624 KB) helps you create high quality web buttons and menus with ease. Set parameters such as as direction, size, color, font face, font style, shadow, alignment, links, targets, tooltips, word wrap, and more. Freeware for Windows 9x/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.