SEM/SEO with a MAC

[MarqiShannon]

I am from the design world, and I primarily use a Powerbook G4 with OSX. I know that the world is PC Dominated, but are there any cool programs / resources that could work on a Mac. I am a newbe so please do not come down on me too hard...smiles

Thank you all in advance for your assistance. I am learning.

Shannon

[Brad]

Hi Shannon,

I've been using a Mac for the last few years and you really don't need a lot of fancy software to do SEO.

These are not even exclusive to the Mac but I find them handy.

First get the Mozilla or Firefox browser...

Then install this browser extension http://quirk.co.za/searchstatus/ I don't place a lot of faith in the PageRank indicator or Alexa indicator but the backlink checker it a great time saver.

Another great tool is Jux2 (http://jux2.com) and even better the Jux2 browser button (http://jux2.com/bbutton.php) which will help check rankings.

There are also a lot of other web based tools around that work just fine for Mac users. :)

[Serio]

Optilink, link analysis software has some very useful features and is available for Mac.

[MarqiShannon]

Yeah i was wondering how I could get the same benefits as the google toolbar. They dont make some of that cool stuff for mac. Since alot more people are getting imacs etc, I am suprised more developers are not making for the platform.

Thanks for the tips...keep them coming please...


Shannon

[Serio]

>>I could get the same benefits as the google toolbar

Might not be a benefit...

[MarqiShannon]

I hear people raving about the google toolbar and what it shows in reference to SEO/SEM. Is that just marketing by google then? Keep in mind I am a newbie...so I am learning.

[Serio]

The toolbar shows a page rank thingy that is widely accepted as innacurate and the number of inbound links to that page which is also innacurate.

There are also privacy issues here.

[jamesa]

There's at least two browser extensions for Mozilla and Firefox that will give you Page Rank. One's called Googlebar, I think.

[grnidone]

It is good to see you again. It has been too long buddy!

I have used VirtualPC with Internet Explorer and the toolbar installed...works great.

[MarqiShannon]

Thanks guys for all of your help. I will take on the SEO/SEM mountain soon enough with all of your help.