SEO Tool Review: Submitnet Tools

Test and Review of Submitnet.net Tools

The Submit.net Tools consistes of a web-based set of useful tools for managing keywords and search engine status of a website.

The Claims:
The Submitnet website offers varied packages of these 15 online tools for monthly fees ranging from the Custom package of $12 for 3 months plus $ 8 per tool selected up to the Professional package of $ 59 for 3 months.

The website offers 15 website tools including:

• Submission Options - This allows automated submitting to search engines. (The monthly option seems like overkill).
  
• Position Check - The Submitnet Position Check tool will search for the keywords you specify on the world's most frequently used search engines and directories.
  
• Positrak - This tool checks on a monthly basis for your websites’ placement based on your selected keywords on the top Search Engines. Based on your URL’s ranking, it calculates a score out of 100 to show how prominent your site ranks compared to your competitors.
  
• Keyword Analysis - Reports keywords and keyword ratios that each search engine uses to index your web site.
  
• Meta Tag Analysis - A simple check for recommended character length and number of key words.
  
• Meta Tag Generator - Generate Title, Description and Keyword Meta-tags of the proper length.
  
• Engine Guidelines - This tool will visit your site and check for possible violations of common search engine guidelines.
  
• Competitor Analysis - This tool shows what title, keywords and other elements, your competitor's website is listed under and whether you're performing better or worse.
  
• LinkTrak Tool - LinkTrak lets you stay on top of how many and what sites are linking to yours.
  
• Keyword Spider Tool - Submitnet’s keyword spider tool will show you in a report what are the best keywords and pages of your website that you should submit to the search engines.
  
• Server Uptime Check Tool - Submitnet servers regularly scan your web server to make sure it is responding. If your Web site servers are inaccessible, you will be contacted via email.
  
• HTML Analysis Tool - checks against many different levels of HTML specifications, and will inform you if your site needs to be altered in order to comply.
  
• Load Time Analysis Tool - load time analysis will test your web site's load time with the most common modem speeds ranging from 56k to T3.
  
• Browser Compatibility Tool - Lets you know if your website is loading correctly for most browsers
  
• Link Check Tool - reviews all the links on your site and reports if the links are working or not.
  

The Test:
I tested this tool by using 9 keyword phrases associated with a website. I ran all the no-fee tests in the Submitnet.net Tools, against a business website and compared the results to a manual search for the same keywords in YAHOO! and Google. The results for keyword search ranking appear to be accurate.

The user interface and navigation are logical and easy to use. The SEO tools,
and submitter tool are simple enough to launch that they are usable by a business owner with little SEO knowledge. The test results are complete enough to be useful yet do not overload the user with unneeded detail.

The only weakness is the keyword analysis tool which seems a little vague in
it’s results for someone doing detailed SEO work. For small and medium business users, some of the terms in the Search Engine Guidelines and HTML Check could benefit from having definitions for some of the HTML terms.

The Search Engine Position Check is good for letting you see where your pages rank for specific keywords. This tool, however, will tend to slow down terribly if more than 8 keyword phrases are searched.

The Load Time Analysis is a very handy tool for keeping the size of web page files manageable.

Overall I rate this as a good tool for small and medium Businsess owners, providing helpful tools without unneeded complexity. I would recommend this tool to business website owners if you want to closely track the web ranking of your web site.

I am very interested in readers who have used the paid versions of these tools to see if their is any difference. I tested these tools using a test log-in. Please comment if you have experienced any serious flaws or great benefits associated with the Submitnet tools.

Please note that I am not associated with Submitnet in any way, and I am constantly testing new tools associated with SEO and Pay Per Click.