Finally, An SEO Tool For Opera

When doing search engine optimization for your site, you need to make use of all the tools that you can get. And one such tool is sitting right inside your computer, your web browser. And with the right set of add ons, you can make your browser an all around SEO tool.

For the two most popular broswers, Firefox and Internet Explorer, this isn't really much of a fuss, since there are plenty of add ons available for the job. However, for those people using other browsers, like Opera, this can be quite a problem, since there aren't many tools that can be used in them. Luckily for opera users, there are a few tools that you can add on to your browser that will take care of most of your SEO tasks.

Before knowing those, you might be thinking of simply switching to either Firefox or IE to solve the problem. However, before you uninstall your Opera browser, you will likely be surprised to find out that it has plenty of features that will come in handy during your work. One of the main advantages of Opera is that it integrates several other applications directly into the browser, including an email manager, a web feeds reader, and a torrent downloader. This means that you don't need to get each of these programs separately, which makes it more streamlined. The browser also supports mouse gestures for navigating the web. For the SEO, these integrated tools will make monitoring your site's status much easier.

Now here's the catch. Despite all the features above, the Opera browser still has only a small share of users, as compared to the other more popular browsers. Thus SEO application developers have all but neglected Opera in their list of browsers to work on. Luckily, however, the popular SEO widget for the Firefox can be easily ported to Opera.

So what does this widget have? Plenty, actually. For the basics, it has Google PageRank indicators already built into it. It also displays an estimate of the amount of links that goes into your site. Another good thing about this widget is that it gives you a detailed breakdown of your site, including how many .gove and .edu sites are going into your site. This is especially helpful if you are targeting specific ares os web users.

Perhaps the biggest advantage of getting this widget is that, though Opera isn't really that popular for personal computers, it is the browser of choice for mobile devices, such as mobile phones and personal digital assisstants. This means that you will still be able to follow up on your rankings even on the go. This also makes it as an ideal complement to standard SEO research work.