July 24, 2025 • 9 mins
Are you looking for affordable SEO tools for your website? If so, I've got your back.
In this episode you'll learn about tools that help you with:
- keyword research
- On-page SEO
- Website audits
- Indexing your website pages
- Competitive analysis
- And more!
Subscribe to the Legit Side Hustles Podcast to hear more weekly episodes like this one.
Thanks for listening!
In this episode you'll learn about tools that help you with:
- keyword research
- On-page SEO
- Website audits
- Indexing your website pages
- Competitive analysis
- And more!
Subscribe to the Legit Side Hustles Podcast to hear more weekly episodes like this one.
Thanks for listening!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Legit Side Hustle's podcast, Why I help
you make the best side Hustle Decisions. I'm your host
Miles and today I'm going to tell you about my
favorite affordable SEO tools. And these are tools that will
help you with keyword research on page seo, website audits,
indexing your website pages, competitive analysis, and so much more.
(00:24):
So let's check out the tools. And the first tool
I want to talk to you about is the incredible
platform key Search and their menu of tools includes keyword research,
competitive analysis, YouTube research, rank Tracker, content assistant, and foresight.
So as you can tell, they offer an exceptional suite
(00:47):
of tools and they have a free trial and their
monthly prices are exceptionally affordable, starting at only twenty four
to ninety nine a month, and this makes it a
bargain compared to viable alternatives like a Trefs or sem Rush.
And sure it might not have all the bells and
whistles of expensive enterprise SEO tools, but it works well
(01:12):
enough for me. And the next tool I want to
talk about is a trefs free webmaster tools. And if
you don't know, a Tref's is a company that offers
enterprise SEO software, a free SEO academy, and lots of
other SEO resources, and their free Webmaster tools is their
cream of the crop platform for understanding your website's overall
(01:35):
health from an SEO perspective. By connecting your tool to
their platform, you get access to analytics tools showing your
website traffic and visitors, their website Audit tool helping you
identify technical and on pagde SO issues, and their site
explore tool which shows your keyword rankings and backlinks. Aside
(01:59):
from webmaster tools for your personal website, they also have
other free SEO tools with limited access, such as a
free keyword generator, a backlink checker, and a website traffic checker.
Their free tools are especially great if you only have
one website, you are the sole operator and you are
(02:21):
on a budget. Now, I'm really excited to tell you
about this third tool, which is Tiny Wow, because it's
completely free and it's a Swiss army knife of tools
for business productivity and education. That means it's perfect for
SEO too. And their tools can come press images, edit PDFs,
(02:43):
fixed grammar, and perform a wide variety of different file
conversions and with their AI tools, you can generate blog
post ideas, business names, blog post outlines, meta descriptions, content briefs,
and it honestly blows my mind that free tools like
this exist. There's just so much value packed into one
(03:05):
website and it's crazy. So seriously go and check out
tiny well because you have nothing to lose by doing so. Next,
I'm going to talk about the rank math SEO plug in,
which is a free WordPress plug in. It gives you
schema markup, website, site maps, redirects, four oh four monitoring,
(03:28):
image SEO features, and instant indexing. And that's just the
start of rank Math's list of features. And the plugin
setup is easy. Just install it, create an account and
choose the advanced mode and the setup wizard. From there
you can follow their easy instructions and if you're having
a tough time setting it up, they have a plethora
(03:49):
of step by step tutorials on their website and YouTube
channel you can follow. Now, we can't have a list
of affordable SEO tools without talking about Google SEO tools.
They're all free and they're jampacked with value, and I'm
going to highlight five tools in particular. One Google Search
Console two Analytics, three, Keyword Planner, four trends, five business profile.
(04:17):
Let's break them down. So, the Search Console gives you
information about your website search visibility in Google and gives
you tools to help you optimize your site for search
engines success. So it allows you to track keyword ranking,
submit your XML site map, fix any problems with indexing,
(04:40):
check your backlink profile, and so much more. I recommend
that you check out the Google Search Console definitive guide
from Backlinko if you want to learn how to use
the platform and learn some advanced tips along the way.
Now let's talk about analytics, which is a tool that
shows you how people find and use your website. It
(05:00):
does this by tracking user interactions on your website, which
are called events, and this allows you to view and
understand page views, buttons being used, and form interactions. It's
definitely worth it to spend some time learning how to
use Google Analytics so you can understand what types of
content to prioritize and optimize on your website. Now we'll
(05:25):
talk about the Keyword Planner, which is meant for tracking
keywords for ads, but it's also useful for SEO. You
can check a keyword search volume and related keywords. Plus
you can see the keywords your competitors are using and trends.
The next tool lets you see and compare trending search phrases,
(05:48):
which makes it a unique SEO tool for content ideation.
It's especially useful for websites with seasonal or news content,
but it can also be great for finding statistics and
product alternatives. And the last tool I want to tell
you about is the Google Business Profile, which is a
(06:08):
must have for any business doing local SEO. And this
is the tool that allows you to show up in
the map pack, which shows up at the top of
the search results when people search for local businesses. That
means it's a foundational lead generation platform. And hey, let's
prospects call message and via the website of a local business.
(06:31):
If there's one fundamental thing you need to do to
get more customers for your local business, it's setting up
your Google Business Profile. And now let's talk about the
BING Webmaster Tools, which is essentially Bing's version of Google
Search Console. Their free suite of SEO tools gives you
keyword reports, SEO audits, crawl control, and yes, being may
(06:57):
not be the behemoth that Google is being, still has
over one hundred million daily active users and there is
no reason for you to miss out on free traffic right,
especially since it's so easy and practical to set up
being webmaster tools. And now let's talk about the Detailed
(07:17):
Google Chrome Extension, which allows you to get on page
SEO data directly from your browser and it's completely free.
This includes data like titles, heading tags, descriptions, word count, canonicals,
schema markup, internal links and alt text, and a boatload
(07:39):
of other cool SEO features. And here are two reasons
I love this tool. First, I love using it to
audit my websites. It just makes it so easy to do. Second,
it allows me to analyze competitors websites which helps me
figure out quick wins I can apply to my own websites.
So long story short. If you want to perform website
(08:01):
audits and others other SEO tasks for completely free, use
Detailed SEO. And last, but not least, I want to
mention index Wale, a tool that lets you quickly index
your website pages. They use Google's indexing API to instantly
submit your URLs to Google, which can help you rank
(08:24):
new website pages much faster than usual. This is a
fantastic SEO tool to use if you'd like to see
results from your content as quickly as possible, and their
plans start at the low price of nine dollars per
month and that's it. Those are some of my favorite
affordable and free SEO tools. All of these tools are incredible,
(08:47):
and here are the three I recommend you get started
with today, tiny wow key search and the detailed SEO
Chrome extension. And subscribe to the Legit Side Hustles podcast
to get more episodes like this one. And remember you
can always find show notes on my website legitside hustles
(09:07):
dot com and regarding SEO and SEO tools. Just pick
a tool, get started, and remember to take advantage of
exceptionally low priced tools rather than spending your entire marketing
budget on something expensive. Thanks for listening and you have
a fantastic day.
Welcome to the Legit Side Hustle's podcast, Why I help
you make the best side Hustle Decisions. I'm your host
Miles and today I'm going to tell you about my
favorite affordable SEO tools. And these are tools that will
help you with keyword research on page seo, website audits,
indexing your website pages, competitive analysis, and so much more.
(00:24):
So let's check out the tools. And the first tool
I want to talk to you about is the incredible
platform key Search and their menu of tools includes keyword research,
competitive analysis, YouTube research, rank Tracker, content assistant, and foresight.
So as you can tell, they offer an exceptional suite
(00:47):
of tools and they have a free trial and their
monthly prices are exceptionally affordable, starting at only twenty four
to ninety nine a month, and this makes it a
bargain compared to viable alternatives like a Trefs or sem Rush.
And sure it might not have all the bells and
whistles of expensive enterprise SEO tools, but it works well
(01:12):
enough for me. And the next tool I want to
talk about is a trefs free webmaster tools. And if
you don't know, a Tref's is a company that offers
enterprise SEO software, a free SEO academy, and lots of
other SEO resources, and their free Webmaster tools is their
cream of the crop platform for understanding your website's overall
(01:35):
health from an SEO perspective. By connecting your tool to
their platform, you get access to analytics tools showing your
website traffic and visitors, their website Audit tool helping you
identify technical and on pagde SO issues, and their site
explore tool which shows your keyword rankings and backlinks. Aside
(01:59):
from webmaster tools for your personal website, they also have
other free SEO tools with limited access, such as a
free keyword generator, a backlink checker, and a website traffic checker.
Their free tools are especially great if you only have
one website, you are the sole operator and you are
(02:21):
on a budget. Now, I'm really excited to tell you
about this third tool, which is Tiny Wow, because it's
completely free and it's a Swiss army knife of tools
for business productivity and education. That means it's perfect for
SEO too. And their tools can come press images, edit PDFs,
(02:43):
fixed grammar, and perform a wide variety of different file
conversions and with their AI tools, you can generate blog
post ideas, business names, blog post outlines, meta descriptions, content briefs,
and it honestly blows my mind that free tools like
this exist. There's just so much value packed into one
(03:05):
website and it's crazy. So seriously go and check out
tiny well because you have nothing to lose by doing so. Next,
I'm going to talk about the rank math SEO plug in,
which is a free WordPress plug in. It gives you
schema markup, website, site maps, redirects, four oh four monitoring,
(03:28):
image SEO features, and instant indexing. And that's just the
start of rank Math's list of features. And the plugin
setup is easy. Just install it, create an account and
choose the advanced mode and the setup wizard. From there
you can follow their easy instructions and if you're having
a tough time setting it up, they have a plethora
(03:49):
of step by step tutorials on their website and YouTube
channel you can follow. Now, we can't have a list
of affordable SEO tools without talking about Google SEO tools.
They're all free and they're jampacked with value, and I'm
going to highlight five tools in particular. One Google Search
Console two Analytics, three, Keyword Planner, four trends, five business profile.
(04:17):
Let's break them down. So, the Search Console gives you
information about your website search visibility in Google and gives
you tools to help you optimize your site for search
engines success. So it allows you to track keyword ranking,
submit your XML site map, fix any problems with indexing,
(04:40):
check your backlink profile, and so much more. I recommend
that you check out the Google Search Console definitive guide
from Backlinko if you want to learn how to use
the platform and learn some advanced tips along the way.
Now let's talk about analytics, which is a tool that
shows you how people find and use your website. It
(05:00):
does this by tracking user interactions on your website, which
are called events, and this allows you to view and
understand page views, buttons being used, and form interactions. It's
definitely worth it to spend some time learning how to
use Google Analytics so you can understand what types of
content to prioritize and optimize on your website. Now we'll
(05:25):
talk about the Keyword Planner, which is meant for tracking
keywords for ads, but it's also useful for SEO. You
can check a keyword search volume and related keywords. Plus
you can see the keywords your competitors are using and trends.
The next tool lets you see and compare trending search phrases,
(05:48):
which makes it a unique SEO tool for content ideation.
It's especially useful for websites with seasonal or news content,
but it can also be great for finding statistics and
product alternatives. And the last tool I want to tell
you about is the Google Business Profile, which is a
(06:08):
must have for any business doing local SEO. And this
is the tool that allows you to show up in
the map pack, which shows up at the top of
the search results when people search for local businesses. That
means it's a foundational lead generation platform. And hey, let's
prospects call message and via the website of a local business.
(06:31):
If there's one fundamental thing you need to do to
get more customers for your local business, it's setting up
your Google Business Profile. And now let's talk about the
BING Webmaster Tools, which is essentially Bing's version of Google
Search Console. Their free suite of SEO tools gives you
keyword reports, SEO audits, crawl control, and yes, being may
(06:57):
not be the behemoth that Google is being, still has
over one hundred million daily active users and there is
no reason for you to miss out on free traffic right,
especially since it's so easy and practical to set up
being webmaster tools. And now let's talk about the Detailed
(07:17):
Google Chrome Extension, which allows you to get on page
SEO data directly from your browser and it's completely free.
This includes data like titles, heading tags, descriptions, word count, canonicals,
schema markup, internal links and alt text, and a boatload
(07:39):
of other cool SEO features. And here are two reasons
I love this tool. First, I love using it to
audit my websites. It just makes it so easy to do. Second,
it allows me to analyze competitors websites which helps me
figure out quick wins I can apply to my own websites.
So long story short. If you want to perform website
(08:01):
audits and others other SEO tasks for completely free, use
Detailed SEO. And last, but not least, I want to
mention index Wale, a tool that lets you quickly index
your website pages. They use Google's indexing API to instantly
submit your URLs to Google, which can help you rank
(08:24):
new website pages much faster than usual. This is a
fantastic SEO tool to use if you'd like to see
results from your content as quickly as possible, and their
plans start at the low price of nine dollars per
month and that's it. Those are some of my favorite
affordable and free SEO tools. All of these tools are incredible,
(08:47):
and here are the three I recommend you get started
with today, tiny wow key search and the detailed SEO
Chrome extension. And subscribe to the Legit Side Hustles podcast
to get more episodes like this one. And remember you
can always find show notes on my website legitside hustles
(09:07):
dot com and regarding SEO and SEO tools. Just pick
a tool, get started, and remember to take advantage of
exceptionally low priced tools rather than spending your entire marketing
budget on something expensive. Thanks for listening and you have
a fantastic day.
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