Free Local Tools You Love?

[MiriamEllis]

Hey Everybody!
I'm updating an old list of free Local SEO tools (wow, this was written before there were nearly so many paid solutions in our industry!) and I wanted to reach out to this community to see if there are any freebies you're still regularly using. I have a small set (Blumenthal's category tool, Answer the Public, Moz Check Listing, SmartyStreets etc.) that remain on my high-use personal list. Anything cool you would add? Maybe something new from the past couple of years, or something you don't think people generally know about?

I appreciate any input, and hope everyone here has a great Thanksgiving week!

 

[Linda Buquet]

Great post idea Miriam!

Local SEO Guide has N.A.P. Hunter free Chrome extension for citation research.

 

[Tim Colling]

I use this BrightLocal tool almost every day:

https://www.brightlocal.com/local-search-results-checker/

 

[MiriamEllis]

Thank you, Linda and Tim!

Any other suggestions much appreciated!

 

[Scott Rawlins]

I'll add GeoSetter.

 

[MiriamEllis]

Thanks, Scott! I'm not recalling GeoSetter. What do you like about it?

 

[Tim Colling]

I also think that this chrome extension is useful sometimes. I had forgotten about it until just today when someone mentioned it over on the G+ local seo pros community

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/manual-geolocation/jpiefjlgcjmciajdcinaejedejjfjgki?hl=en

 

[Tim Colling]

There's an almost-free tool inside of SEMrush that most people miss: an "instant SEO assessment" tool that you can use on your website as a lead generator (if you believe in such lead generators). SEMrush is far, far from free, but this little gem seems to be almost like a freebie thrown in there with all the other good stuff.

https://www.semrush.com/leadgen/

 

[MiriamEllis]

Thanks, Tim! I noticed that tool on Twitter today

 

[Tim Colling]

The Chrome extension works but it's a bit clumsy to use because your have to set the locale by moving a pin around on a map, not by just entering a location using a city name or zip code. There's definitely a lot more ease of use with the BrightLocal tool.