Where can I find documentation for the different SEO Pro Tools?

[jkenyon]

I apologize if this has been asked and answered or if the documentation is right in front of my nose, but I can't find it. I'm looking for information that explains what the various tools do and in particular, what each of the fields in the reports mean? For example, what does the "Find Links on this Domain" link mean in a Juicy Linkfinder Report? I know there are lots of resources on SEO and best practices and so on, but wondering if documentation on the specific tools exists. Thanks.

[Tom-Anthony]

Hi Janice,

I'm not aware of any central location for all the docs. The main page has short descriptions:

http://www.seomoz.org/tools

Then some tools have their own help section:

http://www.seomoz.org/rank-tracker/help

Others have a longer description on the page:

http://www.seomoz.org/crawl-test

The other good resource are the blog posts where tools are introduced, which are easiest found by googling the toolname, for example:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/goodbye-page-strength-hello-trifecta-seomozs-latest-analysis-tool

I know you were maybe looking for something longer and more details, but I'm afraid that is all I'm aware of. I think the introductory blog posts are pretty thorough though. Hope this helps!

[Tom-Anthony]

Here you go, I managed to dig up informative blog posts for most of the active tools:

Trifecta

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/goodbye-page-strength-hello-trifecta-seomozs-latest-analysis-tool

Competitive Link Finder

http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/competitive-link-finder-provides-qualitative-link-building-ideas

Linkscape

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/linkscape-education-series-learn-the-ins-amp-outs-of-how-linkscape-works

Juicy Link Finder

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/new-premium-services-link-directory-juicy-link-finder-tool-new-pricing

Crawl Test

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/crawl-test-seo-tool

Blogscape

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/announcing-blogscape-and-seomoz-labs

[jkenyon]

Wow - thank you Tom. I'll definitely check out these links and just keep reading and learning. Probably the more I know about the SEO concepts, practices and reports, the easier the tools will be to use. Thanks again.

[SarahBird]

Hi Janice,

We're working on adding more and more documentation to our Help Desk. So you should definitely check that out!

http://seomoz.zendesk.com/home

Enjoy!