Auto Fill for Blog Commenting

One thing I enjoy doing when I browse the web is commenting on blog posts. This is also a great way to build some buzz about your own site. Unfortunately, entering my name, url, and email address on every blog post is a huge waist of time.

I have found a Firefox extension called Autofill Forms. This extension has more features than I know what to do with! It is a great way to simplify things so you can save time when you comment on blogs.

When you install this firefox extension, a default profile will be created for you.  Typically, The fields used on most blogs are labeled Name, Email, and URL. Press Alt-J which is the Autofill Forms keyboard shortcut, it automatically fills in those fields with these configured values.

To add field rules to your profile, check out the How To Add A Specific Field Rule Form Fieldwiki page for detailed instructions. Once this plugin is configured, blog commenting is as simple as pressing Alt-J on the keyboard and then typing out my comment. The only issue I have with this tool is well really an issue I have have with blogspot, they want your password for some other site in order to post, it also does not work with Disqus or other third party commenting systems. This extension ends up saving a ton of time.

SEO for Firefox

SEO Firefox

While doing SEO for clients and for my own site it is always nice to have quick access to all your favorite tools. There is nothing worse than scrounging around looking for information in front of a client.

I know there are a thousand tools and add-ons out there but I have found 4 that take care of almost everything.

SEOmoz Toolbar

The power of Linkscape is now available inside Firefox with the SEOmoz Toolbar. Check mozRank, mozTrust and other Linkscape metrics in your browser get quick and easy access to all the SEOmoz tools and other PRO resources.

This is a free tool but you do have to be a Pro member to get access to the mozRank and mozTrust stats.

SEO for Firefox

This toolbar give you easy access to all the free tools you use every day:

• PR: (Google PageRank)
• Links: a rough estimate of links from Yahoo! linkdomain
• Age: pulled from Archive.org
• WhoIs: makes it easy to look up the whois data for any site.

All of these features and many more are available for free. You are also able to view search results 100 at a time and get instant access to other free tools like Google’s keyword tool.

SeoBook Toolbar

Seo Book’s toolbar gives you access to all of SEO for Firefox at the tip of your fingers. They have another tool called “Rank Checker” It looks cool but never works  stick with the first two.

AddThis

Increase traffic with the easiest, most popular sharing tool in the world. This adds a button to firefox that lets you add any website with on click to any of your favorite social bookmarking sites.

These 4 tools save me hours a day and should be used by any SEO.