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 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.

After the ump-teen time I came up with a list of the top 10 things an SEO newb can do.

1. URL – If you have not bought one yet try and get a domain name that has your keywords in it.
2. Title Tag – This is probably the most important place to put your keywords on your website. Your title can be found at the top of the browser next to the “e’ if you use explorer or the “firefox” symbol if you are using Mozilla. Note: If it says “Home” you are a newb!
3. Meta Keywords – If you have stuffed these tags with a thousand keyword hopping to get Google to like you… you are a newb. Google has de-valuated the meta keyword tag and it means almost nothing, so try and keep it down to about 8 solid keywords that all relate to one theme.
4. Keyword Density – Make sure to mention your keywords on your homepage. If you have a huge list of keywords at the bottom of your page or hidden in the background… Your a Newb! This is a black hat (bad) SEO practice called keyword stuffing and can get you penalized.
5. Static Pages – When you make a new page make sure it is not using a Dynamic URL, and put your keywords in the URL. example: http://example.com/keyword/keyword-ideas.com
6. Internal Linking – If all your links to other pages use anchor text like “click here” or “next page” guess what… You’re defiantly a newb. Use your keywords when linking to your pages.
7. H1 Tag – Use keywords
8. H2 Tag – Use keywords
9. H3 Tag – If you don’t say “Use keywords” your a newb.
10. Alt Text – By now we know you are an SEO newb, make sure your pictures have an alt text tag and that they use keywords. Remember the Google Bot doesn’t know that your image is a photo of a cat, you have to tell it.

This list is usually all an SEO newb can handle by them selves. I always offer them my services if they decide the really want to do some serious SEO.

If you feel you can handle a little more I found some other lists of Onsite SEO Tips:

24 Onsite Checkups

12 Basic Tactics

Onsite Tips

Feel free to comment if you are a newb and have any questions.