Link Popularity, Link Building and other Link Links

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  • Link Harvester – (free) queries the Yahoo! Search database via their
    API to allow you to view past the 1,000 backlink limit by filtering
    out duplicate sites. Link Harvester is a free open sourced tool I
    had my friend create. You can snag the source
    code here    .
  • Hub Finder -
    (free) queries the Yahoo! Search database via their
    API to allow you to find sites that link to 2 or more related resources.
    Hub Finder is a free open sourced tool I had my friend create. You
    can snag the source
    code here    .
  • Google Alert – (free) sends updates of Google searches when any of their results
    change… via email, trackback, or RSS.
  • Google Toolbar – good for gathering some details, but Google has been a bit sketchy
    with backlinks and whatnot. For those who want to use a good browser
    I recommend using FireFox and the Googlebar.
  • Marketleap
    Link Popularity Checker     – (free) See how many people link to your
    site.
  • Check
    Your Link Popularity.com     – (free) downloadable link popularity
    checking software.
  • Xenu
    Link Slueth     – (free) finds broken links…good
    stuff to run at least once a month
  • Web Ferret – (free or paid) linking software which looks for link partners by
    creating a file of the top ranking search results from many top search
    engines. Can create an output file which is used by 2BPop
  • 2BPop – (free)
    can extract email addresses. Used with Web Ferret they combine to
    be a free and scaled down version of part of what Zeus or Arelis do.