A webmaster (also called web administrator) is responsible for maintaining a website. Besides from actually design a website, they have to keep up to date with new developments, monitor the web hosting provider‘s hardware and software are operating correctly, reply to user comments, and examine the traffic through the site ect.

Depending on a website, a webmaster may just be one, or many because the heavy workload of managing a site cannot be accomplished by one person alone. Being a webmaster is not an easy task, you have guidelines to follow, strict rules to comply, schedules and most of all, challenges along the way.

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Below are some popular webmaster tools that will make your job stress-free.

Google Webmaster Tools

Google webmaster tool is a free service offered to webmasters in helping check indexing status, and optimizes site visibility of your websites. It is offered for free – all you need is a Google account to use this serves. Google webmaster tools have the following features:
Submit and check sitemap

Generate and check robots.txt and help discover pages blocked in robots.txt See what keyword searches on Google are being listed in SERP. View your statistics on how Google indexes a site and if there are errors in it.

Google Keyword Tool

Google keyword tool helps in increasing site visibility because it suggests a list of keywords you can use based on your niche or blog. It helps you find keywords and phrases you should target to optimize your site visibility. It also provides estimated traffic numbers and other SEO data.

Teambox

Webmasters work together to tackle common problems. If collaboration is important in your team, Teambox is the tool to use. It is a free tool which lets you create tasks, share it with people, create a Wiki page to share information, upload files, communicate with people and many other features not found in desktop application.

Remember The Milk

This is not a webmaster tool but a tool to help you create a to-do list, which will be helpful in keeping your tight schedule. Creating a to-do list lets you remember what needs to be done, beat procrastination, moreover keep everything organized. If you haven’t tried making your own to-do list, Remember The Milk is a good start.

Additionally, Remember The Milk can be accessed from your laptop, smartphone, or desktop and can even remind you through email or SMS.

Smush.it

If you’re using a shared hosting provider, adding large photos on your blog or website may slow down your web page speed. Smush.it is a tool that helps reduce the size of images to use in your webpage. The tool uses optimization techniques to reduce the size without damaging picture quality.

Websnapr.com

Websnapr.com lets you capture screenshots of any web page. This is a perfect tool if you want to present your theme or visualize your webpage before finalizing it.

LucidChart.com

Lucidchart.com is your online diagram creation tool. It has a lot of pre-made shapes and templates in a drag and drop interface to help generate professional diagrams in a breeze.

PressMo.com

PressMo.com is an online application that allows you to change pdf files and transform it into Page-flip digital publications.

Capturely.com

Do you have a site that is opening soon? Capturely lets you create a coming soon page for you complete with form for people to enter their email.

PandaForm.com

PandaForm helps you create forms even without HTML knowledge. Just add the fields you need, size them according to your liking then drap and drop it to their form creator.

Conclusion

Being a webmaster is a tedious task, so don’t make it a lot harder on you. These tools help create, manage, beautify, and even collaborate which can be performed with just a few clicks. Take advantage of these tools before your job takes over your life.

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