Screaming Frog SEO Spider is #1 for Technical SEO Analysis
December 21, 2018
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is #1 for Technical SEO Analysis
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Screaming Frog SEO Spider
We use Screaming Frog SEO Spider to perform SEO audits for current and prospective clients. It allows us to get an all-encompassing view of the technical SEO elements of a website. I currently use only use the free version, as I find the cost prohibitive for what I use it for.
- Analyzes all metadata
- Character counts of all metadata
- identifies missing alt text on all images
- identifies all H1 and H2 headlines
- identifies broken links and loops
- The GUI is a little old school
- No cloud version is available...desktop version only (Chromebooks are SOL)
- Pricing isn't terrible...but there is no monthly option. £149.00 or roughly $190USD/yr.
- Fantastic ROI especially if you're using the free version
- Even the paid version would be worth it for more experienced SEOs
- no real negative impact.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is probably the best non-client facing SEO audit tool in terms of technical SEO. There are other tools on the market that do a more complete job of keyword tracking, competitive analysis, and backlink profiles...however, for analyzing the technical SEO health of any website, Screaming Frog is the best.