The SEO Playground tool was first released sometime ago, but never given the exposure it deserved. I am therefore just writing a brief post covering its features and detailing how to install it.

Installation is straight forward. Simply create a shortcut within your browser. In Firefox this couldn’t be easier drag me into your header. As illustrated here:

Rename as you deem fit and then any page/site you wish to research simply click the button, it will load over the page and give you lots of useful SEO related information including:

Research Tools

• The ability to submit to Social  Networks:
  • Digg
  • Twitter
  • Sphinn
  • Reddit
  • Stumbleupon
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • LinkedIn
• Create a TinyURL for a page instantly.
• Links to Domain Information, including:
  • Alexa
  • Whois
  • Internet Archive
  • xHTML Validator

Search data

• Google Data including
• Page Rank
• Number of Cached Pages
• Last Cache Date
• Directory stats including mentions in:
  • Delicious
  • Technorati
  • Dmoz
• Amount of inbound links pointing that the domain being reviewed.

On-Page Text

• Page Title
• Meta Description
• Image Alternatives
• Text used in links
• Text that’s been made bold
• Density of single words, two word phrases and three word phrases
• List of CSS and JavaScript files that have been requested
• Inbound/Outbound Link Ratios
• List of all External Follow links

Enjoy