SEO & backlinks

Free SEO Tools on AltFTool: Meta Tags, Sitemaps, Robots.txt and Schema

AltFTool has free browser tools for the core technical SEO jobs: writing meta and social tags, generating an XML sitemap and robots.txt, building JSON-LD schema, cleaning URL slugs and checking readability. Use them in that order when you launch or audit a page.

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  1. What AltFTool's SEO tools cover
  2. A launch checklist using the tools in order
  3. Supporting checks for domains and servers
  4. After the technical basics: earning links
  5. Related tools
  6. FAQ

What AltFTool's SEO tools cover

Search engines need three things from a page: a clear signal of what it is about, a way to find it, and permission to crawl it. AltFTool's SEO tools are built around those three jobs. None of them need an account, and you can find the whole set in the Marketing & Social and Developer categories of the tool library.

The tools generate the code or text you then paste into your own site. They do not change your website for you, so you stay in control of what is published.

A launch checklist using the tools in order

If you are publishing a new site or a new section, working through the tools in this order avoids redoing work later.

  1. Settle the URL

    Turn the page title into a short, lowercase slug with the Slug Generator. If you are planning many pages at once, paste the titles into the URL Slug Collision Checker so two pages never end up fighting for the same address.

  2. Write the meta tags

    Use the Meta Tag Generator to produce a title, a meta description and the Open Graph and Twitter tags in one block. Keep the title specific and the description a genuine summary of the page.

  3. Add structured data

    Pick the matching type in the Schema Markup Generator (Article, FAQ, Product, Local Business, Event, Recipe and more), fill the required fields it flags, and paste the JSON-LD into the page head.

  4. Publish a sitemap and robots.txt

    List your public URLs in the Sitemap Generator, then point to that sitemap from the file the Robots.txt Generator builds. Upload both to the root of your domain.

  5. Check how it reads and shares

    Run the body copy through the Readability Checker and preview the social card with Twitter Card Preview before you share the link anywhere.

Supporting checks for domains and servers

Technical SEO problems are often server problems in disguise. When a page refuses to index, check the basics: the HTTP Status Code Explainer tells you what a 301, 404 or 503 really means for crawlers, the DNS Propagation Checker confirms a domain move has reached resolvers around the world, and the SSL Certificate Inspector decodes a certificate so you can spot expiry or hostname mismatches.

For a new project, the WHOIS Lookup shows registration and expiry dates for a domain, which is useful when you are evaluating an expired domain or a link partner.

After the technical basics: earning links

Once a page is crawlable and well described, links from other relevant sites are what help it get discovered. AltFTool keeps a curated, filterable free backlink sites list for that stage, and the guides on using the backlinks list and getting backlinks for a new website explain how to use it without spamming.

Tools used in this guide

Frequently asked questions

Are AltFTool's SEO tools free?

Yes. The meta tag, sitemap, robots.txt, schema, slug, UTM and readability tools are free to use in the browser without an account.

Do the tools change my website automatically?

No. They generate code or text that you copy into your own site or CMS. Nothing is published to your site by AltFTool.

Which schema types does the Schema Markup Generator support?

It covers common types including FAQ, Product, Article, Local Business, Event, Recipe and Job Posting, plus several more, and it flags required fields as you fill them in.

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