Portable Visual SEO Studio 2.5.0.11 Multilingual
Visual SEO Studio Portable is a straightforward and complete solution especially designed for web marketers who need to automate manual on-site checks, locate and fix SEO issues for their sites and search for unexpected inbound links. Also, it comes in handy for users who need to improve their SEO knowledge and analyze their website in a secure environment.
Visual SEO Studio is an ambitious software and it is a good alternative to Screaming Frog.
It turns out to be a useful tool for any good SEO consultant who prefers to use different crawling tools during SEO audit, but also for those who want to become SEOs and want to start experimenting with the use of spider emulators (at the moment the tool is free as it is in beta phase).
The main features of the tool are
It is possible to divide the crawling sessions by type;
it is an ethical software since its crawler is adaptive (it adapts to the response capacity of the web server of the scanned site);
it is possible to explore up to 5 sites at the same time through the option “Explore multiple sites”;
automatically saves scanning sessions;
performs a basic SEO analysis and provides suggestions about on-page optimization of the scanned elements that can be learned from the “Site Analysis” menu.
The Project and Session Concept
Visual SEO Studio presents the concept of project and session:
multiple sites to be crawled can be included in a project, consequently you can organize the projects by client, by type, etc.
Optionally you can enter a session name to remember the reason or date of the scan.
Although it comes with an advanced functionality, the usage of the application is quite simple thanks to its user-friendly interface and well-organized menus.
When you launch the application for the first time, you are required to create a new project or open an existing one. On this manner, it will automatically save all the crawl settings and configurations in the selected location. The main window will display three sections you can make use of, one for managing all of the available projects, one for organizing the crawl sessions and the last one for tracking the administered sites.
In case you want to crawl a new website, simply press the ‘Crawl a Site’ button, specify the URL address and let the program to do the work for you. Optionally, you can set a name for the current session and change the crawl settings and speed according to your whims. Afterward, Visual SEO Studio will analyze the entire website and display in the left panel a basic report with all the queued URLs, visited pages, HTTP requests and elapsed time.
What’s more, the application enables you to crawl more than one website at a time. Accessing the proper hyperlink, available in the left panel, allows you to explore multiple sites in parallel. This option is very useful when it comes to analyzing your competitors’ website and examine the customer’s interests.