Web Site Tools

Essential tools for site performance optimization and SEO analysis to help you get the most out of your hosting provider.

Performance and Speed Testing

GTmetrix

Performance

This tool analyzes your site's load speed, waterfall timings, and recommendations for improving performance. It is excellent for pinpointing slow server response times.

Pingdom Website Speed Test

Performance

Pingdom provides an easy-to-read performance grade, load time, page size, and detailed suggestions to speed up your site.

Google PageSpeed Insights

Performance

PageSpeed Insights measures your site's speed on mobile and desktop and provides optimization tips based on Google's Core Web Vitals.

WebPageTest

Performance

Another popular option that lets you test from different locations and browsers to see how your hosting performs globally.

SEO Analysis and Validation

Google Search Console

SEO

Essential for monitoring your site's indexing status, detecting crawl errors, and understanding how Google views your website.

Ahrefs Webmaster Tools

SEO

Free account offers site audits for SEO health issues and backlink analysis.

Screaming Frog SEO Spider

SEO

Free version crawls up to 500 URLs to find duplicate content, broken links, and other on-page SEO issues.

SEO Site Checkup

SEO

Provides a comprehensive audit with actionable recommendations to improve your SEO performance.

Moz Free SEO Tools

SEO

Includes a suite of tools for keyword research, link analysis, and domain authority checks.

Using these tools regularly will help you measure the impact of your hosting provider and track improvements over time. Many also offer downloadable reports you can share with developers or hosting support teams to address specific problems.