I visited the iwebtool page for the first time in July 2007. I was prompted to visit the site because for sometime I had been receiving a good number of visitors on my blog from their backlink checker service.
My curiosity to know more about them drove me to their page and I instantly fell in love with their Backlink checker, PageRank Checker and Google PageRank Prediction tools.
The performance of these tools was great such that I could not even think of searching for other tools. When one searches for “PageRank Checker” on Google, the first position was always occupied by the iwebtool home page. Such was the dominance of the iwebtool page!
Towards the end of 2007, I began to notice some problems with their services. The PageRank checker service became so inconsistent. Apart from the inaccuracies and differences in the PageRank results from different Data Centers (DCs), some results were above the PR range of 1 to 10. Some friends of mine on BlogCatalog also took note of this problem. At first, I thought that this was probably a temporal problem. But now 4 months into 2008, the problem continues. Their backlink checker service also produces few back links compared to the Google webmastertools. The PageRank prediction system is not functioning at all.
The iwebtool home page has lost its first position on Google SERPs for the “PageRank Checker” key word. With all these developments, I tend to wonder if the iwebtool people are still there out there? Please give me a shout and let me know what you are doing in order to reclaim your lost glory.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHi Clement,
Iwebtool is not working most of the time. I tried checking my blog and I get a zero pr. Tried it with other blogs (prominent blogs) and i get the same.
Too bad, the owners don’t even care to fix the problem. It’s been like that for a very long time.
I use http://prchecker.info for checking PR. I just use Google Webmaster to check for backlinks.
Cheers,
Rocky
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I never realized the problems with them — I use their tools a lot. Might be time to look for another tool!
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@Blogging Mix: I think the best thing that the iwebtool guys must do is to shut down the site and move on to other businesses. On the other hand, the http://prchecker.info/ site is very nice for PR check. Actually, they are now No. 1 in Google SERPs for the“PageRank Checker” key word.I also use them regularly.
@hijinks: I would like to advise you to be using prchecker for checking PR and Google webmaster tools for checking your back links.
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I had never been to iwebtool before. The backlink checker is nice, but the interface is a little cumbersome.
Unrelated: did you notice your Toolbar PR change recently? I think there was an update
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@Chadwyck:Even their backlink checker is not that good.You will notice that for a given domain name, it gives less links compared to Google webmastertools.
Yeah. I noticed that my blog’s Toolbar PR changed from 1 to 2. Good for me bearing in mind that this domain is just four months old.
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Clement, Instead I would suggest you to use the inbuild Pagerank checker Firefox plugin “search states 1.21″. I have been using that, and since then I need not go to any page rank checker website separately. I can see the pagerank of each webpage there at the status bar itself.
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I used to use iwebtools, but they got to the point they were not performing as they used to and I just stopped going there. There are so many tools available on the net now, it is easy to find alternatives.
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Agreed, I stopped using iweb sometime ago. I have been using Backlink Watch and found it to be helpful.
It shows you backlinks, number of out bound links on the page with the link, what the anchor text is, and if it’s a no-follow. Incredibly useful in my opinion.
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iwebtool is works pretty fine but recently when I checked some there were few problems. Well, sometime I checked predicted PR of some of my websites but then it doesn’t show any backlinks. I don’t know why. But they so many good free tools which is cool.
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Iwebtool is a nice web tool but I’ve never got any traffic from iwebtool, although i still put their link on my blog (i don’t know why i still keep the link).
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Agree. Most the people now are prefer firefox add-ons such as Search Status or SeoQuake, faster and accurate
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I too use backlink watch. It’s so much smoother and I don’t receive as many errors. Iwebtool is terrible.
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I didn’t use Iwebtool in my life. I use http://www.prchecker.info, which never gave me an error. Well, PR doesn’t interest me that much..
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I guess I’ll never use IWebtool again!
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I recommend to use the website on saturday evening. Good time to check the prediction. But there is a better one: http://www.x4d.de/backlinkchecker
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A few months back, it showed that my we has PR 77, I am not using it since that. I am wondering what is the problem with that?
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iwebtool, are you listening? Bloggers, the very people that you are targeting, are speaking here.Take note of their opinions and improve your tools.
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I found the same thing with iwebtools. I found another site which seems to give pretty solid results. Doesn’t have as many web tools, but fits my needs. http://www.nevew.com
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Iwebtool really sucks, i tried to use page rank predict tool and it doesnt work, same situation for backlink checker tool.. just 2 words : iwebtool SUCKS
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Ive found a lot of backchecker tools don’t work to well , i use them to see if anyones used the articles I wrote and submitted to article directory’s which I have just started to do.
this back link checker is ok: http://www.backlinkwatch.com
I use this one to check page rank which to me is just meaning how popular a given webpage is
http://www.digpagerank.com
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The entire iwebtool.com website has been down for about a week now. What a joke! I am paying them $4.95 a month to have their SEO tools on my site without their ad. Time to cancel.
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I use the IBP software.
it has its disadvantages like any other tool, but it is improving and being updated regularly.
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iwebtools is very inaccurate in my experience. Sadly I don’t know of any better sites. Most are inaccurate or can only be used so many times a day before they reach their daily limit. I need a tool accessible and accurate always. Any suggestions?
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