Here is the collection of the best, easily available Search Engine Softwares available on the internet. They are graded by their popularity factor - also listed is whether they are available free or not, whether a free version/downloadable demo is available or not.

1. SEO Elite by Brad Callen - The most popular tool suggested by the King of SEO.
   Demo version available - Cost - US $ 167
   Features
   - Analyzes backlinks in Google, Yahoo, AlltheWeb, MSN, Altavista.
   - Find high Page Rank sites so that you can select the best link partners for you.
   - Check whether your link partners are still linking back to you.
   - Find where your site is ranked for your targeted keywords.
   - Find which pages of your site are indexed in the main engines (Google, MSN, Yahoo, AlltheWeb and Altavista)
   Downs
   - Aron Wall thinks that it does nothing more than what free tools does for you.

2. SEO Extension for Firefox - The best freely available extension for firefox, gathers as many data as a paid tool does - or even better!
   FREE Tool !
   Features
   - It shows you researchable data right near the search results on the search engine.
   - Data includes PR, Age of domain, Incoming Links, edu links, gov links, technorati blog links, dmoz ranks, Alexa rank etc.
   Downs
   - This tool more of a research tool, getting you information on your competitor sites. But may not help you in creating/storing data which you have to do manually.
   - Requires Firefox browser.
3. SEO Studio - An award winning software advocated by the Search engine optimization company TrendMX.
   Paid software, Demo Version available.
   Features
   - Search Engine Submission
   - Free search engine ranking reports
   - Keyword Analysis
   - Link popularity building
   - Automatic scheduler
   - Free SEO training and support
   Downs
   - Price US $150
4. Web CEO - A powerful tool that helps you with Search Engine submission, Keyword Marketing, Ranking etc. This is more of a total website manager that analyzes your traffic etc and less of SEO but yes it has quite a bit of SEO thingy!
   Demo version available.
   Features
   - Find broken links on your site.
   - Search Engine submission unlimited
   - Link partner suggestion
   - PPC campaign manager
   Downs
   It is less of SEO and more of Website management, and the SEO part can be done using the freely available tools on the net. But the software looks promising, and a demo version is also available.
5. SEO Suite - This is a simple tool incorporating three features - Dynamic Submission, Link Promoter and Ranking. Simple yet powerful!
   Demo version available
   Features
   - Keyword library and keyword builder
   - Metatag generators
   - Doorway page creator
   - Automatic search engine submission
   - Link popularity check
   - Internal and External Link checker
   - Reciprocal link creator
   - Personalised link request sender
   - SEO, Keyword reports generation.
   Downs
   - Price. The standard edition is riced at US $ 149, but the corporate and the Professional editions are priced at 389 and 999 US $ respectively.

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