Inspectors - Good Tools #3

20+ zero-cost tools that make visible what otherwise is not.

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Hello, and welcome to issue n.3 of Good Tools.

In this issue, as in the ones that follow, you will find tools, apps and browser extensions that are uniquely useful to indie entrepreneurs, bootstrapped startups, authors and small publishers alike.

For this specific edition, I have gone after “Inspectors”, tools and apps that aid in uncovering information that is not otherwise visible and to see, discover and find out things that are not normally evident or known, such as:

• on which date an article was originally published

• what fonts are being used on a web page

• what tech is behind a specific site

• how much traffic a site has
  

The filtering criteria I use for the tools I select are:

• 100% free (or have very generous free plan)

• Not popular, well-known

• Useful for communication, marketing, collaboration, monetization

• Tested and verified by me (Robin Good)

If you find tools that are truly useful for you inside this issue, please consider supporting this work with a paid subscription.

That’s the best way to reward and encourage my work and to make sure I keep on doing it.

Robin Good

Inspector Tools

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1) Find Out What a Website Is Built With

• SiteReport by netcraft
  Most detailed analysis of any website tech stat, servers, DNS, etc.
  website
  100% free
  

• Builtwith
  Up-to-date technology stack profile of any website
  website
  100% free
  

• WhatRuns
  Chrome extension
  100% free

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2) Discover What Fonts Are Used on a Web Page

• WhatFont

  

  Real-time font discovery on any web page
  Chrome extension
  100% free
  

• FontID 
  discover fonts inside an image by leveraging real human experts

  100% free
  

• WhatFontIs
  Find any font from any image you upload - AI supported
  website
  100% free
  

• FontNinja
  multi-browser extension
  100% free
  

• TypeSample
  bookmarklet (all browsers) identifies fonts + saves and allows type sampling
  100% free
  

• Fonty
  website
  100% free

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3) Identify a Specific Color Appearing on a Web Page

• Colorzilla
  Swiss army knife of color pickers. Must-have.
  Chrome extension
  100% free
  

• ColorPicker
  Chrome extension
  100% free

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4) Unveil RSS Feed of Any Website
(for those who have one)

• Get RSS Feed URL
  If there is an RSS/Atom feed on a site this tool will find it
  Firefox and Chrome extension
  100% free
  

• RSS Finder
  Good alternative, recently updated - can also identify YouTube channels feeds
  Chrome extension
  100% free
  

• RSS Feed Finder
  Chrome extension
  100% free

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5) Find Out First Publication Date of Any Webpage

Finitimus

Chrome extension
100% free

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6) Gauge Any Website Traffic, BR and Visit Duration

• Similarweb.com
  Website
  100% free
  

• Rayst
  Chrome extension
  100% free

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7) Find All eMails of a Company

• Voilanorbert
  Type name of a person and its company and get his email
  free 50 emails / month
  registration required
  

• Hunter
  Type name of a company or domain and get all the emails of personnel
  free 25 searches / month
  registration required
  

• FindThatLead
  Find emails for website domains or for specific LinkedIN pages
  free 50 searches / month
  Chrome extension
  Video demo

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8) See the Page and Domain Authority of Any Website

• Moz Toolbar
  Instructions on how to use it (detailed)
  registration required

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9) Identify file Type for Any File Without an Extension

• Toolsley File
  invaluable when you need to understand what type of file you have when the extension is missing.
  100% free

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10) Discover What Theme Any Wordpress Website Uses

• WhatWPThemeIsThat
  Just type the URL of a WP-based site and find that what theme is being used
  Web app
  100% free

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Bonus Inspectors

Find Out Real Authority of Any Twitter Account
X-ray any Twitter account and see through the real engagement and followers data

Uncover Twitter Fake Followers
Find out what percentage of followers a person has on Twitter are fake

Poll

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Personal Note

Hello, thank you for being a reader looking for alternative tools.

I enjoy helping indie entrepreneurs looking for side-roads.

My name is Robin Good and I have been searching, testing and sharing great rare-to-find tools for indie entrepreneurs since March 2000.

I do this because I enjoy finding useful but hard-to-find resources and I feel it is my mission not to keep these just for me but to share them with anyone who may need them.

I am part of a growing number of people who help others find what they need by organizing the info and resources that are already available online, but are impossible to find via Google search.

If you feel that what I do is useful for you and for others please do support this newsletter with a paid subscription so that I, and others, can continue to fulfill our mission of sharing the best of what we find with you.

from sunny Holbox island,

Robin Good