
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
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% freeBuiltwith
Up-to-date technology stack profile of any website
website
100% freeWhatRuns
Chrome extension
100% free
2) Discover What Fonts Are Used on a Web Page
Real-time font discovery on any web page
Chrome extension
100% free
FontID
discover fonts inside an image by leveraging real human experts100% 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% freeFonty
website
100% free
3) Identify a Specific Color Appearing on a Web Page
Colorzilla
Swiss army knife of color pickers. Must-have.
Chrome extension
100% freeColorPicker
Chrome extension
100% free
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% freeRSS Finder
Good alternative, recently updated - can also identify YouTube channels feeds
Chrome extension
100% freeRSS Feed Finder
Chrome extension
100% free
5) Find Out First Publication Date of Any Webpage
Chrome extension
100% free
6) Gauge Any Website Traffic, BR and Visit Duration
Similarweb.com
Website
100% freeRayst
Chrome extension
100% free
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 requiredHunter
Type name of a company or domain and get all the emails of personnel
free 25 searches / month
registration requiredFindThatLead
Find emails for website domains or for specific LinkedIN pages
free 50 searches / month
Chrome extension
Video demo
8) See the Page and Domain Authority of Any Website
Moz Toolbar
Instructions on how to use it (detailed)
registration required
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
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
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
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
Nice list of useful resources, Robin!
Thanks Robin, this is my first of your newsletters. This made me wish you had a tool that would help me find a webpage for any newsletter if one exists.