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Topic: Browser extension
SEOquake: How to use the free Chrome extension for fast on-page SEO audits
SEOquake is Semrush's free Chrome extension for on-page SEO analysis. See what it shows, how to use it, and what's new in the rebuilt version.
11 free Chrome extensions you need for SEO
Don’t rely solely on tools like Search Console or Screaming Frog. Diversify your toolset with these time-saving Chrome extensions.
Google revives Tag Assistant
Google’s revival of Tag Assistant streamlines tag management, which could help boost advertiser confidence in data accuracy and campaign performance.
How to use AI and Chrome extensions for quick SEO wins
Seven actionable, quick SEO wins you can achieve by combining AI-powered tools (like ChatGPT and Google Bard) with Chrome extensions.
5 free SEO tools and plugins to try
Use these five handy and free tools and plugins for your SEO efforts to save time and become more efficient.
Keywords Everywhere tool goes paid on Oct 1
‘The only other option would have been to shut it down,’ developer says.
Google Chrome extensions bringing back ‘View Image’ & ‘Search by Image’ buttons in Google Image Search
Google killed off some much-loved features in image search. Now here are some Chrome extensions that bring back that functionality.
Pinterest now lets people zoom in on pins, has redesigned visual search icon
Users no longer have to be signed in to Pinterest to use its visual search Chrome extension.
Pinterest’s updated browser extension turns off-Pinterest images into search queries
Pinterest's extension will scan images on a web page to show related pins. But those visual search results won't include ads.
Apple Maps becomes a platform with new extensions for third-party apps
The move parallels Apple's decision to open up Siri and Messages to developers.
Bing launches UET Tag Helper, a troubleshooting Chrome extension
Now quickly check if UET tags are set up correctly without having to wait for validation in the UI
Google Enables “OK Google” Hands-Free Voice Search On PCs
Through a Chrome browser extension users can now invoke the hotword (or hot phrase) “OK Google” to initiate hands-free searches on the PC. Voice search on Chrome was possible before but you needed to manually select the microphone. After the browser extension is installed you simply need to say “OK Google,” pause briefly and speak […]
Google Finally Discontinues The Blocked Sites Feature
After over a year of the blocked sites feature not working, Google has officially declared they are discontinuing the feature — two months after Google promised it would return. Google introduced blocked sites in March 2011 after struggling with various ways to allow searchers to block sites from showing in the search results. Google has […]
Firefox To Add Search Engine Hijacking Warnings To Browser
BrowserFame reports the latest “nightly channel” of the Firefox browser, version 19, is warning browser users when it appears someone is hijacking the search engine results. This is to warn users when they may be “falling victim” to “search hijacking” according to the feature page. The page goes on to explain how the feature works […]
Google+ Gets YouTube Integration & Official Chrome Extension
Today Google announced the integration of two of their most popular products, YouTube and Chrome, into Google+. These enhancements make sharing videos on YouTube easier and brings the +1 button and Google+ notifications to the rest of the web for Chrome users. Google+ YouTube Integration Users have always been able to share YouTube videos on Google+, […]
How To Post Your Google+ Feed To Facebook And Twitter
One of the questions that we see a great deal of on our Search Engine Land Facebook Page and LinkedIn Group is “How can we get our Google+ feed to post in Facebook and Twitter?” The correct answer to that question is that no official way exists to have the networks play nice. However, with the […]
Today On Google+: Business Profile Updates, What Google+ Is Really About & The First Google+ User?
Below is today’s top news relating to Google+, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Updates For Business Pages Official Google Update For Businesses from Christian Oestilen, ads manager of Google Plus, covers the current state of businesses on Google+. Google is currently selecting their chosen set of businesses for […]
Official: Facebook Not Testing Web Search Box, Says Malware Might Be To Blame
Facebook is not testing a second search box on its website and says anyone who sees such a thing might be the victim of malware or some other kind of third-party app. Earlier today, an article on All Facebook showed a user-submitted screenshot that included a second search box adjacent to the regular search at […]
New: Block Sites From Google Results Using Chrome’s “Personal Blocklist”
Google has announced that a new way to block certain sites from appearing in Google’s search results, though a special Google-made Chrome browser extension named Personal Blocklist.
No, Google Not Testing Infinite Scroll Web Results
Update: It seems like this was caused by a Chrome extension named FastestChrome. So Google is not testing infinite scroll in the web results. Matt Beck, a reader, emailed me a video of Google testing a form of infinite scroll in the search results. Infinite scroll is when you do not have to click the […]
Google Releases Chrome Extension To Encourage Spam Reporting
Google has released a Chrome browser extension that simplifies and encourages spam reporting. Earlier today, Matt Cutts, Google’s web spam chief, tweeted about the Google Webspam Report extension. The extension adds a “Report spam” link (or button) in four places: under each listing in Google’s search results pages (seen above) your Google search history your […]
Google Lets Users Opt Out Of Analytics Tracking, But Doesn’t Expect Many Will
Google has announced the launch of a browser plugin that lets users avoid being tracked by Google Analytics. The company warned two months ago, in the midst of loud privacy-related complaints, that it was working on such a tool. Google says the plugin will work in the following browsers: Internet Explorer, versions 7 and 8 […]
Is Google Testing Related Tags Under Search Snippets?
Amit Agarwal reported seeing “tags” in the Google search results, directly under each search snippet. The tags appear to show related queries based on each snippet listed in the search results. If you click on a specific tag link, it takes you to a new page of search results for that new query. Here is […]
Social Bookmarking Service Xmarks Adds Ratings To Search Ads
Social bookmarking service Xmarks, which began life as a Firefox social bookmarking add-on called Foxmarks, has developed an interesting new service called “SearchBoost.” It permits star ratings to appear as an overlay in paid-search ads (in Google, Bing) for users that have the company’s browser add-on installed. Xmarks CEO James Joaquin told me the Xmarks […]
Google Will Let Web Users Avoid Analytics Tracking
With privacy concerns over various Google products seemingly cropping up every week, the company said today that it will soon let web users opt-out of being tracked by its popular Google Analytics software. The news comes in a blog post today that says a browser-based plugin will be available “globally … in the coming weeks.” […]
Google Adds Universal Results To Suggest & Quick Scroll In Chrome
Google announced they added universal search results directly in Google Suggest and a “quick scroll” feature as a Chrome extension. Here is a picture of weather results, a form on Universal Search, directly in the Google Search box: I personally do not see it yet, but I am sure it will show up soon. The […]
Liked That Special Google Logo? New Tool Lets You Make It Permanent
There is a new greasemonkey script made for Firefox that allows you to pick any past Google Doodle and make it permanent. The script can be located over here and like I said, requires Firefox and having Greasemonkey installed. Once you install the script, you should go to Google.com and see the Google Lego logo. […]
Google Toolbar For IE Adds “Advanced” Translation
The Google Blog announced the latest version of the Google Toolbar for IE (Internet Explorer) has new “advanced translation” capabilities. The translation features include: Automatic detection of languages other than your default language One click translation Client side (does not communicate with Google) language detection Automatic language translation on page clicks Real-time translation for dynamic […]
Clean Tweets: New Add-On Zaps Twitter Spam
If you use Twitter regularly, you probably know spam is a growing problem — particularly with Twitter’s search engine and the way it surfaces trending topics. Danny Sullivan described how spammers are targeting hot keywords in his Twitter’s Real Time Spam Problem article 10 days ago. Since Twitter hasn’t addressed the problem yet, the folks […]
Turn Back Google’s Clock With Retro Links Script
Back in the day, when some of us old-timer SEOs used to walk to work in the snow (uphill both ways), we’d get to our desks, fire up our 14.4 modems, pop in a floppy disk, listen to our favorite songs on a Sony Walkman cassette player and optimize that meta keywords tag like there […]
New Tool Adds Twitter Search To Google
A new tool takes us one small step closer to bringing real-time search, i.e., Twitter search results, to the Google interface. It’s called Twitter Search Results on Google, and it adds the most recent five tweets for your search query above Google’s regular search results, like this: (The tool is actually a Greasemonkey script for […]
Live Search “Auto Suggest” Add-On For Firefox Released
Microsoft’s Live Search still isn’t built into Firefox, but you can add it to your Firefox search box manually. Now, a new add-on from Live Search does this complete with the ability for the search box to auto-suggest terms you might be searching for. For more, see the Live Search blog.
Yahoo’s Inquisitor Now Available For Firefox & Internet Explorer
My favorite search browser plugin, Inquisitor, is now available for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Inquisitor was Apple Safari’s only solid third-party search browser plugin back in the day. Yahoo acquired them back in May and then provided an upgrade in mid-August. Now, Yahoo has announced they have made this plugin available for Firefox and IE.
ChunkIt, A New Information Extraction Add-On, Now Available
ChunkIt is a toolbar that digs deep into the links found on web pages, extracting “chunks” of information from those pages, allowing you to quickly find relevant content without having to click through on the links yourself. Think of the process you already use when scanning search results, or long web pages that are rich […]
Yahoo Gives Inquisitor, Mac Browser Plugin, First Upgrade
The Yahoo Search Blog announced that they have released a new version of my favorite search browser plugin named Inquisitor. The upgrade makes the Apple Safari search plugin faster, cleaner, and multi-lingual. By faster, Yahoo has integrated Inquisitor with BOSS, enabling a faster return on your Yahoo queries. Yahoo has cleaned up both the Inquisitor […]
Wikia Introduces “Evolution” Toolbar To Expand Reach To Other Search Engines
Like many before it, most recently Mahalo, Wikia Search has introduced a Firefox toolbar, called “Wikia Evolution,” to expand the site’s reach and engage more users in the process of adding and annotating search results. In the notes, it suggests that Google is taking a page from its community playbook: “Already, we’re the cutting edge […]
del.icio.us Extension For Internet Explorer Adds Firefox Features
The Delicious Blog announced the release of a new beta version of the del.icio.us bookmarks extension for Internet Explorer. The new version helps the IE version catch up with the Firefox version, which was released on April 30th.
Yahoo Buys My Favorite Search Browser Plugin, Inquisitor For Apple Safari
Yahoo has acquired my favorite search browser plugin for Apple Safari, Inquisitor. Inquisitor is an extremely useful search refinement and search aid tool for the Apple browser market. Inquisitor offers autocomplete, refinements, suggestions, and also allows you to add any search engine you like, plus create your own personalized and advanced query operators, much like […]
“Browser Search Engine” ChunkIt Launches
On Friday ChunkIt launched in a private beta. ChunkIt is a search download that sits on top of existing results and enables users to preview them before clicking. Relevant “chunks” of content are called out in a separate pane that splits the screen between the engine and the ChunkIt page. At this stage it sounds […]