Google Chrome is a relatively new browser that aims to be a better, faster and secure web browser. It has added features such as the multi-tab browsing feature. In this article, we’ll show you what our favorite Seo tools for Google Chrome look like on the local version of the popular browser.
The SEO Tools Web improves the current SEO best practices. Our goal is to make the desktop version of SeoTools browser extension more useful, by providing all you need in one place.
MozBar
Yes, this is SEOmoz, so you might expect this to be top of the list. However, SEOmoz has done an exceptional job with this tool. Before becoming a Pro Member I used it daily and now that I’m a pro member it’s always on it. Note: I’m not just saying this to get my blog post boosted to the main blog (wink wink), but it really is the best tool out there and an essential for tool any aspiring SEO.
Note AnyWhere
I don’t know if I’m the first to break news of this tool. But even if you hate Chrome, this tool makes it all worth it. It’s basic, it’s simple, but it has already completely changed the way I work. As the name says you can leave a note… that’s right, anywhere. On any page, on any site… leave… close your browser and come back 2 days later. I just left a note on my home page with new keywords I want to target and a note on my Fantasy Football page with all the players I need to drop (sorry Randy Moss).
Ubersuggest
Ubersuggest’s Chrome extension lets you view keyword data right from Google search results.
It also shows you related keywords and their information, without ever leaving the SERPs. You can export the data to CSV or click on any of the information headings under “People also search for…” to be taken to the Ubersuggest dashboard for the searched keyword.
This information makes it easy to run keyword research at-a-glance automatically from the SERPs.
Similar Web
On the web, popularity is everything. We all want more traffic.
Although more traffic doesn’t always mean more revenue, in most cases it does.
Out of all the tools out there, I’ve found that Similar Web gives the most accurate traffic estimations compared to anyone else.
Now with the Similar Web extension, you can get traffic data without going back to their site.
The first thing you can see with this extension is traffic data for the last 6 months. It even breaks down the bounce rate, average pages per visit, and visit duration.
And as you scroll down you’ll be able to see what countries the visitors are coming from.
Last, but not least, it shows you the traffic makeup for each site as well. Is the traffic coming from search engines, social media, referral sources, or even direct traffic to the site?
SEOInfo
This extension looks for SEO issues on the page, tells you how many there are, and lets you investigate further. The check covers meta tags, canonicals, indexability, Open Graph tags, structured data, hreflangs, page speed, and more.
It also has a built-in Audit module that uses Google’s Pagespeed Insights API.
Hreflang Tag Checker
Although lots of extensions show hreflang data, this one is more advanced. It crawls the URL’s hreflang tags to check if they have return links.
TextOptimizer
TextOptimizer describes itself as a writing assistant tool. It analyzes search results for relevant terms and extracts “intent tables” to suggest other words that you can use in your copy “to better match search engines’ expectations.”
Another holdover from Firefox, IE Tab allows you to browse the web as if you were using IE. I use this extension at least twice a day to confirm page appearance, double check a ranking, or if Chrome is having an issue with loading a page.
Buzzsumo
Whether you love or hate Facebook, it’s still a popular site that can drive a lot of traffic.
As you are surfing the web, you’ll naturally end up reading some articles. Some of them will be on your competitor’s site and you may be wondering if the article did well or not.
Using the Buzzsumo extension, you can see how many social shares a given article has as well as their backlinks.
You can even see all the most popular articles from that website based on social sharing and backlink count.
This will give you a good idea about the type of content you need to start producing.
Check My Links
Similar to the Redirect Path extension as you are spending more time doing technical SEO and analyzing your competition, the more link data you have the better.
And external links aren’t the only ones that can help boost your rankings.
Knowing data on internal links is important as well.
Check My Links will give you all of the internal links numbers you need when browsing any page on your site (or your competition’s).
And not only will you see an overview, but you can also get details on the whole page as this extension highlights each link.
SEO Minion
SEO is all about the long game.
If you just spend 10 minutes a day making improvements, it can have a huge impact on your traffic a year down the road.
An easy way to get work done each day is through SEO Minion.
One task that I have my team constantly look at through SEO Minion is broken links.
You’ll want to fix any on your website. In addition, you can use it to find broken links on other websites and then hit them up to replace the broken link to one from your site.
Another way to grow your SEO traffic is by translating your content into other languages.
This extension also breaks down hreflang data, which is needed when you are targeting other regions and languages.
You’ll be given data on your on-page SEO.
Conclusion
Your Chrome Browser has the SEO tools you need. You already have Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, and Google Adsense all built into your browser. To keep up with them, you’ll need to open new tabs periodically. When you use your browser more frequently, it’s best to do these tasks in an infinite scroll tab which is not that hard if you know how to.