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Helpful Google Extensions for SEO

June 24, 2022

By Vince Laliberte, Swiss Army Knife

Google is undoubtedly the most popular search engine, with over 70% of the search market share. But that popularity makes it the most challenging search engine on which to rank highly. The good news is, there’s plenty of extensions on Google Chrome Web Store to help on improving SEO. From keyword research to analyzing data, there’s a lot of them. In this blog, we will show you the best Google Chrome Extensions for maximizing your time and optimization

Keywords Everywhere shows you keyword information directly in the Google search results. In addition, Keywords Everywhere is completely free. You simply install it, and it works.

The data shown by Keywords Everywhere comes from the Google Ads Keyword Planner. This is a free tool from Google that shows estimated search metrics for the Google search engine.

Even the keyword data shown on other sites like YouTube and Amazon is actually the same Google search data from Google Ads Keyword Planner.

MozBar is an SEO Chrome extension by Moz that allows you to get instant SEO insights about different websites or search engine result pages (SERPs) without leaving your web browser.

Along with various backlink metrics, you can also see a website’s domain authority and page authority from this extension. Providing invaluable data and stats, the MozBar Chrome extension is a must-have for all SEOs.

GrowthBar is a simple Chrome extension that gives you instant access to critical SEO data points about any website and unlocks the growth channels and keywords that are working for them.

You can do SEO and keyword research from the comfort of your Google browser as the tool allows you to explore any website’s best-performing keywords, keyword ranking difficulty score, domain authority, backlink data, page word count, Facebook ads, and more. Just type in a search query on Google and GrowthBar instantly provides you with a treasure trove of SEO insights and metrics to help improve your search rankings.

GrowthBar’s paid version costs $29/month, but you can use it for free for 5 days. Once the trial is over, you’ll either need to upgrade to the paid version or continue using the free plan. GrowthBar’s free version allows you to see basic SEO metrics like ranking difficulty score, domain authority, and organic traffic, but everything else will be locked.

Buzzsumo is a popular content marketing tool that allows you to search for the most popular/shared content online for any given topic.

Buzzsumo’s Chrome extension provides you insight into how a particular content piece is performing without leaving your web browser. The extension displays the number of engagements on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Reddit, along with the number of links and the article’s Evergreen score.

To view these stats, just visit the article you’d like to analyze and click on the BuzzSumo extension icon.

SEOquake is a Chrome extension by Semrush that shows important metrics such as Alexa Rank, Google Index, Bing Index, and more.

The results show varied info about the pages in SERPs, including info on backlinks, whois info, traffic info, number of pages indexed, domain age, and Alexa rank.

Lighthouse is a free Chrome extension by Google that audits your URLs and provides recommendations for improving the performance, accessibility, and SEO of your webpages on both desktop and mobile.

SEO Minion is a free SEO Chrome extension that you can use to analyze on-page SEO, check broken links and redirects, SERP preview, and more.

You can also use the tool to check Google rankings for your website across multiple locations without personalization.

Serpstat is an all-in-one SEO platform for keyword research, rank tracking, backlink analysis, site audit, and comprehensive competitor analysis.

Serpstat also provides a free extension that makes website analysis accessible in one click. The extension has three sections: On-page SEO parameters, Page analysis, and Domain analysis. There you’ll find data on your domain visibility, traffic, top 10 keywords your site ranks for, meta tags, and even more.

Some reports don’t require registration. All you need is to install the plugin in your browser and start the site analysis. With API token, free users can make up to 100 requests per day and 1 request every 5 seconds.

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