The main extensions for Google Chrome. Google Chrome Extensions: Frequently Asked Questions
And having a convenient browser means working productively and quickly with the Internet. One of the most popular, preferred by 61% of network users in 2015. However, this program is aimed at general work and does not include various auxiliary functions for performing more specific tasks. That's why there is a special Google Chrome store ( chrome.google.com/webstore/category/apps), in which you can purchase a variety of additional tools, so-called extensions for Google Chrome, which can significantly simplify the work of users on the Internet. Below is a list of the most popular add-ons that may be useful to you.
To work with SEO (search engine optimization)
1. RDS bar is the most used tool in the SEO field. The plugin icon displays the TIC of the site you are currently on. By clicking on the icon, you can get the following information about the site:
TIC and PR indicators;
The number of pages that were indexed by Yandex, Google and Bing systems;
The number of pages that were included in the search of Yandex, Google, Bing, Yahoo and Rambler;
Availability of the site in the DMOZ and Yandex.Catalogue catalogs;
Attendance indicators for the selected period;
The presence of robots.txt and sitemap.xml in the root of the site.
The plugin is constantly updated and soon the developers promise a major expansion of capabilities.
2. SEOquake. This plugin is aimed at obtaining indicators such as Google and PR indexing, Yahoo links, Bing index, Alexa Rank, Whois links, display of Nofollow links and others. All information is displayed above the site during a search, or in the top bar of the browser, without requiring additional movements from the user, which makes it convenient to use.
3. META SEO inspector - the best Google Chrome plugin for working with meta tags. If you have encountered manually filling out title and meta data on your website, then you know how labor-intensive it is. The META SEO inspector displays all installed meta tags at the top of the page, which will allow you to identify those that for some reason were not registered.
4. Stats Checker for Google Analytics is a simple application that, using your Google Analytics account, displays all information about traffic to your site when you click on its icon.
5. MegaIndex Bar - a plugin similar to RDS bar. Provides information on the main SEO indicators of the site: indexing in Google and Yandex, TIC and Pr, availability in the Yandex.catalog. Provides access to services for promotion, auditing, analysis of website visibility and performance.
6. Yandex.Metrica is an application from a well-known service that intends to simplify working with it. Great for owners of several sites, that is, several counters from Metrica. Allows you to quickly load form analytics, map links and clicks, access reports and create counters with one click.
7. Yandex Wordstat Helper is another plugin that simplifies working with the Yandex service Wordstat (word selection). With its help, you can conveniently select words and phrases, choosing from a ready-made list with the click of a button, and also create your own lists with the frequency of queries in programs such as OpenOffice Calc and others.
8. Realtime Yandex update monitor. This extension is designed to monitor all updates made by Yandex. In the event of any update, the program will notify the user about all kinds of updates, for example, changes in the TIC or search results positions. Information is provided by the SEOBudget service. Also, during installation, the application will be able to inform the user about the last three updates.
To translate text
1. Bubble Translate is an easy-to-use translator with a lot of settings. Once you have set the parameters you need, you can no longer enter the plugin menu. To translate, just select the desired word or fragment of text and press “Ctrl”.
2. Instant Translate. Unlike the previous translator, this extension has wide functionality. The Instant Translate database contains more than 60 languages and a large number of synonyms for translated words. It is also capable of reproducing both the original word and its translation, performing translations in PDF files online, saving the history of translations, and allows you to set up to 9 different key combinations for translation into different languages.
For social networks, retweet and bookmarks
1. AddThis - Share & Bookmark (new). A useful browser add-on that works with a large number of social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Google, MSN Messenger, MySpace, Delicious, Vkontakte, Gmail, Blogger, Yahoo Mail, Tumblr, Mail.ru and others. Allows you to easily and quickly exchange posts, that is, retweet, and add pages to bookmarks.
2. goo.gl URL Shortener – in addition to all the capabilities that AddThis has, this extension for Google Chrome allows you to shorten page links. This feature will be useful for users of social networks, where the size of the entered message is limited. It is known that many links are quite long, which significantly limits the number of characters for the message itself, for example, a post on Twitter (no more than 140 characters) - goo.gl URL Shortener was created to solve this problem.
Google Chrome extensions for downloading files
SaveFrom.net is the best plugin of its kind, allowing you to download files from social networks and multimedia sites, including YouTube, VK, Facebook, Odnoklassniki, Vimeo, RapidShare, in one click.
To take screenshots
1. Pixlr Grabber is a real Photoshop built into your browser. With its help, you can not only edit photos taken from the screen, but also apply various filters to them. It is also capable of photographing a selected part of the screen, and the captured screenshots can be sent to some social networks, such as Facebook.
2. Joxi – a fast and convenient plugin for creating screenshots. It can photograph the entire page, save the image to the hosting (users are provided with 1 GB of memory), and also edit the screen - create annotations and draw arrows.
Despite the usefulness of all the above-mentioned plugins for Google Chrome, it is worth taking into account that each requires a certain percentage of computer resources to operate. Therefore, you should reduce the number of extensions to a minimum, leaving the most necessary ones, otherwise your computer's performance may suffer.
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The work of an Internet marketer is so complex and varied that it simply cannot be done without the help of various programs and services. We have already written about programs and, so today we will focus on something a little different. We bring to your attention a fairly extensive list of super useful plugins for Google Chrome. All of them, before being included in this material, underwent thorough testing for bugs and ease of use. Mostly I use it myself. I hope this information will be useful to you.
FireShot is an extension for creating screenshots - it allows you to capture the entire page, its visible area or region and take a screenshot using hotkeys. To take advantage of additional features - annotations, graphic editor, printing, sending by email and sharing on the web, you need to purchase the Pro version, which costs $59.95.
Note: The extension does not work in the Chrome Gallery; you can use it by calling the context menu with the right mouse button.
Imgur Uploader is a replacement for the original Imgur, which was removed from the Chrome Web Store, but with fewer features.
With Colorzilla, you can use an eyedropper to pick up a color from anywhere in your browser and determine its number. An indispensable item for designers.
A typical situation is that you liked a font on one of the sites, but you don’t know what it’s called. It takes too long to go through the codes and look for the name (and many people don’t even know how to do it). And with the What Font extension it will only take you a couple of seconds. You simply hover your mouse over the word you need and get the name of the font. Works with both Latin and Cyrillic fonts.
A simple ruler for measuring the size of any selected area.
If you work in content marketing, you probably regularly use Google's Image Search service (you can use it to search for similar images, as well as larger images). The procedure is as follows: first you copy the link of the picture, then go to Google Images, paste the link and click search. Are there too many unnecessary steps? With the Search by Image extension, you only need two quick clicks.
With Resolution Test, you can see how a web page looks on different types of screens. You can add any of your own to the standard set of permissions.
Allows you to check how your site looks on different types of platforms.
The fastest way to translate the desired word into English. You simply highlight it and click on the extension icon. Very convenient.
The coolest extension for saving articles, bookmarks, pictures and other content. However, to use it, you need an Evernote account. Not on Evernote yet? So what are you waiting for? Let's register urgently! It’s not for nothing that this service has so many fans.
Checks spelling. No need to open Word and wait for it to load.
Allows you to open files in pdf, xls, doc, etc. formats directly in the browser. You can select only the formats you need. You can also include sites that will not be covered by the extension as exceptions.
With the OneTab extension, you can save 95% of your browser memory and also get rid of the clutter in your tab bar. When you have a lot of pages open, you simply click on its icon and collapse all the tabs into a neat list. To expand them, just click on the “Restore it” button.
By default, Chrome opens new tabs right after the current tab. And with this extension, they will always open most recently from the right edge.
It often happens that you come across interesting material, you want to share it, but it doesn’t work out - either the service does not work, or there is no button for the social network that you need. Thanks to Shareaholic, you can always share the content you like without any hassle. The service requires you to create an account (you can log in in 2 seconds using Facebook or Twitter, you have these accounts, right?). Unlike the famous Buffer extension, it provides access to all known and unknown social networks. In Buffer, only 4 are free (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+). For the rest you will have to pay.
Helps you choose the best hashtags by highlighting them in different colors. Green is a good hashtag. Blue is normal. Red – overused. To be honest, I still don’t understand whether this extension works in Russian or not, because... all the hashtags I entered were “normal,” including even the apparently popular words like “love,” “marketing,” and “photo.” For foreign users or those who are moving forward in the bureaucracy, it will be perfect.
Divides your monitor into two parts. The size of the windows is customizable.
Provides access to EXIF image data (camera model, shutter speed, flash use, matrix size, etc.).
Allows you to determine which sites you spend the most time on. Very detailed and sobering statistics.
Once you figure out which sites are your biggest time killers, you'll probably want to somehow reduce your time spent on them. And since the addiction is already quite strong, you are unlikely to be able to cope without outside help. The solution to this problem is the Block site extension. Using it, you can either completely block the site, or specify the time when it should be blocked (for example, during working hours - from 9 to 18). Then you will definitely not be tempted to surf the Contact pages.
The extension does not work in Chrome Gallery; you can use it by selecting “Block this link” in the menu.
A very simple extension. Allows you to add tasks and track their completion time. Works in the background.
Stores your passwords carefully. Requires registration.
Allows you to view detailed statistics on liveinternet on any site where it is installed.
For those who are not ready to pay for Key Collector. Some kind of help.
Extension for quick analysis of basic SEO indicators: TIC, PR, Alexa Rank, incoming links, etc.
Finds and highlights the no-follow tag and the no-index meta tag with a red frame.
An extension that shows what web technologies were used to develop a particular site. Shows CMS, installed counters, programming language, etc.
Extension for managing extensions (sorry for the tautology). Turns plugins on and off with one click. I think after reading this article you will definitely need it.
Are you confused by over 60 thousand add-ons in the Chrome Web Store? Find it difficult to separate truly useful apps from duds? We will help you. Below you will see a list of the best extensions for Google Chrome according to our readers and authors.
The list will be updated regularly, so if you want to add to the list, express your preferences in the comments so that we can add them to the article.
Privacy and Security
Ghostery blocks most websites' cookie and plugin tracking, giving you the choice to allow or block a given site from doing so. The extension also includes links to each tracker's privacy policy and gives you the opportunity to opt-out. It works on regular websites and social networks. In simple words, this extension finds so-called “bugs” and provides them to you with complete information about them.
Adblock Plus (ABP) is the original ad blocker for Chrome. It cleans loading sites from banners and pop-ups to Facebook and YouTube ads.
The application has the ability to create a white list of sites that you want to support and also a filter that will leave some unobtrusive advertisements.
This is a crowdsourced extension that evaluates sites based on their credibility, owner trustworthiness, privacy policies, and child safety. Its essence is to help the user avoid accessing malicious sites. However, like all crowdsourcing apps, it should be used with caution.
Also known as ScriptNo, ScriptSafe is for advanced users only. The operating principle is similar to Ghostery, but less selective. This means that you will be warned about every script on the site, and turning off all scripts will result in the site displaying errors. On the other hand, the app has a very user-friendly interface that will help you keep only the scripts that are required to display the content that you want.
This extension enables the use of the secure HTTPS protocol whenever possible to protect your data. This app is a collaboration between Top Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation - so you can rest assured that it's trustworthy and safe.
LastPass stores and encrypts your passwords on the LastPass server, allowing you to log in to websites with one click.
With 40 million users, this extension is one of the most used extensions. Despite the similar name to Adblock Plus, these are completely different projects launched by completely different people.
The latest update released last summer caused a lot of controversy over security and privacy, so if you're a security freak, you're better off using Adblock Plus.
News and weather
Let this extension find the content that will be most interesting to you, saving you time and hassle. You just need to install the extension and let it work - soon it will show you the pages that will be most interesting to you on any given site.
Google's RSS extension automatically puts an RSS Subscription button in Chrome's address bar when you visit sites that support RSS. You can add any viewer to the extension by clicking on the "Select" option in the drop-down menu, although you will have to assign a URL to the viewer.
The extension, aptly named “Weather,” will allow you to find out both the current situation outside the window and the weather forecast in your region. You can customize the extension to suit your needs by choosing which regions to display and your preferred units of measurement.
Entertainment
Hola allows you to view sites that have been blocked by your country, company, or school. The application works using VPN technology, this allows, for example, Britons living outside the UK to watch BBC live or Americans living away from the USA - Hulu. Unlike similar services, this one is completely free and allows you to select the country from which you want to view the site.
Streamus allows you to play YouTube videos in the background without having to navigate the site. The application also allows you to create playlists, play and skip tracks.
Turn Off the Lights
With one click of the extension button, Turn Off the Lights makes the current page - with the exception of videos - slowly darken. This is a neat way to solve the problem of videos embedded on light backgrounds.
If you have a Chromecast set-top box, this app will let you send media, web pages, and other content from your computer directly to your TV.
Have you ever had to minimize your browser when your boss comes into the office? Or perhaps when you're trying to buy someone a gift online and that person suddenly appears behind you? Panic Button will help you. This app will help you hide and save all your bookmarks in one click and the best thing is that they will be password protected so that only you can restore the session.
Sometimes you get to the end of an article or finish exploring all the new content on your favorite sites and you want more. This extension will help you find sites similar to those you are already reading - ideal for research, or just for everyday browsing.
Explore your interests and discover new content. Clicking on StumbleUpon will take you either to a random page or to a site specific to your interests.
Shopping
The Camelizer is a Chrome extension for accurate price checking, including advanced features such as a price chart, price alerts, and price trends from popular online retailers such as Amazon.com. Unfortunately, the extension is not aimed at Russian-speaking users, but in any case, the extension is very interesting and, perhaps, may be useful to someone.
The name speaks for itself. The app allows you to add items from any website to your Amazon wishlist.
Do you buy a lot on eBay? You will need this browser addon. It ensures that you don't miss out on a successful purchase and can track the auction price without going to the site itself.
Unlike its Yahoo counterpart, Chrome Currency Converter automatically changes all prices on the page to the current currency. This is good not only for shopping, but also when reading long articles that mention prices, and works with all world currencies.
Social media
Google+Notifications
If you're one of the growing number of people leaving Facebook behind and looking for new ways to connect on Google Plus, you might find the ability to receive notifications without having to visit the site itself useful.
This extension adds a Hangouts button to your browser so you can always reach your friends and family.
RES - Reddit Enhancement Suite
This is a must-have for Reddit lovers. The app shows your comment karma, shows mentions of your nickname, improves browsing options and, of course, eliminates the need to click on pages thanks to the “Endless Reddit” feature.
After installation, it allows you to access Twitter by pressing a button in the shape of a bird.
Also see: Buffer, Social Fixer for Facebook, Facebook For Chrome.
Tabs and bookmarks
Also known as Read This Later, Pocket helps you get the hang of reading lists of articles online. The extension allows you to save any article to your account with just one click, and also allows you to tag articles and read them offline.
There are apps for different platforms including Android, iOS, OSX and Blackberry.
This development based on the popular Evernote is much more than just a bookmarking tool. The application saves not only pages, but also various notes, audio, PDF files and videos. You can also use it to make to-do lists and search for existing entries.
TabCloud allows you to transfer the current browser session from one computer to another. You can also see your saved sessions.
TooManyTabs
Created for those who open more than 20 bookmarks at a time, this application offers a unique interface, search and recovery. It is undoubtedly one of the top ten bookmark management extensions.
This application replaces the normal window view with an attractive Windows 8 style - with a customizable tiled interface that can provide quick access to applications and pages on the web.
SimpleUndoClose offers an easy way to restore closed bookmarks - just click on the icon and select the page you want to open again.
What Chrome extensions do you like?
Tell us about your favorite extensions. What Chrome extensions make your tasks a lot easier, or maybe there are extensions that you can’t live without?
Hi all. I am often asked about extensions for Google Chrome, and the questions are quite standard - where are they located, how to enable or disable them, how to configure them, etc. In this article we will look at the basic setup of extensions. When I first started using this browser, which was new to me, I didn’t like it because it was too simple in its capabilities. But over time, it got better and better, and I couldn't resist switching to it.
Extensions for Google Chrome go by many names, often called plugins or add-ons, and sometimes called applications. Although, applications are a separate category in the Google Web Store, which most often represents links to other websites or games and has nothing to do with extensions.
Where are extensions for Google Chrome?
I already wrote about where to look for extensions and how to install them in . To go to the extensions tab, you need to go to the browser menu, then select “ Tools", then click on the item " Extensions»:
There are two other ways to access extensions: go to your browser history or go to its settings. In both cases, you can see the History/Extensions/Settings trio on the left. You can also right-click on the extension icon and select Settings, if available for the plugin.
How to enable, disable, remove and update plugins for Google Chrome.
Disabling or removing extensions is very easy. Look at the picture below. If you right-click on a plugin, you can choose what to do with it in the context menu.
If the plugin has settings, you can access them by clicking on the corresponding item. To completely remove the extension from Google Chrome, you need to click on the item “ Delete", to disable - " Disable" Paragraph " Hide button" allows you to hide the extension from the panel, but it will continue to work.
To delete hidden extension, you need to go to the extensions tab and click on the trash can icon. Here you can also change the plugin settings and indicate whether they can work in Incognito mode or not. By default they can't.
Paragraph " Settings» allows you to change the add-on settings, if any. There are such simple plugins that they don’t even have settings. Most have them, for example, as in a plugin for text translation or an extension for setting up smooth scrolling in Google Chrome - — You want the pages to turn smoothly, right?
The question often arises, how to update plugins for Google Chrome? To which I will answer you that you do not need to update them. They update themselves in the background, without your participation. It’s the same with updating Google Chrome itself - it also updates itself quietly in the background, which is a convenient solution.
If you have plugins are not installed from the web store, then you need to do the following: create a “Downloads” folder in the “My Documents” folder. After this everything should work. If desired, you can then move the folder for the downloaded files to another convenient location.
I would also like to add a few words about
Almost all plugins that work in Google Chrome will work in Yandex Browser, Chromium, the browser from Mail.ru and other variations of Google Chrome. Therefore, do not specifically look for plugins for Yandex Browser or similar ones, know that in most cases the plugins will work in all these browsers.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. chrome disable fps left- this means that you have the Fraps program installed. You can simply disable the Fraps program or change the settings so that the fps indicator is not displayed.
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It was with the help of add-ons that Firefox captured its quarter of the market. And how captured it! After a user installs a dozen extensions, switching to another browser is very difficult - not all provide similar capabilities, even Opera with its “cart and little cart” of functions.
But Opera has its own path, which is not cheap for young companies in this segment. Even for Google, which in a couple of years has caught up with its Chrome from beta version 0.x to stable 5.x (6.x is expected soon). No other browser developer has such a quick change of major version. And one of the innovations in the fourth version was support for extensions.
This is not surprising - the functionality of Google Chrome is even more modest than that of Firefox. It is extremely difficult to even just catch up with companies that have been present on this market for many years. You will either have to sacrifice stability so that development goes faster, or focus on optimizing the code so that the browser works without crashes and glitches. Obviously, Google chose the second option, and left the solution to the functionality issue on the shoulders of third-party programmers.
By the way, Apple Safari has provided the same feature since version 5. Internet Explorer has had it for a long time, but it’s more difficult to make extensions for it. Chrome and Firefox are different in that even the least experienced programmer can quickly whip up something. Well, Opera, as we have already said, has its own way. There, additional functions are added using widgets, but their access to browser resources is much more limited, so this is not comparable to extensions.
Google Chrome extensions were first introduced to the general public in September 2009. From that time on, developers could begin to do something. As a result, by December the number of additions increased to 300 pieces. With the release of Chrome 4 in January of this year, there were already 1,500 extensions, and six months later - about 5,000. Of course, Firefox cannot be compared with a couple of hundred thousand extensions, but Google Android at the beginning was far from the popularity of Apple iOS.
The growth of the Google Chrome add-on base inspires confidence that developers are really interested in this browser and will continue their work. In addition, it is already possible to make material about the most interesting and useful additions. Actually, this is exactly what we bring to your attention.
In total, we decided to include 34 different extensions in the article. However, some will be described in groups because they provide the same functionality but for different services.
We believe that not everyone will install so many add-ons, since, as can be seen from the screenshot, there is very little space left for the address bar. You can, of course, move some of the icons to the context menu, but then you will have to make an extra mouse click. For owners of large monitors, this problem is also not so relevant, but not everyone expands the browser to full screen, using desktop space more efficiently. In general, we mean that it would not hurt Google to add the ability to create panels for additional icons in Chrome. But it's time to move on to describing extensions.
