SEO is alive with a total of over 200 factors. This can quickly become confusing. So that you always have an overview, it is important to monitor websites with suitable tools. Chrome SEO plugins are a great way to do this.
The small extensions help you to keep an eye on relevant factors and quickly identify possible sources of error. This is how you can optimize your website. But which SEO plugins are there anyway? Introducing 7 helpful extensions for Chrome!
What are SEO plugins?
SEO plugins are small extensions for Chrome that aim to make the workaround SEO easier. The special thing about it is that these plugins are used directly in the browser. They are installed there and called up again there.
They are usually used in the front end. So you call up a page, activate the extension, and get the desired data or information. In most cases, these are specialized tools that only cover a certain area. However, there are also SEO plugins that provide a lot of information and are in no way inferior to some paid programs.
So overall, it’s worth looking into such extensions for Chrome. This is how you can adapt your browser so that it supports the way you work in the best possible way.
7 Useful SEO Plugins for Chrome
Below we present seven SEO plugins for the Chrome browser. This is a subjective choice. There are certainly a variety of other useful tools. However, the following extensions have proven themselves in our everyday work. Of course, there are also extensions for other browsers – but Chrome simply has the largest market share at almost 70%, so it is used most often and receives the most extensions. But enough of the forewords, on to our SEO plugins …
1. SEO META in 1 CLICK
- Meta Title and Description
- URL
- Headline Structure (H1–Hx)
- Pictures with Alt Title
- Open Graph Data
According to the manufacturer, the aim of the tool is to make SEO easier to implement and to increase overall visibility. It’s especially useful for a quick scan from the front. This way you can identify possible problems that you might have missed in the backend.
2. Keywords Everywhere
Keywords Everywhere is an SEO plugin for Chrome that gives you multiple insights into the world of Keywords. The extension offers all sorts of information about keywords that are helpful when researching and creating SEO texts.
These include the following data:
- The search interest in the trend barometer
- Related Keywords
- Also wanted suggestions
- Long Tail Keywords
- Competition for the keyword
All this data is – if the plugin is activated – simply displayed next to the Google search. As a result, the information flows naturally into the search, which makes this Chrome extension particularly pleasant to use.
So overall it is a keyword research tool, which is particularly interesting for smaller companies or projects. After all, it is a free alternative and therefore an ideal complement to other free keyword tools such as Sistrix, Ubersuggest, or the Keyword Planner.
3. Seerobots
Seerobots is a simple Chrome extension that displays the information when a page is called up and colored with the robot’s tag. There are four different states: index/follow, index/nofollow, noindex/follow, noindex/nofollow.
Depending on the field appears green, half-green, and half red, or completely red. This gives you a quick glimpse of how a page’s Robot tag is doing.
4. Hreflang Tag Checker
This SEO plugin helps you to check hreflang tags. These tags are used when a website has different language versions. This is an HTML attribute that allows you to specify the language and geographical orientation of the respective pages.
In short: These tags ensure that people in England receive the English version of your website and people in Germany the German version.
The results of the Hreflang Tag Checker for the homepage of the Swiss folding tent manufacturer “Pro-Tent”.
The Hreflang Tag Checker will show you click on which different language versions of a website are available and whether they are set up correctly. The SEO plugin performs a kind of test crawling to see whether the respective pages are properly related. So it allows a fast and reliable insight into the hreflang architecture.
05. Wappalyzer
Use the Wappalyzer to open the hood of the site and see what’s underneath. This SEO plugin for Chrome captures the fundamental technology of a website.
You will get the following insights:
- Content Management System
- Ecommerce Platform
- Frameworks
- Web Server
- Analysis tools
Found a website that you really like? With the Wappalyzer you can get to the bottom of it and understand how this page was built.
06. Redirect Path
Especially with large website projects, there is no way around redirects in the long term. Eventually, old pages are removed or redesigned and suddenly lead to different URLs. Set up redirects so that the traffic on the old links is not lost.
Depending on the size of the project, this can sometimes become confusing. A redirect Path makes it possible to read out the redirect structure of a page. You get insights into all typical HTTP status codes like 301, 302, 404, or 500. This allows you to put your redirects in order to bring and, if necessary, delete superfluous intermediate links.
07. Lighthouse
Lighthouse is a powerful SEO plugin provided by Google itself. This comprehensive tool will help you improve the performance of your website. To do this, simply go to the respective website, start Lighthouse, and click on “Generate Report”. It may then take some time before you receive a detailed report on the status of your website.
This page reveals weaknesses in the area of performance but convinces in the three other categories in its entirety.
This overview contains a total of five different categories: Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, SEO, and Professional Web App (if available). You will each receive a value from 0-100, whereby you should ideally aim for a value in the green area (>90).
You will receive an individual evaluation for each of the five categories. So you can identify errors and optimize your website.
This tool is definitely more for advanced users who want to fine-tune their websites. If you are technically versed and can turn the appropriate screws, you will receive a powerful tool for optimization here.
Keep on top of things with SEO plugins for Chrome
Of course, there are also a lot of SEO plugins that can be helpful in addition to our seven extensions. We made this selection because they cover a large part of the factors and are therefore regularly used by us. In the end, however: You have to find out for yourself which SEO plugins best match your browser to the way you work. Because in the end, all of these extensions are all about making everyday SEO work as easy as possible. And unfortunately, there is no patent recipe for this. We wish you a lot of fun trying it out!
