25 Best Google Chrome Extensions for SEO (2022) - 99signals

Google's Chrome web store offers a variety of different SEO tools that can help you with your SEO efforts with just one click.

In this article, I'll share 25 of the best SEO Chrome extensions you need to add to your web browser right away.

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Side note: If you'd like a smaller list, check out this video below where I share my 5 favorite Google Chrome extensions for SEO.

Top 25 Google Chrome Extensions for SEO

1. GrowthBar

GrowthBar's Chrome extension 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.

Try GrowthBar free for 5 days

To learn more about GrowthBar, check out my in-depth GrowthBar review.

2. SEOquake

SEOquake is a free SEO Chrome extension by Semrush that provides you with key SEO metrics, keyword analysis, and a complete SEO audit of any webpage you visit.

The best part? You don't need to have an active Semrush subscription to get maximum benefits out of SEQquake.

Here's a quick breakdown of what you can do with this free plugin by Semrush:

• Get a thorough analysis of SERPs
• Get an instant SEO summary for any webpage
• Examine external and internal links
• Compare domains and URLs in real-time
• Estimate keyword difficulty instantly
• Get a detailed and structured report on all keywords found on any page.

Get SEOquake for Chrome

Related: Semrush Review: The SEO Tool Trusted by Experts

3. FindThatLead

One of the most effective techniques to generate contextual backlinks is via blogger outreach. That said, it's not easy. Even after you've identified the bloggers and influencers in your niche you'd like to reach out to, you may not have their emails to start your outreach.

FindThatLead's Chrome extension saves you the trouble by finding the right emails on any website or LinkedIn profile.

Not just that, but with FindThatLead's verification process, you'll know if the email generated is correct. It's a must-have tool if you're planning on sending outreach emails.

FindThatLead's free plan gives you 50 free credits per month.

Get FindThatLead for Chrome

Side note: To learn more about FindThatLead, check out my in-depth video review and tutorial below:

4. Mangools SEO Extension

Mangools SEO Extension is a powerful way to perform a quick SEO analysis that includes authority and trend metrics, backlink analysis, key on-page SEO data, and rank tracking.

You will basically get the essential data from their popular SEO tools package (which includes KWFinder, SERPChecker, LinkMiner, and more) right in your browser with the ability to use the tools anytime for an in-depth analysis.

The extension has smart context menu integrations and advanced features that are available directly in Google SERP such as localized results and shortcuts to analyze backlinks and the URL profile.

Get Mangools SEO Extension for Chrome

Side note: While you can use this SEO Chrome extension for on-page SEO and page speed checks, it works best with an active Mangools subscription. To learn more about Mangools and to see how it compares with Semrush, check out my comprehensive Semrush vs Mangools comparison guide.

5. Ahrefs SEO Toolbar

Ahrefs' Chrome extension gives you an instant on-page SEO report for any page you visit. What's more, you can also use it as a broken link checker, redirect tracer, and get a ton of important SEO metrics for any webpage right in your browser.

Get Ahrefs SEO Toolbar for Chrome

Side note: If you have an active Ahrefs account, you can unlock advanced SEO metrics such as domain rating, page rating, number of backlinks, and more. Read my in-depth Ahrefs review to learn more about its key features.

6. MozBar

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.

Get MozBar for Chrome

7. vidIQ Vision for YouTube

vidIQ is one of the leading YouTube SEO tools on the market. If you'd like your videos to rank well on YouTube and generate more views and subscribers, then you need vidIQ's Chrome extension by your side.

vidIQ goes beyond YouTube Analytics to provide you insights on how to get more views and subscribers on YouTube. vidIQ lets you perform a channel audit to show you what's working with your content and the areas where you need to make improvements. You can also get insights into what your competitors are doing to rank high and generate more views on YouTube.

While vidIQ's free Chrome extension is packed with features such as Channel Audit, vidIQ Score, and vidIQ Competitors Tool, you can unlock premium features and higher limits by upgrading to one of their paid plans. Click here to check out their existing pricing plans.

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8. BuzzSumo Extension

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.

You can use the Buzzsumo extension to not just analyze your own posts, but also your competitors' posts.

Get BuzzSumo Extension for Chrome

9. Ubersuggest's Chrome Extension

Ubersuggest's free SEO Chrome extension shows you important keyword data not just for Google search results, but also for YouTube and Amazon search results.

In addition, this extension also provides you with backlink data, social share count, domain metrics, and more to streamline your SEO efforts right in your web browser.

Get Ubersuggest for Chrome

10. Hunter

Hunter is yet another email finder that helps you find email addresses associated with the websites you visit. In addition to email addresses, you can get the names, job titles, social networks, and phone numbers.

Hunter's free plan provides you with 50 free credits per month.

Get Hunter for Chrome

11. Serpstat Plugin

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.

Get Serpstat Plugin for Chrome

Want to learn more about Serpstat? Check out my Serpstat review to learn more about Serpstat and all its key features.

12. SEO Search Simulator by Nightwatch

SEO Search Simulator is a free SEO Chrome extension by Nightwatch, an SEO performance tracker, that simulates search engine queries from any location on Google.

It's a useful tool for tracking your website's rankings as well as your competitors' rankings in different locations.

Get SEO Search Simulator for Chrome

13. Page Analytics by Google

Google's Page Analytics extension is a great tool to understand how your customers are interacting with your website.

The tool gives you useful data like where your users click and the number of active visitors your website has in real-time.

It also shows your usual Google Analytics metrics like Pageviews, Unique Pageviews, Average time on page and Bounce Rate. A must-have extension if you rely on Google Analytics for traffic stats.

Get Page Analytics for Chrome

14. Ninja Outreach Lite

Ninja Outreach is a powerful blogger outreach and prospecting tool and its Chrome extension is a 'lite' version of the tool which you can use to extract extremely useful website data.

The information available through the tool includes full name, location, social media follower counts, email address, Alexa rank, backlinks, page authority, domain authority, and more. It also adds powerful prospecting and outreach capabilities to your web browser.

The tool also displays links to key pages within a website such as contact, about, resources, reviews, infographics, etc., and provides email outreach templates that you can use from the extension itself.

Get Ninja Outreach Lite for Chrome

15. LinkMiner

Broken link building is one of the most effective ways to build backlinks for your site. However, it's also time-consuming and without the help of proper tools, it can be an unrewarding task.

Which is why you need to use a tool like LinkMiner to help you in this endeavor.

LinkMiner scans webpages for broken links and pulls metrics on those links. It shows backlink info and social data for any link on a page and allows you to export those links from a page onto a CSV file.

You can also use LinkMiner to find out how many total or external links are on the webpage you're viewing.

Get LinkMiner for Chrome

16. WooRank Chrome Extension

SEO Analysis & Website Review is a Chrome extension by WooRank which provides an in-depth SEO report for any given website.

When you click on the WooRank extension icon, the tool opens a right-click menu with an SEO analysis of the website covering stats such as traffic estimations, traffic rank, Google Ads traffic, etc.

It also provides on-page and off-page data such as title, meta description, meta keywords, headings, text/HTML ratio, internal and external links, anchor text, etc.

Get WooRank Extension for Chrome

17. Analytics UTM Builder

Google Analytics is an extremely powerful tool to track your website traffic.

Analytics UTM Builder is a useful add-on to quickly tag the URLs that you want to track in your Google Analytics campaigns.

To use this extension, click on the UTM Builder icon which looks like a shopping cart. The tool will then automatically capture the current URL of the page. You will then need to complete a form including fields like the source, medium, campaign, etc.

Once you've filled the form, the tool will autogenerate the final URL. You can then share this new tagged link through your social media accounts and track them independently using Google Analytics.

Get Analytics UTM Builder for Chrome

18. Lighthouse

Lighthouse is a free SEO 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.

Get Lighthouse for Chrome

19. Redirect Path

Redirects are an important part of SEO. Redirect Path will show you all the redirects from the URL you entered to your final URL.

The extension flags up 301, 302, 404, and 500 HTTP status codes as well as client-side redirects like Meta and Javascript redirects, bringing potential issues that may not otherwise be seen.

The tool also displays other HTTP Headers (such as server types and caching headers) and the server IP Address at the click of a button.

Get Redirect Path for Chrome

20. Link Grabber

Link Grabber allows you to extract links from a webpage and display them in another tab. You can also automatically block links from a configurable list of domains.

These links are clickable, and you can also copy/paste them onto a spreadsheet.

Get Link Grabber for Chrome

21. SEO Minion

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.

Get SEO Minion for Chrome

22. AMP Validator

AMP Validator is a super useful SEO Chrome extension if you use AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages). This extension automatically checks each page for AMP validation and reports if the page passes or fails via the extension icon.

Get AMP Validator for Chrome

23. Bit.ly

There are tons of URL shorteners out there, but Bit.ly is arguably the best among them.

The Bit.ly extension allows you to shorten URLs quickly, and even lets you track stats such as the number of clicks a link got.

When you click on this extension icon, it will automatically give you a shortened URL to use which you can then share directly from the popup window.

Get Bit.ly Extension for Chrome

24. SeoStack Keyword Tool

SEOStack Keyword Tool is a free SEO Chrome extension that lets you find long-tail keywords quickly and easily.

The tool allows you to generate a ton of keyword ideas from multiple search engines, including Google, Bing, YouTube, Yahoo, and more. What's more, you can then export the keyword data to CSV.

Get SEOStack Keyword Tool for Chrome

25. SimilarWeb

The SimilarWeb Chrome extension lets you check website traffic and other key metrics for any website, including engagement rate, traffic ranking, traffic source, and keyword ranking.

Get SimilarWeb for Chrome

Summary & Infographic

By now, your web browser must be loaded with extensions to make SEO easier on a day-to-day basis. Test these SEO Chrome extensions out and see how much value they are adding to your SEO efforts.

If you're a Firefox user, check out these 10 best Firefox extensions for SEO.

What's your favorite Google Chrome SEO extension? Let us know in the comments below.

Side note: If you're looking to boost your social presence, check out these 15 Google Chrome extensions for social media marketing.

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Editor's Note: This article was first published on 19 Jan 2017 and has been updated regularly since then for relevance and comprehensiveness.

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