20 Chrome Extensions a Digital Marketing Agency Can’t Live Without
July 22, 2014
Here at Venture Stream we love a good list. And we’re partial to the odd browser extension too. So we thought we’d combine the two and give you a run down of the best Chrome Extensions for digital marketing, that we use on a daily basis.
Before diving into the list, it’s worth a second to doff our collective caps to Chrome and its prolific rise to browser market share dominance. First released towards the back-end of 2008, W3Counter now has Chrome clocking in at just shy of 40% of web browser market share, with Internet Explorer and Firefox taking the biggest hit in that time.
Chrome has firmly established itself as our go-to browser at Venture Stream, and so without further ado, here are our top 20 Google Chrome extensions the digital marketing agency couldn’t live without…
AdBlock
Exactly what it says on the tin. Blocks any ads from any site. An odd choice for online marketers…?
Alexa Traffic Rank
See Alexa stats at a glance, including Alexa Traffic Rank, sites linking in, load speed and more.
Awesome Screenshot
It’s awesome at taking screenshots. And annotations, edits and sharing too.
BuiltWith Technology Profiler
Find out what a website is built with. Great for looking at potential clients’ websites and seeing what platform they’re on.
Fat Rank
Designed for SEO’s by SEO’s, Fat Rank allows you to quickly check the ranking position of the site you’re on for any entered keyword or phrase.
Ghostery
Allows you to see the “invisible” web, such as trackers, bugs etc. Particularly useful for seeing what advertising technology a site uses.
Google Cast
Cast your Chrome tab to a Google Chromecast; good for viewing web content on a big screen.
Hide My Ass Web Proxy
Redirect your traffic through an anonymous proxy network. Huh?! Hide your IP address and browse sites without any geographical or historical implications. Like Incognito on steroids.
LastPass
Free password manager. Obvious multi-client necessity.
MozBar
A tool bar from Moz. Need we say more? Yes? Go on then…. Unleash the power of Moz (the SEO tool must-have) via a handy tool bar, giving you access to key info and stats at a glance.
Page Analytics by Google
A new one, but already a favourite. See key Google Analytics info for a page you have GA access to without having to leave that site.
Page Source
Literally halves the number of clicks necessary to view the source code of any web page.
Pricenoia
Great Amazon price history viewer – see how the price of an item has fluctuated over time and whether it’s at its cheapest or most expensive.
Quick Javascript Switcher
Enable / disable JavaScript on the fly.
Redirect Path
See the path of HTTP Status Codes of a URL, allowing you to spot otherwise unseen issues and the many weird and wonderful ways that people manage to implement and handle redirects.
Resolution Test
Switch browser sizes to test responsive layouts and more.
Stache
Smart and simple bookmarking for Macs
Tag Assistant by Google
View and verify Google tags installed on a page. Also highlights issues and suggests improvements.
User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
Report a different user agent to servers to make them serve you browser-dependent content.
Web Developer
Get access to loads of developer tools, including CSS, Images, Resize, Meta information and more. Great for designers, devs and the non-techies too.
So there you have it, the most used and most useful, Google Chrome Extensions that we use to aid us in our ecommerce and digital marketing day-to-day wizardry.
Have we missed our one of your favourites? Let us know via the comments below.
Written by Andy
Andy is Venture Stream’s Chief Operating Officer and has over 15 years’ experience in ecommerce consultancy, design and retail marketing.
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