Google Chrome is one of the best browsers now and what makes it better than others is a huge collection of nice browser extensions which enhances the user experience. Apart from speed, chrome is praised for its simplicity, security and great extensions. They’ll increase productivity, security, and make the overall experience of using this already-great browser even better. Being a blogger myself I know how much it is difficult to manage multiple blogs, works with clients, and to stay productive. But fortunately there are some great chrome extensions which help me in this. Here is my list of 10 awesome chrome extensions for bloggers and entrepreneurs.
1. Evernote
I would like to call Evernote as an extension of my brain. Evernote helps you to remember anything and everything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop. Users can take notes, clip web pages, snap photos using their mobile phones, create to-dos, and record audio. Additionally, the Evernote web service performs image recognition on all incoming notes, making prints or handwritten text found within images searchable. Another useful extension from the Evernote team is Evernote web clipper which lets you save interesting stuff you see on the web. See something you like, clip it and it will be added to your Evernote account.
2. Awesome Screenshot
Awesome Screenshot is a really awesome extension for Google Chrome which allows you to take an image of the website you are viewing and save it to your computer or share it online. Once you click the Awesome Screenshot icon icon next to your address bar, it will give you the option to either take screenshot of the entire page, selected area or the visible part of the page. The screenshots once captured, can be edited by adding text, shapes like rectangle, square, circle and add lines, arrows and can be cropped. There is a blur option for erasing any private information on the web page.
3.Stay Focused
Stay Focused is an extension designed to block those time-wasting sites that can suck the life out of your working day. For bloggers who lack the self-discipline (like myself) not to check the weather, score, stocks, or social networking sites when they should be focusing, it can be a real help. The idea of the extension is that you can block groups of sites for specified periods of time – either an amount of time per hour/ day/ week (eg you can access the sites for 15 minutes an hour) or between certain times of the day. Just type in the website URLs you find hard to resist, and enter the maximum length of time you want to spend on them.
4. WebRank SEO
WebRank SEO is one of the best Google Chrome SEO extensions. WebRank SEO gives you website ranks (Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, Compete Rank and Quantcast Rank), traffic graphs, social statistics, pages indexed and backlinks in various search engines (Google and Bing). You can analyze your competitors just by one click. A must have tool for your SEO endeavors.
5. TweetDeck
TweetDeck makes it easier for bloggers, marketers and power users to track the real-time conversations they care about. It brings more flexibility and insight to users through a customizable layout that lets you keep up with the people and topics that matter most to you. And, you can join the conversation by tweeting, sharing photos and links to news stories, and more.
6. Feedly
Feedly is a fast and stylish way to read and share the content of your favorite blogs. Feedly integrates with Google Reader, Google+, Twitter and Facebook. It had a number of different “views” you could use to browse your feeds. Feedly syncs in real time with Google Reader, so changes made in Feedly should reflect in Google Reader as well. If you haven’t tried Feedly before, this would be a good time to check it out.
7. Google Dictionary
English is not the mother tongue for many bloggers (at least not in my case), so a dictionary is a must have for many of them. The wonderful Google Dictionary extension makes it easy to view definitions easily as you browse the web. Just Double-click any word to view its definition in a small pop-up bubble. Another notable feature is that foreign words are automatically translated to your language of choice.
8. LastPass
LastPass is a password manager that makes web browsing easier and more secure. LastPass captures passwords that other managers won’t including many AJAX forms, and allows you to make strong passwords easily. You can import from most major password storage vendors (such as RoboForm, 1Password, KeePass, Password Safe, MyPasswordSafe, Sxipper, TurboPasswords, Passpack, Firefox and Internet Explorer’s built-in password manager) and export too.
9. SlideRocket
SlideRocket is one of the best online presentation software available today. It lets users create, manage, share and measure presentations. SlideRocket not only allows you to create stunning presentations but also to manage them intelligently, share them securely and then measures the results. This Web-based presentation tool is a great online alternative to PowerPoint and Keynote. The application, built on Adobe’s Flex platform, features many professional-grade design tools and includes libraries that centralize slides and share presentations and objects within a company.
10. Offline Gmail
Gmail Offline beta is a Gmail app built to support offline access, allowing mail to be read, responded to, searched and archived without network access. This app makes it simple to take your emails on the go, even if you don’t have an internet connection. Emails appear instantly when they’re received, and past emails are synced to your computer locally blazingly fast. The app even downloads attachments so you can access them when you don’t have internet access.
Did I miss any good Chrome Extensions? Let me know in the comments.
Chrome is a great app. Perhaps the best feature is that it is always the last browser to be hacked in Pwn2Own. It’s too bad I can’t get my Chrome bookmarks to sync cleanly with Safari on my iPad and iPhone.
Here are some of the blogger tools that I use–
– hootsuite
– aviary talon
– RSS ticker
– addthis
– dropbox
Google Dictionary is so useful and important that Google should buy the add-on and incorporate it into Chrome as an in-built feature. The convenience it provides is astounding.. to be able to simply double-click on a word and know its meaning in a second without leaving the page.
-Jean
WebRank SEO and the google dictionary are two handy extensions for me. Thanks for posting.
nice list of chrome extensions! “awesome screenshot” sounds cool, will try this out on my chrome. thanks for sharing!
Nice post, Rojish.
I have only just installed Google Chrome on my old Pc just to give it a test run.
Looks as though there are some nice extensions there.
I currently use Firefox on my main computer, so I became accustomed to this browser(And it’s add on–extensions–etc).
I may switch over fully to Chrome if it can tick all the boxes(Stability, security, speed)
I would say that evernote is hands down the very best app I have seen for my andriod/pc productivity and having my mind together no matter where I am when I have an idea!
Rojish, You have an excellent idea regarding on how to deal with Google Chrome extensions bloggers. I must say that those 10 extensions will surely help them to increase their applications and try them as well.
great list of plugins for chrome. Probably I’ll get back here and one by one try it if I shifted from firefox.
Nice useful collection of google chrome extensions thanks for sharing this with us
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Thanks for the comment Raj, wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 🙂
Same to you Rojish 🙂
Hi again. I’ve tried to use and apply your great chrome extensions and it works well for me. I hope to see some new tips from you. Thanks!
Thanks for the comment Shikha, wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 🙂
Webrank SEO is a greatest tool for analysing all the details of a site in just a drag of a cursor. Thanks for such a great share.
Thanks for your comment Gaurang
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 🙂
great article and very useful extensions, I can also recommend “goodfood” extension, because bloggers need to stay healthy and eat healthy while sitting behind computer or laptop.And of course angry birds, sometimes it’s good to relax when you don’t have idea for writing. I personally use these two.
Thanks for sharing the “Goodfood” extension James. a similar plugin worth mention is “H2O” which will remind us to drink 8 glasses of water each day and thus help us staying healthy.
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 🙂
Quality list – Thanks. I am looking into chrome as my google toolbar in internet explorer 9 keeps crashing windows!
Happy New Year – May your blog go from strength to strength
Thanks for your response Joe.
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 🙂
your quick response is really very awesome 🙂
Hi Rojish,
Thanks for this great post and the list.
I´m new, and i use other tools.
– Promt
– Whitesmoke
– Roboform
for example.
I must check out which tools from google can help me for Blogging and SEO. It’s so interesting to test these free tools.
Thanks a lot for your tips.
I wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Greetings from Germany Sandy 🙂
Dear Rojish, Your list does not feature share this extension for chrome, that was a great disappointment for me. as according to me is a very good extension to share your articles on social bookmarking sites.
Offline Gmail is really useful.
hello rojish
nice article i was really finding for these plugins useful for me once again thnx for this nice info and article really going to help me a lot
Nice list, I am using WebRank SEO for my use.
thanks for the share , serious extensions for bloggers
Thank you for sharing this with us, hope you have a great 2012
As always, Evernote is a great way to help us remember almost anything and it can even help us organize the important things we must do each day. I’m not much of a Google Chrome user, but I will surely give it another try because of the extensions you listed. I got really curious about the offline Gmail feature and SlideRocket. Thanks for sharing!
nice extensions really need these these extensions thnx for share
from the above list of extension webRank SEO is my favorite one for commenting on my niche blogs and forums.
Awesome extensions. I knew only 2 or 3 amongst them but now I will check out all these chrome extensions one by one to make my blog better. Awesome blog and really useful. You seem to have a pretty good information on blogging. I have come to your blog for the first time and I hope that I would have a good time with you.
which seo extension is best to use in the provided above one..
I must say that offline gmail is my favorite for long plane rides where I won’t have connectivity. It allows me to get work done and forget about it. Then it sends/syncs when connection becomes available.
i’m already using awesome screen shots and some of other apps. very nice list rojish 🙂
no6.. i using this extensions… but if using too much.. my chrome will slow..
I personally can’t do without the Readability and SEOmoz plug-ins for Chrome.
I’m still using firefox and haven’t really used many plugins yet. These do look pretty useful though! Do most people in the know think Google Chrome is the way forward then?
Nice post. I had no idea that you can add extensions to Google Chrome. I thought FireFox was the only browser that had that functionality. I just added the Webrank SEO extention. Thanks again for the info!
offline gmail is a extension which is worth downloading !! thanks for the other awesome extensions rojish .
i think stay focus is the main tool to maintain focus. anyway great post as always.
great post rojish…keep it up…
Most of these extensions are known, but then also thanks for reminding these 🙂
All extension are very useful for a bloggers . A bloggers must have these chrome extensions . Most of Extensions i use on my chrome .
Really a great and very useful tips you shared with us.it might be very helpful for me.