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11 Must Have Firefox Extensions
11 Must Have Firefox Extensions
Posted March 10th, 2008 by Jeremy Schoemaker
SEO for Firefox – Aaron Walls great extension which shows you every seo statistic within a Google Search. Very usefull.
SplitLink Shows the true link behind redirects. Very useful for affiliate marketers. This has been removed…. ill update if I find a new link
Download Embedded With this tool you can download embedded files like flash movies (youtube) and pretty much any embedded content. (like my radio shows)
LiveHTTPHeaders Find out what all is going on with your web browser. One of my favorite tools.
ColorZilla – allows you to pull colors off a page
Firebug Awesome for debugging html/css and even profiling your page finding out what is making it hang.
Google GlobalFrom PPC expert at Redflymarketing this handy tool lets you see Google results from various countries
Inbound Link Quality Extension A interesting SEO tool which gives you ranking based on inbound links and their authority
SEO Link Analysis Script Link verification and deep analysis. Very useful
SearchStatus – One of my favorites and most used. Shows alexa/compete/pagerank. Useful for quick stats.
Web Developer This is a must have for any web developer. Lets you edit and view css on the fly and also apply different stylesheets to different pages. I sucked at CSS before this and now I am ok…
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April 15, 2008 at 11:07 am
SEO for Firefox alone was worth reading this! Thanks!!!!
March 17, 2008 at 1:19 pm
It’s a great extension for Firebug. I love it.
March 15, 2008 at 2:47 pm
ColorZilla sounds interesting – it’s one of the few listed that I havent got. I currently use gax for grabbing colors though. I wouldn’t be without the web developer toolbar or FireBug – it’s so useful to be able to debug javascript code
March 14, 2008 at 8:00 am
Really all posted ad-ons are very helpful. I can add another very effective mozila firefox ad-ons & its fasterfox for Performance and network tweaks for Firefox…
Fasterfox allows to tweak many network and rendering settings such as simultaneous connections, pipelining, cache, DNS cache, and initial paint delay.
March 13, 2008 at 5:01 am
Thank you very much for the info..
March 13, 2008 at 5:00 am
Thank you very much..
March 13, 2008 at 3:17 am
I have some more, Dust-Me Selectors, Alexa Sparky, DownThemAll, Fasterfox, IETab, JSViewm Shareaholic and Stumble Upon. Thanks for sharing your list.
March 12, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Is this an extension that saves webpages to view offline?
March 12, 2008 at 10:01 pm
ColorZilla sounds a lot like a program I use called ColorCop. It’s downloadable and allows you to sample any color anywhere on your computer/ web/ documents, etc. You’re then given the number name of your color so you can use it anywhere!
March 12, 2008 at 10:55 am
Hey Jeremy,
Thanks mate for the tools. I just started to use blog after so long. Had a few websites but not blog. So I’m like a little kid trying to learn as much and fast as possible.
Would appreciate if you can take a look at my blog and recommend me what else should I do with it http://zacksays.com
The Inbound Link Quality Extension is very helpful for me and really appreciate it.
Cheers!
Zacky
March 12, 2008 at 9:03 am
Scrapbook for Firefox (http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/) is invaluable for long haul flights.
March 12, 2008 at 8:20 am
all the SEO tools are very essential.
Thanks for sharing!
http://3magin8.com
March 12, 2008 at 4:55 am
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/
best free ftp client i think
http://tamperdata.mozdev.org/
http header peeking
http://www.groowe.com/
great search toolbar (google, yahoo, live, wiki, del.icio.us, digg), complete with the subsearch button (image search, blog search etc)
March 11, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Thanks Jeremy for sharing these. I probably won’t use all of them but a few of the ones you listed I can definiately use. The Web Developer one is an excellent one as well as the FireBug one.
~Terry
March 11, 2008 at 8:25 pm
You should just link out the XPI for SplitLink here (on your site).
March 11, 2008 at 8:13 pm
The SEO Link Analysis Script looks pretty cool. I went over to Joost de Valk’s blog and read more about it and it sounds like a useful tool being that it provides info that Google won’t tell us.
March 11, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Same here. But not SplitLink. The link doesn’t work though.
March 11, 2008 at 7:34 pm
That sounds cool.
March 11, 2008 at 7:30 pm
The SEO tool works great… Firefox 3 really bring something good in browser evolution.
March 11, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I would gladly use 1,8,9 extensions..
March 11, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Another one I just started using that is already proving to come in handy is google’s notebook.
March 11, 2008 at 2:16 pm
The “dark red” are nofollow links.
March 11, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Firefox is brilliant due to such addons;
I actually blogged about it my self recently.
on security addons:
http://rants.thenexus.tk/paranoia-as-my-guide/
and general webmaster focused ones:
http://rants.thenexus.tk/some-useful-firefox-addons-for-the-budding-webmaster/
March 11, 2008 at 11:30 am
I wish SEO for Firefox or SEO Quake would work with Firefox 3.
March 11, 2008 at 9:57 am
Absolutely agree on the extensions – I’d be lost with SEO for Firefox and Web Dev.
Two others I use regularly:
* Page Saver – http://pearlcrescent.com/products/pagesaver/ – lets you save a JPG/PNG of the whole page, without having to take a few screenshots and paste them all together
* Domain Lookup – http://www.qualitynonsense.com/148/domain-lookup-firefox-extension/ – lets you select a phrase on a page and automatically check to see if the .co.uk/.com/etc is available
March 10, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Thanks Shoe!
-Mike
March 10, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I’m a huge fan of Aaron’s SEO for Firefox, that thing is crucial if you do any research at all. Whereas the other tools do make things easier (like seeing CSS code as it renders and seeing live headers), SEO for Firefox increases your productivity in light years. (look up PR, inbounds, age, etc. with a click!)
March 10, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I must try some of these. It sounds like they could save some time and provide some interesting information.
Thanks Shoe
March 10, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Thanks for the great list! I use Firebug and Web Developer everyday. Couldn’t live without them now. I can’t wait to try the SEO add-ons that you listed. A big thanks to the geekboys for listing the Screengrab add-on which will get used nearly everyday as well.
March 10, 2008 at 3:57 pm
The only plugin I have is the SearchStatus one; it does come in handy!
March 10, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Download Embedded doesn’t work on youtube, it’s specifically mentioned on their download page.
March 10, 2008 at 3:26 pm
SEO Quake is much better than SEO for Firefox. Go download that one instead.
March 10, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Agreed. SEO Quake is much better. Go download that one instead.
March 10, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Yea the ILQ (Inbound Link Quality) tool is a great tool Bob Mutch (one of my friends) wrote that he actually does pretty good with that site, great tool though!
March 10, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I have already downloaded a few of these and have them installed and they are already helping me out a lot to quickly find info instead of having to search for a browser tool that will show me incoming links etc
March 10, 2008 at 2:41 pm
I am going to be ALL over this list. I can’t wait to see what I learn from that first SEO one. I just discovered firefox extensions last week, with Morning Coffee loading all my basic web pages for me every day; I can’t wait to see how much else there is out there!
March 10, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I love DownloadEmbedded… why bother putting youtube’s embed code on your site when you can just download the video directly and upload it to your site using your own FLV player? Also, with using Agriya FLV players, you can have your own video links appear at the end of each video thus increasing pageviews.
March 10, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Link Diagnosis is good extension for SEO as well. Link here – http://www.linkdiagnosis.com
March 10, 2008 at 12:30 pm
I will check them out…I didnt know these available…
March 10, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Have heard of most of those, except LiveHTTPHeaders and Web Developer. Gonna have to check those out I guess.
March 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm
firefox also has an awesome FTP client that works through Firefox called FireFTP. once you download it it lives on the Firefox tool bar. I love iT!
March 10, 2008 at 11:55 am
Great set, featuring a few must grabs for me. I am about to rip out the Alexa bar in IE&. It has slowed down everything to a very slow crawl.
March 10, 2008 at 11:07 am
I did. Nice addon.
March 10, 2008 at 11:07 am
Just installed. That SEO LINKS plugin isnt good. Makes all links DARK Red….and looks get a bit crappy
March 10, 2008 at 10:59 am
Had look I have most of these already but found this little number its called PicLens, allows you to look at photos in the coolest way check it just go to firefox extensions and search for it. No SEO benefit but looks class.
March 10, 2008 at 10:55 am
Thanks a ton. To be honest I had none. I installed many of them. Thanks a lot
March 10, 2008 at 10:49 am
I use SEO Elite. And love it. I know that FF is coming out with its 3rd version still in beta. I wonder when it will be released. I did download the link analysis script.
March 10, 2008 at 10:47 am
Hi Jeremy,
Thank you for this great list, i had some of them, but the most useful I didn’t have!!!, I will share this with many people by sending them to your blog!!, Keep up the good work and inspirational writing!!..
March 10, 2008 at 10:30 am
Google Global is interesting. I’ve come across blogs and bloggers from so many different countries.
March 10, 2008 at 10:12 am
Good post… I just installed a few of these I didn’t have. Cool… Thanks.
March 10, 2008 at 9:52 am
Hey Shoe,
How could you forgot about Link Diagnosis Firefox Extension? – it gives you lots of info about backlinks and also you can find out how old is the page. There is no other tool that gives you that information.
March 10, 2008 at 9:52 am
Extensions are one of the things that make firefox great, I use a ton of them and found a few more on this list
March 10, 2008 at 9:30 am
Hey Jeremy, the link to SplitLink goes to a 404 and I didn’t find it with a quick search.
March 10, 2008 at 9:22 am
hahaha… I like ColorZilla a lot….
March 10, 2008 at 9:20 am
you forgot a real good one
Screen grab (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1146/) takes a screenshot of the webpage and saves it as an image file. This saves a ton of time compared to the method I used to use take a screenshot and open Adobe Photoshop to crop the image.
March 10, 2008 at 9:02 am
They are some great tools, i am also using some other ones but i will add them to my browser asap.
March 10, 2008 at 8:54 am
Great list! Will definitely have to look at more of them as they all seem beyond useful!
March 10, 2008 at 8:45 am
What aboutt MeasureIt? I love that plugin – maybe it’s more for designers though.
March 10, 2008 at 8:39 am
A good list. I have most of them already and I use them quite a bit.
March 10, 2008 at 8:20 am
I agree, firefox is an awesome tool =]
I had 4 of the 11 listed but will definitely download some more of those.
March 10, 2008 at 8:17 am
Nice list you compiled there. might have to get them now
March 10, 2008 at 8:11 am
Okay splitlink goes to ‘addon not found’ then I got redirected to ScribeFire plugin o.O’?
March 10, 2008 at 8:09 am
What about http://ff.seoquake.com/? It’s much better that SEO for Firefox.
March 10, 2008 at 8:08 am
YSlow is also a must-have on my list:
http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/
It’s the easiest way to optimize page load time
March 10, 2008 at 8:08 am
Must check out splitlink.
March 10, 2008 at 7:48 am
Is the listing in some order ? I use last 2 tools only
March 10, 2008 at 7:47 am
When you click the link to Splitlink you get following message: Ad-on not found
March 10, 2008 at 7:40 am
Nice list. I can confirm the value of these extensions from my own experience, although some of them are new to me (meanwhile installed
)
March 10, 2008 at 7:33 am
nice collection! I have some of these, especially firebug – I love firebug helps be see what is Fing with my webpage – for example – kontera was laggin my blog because of loading all the images for their dynamic links – so I took it off – firebug is a dfinite must have
March 10, 2008 at 7:22 am
nice…i am trying out some of them
March 10, 2008 at 7:16 am
Thanks for the great post… A lot of these I didn’t know about… Off to try SearchStatus and a couple more…
March 10, 2008 at 7:14 am
nice list, i already have most of them
March 10, 2008 at 7:12 am
BTW, the link to “SplitLink” didn’t work.
March 10, 2008 at 7:06 am
How about x Firefox Extensions that kill your computer? Some of these I already have, some I plan to check out but I am apprehensive because Firefox can really hog system recourses with some extensions.
March 10, 2008 at 7:01 am
Jeremy, the SplitLink-URL is broken (“Add-on not found!”)..