If you are an active FireFox user, chances are you have very little space left in the upper part of your browser window. Remember what Rand’s browser could look like if he installed all the toolbars he reviewed:
We have an alternative place for some extensions - FireFox statusbar. Let’s see how we can optimize it:
1. SEOquake is turned on / off with one click on an icon at the statusbar. Besides, you can access its settings and more features from there (line-through “nofollow”, check links and keyword density, etc):
2. Search Status instantly shows you each page Google PageRank and Alexa Rank. What’s more it allows you to access the current site Robots.txt file and SiteMap, Archive.org profile, domain WhoIs data, the site indexed pages and backlinks (in Google or Yahoo), and even to run the link report and check the keyword density:
3. SEOBook Rank Checker allows you to quickly check the site current rankings for the specified term:
4. Domain Details addon provides access to domain Whois and server location information:
5. HTML validator will show you the current page HTML validation status - for details you will need to click the icon in the status bar:
One more: Greasemonkey has a huge number of possible uses and it shows up in the status bar.
More tips to optimize your FireFox:
- Create several FireFox profiles to sort your addons based on your purposes;
- Use FireFox search plugins to access multiple search engines from one compact window.
The post was inspired by 25 Tweaks for Your Firefox Status Bar.
Comments
21 responses so far ↓
suzanne on Nov 5, 2008 at 10:07 am
thanks so much for this, most of my screen is not covered up now :)
NoMoreSEO on Nov 5, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Status bar is more lite and nice-looking. Toolbars are very colorful and need many space for them.
Kyle Wegner on Nov 7, 2008 at 11:59 am
Good list, and one that I agree with since I use pretty much all of those extensions for space-saving. It’s hard doing SEO on a tiny monitor :(
One other way I’ve found to save space is to use 2 separate profiles, one for SEO and one for normal browsing (with a few key SEO extensions still running). Usually it is difficult to switch profiles on the fly, but the FF extension ProfileSwitcher fixes that. get ProfileSwitcher
The extension isn’t supported by Mozilla officially, so you will need to download from that site. Happy SEOing!
blogshop on Nov 8, 2008 at 6:00 am
toolbars are very colorful and
kid on Nov 12, 2008 at 3:07 am
fantastic seo tool for firefox mania like me, that’s so cool tool
Thank you
ABnCParties on Nov 19, 2008 at 7:26 am
The great tips keep rolling in! I love SEO Quake,
Fashion Jewelry, Art Glass on Nov 27, 2008 at 6:15 pm
I’ve just bought back some valuable screen real estate.
Thanks!
turkish kitchen on Mar 2, 2009 at 3:31 am
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alexa12 on Mar 11, 2009 at 12:24 am
Thank you for SEOBook Rank Checker
Paul on Mar 20, 2009 at 12:09 am
how to check backlinks
NICK99 on Apr 11, 2009 at 2:43 am
best addons for seo
Jack on Apr 11, 2009 at 10:08 pm
what’s new toolbar seo
please suggest
Panasonic HDC-SD20 on Apr 14, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Firefox have 2 modes that normal and savemode. :)
shopping blog on Apr 22, 2009 at 2:51 am
wow it’s great technic
Peter on Apr 25, 2009 at 11:21 am
great tool for firefox users, thank for reviews
Anan on Apr 25, 2009 at 11:59 am
Now i use SEOquake ,sometime it have been blocked by google if query more than 100 pr checker function ,thanks for more plugin informatioin
blogdx on May 20, 2009 at 6:55 am
great tools
very useful
thanks
ShoppingTips on May 23, 2009 at 5:35 am
Seoquake is great plugin firefox for seo. Thank you.
Razer-z on May 24, 2009 at 11:42 am
Nice addons!!!
DealsZoom on May 24, 2009 at 11:31 pm
This is the awesome tool for Firefox lovers to be used for Search Marketing. It takes me easier to do SEO & SEM. Love this post !
Give you many thanks.
Lawnmowers on May 26, 2009 at 5:22 am
Many addons here ! It’s benefit for SEO and Firfox lovers. Thank a lot !
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