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Dale Earnhardt Jr (Nascar) Theme For Chrome

by Chrome Blog on March 9, 2010

This theme is specially for all the Nascar fans and more precisely for Dale Earnhardt Jr fans. I found this theme on ChromeThemes.org, again made by P.fil. I personally do not like Nascar, but nevertheless the theme looks awesome on your Google Chrome browser.

Dale Earnhardt Jr Theme For Chrome

dale earnhardt jr

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Please Note: The theme would work on all the latest Stable, Beta and Developer Builds of Google Chrome.

Do let us know what you think about this theme, comments are appreciated.

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Google Chrome Dev Channel Adds Geolocation

by Chrome Blog on March 5, 2010

The developer channel of Google Chrome today got updated to 5.0.342.1. With this release, Google Chrome is certainly heading towards the much awaited Google Chrome OS as Geolocation APIs have been enabled in its early form.

What Does Geolocation Feature Means?

The Geolocation APIs will allow developers to point the location of your computer by analyzing the WiFi networks around your location. This would enable websites to serve content based on the location of the user, which it would access by requesting the browser to share its location. The geolocation feature is optional and would require user confirmation every time.

Geolocation feature is already available on Firefox using its built in api and soon we would see this in the stable builds of Google Chrome.

As of now, this Geolocation feature is very limted and in order to use it you need to be on the latest developer build of google chrome. To enable geolocation, one needs to add the following command line in the browser shortcut :

––enable-geolocation

It is also mentioned that its User Interface is not completed yet and chrome would not remember what permissions you have set earlier.

The Future of Geolocation

As we see most of the browsers are now working on getting the geolocation feature in their browser as a basic feature, so it wont be long when it becomes a norm for browsers to have geolocation. This would enable a better browsing and a more regionally correct content served by websites. Although, as others mentioned, using Wifi to point the location of a user might not be the best option but certainly it would be more accurate than using IPs for the same.

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Super Mario Bros Theme For Google Chrome

by Chrome Blog on March 3, 2010

How many of us have played Super Mario on our old “cassette” video game consoles? I guess a lot!! Super Mario was voted No.1 in an “All time Best Video Game” survey a few months back, and it was a great idea on part of p.fil to theme it for Google Chrome.

There were a lot of people requesting this super mario theme and so i thought to feature the theme here so that it would be easier for Mario fans to find it.

Super Mario Theme

super mario theme chrome

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Well it would have been much better if the buttons could have been themed as well, but i guess there are issues in designing themes for Google Chrome in crx format.

Your comments are appreciated.

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Top 3 Complete SEO Extensions For Google Chrome

by Chrome Blog on February 21, 2010

The last time I wrote about Super Hero Themes For Chrome and it got a lot of response and many are waiting for Part 2 of that post. It might take some time though. One of the other request by a group of people was to review a few SEO tools which are now available for the browser.

How The Extensions Were Choosen

While compiling this list I was clear in my mind that i wont be listing “general stuff” under this, so around 200 odd extensions were left out. This list is mainly comprises of SEO Tools for Webmasters which would help them analyze a website in detail with regards to various parameters. One more feature of the extensions listed here is the fact that these extensions are not just one-dimensional, but these extensions are “Complete SEO Tools” showing a combination of parameters and value.

Best 3 Complete SEO Extensions

1. Chrome SEO

chrome seo extension

This is one of the most comprehensive SEO extensions available right now and certainly the most used one. The parameters are classified into various heads like Pages Indexed, Backlinks, Traffic Ranks, Bookmarks (social media), Cached Versions and Domain Details (including dns, whois, IP, etc). One of the best thing about this extension is that it contains all the basic information which a SEO person needs to see. For each “heads” it shows stats from 3-4 different parameters, like Backlinks as appears from Google, Yahoo, Alexa, etc. One of the other feature which is there is the Keyword Suggestion, however i am not sure if this is very well organized. The keyword tool just suggests additional keywords but does not lists it based on the number of searches. From a webmaster’s point of view i think there is no point in having this Keyword Tool in its present state.

Although, the extensions page shows that there are a lot of developments which are still going on specially in the keyword tool, and i am sure the future releases would be great.

2. SeoQuake For Chrome

seoquake chrome extension

When i was using firefox, i was using SeoQuake as my “primary SEO tool”, so when this was integrated with Google Chrome, i quickly installed it and have to say it was not disappointing. In terms of usability, it contains a wide variety of adjustable parameters which one can alter and select based on individual preferences. As like in the earlier extension we mentioned above, this one also contains all the basic information one needs, with some additional parameters such as the Internal/External Links display. With regards to functioning of the extension, the toolbar does not works well with all the websites and 3 out of 10 websites are displayed in messy way due to the SeoQuake toolbar. One other drawback I would say is that the extension is itself very slow in loading the parameters, much slower than the rest of the tools. However, since this displays all the parameters in a seach result as well in Google/Yahoo/Bing, makes it stand out from the rest of the extensions.

3. SEO Site Tools Extension

seo site tools chrome extension

Since Search Engine Optimization is something which is very dynamic in nature and from time to time there are numerous parameters and tools which are introduced to enhance the performance of SEO. Keeping in mind such parameters, SEO Site Tools Extension includes some of these such as the SeoMoz Linkscape stats, Yahoo page links and Domain links separately, along with other conventional parameters. There is an option to highlight the nofollow links as well as in the 2 extensions mentioned above. There are a couple of features in this extension which makes it different from the ones i have mentioned already. In addition to showing the site backlinks structure, it also has some basic on-site optimization information and suggestions, like the HTML/CSS validation, meta keywords/description checker and also optimal suggestions for correcting these issues are provided. This tool also has a Keyword research tool which fetches data from Google Sktool, alongwith the search volumes. Even though its not that accurate or complete still its better than the keyword tool on Chrome SEO.

I hope you would find these tools helpful in your SEO work. Personally i would recommend using Seoquake Extension alongwith SEO Site Tools for best results and a detailed report for a website. If you just want to get some basic info about a particular website you are browsing then Chrome SEO should serve that purpose very well and would be easy on system resources.

If you are a developer and want to showcase your extension, themes or applications for Google Chrome over here at ChromePlugins.org kindly get in touch with us.

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5 Best Looking Super Heroes Themes For Google Chrome

by Chrome Blog on February 8, 2010

We at ChromePlugins.org always try to get things which are not easily known about the Google Chrome browser. As you might be aware that there are quite a few themes available which can be dowloaded from the Official Google Chrome Themes Gallery, but there are also a lot more themes (and better looking themes) outside the official gallery as well.

I am listing some of the best super heroes based themes for the Chrome browser. Many of these themes were actually requested by users here.

5 Super Hero Skins For Google Chrome

Night Spidey – Spider Man Theme

spiderman chrome theme

Superman Returns Theme

superman returns theme

Iron Man Theme

iron man theme

Hulk – Incredible Chrome Theme

hulk theme

Wolverine X-Men Theme

wolverine theme

Do let us know what you think of these themes. If you got your own themes to share, do submit your themes on the Unofficial Google Chrome Themes Gallery and at our Google Chrome Themes Forum.

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Two Extensions For Google Services

by ducktape on February 4, 2010

Intro

Most of us who use Google Services, use more than one. Which means we use more than one extension to check our Gmail, Reader, or something else but you could also manage them under one Google Chrome Extension. And here I have two to show you.

Google Alerter

The first one, the simplier of the two is Google Alerter.  It works with Gmail, Reader, Wave and Voice. It just shows the number and nothing more.

Google Alerter Pop Up

The setting are also simple and straight forward. You disable the services you don’t use, and change the update interval (the amount of time the extension checks for your new messages).

Google Alerter Options

One Number

One Number is more featured and supports Google Apps, something that Google Alerter does not. The popup shows you a glimpse of your last message.

One Number PopupThe settings are also more advanced of those of Google Alerter, but can be confusing to some.

One Number Options

Conclusion

Both of these extensions are great. And I can recommend both. For those that want something simple, Google Alerter is the right choice. And for those who want the most out of a extension pick One Number.

Download Google Alerter here.

Download One Number here.

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Video Downloader Extension With Multiple Sites Support

by Chrome Blog on January 24, 2010

We have covered about the various video downloader extensions for Google Chrome earlier and got a good response from users. However, most of those extensions were mostly based on Youtube and did not supported other popular video sharing sites, until i came across this one.

Video Downloader For Chrome – Download From Multiple Sites

Video Downloader For All Sites is a neatly made extension which integrates seamlessly with your Google Chrome browser. The whole process of getting the download link from various popular video sharing sites is very quick and neat with minimal issues.

video downloader 1

Once the extension installs, you get a nice browser action icon as is now a trademark of Google Chrome, clicking on the icon opens a small box in the browser itself which asks you to provide the URL of the video which you want to download. Once its supplied, the extension gets the download link from the site and provides you with a couple of video format in which one may download the file (as seen in the screenshot).

video downloader 2

As of now, the extension supports a lot of popular video sharing sites such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Vimeo, Blip, Veoh, Myspace, Google Video, Sevenload, Flickr, Revver, etc.

The extension is still in its development phase, so expect a lot of improvements from the developer.

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Do let us know whether you liked this extension or not by writing your thoughts in the comments below. For any support queries please refer to the extension homepage above.

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Pokemon Theme For Google Chrome

by Chrome Blog on December 29, 2009

We are featuring another of the most requested themes for Google Chrome, i guess this theme was requested by a lot of kids who are Pokemon Cartoons fans.

Pokemon Skin/Theme

The ‘New Tab’ page background features all the 493 Pokemon images.

Pokemon Theme

Theme Creator : memoshivia

Works With : Latest Stable, Beta & Developer Builds of Google Chrome.

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My younger brother being a huge fan of Pokemon really liked this theme a lot. Let us know what you think of this theme. For any support queries please refer to the download link above.

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Harley Davidson Theme For Google Chrome

by Chrome Blog on December 20, 2009

I would like to apologize for the lack of updates and posts on the site in the last 1 month, i have been awfully busy with all the stuff around.

I found this great theme which was created by p.fil on request of our visitors. Its a simple theme based on the cult Harley’s Bikes.

Harley Davidson Chrome Theme

harley davidson

Works With : The theme works with the latest Stable, Beta and Developer Builds of Google Chrome.

Download Harley Davidson Theme

Let us know what you think about this theme in the comments below and let us know what sort of themes you guys would like to have for your Google Chrome browser, the theme developers on our Google Chrome Forum would try out.

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IE Tab Extension Available For Google Chrome

by Chrome Blog on December 1, 2009

It has been a while now since Google Chrome has been released with extensions, but one of the most requested featured add-on/extension was the IE Tab extension, i.e, opening websites in Internet Explorer while using Google Chrome browser.

This was one feature which was integrated into ChromePlus, a web browser based on the source code of Chromium (which is also behind Google Chrome). Having a “Chrome” browser with IE Tab functionality was one of the prime reasons for its popularity.

Now, IE Tab functionality is also available for Google Chrome which can be easily downloaded in form of an extension.

IE Tab Extension

ie tab icon

It allows you to use Internet Explorer to display web-pages in your Google Chrome Tabs. There are certain websites which can be viewable only in Internet Explorer and not in other browsers, IE Tab extension solves this problem by opening those pages via Internet explorer in your Chrome Browser itself without the need to change your browser.

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This extension works with the latest developer builds of Google Chrome. I am sure this extension is bound to shift a lot of users from other browsers to Google Chrome. If you need help on this extension please refer to the above link. Let us know your thoughts via comments.

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