Google Chrome Extensions – A Curated List.

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Post Published on March 17, 2013.
Last Updated on August 28, 2016 by davemackey.

Here is a fairly huge and curated list of Google Chrome extensions. Those I use are bolded, those I have used are italicized, and those which I am considering using have an asterisk. Which ones am I missing that you can’t live without?

Productivity

  • Google Keep – This isn’t an extension, but a web app., but it might as well be an extension. In any case, it integrates with Google Drive making it awesome and simple. There is also a nifty Android app. as well.
    • Sticky Notes – This was my preferred application before Keep, it lacked sync however.
    • Quick Note.
    • Chrome NotePad.
  • Browser Clipboard.*
  • Springpad – For taking notes.
  • Google Calendar Checker.*
  • Meeting Scheduler for Google Calendar.*
  • CleanPrint.*
  • EasyBib Tools.*
  • Lazarus Form Recovery.
  • Google Translate – A useful extension, but one I wouldn’t use frequently enough to make worthwhile.
  • Print Friendly & PDF – Allows you to select actually what you want to print on a page and print to PDF.
  • Google Calendar.*
  • StayFocusd.
  • Ginger – Corrects spelling and grammar.*
    • Spell Checker for Chrome.*
    • After the Deadline.
  • Harvest Time Tracker.

Tabs

  • TabCloud
  • OneTab – This turns your tabs into a list, freeing up memory.
  • Speed Dial – Choose which sites appear on your new tab page.*
  • TabJump – Intelligent Tab Navigator.*
  • IE Tab – Are there really sites you still need to browse in IE? Yes, a few.
  • Incredible StartPage.*
    • FoxTab Speed Dial.*

Phone

Updated: 3/20/13

  • Google Chrome to Phone – Send a page from your computer to your phone’s browser.
  • Google Voice.*
  • SMS to PC Options – Now has an entire page reviewing the various options.

Web Master

  • Google Publisher Toolbar.
  • Create Amazon Affiliate Link (from Travis Illig).*
  • Zemanta – I ended up just installing the plugin into WordPress, it is an excellent way to find related articles for blog posts and Creative Commons licensed images to insert into posts.
  • Buffer.*
  • SEOquake.*
  • Alexa Traffic Rank – I may replace this with something like SEOQuake which provides a fuller view from more services.

Twitter

  • Silver Bird – This is a sleek, streamlined Twitter client. As with all Twitter clients I’ve found, they don’t offer a “mark as read” feature, making them and Twitter, IMHO, essentially useless.
  • Twitter for Chrome
  • TweetDeck

Email

  • Smartr Inbox for Gmail – Made by Xobni, provides integration with social networks and intelligence about relationships using data within email.*
  • PowerInbox – Social network integration, blahh, blahh.
  • Attachments.me for Gmail.
  • ToutApp for Gmail.
  • Streak – CRM in your email.*
  • Cleaner Gmail.*
  • Contactually – Offers CRM in your inbox, but feature set is very limited for free, then moves up to $20/mo/user.
  • Yesware – Tracks who opens your emails.
  • Rapportive.
  • Boomerang for Gmail.
  • Right Inbox.*
  • YouSendIt for Webmail – Allows you to send large attachments via email.

Todo

  • Any.do
  • Google Tasks – Integrates with Google’s official tasks management application, but inferior to most others.
  • Remind Me (by Astrid) – If I didn’t use Asana, I would use Astrid. They are amazing, integrate with Google Tasks, have this app and a mobile app.
  • Toodledo Tasks.
  • Todoist.
  • Taskforce.
  • GQueues.
  • Teambox for Gmail.
  • Google Mail Checker – I just keep a pinned tab with GMail open.
  • Wunderlist.

Clipping

  • Save to Google Drive
  • Diigo Web Collector – Makes it easy to highlight text on webpages, save and clip portions of pages.
  • Evernote Web Clipper – I use Diigo instead.

Image Editing

  • PicMonkey – Allows one to edit photos, can integrate with Google Drive.
  • Explain and Send Screenshots.
  • Pixlr Editor.
  • Awesome Screenshot Capture & Annotate.

Bookmarks

  • Xmarks Bookmark Sync – Once the leader in bookmark syncing it has fallen sadly behind Google Chrome’s native capabilities, though it still rules for cross-browser syncing. Wish LastPass would put some time into this extension/site.
  • Bookmark Sentry – Checks for dead or duplicate links.*
  • Kippt
  • Delicious Bookmarks.*

Discovery/Sharing

  • StumbleUpon – The grand-daddy of site discovery.
  • Pinterest Pin It Button by shareaholic.
  • AddThis – For sharing stuff.
  • Pearltrees
  • Similar Sites Pro – I find it easy enough just to go to their website, no need for an extension.

Security

  • Dr. Web Anti-Virus Link Checker.
  • Ghostery.
  • LastPass – A robust password management solution. A must-have.
  • Web of Trust (WOT) – Helps you to find trustworthy/safe websites.

RSS

Search

  • Wajam
  • Google Personal Blocklist – Allows one to remove specific sites from your Google Search results. I use it mainly to get rid of content farm articles.
  • Google Webspam Report – Allows one to report spammy results via Google Webmaster Tools. I think I wouldn’t use it frequently enough to make it worthwhile, can just manually go to GWT.

Uncategorized

  • Evernote Clearly – Removes distractions from pages you want to read. I don’t find this necessary, and I like to support blogs monetization.
  • Adblock Plus – A favorite of many, I don’t use it b/c I believe in supporting sites that use ads as their basis for revenue.
  • Pulse.
  • Last.fm Scrobbler – For listening to music.
  • Better History.*
  • Send to Kindle (by klip.me).*
  • iMacros for Chrome.*
  • FreshStart – Cross-browser session management.*
    • Session Manager.*
    • Session Buddy – Looks interesting.*
  • Anti-Porn Pro (by clouduacl).
    • Blocksi.
    • FoxFilter.
  • CloudMagic – Search multiple online web apps.
  • Yoono*
  • AppJump App Launcher and Manager.
  • TLDR
  • OneReceipt.*
  • Bitly.*

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