SEOquake is a free plugin for browsers that provides one with key Search Engine Optimization (SEO) metrics for a specific page, along with other useful tools such as SEO Audit, etc. It has several tools that one can use depending on which specific SEO attempt one is chasing.
Some of the things SEOquake extension is capable of are given below:
- Where competitors’ website visitors are coming from (social vs. SEO vs. paid ads)
- What Google ads competitors are running can be seen in this plugin.
- The number of backlinks.
- Website Meta Descriptions, Title Tags, and Keywords
SEOquake : Features
- Review all major metrics in a heartbeat
- Capable of running a complete SEO audit of a webpage, also including a check for mobile compatibility.
- Uses a wide range of default parameters.
- Gives a full report for internal/external links.
- Compare URLs/domains.
- Check your social statistics for Google+ and Facebook.
Advantages
- It is really easy to install and work with.
- Compatible with several browser extensions.
- Fast access.
- Provides intuitive controls.
- You can integrate those objects that would seem to be unacceptable.
- Combines cloud storage and system into a single workspace.
Disadvantages
- Constant updating is needed.
- Different browsers need their own adapted version of the program.
- Often require the ability to read or even change everything on web pages you visit, which in some cases can lead to some accidents of data breaches, capture the passwords, etc.
SEOQuake Plugin Feature- Real-Time Audit:
One can diagnose potential SEO problems using SEOquake extension and also can see what his competitor’s website has and his website doesn’t. It also makes it possible to fix one’s optimization issues as well.
a) Keep Track of Competitors with ease:
One can use the plugin to track how a competitor’s website is getting visitors as this extension or add-on can analyze any website. Then one can tell from where the traffic is coming like it can come from ads running on social media platforms or they are coming from paid apps. In this way, one can gather information without his competitor knowing and can not only match to their growth but can also leave them behind.
b) Lightweight Analysis Tool:
What makes this plugin a lightweight analysis tool is the simplicity in which it works. For example, in other extensions, one needs to go through the different interfaces even pay extra to them in order to get the full analysis. But with SEOquake, fetch you all data on the push of a single click.
c) SEO Showdown Feature:
Using it, you can compare all sorts of different URLs and domains with different SEO parameters. You can even export the findings and get them into a report.
d) Google Ad Viewer Ability:
Google ads play a vital role in getting traffic to your website and SEOquake shows you the ads which a website is running. So suppose your rival website is getting a lot of traffic, so you use SEOquake to find out the google ads it is using and in this way, you can use them on your website too.
e) Analyze Links:
One cool thing about SEOquake is that it also shows us the backlinks of a website, and by knowing the backlinks one can know from which other website’s traffic is coming to the site.
f) SEObar Option:
It provides you with its own bar known as SEO bar. Now going to a website then clicking on SEOquake extension and then the details pop up can result in decreased efficiency. This is where this tool has taken an extra mile over other SEO extensions, it provides you its own SEObar which makes it easier to go through that site’s info quickly and one doesn’t need to even click on its icon to get the info. Also, it can be turned on and off.
g) Other Tools:
Some people who don’t like too many bars on their browsers can use SEO dashboard. It is a dashboard that’s small but still has a ton of information about many things of a website including their Alexa rank, Bing index, Google index, Google cache date, and much more.
SEOquake : Installation
Installing SEOquake is easy and involves only two steps:
Step 1: Visit SEOquake in Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-Ons.
Step 2: Click on Add extension.
And just like that, SEOquake is installed. You can see a pop-up on the right side of the screen as soon as you click on add extension.
SEOquake : Usage
You can use SEOquake extension by simply going to the website on which you want to use SEOquake and simply click on its icon.
Example 1: GeeksForGeeks
Suppose we want to get information on how GeeksforGeeks is performing, so simply we will go to their domain and click on SEOquake icon. We can see the rank of this domain on various platforms, its Pinterest Pin count, and many other things.
We can also get the page info by clicking on its tab. Here we can see what’s the title, its meta description, how many external and internal links are there.
We can get more information about internal links by clicking on them.
In the same way, one can get info on external links.
You can even get the page analysis using SEOquake through which one can get the idea of what to improve on the webpage like here we can see there are 2 errors and 4 warnings.
Example 2: Geekflare
Let’s take another example and this time we will do SEOquake on geekflare. All the steps are the same as above. We can see its rank across various platforms like Alexa rank, google index, bing index, also we can see information on the backlinks.
We can also get the page info by clicking on its tab. Here we can see what’s the title, its meta description, how many external and internal links are there.
We can get more information about internal links by clicking on them.
In the same way, one can get info on external links.
You can even get the page analysis using SEOquake through which one can get the idea of what to improve on the webpage like here we can see there are 1 error and 5 warnings.
In conclusion, SEOquake is a useful extension for people who do SEO and want to improve their website’s rank. One can even see how his rival’s website rank is and many other things. But these extensions also cause problems as they often require permissions and location access which in some cases lead to ransomware attacks, data leaks, so one should be very careful using these.