We think Google Chrome is pretty slick these days. It loads pages faster than Firefox, Safari and IE no doubt. And, as far as add-ons and extensions go, it has pulled ahead of our longtime favorite, Firefox. Remember the browser wars of old? Netscape Navigator versus Internet Explorer… my how web browsers have changed since then.

The following list consists of twenty of our favorite Google Chrome Extensions. If you are just here for Chrome SEO Extensions, they are the last five on the list.

20 of Our Favorite Google Chrome Extensions

Add-This

Quickly share your new post to social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and more. Analytics included. Options for embedding social sharing buttons on websites and WordPress.

Bitly

Shorten, share and track links, complete with link analytics.

Feedly

An intuitive way to read and share blogs, feeds and even Google Reader.

Google Voice

Message notifications and quick access to Google Voice features.

Google+ Notifications

Receive and respond to Google+ notifications from your web browser.

Klout

Adds Klout stats to your Twitter web timeline.

Music Plus for Google Music

Adds controls, notifications, Last.fm support, downloading, global keyboard shortcuts and lyrics to Google Music.

Picnik

Quick and dirty image editing on the fly.

PostRank

Enhances Google Reader with PostRank (owned by Google) data.

Rapportive

Gmail on social steroids. Connect with people you already know on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more through the familier Gmail interface.

Screen Capture

Easy as pie screen capture and annotation tool.

Search by Image

Search Google by using images.

StumbleUpon

A great extension and toolbar from an oldie but goodie.

TinyEye Reverse Image Search

Did someone jack your latest profile pic? Content theft? Search for an image on the web.

TweetDeck

The most awesome version of TweetDeck… unified multi-account streams (oh my!). Just don’t download the ipad version… blech!

Chrome SEO Extensions

WooRank SEO and Website Analysis

Auto SEO website tool featuring SEO analysis, traffic estimation, Alexa rank, Compete rank, keyphrases analysis, indexed pages in Google and Yahoo!, title and URL analysis and much more.

SEO for Chrome

Displays SEO related information about the website you are currently visiting. Featuring backlinks, social media stats, pages indexed, traffic stats, PPC (+ orgainc) stats and keyphrase research tool.

SEO SERP Workbench

Find out where your website or blog ranks in Google. Track and monitor your website and your competitors search engine (un-personalized) keyphrase rankings. Includes ranking change notifications.

SEO Site Tools

Comprehensive SEO tool that pulls in metrics from a multitude of sources about the website you are viewing. It includes social media reactions, and enhances web based versions of Google Webmaster Tools and Site Explorer. Sources utilized include SEOmoz, Google PageRank, Quanticast, Dmoz, Majestic SEO, Alexa, SEM Rush and Compete.com.

SEO Status

Simple. Fast. Lightweight. Quickly displays the Google PageRank and Alexa Rank of the current website you are on.

20 Awesome Google Chrome Extensions listing provided by Boise SEO and PPC Internet Marketing Company, Jtree.net.

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Marshall Simmonds of Define Media Group (formerly The New York Times), Keven Gamache of [wire] stone and myself of Jtree Boise SEO are hosting the second SEO in BOI event this Wednesday (September 14th) from 5-6pm at Cole Marr in Boise.

Join us for an open discussion of search engine optimization and search marketing topics. Some of the possible topics:

• Google’s Authorship tag
• Google+
• Bing’s Twitter contract renewal
• Yahoo!’s future
• and more!

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SEOinBOI Event Details

Date: Wednesday, September 14th
Time: 5-6pm

Place:
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404 S 8th Street #154 (Lower Level)
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Google Instant

Basically, Google Instant represents searching while typing. Search engine result pages (SERP) are dynamically displayed WHILE keying-in search queries. Google even tries to help you complete the search query by predicting it (denoted in light gray text).

The prediction is essentially based on historical search volume, returning the most likely terms you are searching for.

Watch the video below to learn more about Google Instant.

What does this mean for SEOs, webmasters, website owners and bloggers?

According to Google; when checking analytics you might notice an increase in impressions. It only makes sense, displaying results while typing will do that. They also noted that now (post Google Instant) they are measuring impressions in 3 ways. Great, just what we needed – more metrics to keep tabs on.

Aaron Wall of SEOBook brought up some interesting points, and thinks that Google Instant consolidates search volume into smaller buckets of keywords. I tend to agree with this, as long as the smaller buckets are representative of relative results. Otherwise, the searcher will more than likely go for the long-tail term because it is actually the most relevant.

Graywolf’s description of Google Instant:

They think they know you so well that they can guess what you want without being told.

He goes on to mention that it really doesn’t solve any type of relevancy/understanding problem, but it could (on the PPC side of the equation) ensure high dollar value advertising will almost always show first.

Think about it, we all know that one keyword or a two-word keyphrase takes a lot more coin for clicks versus that nicely converting, low cost-per-click (CPC) three and four-word keyphrase.

What’s It Really Mean, Man?

For starters, it means you better have an SEO that pays attention. If ranking positions and traffic for you website or blog start to slide because of Google Instant, SEO strategy will need to be adjusted.

It seems, that the general consensus finds Google Instant annoying and somewhat distracting. I wouldn’t be too surprised to see Google change the presentation of Google Instant before speculating on pulling the plug.

Key Google Instant Takeaways

• Google Instant allows for increased Sponsored Results real estate by pushing organic results further down the page. This could lead to lower click-through-ratios (CTRs) on organic listings, which equates to less organic traffic for your website.
• More exposure for PPC campaigns that are based-on highly competitive one and two-word keyphrases, in addition to expanded screen real estate – which could bump PPC CTRs up.
• Potential to disrupt long tail targeting – given relevant short tail results are served. If more people click on shorter, predicted results – focusing on longer keyphrases would become less important.
• Could cause some searchers to switch search engines unless visual presentation is improved or Google Instant is disabled.

Despite seeming somewhat annoying, I plan on continuing to use Google. The reason is simple – the results are the most relevant.

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Thanks to sound Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practices, we outrank our competitors in the non-paid (organic/natural) search engine results for every keyphrase in the search engines that matter.

If we didn’t rank well organically, we would have to spend approximately $170/day on PPC advertising to make up the difference (see chart).

Our stellar organic search engine rankings have allowed us to save money, boost our ROI, increase our online reputation and eliminate reliance on expensive PPC advertising campaigns.

The $170/day we save equates to over $60,000/year in online advertising savings! Despite the immediate short-term benefits of PPC advertising, SEO should always be in motion in regard to strategic long-term objectives.

Learn more about our SEO and PPC services

Curious about how well your website ranks, or even if there are people actively searching the web for what you are offering?

Contact us for ranking and feasibility reports

It didn’t seem possible, but the dust has finally settled, and in 2009 Jtree.net experienced over 50% growth compared to 2008. Prospering during an economic downturn was no easy chore. It took long hours, dedication, education and wouldn’t have been possible without talented staff, partners and incredible clients.

Our stellar search engine rankings for our own website in 2009 continued with helping not only drive new business and growth, but with reinforcing our reputation for being able to dominate organic search results for a given market niche.

Twitter Philo to Continue

We have a fairly unique Twitter philosophy that is employed with our @JtreeSEO Twitter account. We follow back only after being followed. Period. No sketchy following thousands of people in hopes of a follow-back, or any auto-DMs for that matter either. Online marketers have a bad enough rep on Twitter to begin with. We think it’s been a success nonetheless, check out our follower graph below.

Hit the Ground Running

For the culmination of 2009 we unveiled a brand new Jtree.net website, expanded service offerings and rolled-out fresh blog posts as a warm-up to 2010. Almost immediately, we plan to reveal a brand new logo to complete the Jtree.net branding experience.

Cosmetic issues aside, our new Off-Page SEO service offering is something you won’t find anywhere else. We’ve always been a few steps ahead, so this should come as no surprise.

Off-Page SEO is geared for obtaining instant and ongoing quality backlinks for your website or blog for 12 months. It’s designed to reinforce your online reputation in the search engines without having to pay for every click.

Connect with us to get started or learn more.

Happy Holidays – Best Wishes for 2010 from Jtree.net!

Consider it a budding SEO learning center. In fact, the latest SEOBoise.com post deals with how to avoid duplicate content penalties.

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And, when I say cheap, I mean free.

There is a plethora of free, web-based tools out there these days. Some quality, some not so quality. With that in mind, I thought I would focus on one particular offering which provides Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing information to site and blog owners.

Compete offers a set of both free and paid tools aimed at providing valuable Internet Marketing information to site and blog operators. It matters not if you are a SEO pro or just someone with a vested interest, Compete is easy to use and understand.

Compete is compromised of three primary areas; Site, Search and Referral Analytics.

Site Analytics

The core Compete service; focused on traffic history and competitive analytics. Plug in your competitors URLs and see how they stack up to your website.

Here’s the unique visitors graph; comparing myspace.com, twitter.com, facebook.com, delicious.com and linkedin.com:

Here’s a look at the average stay time (in minutes) – look at myspace plummet!

Compete also provides additional graphs, a list of top keywords that drive traffic to each of the sites being compared.

Search Analytics

In addition to Site Analytics, Compete offers a handy set of analytical search tools which track keywords that send you traffic, identify which sites/blogs are getting the most clicks from a keyword and compare keyword rankings against competitors. In SEO speak, these are important keywords and phrases to pay attention to in both the organic and paid realms.

Referral Analytics

Referral Analytics are just that; aimed at revealing the origins of site traffic; its location, where it’s going and compare the results to that of your competitors. In regard to SEO, the more you know about your traffic, or your competitor’s traffic for that matter, yields higher quality of optimization targeting.

The above information is related to the free SEM/SEO tools offered by Compete. The paid set both expands on functionality, features and options of the already useful free set. Visit Compete

Defined: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

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