10 Best Google Chrome Extensions You Cannot Ignore

by Karan Goel

It is clear that many people prefer to use Firefox instead any other browser all because of innumerable add-ons and extensions available on Firefox. However there are some great extension on Google Chrome which makes you easier and loving with Google Chrome.

As all we know Google Chrome build in fast load and clean look. These extensions which are very useful and don’t interferes the load speed of Chrome.

1. Google Chrome Backup Extension

This add-on creates, backups, restores and manages the Google Chrome profile. With this you can maintained all history, bookmarks and related stuff easily. In case your system get crashed or something accidentally get deleted , then with this you can get back your Google Chrome Settings.

Download: Google Chrome Backup add-on

2. Greasemetal

It is GreaseMonkey for Google Chrome which let user to run userscripts (user defined javascripts to modify the webpages being displayed).

Download: Greasemetal extension for Google Chrome

3. Google Chrome Dual View

This extension offers you to view two different websites in a single tab. The single tab get divided is a such way that each half will load with each pages that you see two web pages side by side.

Download: Dual View plugin for Google Chrome

4. Adsweep (Adblock)

This extension makes any website ads free. This add-on is best suite for those who don’t want to see any kind of advertisement while surfing on the net. It isn’t so powerful but it does the just quite adequately.

Download: Adsweep ad-blocker for Google Chrome

5. Cleeki

This extension is available for Firefox as well IE which allows you to search, select and share information on any webpage. Just select some text, and Cleeki can search/share/publish the content and preview the results immediately. Cleeki can also preview a hyperlink without open a new window/tab.

Download: Cleeki for Google Chrome

6. XChrome

If you love customization or Firefox Themes, XChrome will do same for Google Chrome. Whilst Chrome does come with a few built in themes, XChrome allows you to install other themes to change the look of Chrome to your heart’s content.

Download: XChrome add-on for Google Chrome

7. Google Talk From Your Browser

This little extension allows user to add a GTalk icon to your launcher which, when run, opens up a window that simply requires your login and password to get you chatting.

Download: GTalk plugin for Google Chrome

8. Session Saver – Session Management tool

This extension allows user to be  able to save and manage multiple browser sessions. If you close the browser, and then re-open it, your windows will be saved.

Download: Session Saver extension for Google Chrome

8. Google Page Rank/ Alexa Rank Checker

This extension shows the Page rank and alexa rank of website instantly.

Download: Google Page rank / Alexa Rank checker

10. TPGoogleReader

This extension reside in the toolstrip and alerts you as to how many feeds you have unread inside your Google Reader account. Besides doing this, it also adds an RSS icon to your address bar allowing you to subscribe to a sites RSS feed with your Google account.

Download: TPGoogleReader extension for Chrome

11. GMail Checker

If you have Gmail account then this small add-on embeds icon in users toolstrip which alert when user get an email.

Download: Gmail Checker extension

12. Facebook Notifications

If you are one of the facebook fan then this script is probably for you which retrieves the number of notifications from your Facebook account. You have to be logged in to Facebook for this extension to work.

Download: Facebook Notifications plugin for Google Chrome

13. Google Chrome Extension Manager

After having a lots of extension for your Chrome Browser, you need to manage them by enabling, disabling anddeleting This extension will do this for you.

Download: Google Chrome Extension Manager

(David’s note: Chrome’s mostly stable, and totally awesome, for Windows. For Mac, it’s still a bit of a risk to use Chromium builds, as it’s not fully supported by Google. Either way, all these extensions are part of developer builds, and should be used carefully.)