The Google Chrome browser is getting more and more popular, not just among technical savvy users. According to Statcounter, Google Chrome’s market share is growing about 1% every month, mostly at the expense of Internet Explorer. There are many reasons for the steadily growing popularity, one of them is the possibility to customize the browser with themes, apps and extensions that change the looks and also add more functionalities. Here are three must-have and one of the best plugins(add-ons) for Google Chrome.
Google Chrome extensions and themes are mostly free and can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store. Finding the right ones is not so easy, these are the ones you definitely shouldn’t miss out on:
Adblock Plus
This extension got famous in the Firefox browser and was downloaded more than 120 million times. Recently Adblock Plus was ported to Google Chrome as well. Adblock Plus is an easy to use adblocker, once installed all ads like banners and popups are removed from any website, even video-ads on youtube.com can be blocked.
Install Adblock Plus now!
Turn Off the Lights
Watching videos that are embedded on a website can be quite a hassle, especially when the video is surrounded by distracting animations. Turn Off the Lights is a simple but clever extension that lets you watch videos in the cinema mode. By clicking on the icon, the background fades dark and the video can be watched without any distraction.
Install Turn Off the Lights now!
Web of Trust
There are many fraudulent websites out there and usually you often notice only when it is too late. Web of Trust warns you when you are trying to access a website that isn’t trustworthy, e.g. because of bad data protection policies. A community of millions of users rates websites based on a set of criteria and you are automatically protected from visiting a site that someone else has had bad experiences with.
Get the Web of Trust extension!
Author: Askan
I am one of the editors of Chrome-Plugins.org, a non-profit project that aims to review the best extensions, apps and themes for Google Chrome.
I’m a big fan of Google Chrome, but I haven’t tried any of these extensions yet. I have Readability to get rid of ads. Thanks for these tips.
Well, I do not agree that Ad Blocker extension is that great tool. As, webmaster, I wouldn’t appreciate such tool. I really hate this tool as I love to visit advertisers of any website till they get my concern. Similarly, it is attached with the Economical circle for bloggers and webmasters.
And right now I am visiting this site after I visited Ileane’s website. I didn’t think that you would be so fond of blocking ads being the owner such blog.
Instead of AdBlock Plus (or MINUS), whatever it is, I would give placement for http://GetMySite.Info Widget which generate SEO report for any website in less than a minute.