Best 16 Google Chrome Extensions

Google Chrome browser is the second most used browser in the recent trend and one main reason for that is the Google Chrome Extensions available. There are thousands of really useful Google Chrome Extensions which can make the jobs simpler most of the times. I would accept that Firefox is the most used browser but still Chrome is expected to beat it very soon. Recently Google has started giving advertisements for Chrome in the main search page of Google and this has increased the chrome browser downloaded numbers significantly. Here are some of the hand picked Chrome Extensions which can really come in handy most of the times. All the Chrome Extensions given below are some of the best picks according to me and it is not ordered using any scale.

16 Google Chrome Extensions:

FastestChrome:

This is a must for every chrome browser as it maximizes the speed of the browser and the internet experience as well. It helps in loading the consecutive pages fast and also helps in quick searches. It is worth downloading.

Download it here: FastestChrome

Webpage Screenshot:

It allows you to capture a screenshot of a webpage with a single click. You can easily crop the particular place of a webpage with a click and can add text as well. It is also easy to edit the image easily and share.

Download it here: Webpage Screenshot

PR and Alexa Checker:

If you are a webmaster then this Extension is a really needed one for you as this can help you in showing the Page Rank and the Alexa of a particular Web page. It is a toolbar extension which allows customization as well.

Download it here: PR and Alexa Checker

Adsweep:

This is a popular chrome extension which lets you read the web pages ads free. This removes all the ads present in a web page and presents the page clean and clear. The best part about this extension is that it prevents YouTube ads as well.

Download it here: Adsweep

Chromed Bird:

Here is another interesting extension to make your social media live. This is an awesome twitter client extension which lets you to indicate the users with tweets preview the images and create short URLs as well.

Download it here: Chromed Bird

Google Translate:

This is really a useful extension as it helps in converting a web page to any language in a single click. There is a small button added in the browser’s top tool bar which allows the users to convert the web pages easily.

Download it here: Google Translate

Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer:

I am sure this is really a good extension by Google. This lets you to view the PDF and the PPT presentations as it name suggests. It automatically previews the PDF and PPTs in the Google Docs viewer.

Download it here: Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer

Speed Tracer:

This is a much needed application if you have any web applications that need testing. The result produced by this just awesome. It works both in the Windows and the Linux. There is no doubt that this is yet another useful extension by the Google Team.

Download it here: Speed Tracer

AniWeather:

Animated and any weather is combined and the name AniWeather is kept for this extension. I would say that this is one of the needed extensions as it can give you 5 day weather forecast for around 77,000 locations. The animated layout is cool and easily customizable with one click.

Download it here: AniWeather

RSS Subscription Extension:

This is another cool tool which lets you add RSS feeds with a single mouse click. This extension auto detects the RSS feeds in the web page and allows you to subscribe to it in a single click.

Download it here: RSS Subscription Extension

Google Similar Pages beta:

This is a cool application which lets you to get similar pages with a single click. When you click the icon present on the top toolbar the extension sends automated query to the search engine and retrieves similar pages. This extension is made by Google with all TOS in mind.

Download it here: Google Similar Pages beta

Mini Google Maps:

Hope you would have got the work of this chrome extension with the name itself. There is a small icon on the tool bar which displays the Google Map with a single click.

Download it here: Mini Google Maps

Fast YouTube Search:

This lets you to search YouTube videos with a single click. The small icon on the tool bar displays a search box which helps in quick video searches.

Download it here: Fast YouTube Search

Google Share Button:

This helps you to share the web page with your social networks and Blogs with a single icon click.

Download it here: Google Share Button

Digg for Chrome:

This is an official extension from Digg which lets you to Digg the web page quite easily. This allows you to share the web page with Facebook and Twitter as well. The Digg count is displayed next to the Web page URL.

Download it here: Digg for Chrome

SEO Site Tools:

This is a much needed Chrome Extension for a webmaster as this gives all the needed information of a web page in a single click. This gives details like onpage/offpage optimization details, indexed pages, alexa rank, socialnetworking pages counts and much more.

Download it here: SEO Site Tools

I feel that this is a most needed Chrome Extension list, what do you feel? Hope you like the share!! Share your comments!!