SEO Shortcuts

A browser extension for Chrome

The command line interface for your browser. Gives easy access to web services, annotations inside the browser window, and script output in the browser console.

Smart bookmarklet

SEO Shortcuts is a Chrome extension that functions as a smart bookmarklet. It features several commands which can be accessed through Google Chrome's address bar, which is also known as the omnibox.

How to use

When you enter the extension's keyword Shift + > and press Tab, you start interacting solely with the extension. By typing a command the extension shows suggestions of available commands which match your search query.

You can use the command help to open an overview of all available commands. SEO Shortcuts provides several commands which are relevant for SEO, Performance (WPO) and Security.

Command types

There are three types of commands available.

Open

Checks the current URL, hostname or origin in external web services. The extension opens a new browser tab with the selected external web service and prepopulates the URL input field.

Inject

Injects a stylesheet or runs a script inside the DOM of the current visited webpage. The output or results will be visible or enabled inside the current browser tab.

Run

Runs a script inside the DOM of the current visited webpage. The output or results will be visible in the browser console (Chrome DevTools) of the current browser tab.

Commands overview

SEO commands

Command	Type	Description
a	Inject	Annotations of all anchors
ais	Open	Archive.is webpage capture
ah	Open	Ahrefs Site Explorer
ampb	Open	AMPBench
ampv	Open	AMP Validator
ampt	Open	Google Search Console AMP Test
cl	Inject	Disable Google click tracking in Google SERP
dns	Open	Google DNS service
dnsz	Open	Zone Vision (DNSimple)
gc	Open	Google Search cache: command
gi	Open	Google Search info: command
gs	Open	Google Search site: command
gsc	Open	Google Search Console
hl	Open	hreflang.ninja
hsts	Open	HSTS Preload List Submission
hx	Inject	Annotations of heading structure
hxa	Inject	Annotations of heading structure and anchors
img	Inject	Highlight images on the page that are missing an alt tag
ld	Runs	Show all JSON-LD script tags for the current tab
mft	Open	Google Mobile-Friendly Test
mj	Open	Majestic Backlink Checker
ose	Open	Moz Open Site Explorer
rlp	Open	Rich Link Preview
rrtt	Open	Google Rich Results Test Tool
rtt	Open	OnPage.org Robots.txt Test Tool
sais	Open	Capture webpage in Archive.is
sdtt	Open	Google Structured Data Testing Tool
sm	Open	Searchmetrics
txt	Open	Show robots.txt for current host
wbm	Open	Wayback Machine
whois	Open	WHOIS Search (DNSimple)
xml	Open	Show sitemap.xml for current host

WPO commands

Command	Type	Description
cdn	Open	CDN Finder tool - CDNPlanet
gtm	Open	GTmetrix
pa	Inject	Performance-Analyser
pm	Inject	PerfMap: front-end performance heatmap
psi	Open	Google PageSpeed Insights
si	Run	RUM-SpeedIndex
wpt	Open	WHOIS Search (DNSimple)
ylt	Open	Yellow Lab Tools

Security commands

Command	Type	Description
obs	Open	Observatory by Mozilla
sh	Open	SecurityHeaders.io
ssl	Open	SSL Server Test (Qualys SSL Labs)

Settings

You can set the preferred Google .tld and interface language for most of Google's web services. Open the extension options in the Chrome Extensions settings.

Installation

Download and install the Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store.

Usage

Windows

1. Open a browser tab and visit a website
2. Select the Omnibox: Ctrl + L or click the Omnibox once
3. Type Shift + > and press Tab
4. Type a command^∗ and press Enter

MacOS

1. Open a browser tab and visit a website
2. Select the Omnibox: Cmd + L or click the Omnibox once
3. Type Shift + > and press Tab
4. Type a command^∗ and press Enter

^∗ use command help for an overview of all available commands

Issues

Have a bug? Please create an issue here on GitHub!

Contributing

Want to contribute? Great! Just fork the project, work on new features or bug fixes using feature branches and open pull-requests with concise but complete descriptions of your changes.

If you are unsure about a proposal, you can just open an issue to discuss it before writing actual code.

Changelog

See changelog for details.