Note on permissions, why the scary permissions prompt? Don’t worry, we’re not spying on you! The “Toggle JavaScript” feature requires Chrome’s contentSettings permission, which Chrome describes as accessing “geolocation, microphone, camera, cookies, etc.” In reality, we only use it to flip JavaScript on/off. Chrome just warns about everything this API could control, not what we actually do with it. What’s new We’ve added two new tools to help you diagnose issues with JavaScript-heavy websites. First, you can now […]

We all know that just creating content isn’t enough. Content creation is only half the battle – the rest is gaining notice. If you want traffic and conversion, you need to make sure your content looks as sexy outside your website as it does on it. That means having the right OG:Image tags for example. […]

Web performance and SEO go hand in hand, but how much does it really matter for your keywords? With our latest update, you’ll uncover the connection between Core Web Vitals and your search rankings—directly on the Google results page. Here’s what this update of the Sprout SEO Extension brings to the table: Inline Performance Scores: […]

We’re excited to introduce version 4.1, packed with new features, enhancements, and fixes to streamline your SEO workflow. #1 All-New Image Analysis Tab Optimizing images just got a whole lot easier! Our new Images tab gives you a comprehensive overview of all images on the current page, helping you identify optimization opportunities at a glance. […]

With 4.0, Sprout SEO evolves into a powerhouse for content creators, SEOs, and marketers alike. Our latest features are tailored to make your day-to-day research smoother and smarter. Here’s what’s new: #1 Google Trends Integration – Track Live Search Trends Directly in the SERP 📈 Unleash the insights of Google Trends without ever leaving the […]

In our first iteration of the robots checker, we only checked against the Meta Robots tag to figure out if the page you were viewing gave a direction to the robots to “index”, “noindex”, “follow” or “nofollow” the page you were viewing. Of course we added appropriate red, orange and green icons to help you quickly […]

In Sprout SEO, up until now, we would assume that the sitemap of any website was located on /sitemap.xml and link to it from the bottom part of the page info tab. But you know what they say about assumptions… So we fixed that, what we do right now is: #1 We check if there […]

Living in a country with three official languages (Belgium), makes me fully aware of the issues that incorrect Hreflang tags can have on your rankings. This update is designed to automate the process of checking a site’s Hreflang tag deployment. With this update, we take a readout of a URL’s Hreflang tags and then crawl them […]

We all know the importance of links on your pages. So, this edition is fully focused on making you understand all the links found on any page. Are they working, leading to a 404 page or maybe to a redirect? We’ve added a new tab called “Links”. Here you can: See the total amount of […]

Big version numbers mean significant changes! This version introduces a name change from the “Technical SEO Rich Results & Schema Validator” to “Sprout SEO.” A new name, as the extension, will be way more than just an easy way for you to handle schema markup on your website and snoop on the schema of your […]