{"id":140566,"date":"2022-04-04T21:33:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T02:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=140566"},"modified":"2022-04-05T20:06:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T01:06:21","slug":"seo-toolbar-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/seo-toolbar-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ahrefs SEO Toolbar (3.0.1): A big revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"intro-txt\"> Recently, we crossed 100k users for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/seo-toolbar\">Ahrefs SEO Toolbar<\/a> in Chrome. This was a lovely coincidence since we\u2019d just rolled out a new version of the toolbar \u2013 it felt almost like a reward.&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at this major revamp of our browser plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, all the features in the Ahrefs SEO Toolbar were built into the pages themselves. This caused conflicts at times \u2013 many websites have unique codes and styles, and it was impossible to account for them&nbsp;all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, most of the toolbar\u2019s features live inside <strong>its own process<\/strong>, making it a lot more stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>What changed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Before, clicking on the extension icon toggled the toolbar on and off while on pages. Now, it opens a pop-up window showing available reports and settings instead. For Ahrefs subscribers, the bar on pages also now only contains SEO metrics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/toolbar_1_2x.png\" alt=\"Clicking on the Ahrefs SEO toolbar icon opens this pop-up window\" width=\"1600\" height=\"766\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We added keyboard shortcuts to toggle the metrics bar on\/off, as well as to open on-page reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Mac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cmd+Ctr+A \u2013 Toggles page metrics bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cmd+Ctr+S \u2013 Opens the reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Win<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alt+A \u2013 Toggles page metrics bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alt+S \u2013 Opens the reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can edit these default shortcuts by opening the extension and selecting \u201cEdit hotkeys\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-default aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot_5_4_22__9_53_AM.jpg\" alt=\"Select &quot;Edit hotkeys&quot; to edit default shortcuts\" width=\"1374\" height=\"794\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3>What\u2019s new<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.o46eqtdpfvt\">See all outbound links found on a&nbsp;page<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on \u201cLinks\u201d to see all outgoing links on a page presented in table format. You can filter for followed, nofollowed, UGC, and sponsored links.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also added an additional filter for internal and external outgoing links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-default aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot_31_3_22__10_28_AM.jpg\" alt=\"Click on \u201cLinks\u201d to see all outgoing links on a page\" width=\"1362\" height=\"1068\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.6qmv6rmk03ph\">Find and highlight various types of links (including broken ones)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on \u201cCheck status\u201d to find redirected or broken outgoing links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once checked, you can filter for redirecting and broken links. Select \u201cHighlight on page\u201d to directly highlight the links on the page itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-default aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot_31_3_22__10_33_AM.jpg\" alt=\"Click on \u201cCheck status\u201d to find redirected or broken outgoing links\" width=\"1360\" height=\"713\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You can also export the list of outgoing links with their attributes as a .csv&nbsp;file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"is-style-default aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot_31_3_22__10_33_AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"Click &quot;Export&quot; to export the list of outgoing links as a .csv file.\" width=\"1360\" height=\"120\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it for&nbsp;today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re always working on improving the toolbar and adding new features, both for Ahrefs subscribers and for those who don\u2019t have a subscription yet.<\/p>\n<p>Give us a follow on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGcAPjsNRj2BwCHM1xzFUeQ\">product YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahrefs\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;to know when we next roll out updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at this major revamp of our browser plugin. 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