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SearchStatus adds Compete rankings

by Craig Raw

2007/05/15

A quick heads up: I've just released the new version of SearchStatus. For those who haven't heard of it, SearchStatus is a Firefox extension that tells you your Google PageRank and Alexa ranking in a neat status bar in the corner of your browser. It also has a number of menu accessible functions such as keyword density, link report, backlink checks, WHOIS etc. If you haven't tried it (and use the 'Fox), I urge you to give it a go. For those running the previous version of 1.18, Firefox should auto-update this extension (Tools->Add-ons->Find Updates).

New to this version are statistics from Compete.com. Compete has been coming up in the world of web traffic measurement, and while Alexa remains king of the pile, Compete offers some pretty interesting stats such as average stay on a site - which is a critical measure, and a topic for another post. SearchStatus presents the overall Compete ranking for the domain you are on, and provides a menu showing the estimated number of monthly visitors, along with a link to the Compete SnapShot page for that site. The Compete rank is a number much like the Alexa rank, which SearchStatus converts into a little purple bar for better visibility.

So, there are now 3 independent measures for every site you visit. And as they say, never go to sea with 2 clocks...

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No updates were found for SearchStatus ?

Posted by rafiq on 2007/05/15

It also depends where you originally installed from... clicking on the .xpi link on quirk.biz is the other, foolproof way to it. Let me know if you have any troubles...

Posted by Craig on 2007/05/15

It's a GREAT extension. I actually use it for 2 main things:

The PR statusbar info
The NoFollow highlighting - one of those things like delivery reports I've found I can't live without...

Posted by James on 2007/05/16

Awesome Craig!

Posted by Sarah M on 2007/05/16

hello :)
I noticed your smart extension was missing a locale structure, so
I created one to be grabbed here :
_http:goofy37.perso.cegetel.net/extensions/searchstatus_locale_support-1.19-fx+fl.xpi_

I suggest you should submit it to http:www.babelzilla.org
to get more locale languages for free (currently en-US only)

BabelZilla is a community of volunteer translators dedicated to the
translation of extensions for moz family apps. We have people from all
over the world currently maintaining translations for 400 extensions
with an online translation system.
You are welcome to hop on there :)

Have a nice day
- jean-bernard
aka Goofy
BabelZilla Team

Posted by Goofy on 2007/05/16

another attempt to make a link :(
_goofy37.perso.cegetel.net/extensions/searchstatus_locale_support-1.19-fx+fl.xpi_

Posted by Goofy on 2007/05/16

Hi Jean-Bernard,

Thanks! I was always nervous about localisation, but you've pointed the way - I'll certainly try getting this in.

Posted by Craig on 2007/05/16

@Goofy - I see ur having trouble in making a link.

I believe your problem might be that ur not using two underscores _ _ (space between them added to illistrate that its two) before and after the link ...

goofy37.perso.cegetel.net/extensions/searchstatus_locale_support-1.19-fx+fl.xpi

Posted by Jean on 2007/05/16

Everyone -- you should also check out http://attentionmeter.com. I think you'll like it. Alexa, Compete, Technorati, etc stats all in one place.

Posted by Greg on 2007/05/16

Thanks a lot for this Tool. I use it all the time. It is simple, small and powerfull.

Only thing that bugs me is that recently I do not get a page for the backlink check on MSN.

Can you fix that or is it them blocking it?

Posted by Ole on 2007/05/16

a great tool has just got better

great design, and very inconspicuous in the bottom right

I don't see how anyone could not afford to have it.

Posted by Cybernautix on 2007/05/17

Thanks for all your positive words.

Ole, MSN has unfortunately blocked all backlink checks for the time being, for all comers. Darren has even suggested that I remove the menu option to reduce confusion, but I'm hoping they enable it again soon.

Posted by Craig on 2007/05/17

Just installed but don't see status bar in browser. Please advise...

Posted by Jim on 2007/05/23

Hi Jim,

In the menu bar, click on Tools->Addons and select SearchStatus from the list. Click on Preferences and a dialog will appear where you can position SearchStatus anywhere in the browser chrome.

Let me know if you don't come right.

Posted by Craig on 2007/05/23

I'm baffled.

I have always like SearchStatus, and when Firefox automatically upgraded me to version 1.20 I liked it even better with the Compete stats.

However, last week I got a new computer -- a MacBook Pro, also running Parallels with Windows XP. SearchStatus no longer shows the Compete rankings for me, neither on Mac nor Windows in in Parallels.

I'm running the same version of Firefox (2.0.0.4) on all machines, and the same version of SearchStatus. I've tried reinstalling it, and all the configuration options to no avail. Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?

Posted by Art Morgan on 2007/06/22

Hi Art,

Try right-clicking on the 'q' and selecting Enable -> Compete Rank.

hth,
Craig

Posted by Craig on 2007/06/22

Ah....thank you! I don't know why I didn't see that before. I guess I'm already loosing my right click sense after one week on a mac.

Posted by Art Morgan on 2007/06/22

Great Information! I will have to try this extension.

Posted by jeremy on 2008/01/14

Thank you for the heads up!

Posted by mike on 2008/01/14

great info! thanks! Search status works brilliantly!

Posted by SUTRA on 2008/09/28

Hi, I enjoyed using this tool for Firefox, but with the last update the function “Show Backward Links” was changed, for example with previous version links in Yahoo looked like this:
1) http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=linkdomain%3Aexample.com+-site%3Aexample.com&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

and now they look like this:
2) http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=example.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=s

Can you please let me know what I should do so the links look like in option 1?
Thanks

Posted by Breckenridge on 2009/03/01

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