SearchStatus

SearchStatus was developed by Quirk's own CEO, Craig Raw, for the highly specialised needs of search engine marketers. SearchStatus is a definite must have for all you search fundis out there and is supported by Matt Cutts, lead engineer of Google, Danny Sullivan, the acknowledged father of search engine optimisation and Geoff Mack, product manager of Alexa. SearchStatus is essentially a toolbar extension that allows you to see how any and every website in the world is performing.

For every site, you visit using Firefox or Mozilla, SearchStatus lets you view its Google PageRank, Google Category, Alexa popularity ranking, keyword density analyser, keyword/nofollow highlighting, Alexa incoming links, Alexa related links and backward links from Google, Yahoo! and MSN - for the first time all in one place.

Like Firefox itself, SearchStatus is an open-source product, requiring no licensing fees and promoting user additions and modifications. Download this awesome SEO tool today!

SearchStatus FAQ

• Does SearchStatus contribute to my Alexa ranking?

Yes. SearchStatus users form part of the panel of toolbar users that contribute towards Alexa statistics. The same applies for Compete.

• I click on the Firefox logo to install and nothing happens.

Have you allowed www.quirk.biz to install extensions? A yellow bar should appear at the top of the browser window when you click, with a button to allow the site permission to install SearchStatus. Once SearchStatus is installed, it appears in the bottom right hand corner, but you can place it anywhere in the browser chrome through the Options menu.

• Does SearchStatus work on a Mac?

Yes, it works on any platform that Firefox can run on.

• Popup windows are not correctly sized.

Try going into the Options menu and moving SearchStatus to a different part of the browser.

• SearchStatus doesn't do anything/crashed my browser!

Older versions of Firefox have some remaining bugs in the extensions code. Try creating a new profile as described here and installing SearchStatus there. (Your old profile will remain intact).

• Is SearchStatus spyware?

No! The Google PageRank display sends your current URL and a hash of it to Google. The Alexa Rank display sends your current URL domain, your local IP address and a unique constant to Alexa Web Services. The Compete display (disabled by default) sends your current domain and a unique constant to Compete. All of these displays can be turned off independently.