Top Five Google Chrome Extensions

Many people are switching over to Google Chrome from Firefox or IE despite the fact that it has only been around for about three years. Its impressive features and fast, clean browsing have enticed users over and it is slowly catching Firefox in terms of the number of extensions. In this article we'll look at five new Google Chrome extensions:

1. Send from Gmail - Since most Chrome users have Gmail, this extension can direct each e-mail link on a site to a Gmail Window. Without the need to fire up MS Outlook, you also don't need to keep copying and pasting email addresses to your Gmail. It also allows you to instantly email the URL over to any page you are reading.

2. Adblock - With this extension, spam advertisers should beware. It has the ability to stop most ads from most websites jumping out at you and gives you a faster, quieter and cleaner browsing experience.

3. IE Tab - With this extension, you can have a virtual IE browser in Chrome. This way, you can still get all the benefits of Internet Explorer (such as SEO) without opening IE itself.

4. Google Mail Checker - One of the down sides to having Gmail as compared to a desktop-based mail client is the fact that you need to leave Gmail open so you can get instant notification on a new email. With this extension, you can keep tabs on your unread Gmail messages. This will appear beside the Chrome address bar. When you click the extension icon, it automatically opens a Gmail tab.

5. FastestChrome - This extension is also called FastestFox for Chrome by Firefox users simply because it has the same creator. It can enhance web searches. Additional results pages are also loaded automatically. Furthermore, relevant results from other sites and major search engines will also be interlinked to the standard Google search results. For Wikipedia pages, you will find related articles loaded automatically on the left hand column.

Aside from these top five Google Chrome extensions, there are also other great extensions you can consider such as Feedly, Stop Autoplay for YouTube, Session Manager and Google Preview among others. Through these extensions, you can guarantee a fast and productive user experience.

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