Checkbot

Checkbot is a browser extension designed to help users optimize their websites by identifying and resolving SEO, speed, and security issues. According to the vendor, this comprehensive tool is suitable for businesses of any size and caters to a wide range of professionals and industries including web developers, SEO specialists, digital marketers, website owners, small businesses, and e-commerce businesses.

Key Features

SEO Tests: Checkbot performs tests to identify broken page links, duplicate page titles, duplicate page content, and valid HTML/CSS/JavaScript. The vendor provides recommendations on how to improve SEO and search rankings, allowing users to customize page titles and descriptions, avoid duplicate content, and optimize page content.

Security Tests: Checkbot checks for HTTPS usage on all pages, mixed content errors, and secure password forms. It offers recommendations on enhancing website security, including enabling HSTS preload, turning on XSS protection, and disabling type sniffing.

Speed Tests: Checkbot helps users optimize website speed by eliminating redirect chains, avoiding inlining CSS/JS, and minifying CSS/JavaScript. It checks for browser caching, server compression, and render-blocking scripts. Users can optimize page size and resource delivery to improve website speed.

Crawling and Testing: Checkbot can crawl hundreds of pages in minutes, identifying issues across the entire website. Users can customize crawls by limiting URLs based on subdomain, subfolder, search depth, pattern, and type. Immediate feedback is provided on changes made to the website, without having to wait for search engine updates, according to the vendor.

Website Best Practices: Checkbot follows 50+ web best practices recommended by Google, Mozilla, W3C, and other web experts. It provides detailed explanations and suggestions to help users create highly optimized websites. Users can refer to the Checkbot Web Best Practices Guide for an overview of the rules tested.

Ease of Use: Checkbot is a user-friendly browser extension that can be installed in seconds. It integrates seamlessly with Chrome and can be used alongside other web development tools. Users can export reports to PDF and CSV formats for easy sharing and further analysis, according to the vendor.

Multi-site Testing: Checkbot allows users to crawl and test multiple websites, including local development sites. There are no limitations on the number of sites that can be checked or the frequency of testing, according to the vendor.

Platform Compatibility: Checkbot is a Google Chrome extension that runs on all major desktop platforms, including macOS, Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS. It is designed to work within the Chrome browser and does not require external software or services, according to the vendor.