Useful to inspect the meta data found inside web pages, usually not visible while browsing.GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!
This extension was mostly rewritten to follow the latest Google guidelines.
Almost any feature is still there and several improvements have been made.
More tags warnings were added too, with the badge number showing their amount.
The main difference from the previous version is that the data is not displayed on the page itself, but in the popup accessible clicking on the extension icon.
Meta data is not just the usual HTML meta tags, but the XFN tags, various microformats, the recently introduced canonical attribute, the no-follow links and so on.
This extension is mainly aimed at web developers that need to verify the HTML of their site to follow the Webmasters' Google Guidelines, but even to who is curious about any page contents that are usually not visible, but can reveal interesting site properties.
Alerts are showed when the meta data is not within certain ranges, for example when the description tag is too short, or too long.
There are links to info-sites ( mainly SEO-oriented ) pointing to the exact page about the site you are watching. Feel free to request new links, I'll add only the good ones (there are many sites all showing the same data).
Anyway, in one of the next updates, the links list will be customizable.
Latest changes:
2.0.8 - moved "robots" in common tags - added "geo" group - GoogleMaps(tm) links for location data - IMG tags report and warning for missing ALT attribute.
2.0.7 - OpenGraph checker - tools added: Norton Safe Web, GPlus Ripples explorer - minor fixes.
2.0.6 - fixed case-sensitive issues - layout improvements - meta data is now grouped in "common", "opengraph", "twitter", "schema.org" and "other" - the pop-up reopens on the last used section - added check for invalid "value" attribute
2.0.5 - no follow highlight is back - options page, good for future additions! - added more social verification tools - added Nibbler too
2.0.4 - Restored and updated the "on-line tools" section - layout fixes
2.0.3 - small fix with missing meta content - 5 stars rating for HTML check - layout fixes - badge refresh - doctype fix
2.0.2 - added html, h1, h2 tags check.
2.0.1 - small fix
2.0.0 - rewrited to new guidelines - added rich snippets data - more warnings - moved data to popup
1.8.3 - Style fixes, speed improvements, basic HTML5 report.
1.8.2 - Added favicons to external scripts URLs, added links to tags explanations. Bugfixes.
1.8.1 - Google Profiles are now detected and fully listed in the Page Details (found on the icon menu)
1.8 - Added more unique prefixes to css classes, "always white text" fixed, custom font size, explained "description too long/short" values, removed "show visited links" it is not working anymore due to security issues, fixed head title (added warning and length count),
improvements to the printable "page details", checked various sites for layout issues
1.7.10 - Fixed graphics issues, visible in latest Chrome Dev
1.7.9 - Meta "property" added (i.e. used by Facebook Social Graph) - basic "javascript in meta" fix
1.7.8 - Added the requested close button, and "Rich Snippets Testing Tool","Copyscape Plagiarism Checker","Keyword Density Analyzer" tool links
1.7.7 - Basic RDFa implementation.
1.7.6 - Graphic enhancements
1.7.5 - Fixed some tool links, edited some icons, added "content-language"
1.7.4 - Cleaned script tags, details page has more data, password safety warning, fixed font styles, meta links are clickable, linked images are showed, speed improvements.
1.7 - Added a printable details page, accessible from the popup options.