Save Time with Checkbot for Chrome — Automated Link & HTML Checks

Checkbot for Chrome: Quick Website Health Checks in Your Browser

Checkbot for Chrome is a browser extension that performs automated website health checks directly from your browser. It scans pages and crawls sites to identify common SEO, accessibility, and technical issues so you can fix problems faster.

Key features

• Link and HTTP checks: Detects broken internal/external links, redirects, and HTTP status errors (4xx/5xx).
• HTML & structured data validation: Flags invalid HTML, missing or duplicate meta tags, and schema.org issues.
• SEO audits: Reports on missing titles, meta descriptions, header structure, canonical tags, and indexability problems.
• Performance & best practices: Highlights slow-loading resources and common performance pitfalls.
• Accessibility checks: Identifies basic WCAG issues such as missing alt text and form label problems.
• Custom crawling controls: Set crawl depth, limit by domain, and exclude paths or query strings.
• Exportable reports: Save results as CSV or JSON for sharing with teams or tracking fixes.
• On-page view: Inspect issues per page with direct links to offending elements and suggestions for fixes.

Typical use cases

• Quickly validating a single page before publishing.
• Running site audits during migrations or redesigns.
• Spotting and prioritizing broken links or redirect chains.
• Generating reports for clients or developers.

How it works (overview)

1. Install the extension and open the extension UI in Chrome.
2. Enter a starting URL and set crawl options (depth, domain limits).
3. Run the crawl — Checkbot follows links and tests each URL against its checks.
4. Review the issues list, filter by severity/type, and export results.

Limitations

• Browser-based crawling may be slower and less scalable than server-side crawlers for very large sites.
• Some deep or authenticated areas may be inaccessible without additional setup.
• Advanced performance profiling (e.g., lab metrics from synthetic tests) is limited compared to dedicated tools.

Quick tips

• Start with a shallow crawl to get fast, actionable results.
• Use URL exclusions to avoid crawling admin or staging areas.
• Combine Checkbot findings with server logs and full-site crawlers for comprehensive audits.

If you want, I can create a short step-by-step guide to run your first crawl or a checklist of the top issues to fix from a typical Checkbot report.