Firefox Extensions For Google Users

It seems 39% of my website's readers are browsing with Mozilla Firefox, with a dwindling 49% on Internet Explorer. In light of this, I thought it would be useful to list all the Firefox extensions I could find that perform some sort of function relating to Google.

WebProWorld. Don't forget about the Mozilla Update Firefox Extensions page. For the most part, I've used the descriptions from the extension authors themselves and may or may not have tried the extension myself. Search Status One thing that Googlebar (above) does not do that Google Toolbar does is display PageRank info (read why here). This extension fills that hole and more. It will display the Google PageRank and Alexa popularity anywhere in your browser, along with options for backward/related/category links, Alexa info and more. Gmail Notifier Allows checking for new Gmail messages directly from the browser's UI. A status bar item will show once installed, and a toolbar item can be added by customizing the toolbar. However, you may not want to use this considering Google has a notifer that resides in the system tray. Define Word Look up the definition of selected text on Google. You might not really need this though, since Googlebar (above) has a dictionary definition function built-in. Also, you can use the Google Deskbar. Google Scholar OpenURLs The purpose is to enable users at an institution that has an OpenURL link-resolver to use that resolver to locate the full text of articles found in Google Scholar, instead of relying on the links to publishers' websites provided by Google. This is important because it solves the "appropriate copy problem": the link to a publisher's site is useless if you don't have a subscription that lets you into that site, and your library may provide access to the same article in an aggregator's package or elsewhere. I haven't used this, but it sounds like a great idea. Mark Fleming is the founder of a new blog called Google Tutor & Advisor