Version History

Version 2.0.2 — January 16, 2017
Works with: Firefox 48.0 and up

• switched uri string encoding function
• disabled console error reporting in production version
• updated Keyword / Page Analysis / Meta Tags

Version 2.0.1 — November 22, 2016
Works with: Firefox 48.0 and up

• fixed a bug with text selection caused by a change in Firefox 50

Version 2.0 — September 5, 2016
Works with: Firefox 48.0 and up

Foxy SEO Tool has been rewritten from scratch to adopt the new Firefox WebExtension API which makes it now compatible with multiprocess architecture (codename electrolysis, or e10s). Instead of the toolbar & context menu tools, FoxySEOTool is now accessible as a button to the right of the location bar (or wherever you decide to customize its placement) which displays a popup where you can access it all. In terms of functionality, it is still close to what you are used to, with some improvements, fixes, reorganization, updates, etc.

CHANGES:

• Using secure https versions of sites urls whenever available
• rewrote the Search Spider Simulator with a design update, now also includes html5 elements, head tags and cookies
• new configurable add-on settings to set the prefered default views for the main menu
• removed / Google / Google Pagerank: the data is not available to the public anymore since around spring 2016
http://searchengineland.com/google-has-confirmed-they-are-removing-toolbar-pagerank-244230
• changed / Google / GWT - Top searches (now Google / Search Console / Page searches): fixed link and now related to the specific page
• added / Google / Google Search Console / Dashboard
• added / Bing / Bing Webmaster Tools / Dashboard
• fixed / Bing / Bing Search Domain
• removed / Others / Ask: not much in the search business anymore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine#Market_share
• added / Others / Baidu
• added / Others / Yandex
• added / Others / DuckDuckGo
• Moved / Traffic to / Profile / Traffic
• removed / Traffic / Quantcast: little info available to regular visitors
• updated / Profile / Safety / Google Safe Browsing
• removed / Profile / Builtwith Optimizer: not available anymore
• removed / Profile / Site Trail: site is closed
• added / Profile / Site report / Majestic
• added / Profile / Site report / Spyfu
• removed / Directories / Yahoo! Directory: site is closed
• removed / Directories / ipl2: site is closed
• moved / Directories to / Profile / Directories
• removed / Social Media / Digg: site not very popular anymore
• removed / Social Media / Google Blog: discontinued, now part of Google News
• removed / Social Media / Technorati: not a search engine for blogs anymore
• reorganized / Social Media / to / Social Media / Search main sites & Social Media / Search various sites
• added / Social Media / Search main sites / LinkedIn: using Google for search
• added / Social Media / Search main sites / Pinterest: using Google for search
• added / Social Media / Search main sites / Google+
• added / Social Media / Search various sites / Tumbler
• added / Social Media / Search various sites /Instagram
• added / Social Media / Search various sites / Vine
• changed / Social Media / Search main sites / Facebook: using Google for search
• removed / Social Media / Share / Delicious
• removed Social Media / Share / Digg
• removed Social Media / Bookmarks / Yahoo: not available anymore
• moved Social Media / Bookmarks / Google to Social Media / Share / Google bookmarks
• changed Network / Geo Location to another service
• changed Network / IP neighbors to another service
• removed Network / Performance / Page Loading Test: cannot be used directly with a link anymore
• removed Network / Performance / Ping Test: cannot be used directly with a link anymore
• moved the few Misc functions to Network
• removed Keyword / Wordpot: site is closed
• added Keyword / Wordtracker research
• removed Keyword / Google Shopping: cannot link directly to search results
• added Keyword / Search keyword in site
• added Keyword / Google Adwords Keyword Planner
• added Tools / W3C validation / Validate HTTP response header
• removed About / Links / Trending topics / Alexa Hot Urls: page is closed
• removed About / Links / Trending topics / AOL Search Trends: not available anymore
• updated About / Links / Trending topics / Ebay items in demand
• updated About / Links / Trending topics / Google trending searches
• updated About / Links / Trending topics / Google top charts
• added About / Links / Trending topics / Bing trends
• added About / Links / Trending topics / Twitter moments
• renamed About / Links / Trending topics to About / Links / Trending topics
• removed About / Webmaster / Yahoo! submission: Yahoo! search uses Bing

Version 0.8.7 — March 22, 2014 — 61 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 27.*

• Tested with Firefox v. 6 - v. 27
• removed Yahoo explorer menus (site retired, replaced by Bing webmaster tool)
• moved Yahoo! search to Others / Yahoo!
• Added Profile / Site Trail
• Added Keyword / Research / Google Shopping
• Added Keyword / People Search / Google+
• Added Keyword / People Search / Twitter
• Updated Social Media / Youtube
• Updated Social Media / Twitter
• Updated Google / Google News
• Updated Google / Google PageRank
• Removed Others / Blekko
• Removed Traffic / Google Trends
• Removed Profile / Google Ad Planner
• Updated Profile / Open Site Explorer
• Removed Profile / Quarkbase
• Removed Social Media / Delicious
• Updated Social media / Facebook
• Removed Social Media / Google Buzz
• Removed Social Media / MySpace
• Removed Social Media / Stumbleupon
• Updated Social media / Yahoo! Answers
• Removed Social Media / Share / MySpace
• Removed Social Media / Share / Stumbleupon
• Removed Social Media / Bookmark / AOL
• Removed Social Media / Bookmark / Live
• Updated Network / Performance / Google Page Speed
• Removed Network / Web host
• Updated Network / My IP Information
• Updated Keyword / Page Analysis / Google Adsense Preview Tool
• Removed Keyword / Page Analysis / Keyword Importance
• Updated Keyword / Page Analysis / Meta Tags
• Updated Keyword / People Search / Google +
• Updated Keyword / People Search / Twitter
• Updated Keyword / People Search / Whitepages
• Updated Keyword / Domain Name Search
• Removed Keyword / Google Insights Search
• Removed Keyword / Wordtracker
• Removed Keyword / Google Keywords Tool
• Removed Keyword / Google Traffic Estimator
• Changed About / Links / Hot topics / Ebay Pulse to About / Links / Hot topics / Ebay Popular
• Removed About / Links / Hot topics / Yahoo! Buzz log
• Removed About / Links / Webmaster / Yahoo! Site Explorer

Version 0.8.6 — June 22, 2011 — 64 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 5.*

• Tested with Firefox 5.0
• Moved Others / Bing to Bing
• Added Bing / BWT Backlinks
• Added Bing / BWT Index Explorer
• Added Bing / BWT Traffic Summary
• Removed Social Media / Share / Squidoo
• Removed Social Media / Share / Mixx
• Added Network / Web host
• Added Network / Performance / Google Page Speed
• Added Profile / Similar Sites
• Updated Others / Ask / Ask News
• Removed Profile / Websiteoutlook (too many ads and redundant)
• Removed Directories / Google Directory (Google removed the search directory function, useless now)
• Moved Best of the Web and ipl2 in "Other Directories" subdirectory to main Directories menu
• Removed Social Media / Share / Yahoo! Buzz (service discontinued)
• Added About / Links / Hot Topics / Yahoo! Buzz log
• Removed Keywords / Page Analysis / Keyword and Competitor Site Profile (service changed to BuiltWith Optimizer)
• Added Profile / BuiltWith Optimizer
• Updated Tools / W3C Validation / Validate Links
• Removed About / Links / Hot Topics / AOL Hot Searches
• Added About / Links / Hot Topics / AOL Search Trends
• Removed About / Links / Hot Topics / Ask.com IQ (discontinued)

Version 0.8.5 — January 2, 2011 — 63 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 4.0.*

• Tested with 4.0b9pre
• Added Tools / W3C Validation / Validate Mobile
• Added Tools / W3C Validation / Validate Feed
• Added Social Media / Share / LinkedIn
• Created new section: Keyword / People Search
  • Added Keyword / People Search / LinkedIn
  • Added Keyword / People Search / Facebook
  • Added Keyword / People Search / Whitepages
• Updated Google / GWT - Backlinks
• Updated Google / Google Pagerank
• Added Others / Blekko
  • Added Others / Blekko / Blekko SEO
  • Added Others / Blekko / Blekko Backlinks for this page
  • Added Others / Blekko / Blekko Backlinks for this site
  • Added Others / Blekko / Blekko Search Domain
  • Added Others / Blekko / Blekko Site
  • Added Others / Blekko / Blekko Cache
• Updated Others / Ask / Ask Search Domain
• Removed Social Media / Share / Propeller (no longer exists)
• Improved Social Media / Share & Social Media / Bookmark code with accents
• Updated Social media / Digg
• Updated Social media / MySpace
• Renamed Network / DNS Check to Network / DNS Info
• Added Network / DNS Health
• Updated Network / Geo Location
• Removed Network / IP Address (no longer available)
• Moved Misc / Whois to Network / Whois
• Removed Misc / Proxy View (no longer available for free users)
• Updated Tools / W3C Validation / Validate Links
• Added About / Links / Hot Topics / Google Zeitgeist
• Removed Keyword / Page Analysis / Google Search-based keyword tool (service discontinued)
• Removed Keyword / Google Adwords CPC (service discontinued)
• Added Keyword / Google Keywords Tool
• Added Keyword / Google Traffic Estimator

Version 0.8.4 — July 11, 2010 — 60 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 4.0b2pre

• Tested with Mozilla Firefox 3.7a5pre
• Tested with Mozilla Firefox 4.0b2pre
• various small code and graphical corrections
• Updated Misc / Proxy View
• Updated Misc / Copyscape
• Added Social Media / Flickr
• Added Social Media / Google Buzz
• Added Social Media / Facebook
• Updated Tools / Search Spider Simulator
• Updated Profile / SEOmoz Linkscape
• Updated Directories / Other Directories / Best of the Web
• Removed Directories / Other Directories / Librarians' Internet Index (see ipl2)
• Removed Directories / Other Directories / Internet Public Library (see ipl2)
• Added Directories / Other Directories / ipl2 (merger between Librarians' Internet Index and Internet Public Library)
• Updated Google / Google Cache (new webcache.googleusercontent.com domain)
• Updated Google / Google Cache text (new webcache.googleusercontent.com domain)
• Removed Social Media / Bookmark / Ask (service retired in june 2010)
• Updated Network / IP neighbors (new site as the previous one is offline)
• Updated Keyword / Research / Dictionnary (changed to wiktionary.org)
• Updated Keyword / Wordtracker
• Replaced Keyword / Google Sponsored Links with Keyword / Google Adsense Preview Tool as Google Sponsored Links isn't available anymore
• Added Profile / SEMRush
• Added Keyword / SEMRush Keyword Report
• Changed Keyword / Page Analysis / SEMRush Domain Report to Keyword / Page Analysis / SEMRush URL Report
• Removed Keyword / Google Synonym (ads overload)
• Removed About / Links / Hot Topics / Yahoo! Buzz (became a news aggregator site instead of showing popular yahoo! searches)
• Disabled some Technorati related functions until they put them back up

Version 0.8.3 — October 31, 2009 — 60 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.6.*

• Added Google / Google Cache (text)
• Fix Directories menu icon transparency
• updated Social Media / Share / Twitter
• updated Directories / Yahoo! Directory
• Added Google / Google Related
• Updated Keywords / Page Analysis / SEMRush domain report
• Added Keywords / Page Analysis / Keyword and Competitor Site Profile
• Tested with Firefox 3.6 beta
• Fixed issue with the Spider Simulator and Firefox 3.6 beta
• added default icon for disabled add-on status

Version 0.8.2 — August 24, 2009 — 58 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.5.*

• changed source for Network / Server Headers function
• updated Profile / Google Ad Planner
• updated Network / IP neighbors
• updated Google / GWT Backlinks
• updated Profile / SEOmoz linkscape

Version 0.8.1 — June 20, 2009 — 57 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.5.*

• fixed error when using functions for hostname on blank pages
• updated links for new Google Webmaster Tools site
• tested compatibility with Firefox version 3.5 RC2
• updated Yahoo! / Yahoo! News search

Version 0.8.0 — June 5, 2009 — 57 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• updated urls in Yahoo! Explorer and Yahoo! Backlinks from https:// to normal http://
• wrapped variables and functions within a javascript object to prevent potential conflicts with other add-ons
• updated old Live functions to new Bing address
• added Others / Bing / Bing News

Version 0.7.9 — May 26, 2009 — 57 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• changed Network / Performance / Network World Response from domain only to full url check
• updated Network / Geo Location
• renamed Keyword / Page Analysis / Keyword Analysis to Keyword Importance
• added Keyword / Page Analysis / Keyword Density
• renamed Keyword / Page Analysis / Meta Tag and Page Analyzer to Meta Tags
• added Profile / Google Ad planner
• removed About / Links / Hot topics / MSN A-List (page became useless)
• Updated Social Media / Share / Yahoo! Buzz

Version 0.7.8 — April 11, 2009 — 57 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• added Network / IP neighbors
• added Keyword / Page Analysis / SEMRush Domain Report
• updated new url in Traffic / Alexa
• changed Links / Hot Topics / Alexa Movers & Shakers to Alexa Hot Urls
• Simplified Traffic menu and removed links to secondary pages
• Removed About / Keywords links (new keywords menu now mostly covers it)
• added title insertion in Social Media / Share / Digg
• added Social Media / Share / Reddit
• added Social Media / Share / Squidoo
• added Social Media / Share / Technorati
• added Social Media / Share / Mixx
• added Social Media / Share / Propeller
• removed About / Hot topics / Lycos 50 (now redirects to homepage)

Version 0.7.7 — March 22, 2009 — 57 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• created new menu Social Media / Share
  • added Social Media / Share / Delicious
  • added Social Media / Share / Digg
  • added Social Media / Share / Facebook
  • added Social Media / Share / Myspace
  • added Social Media / Share / Stumbleupon
  • added Social Media / Share / Twitter
  • added Social Media / Share / Yahoo! Buzz
• created new menu Social Media / Bookmark
  • added Social Media / Bookmark / AOL
  • added Social Media / Bookmark / Ask
  • added Social Media / Bookmark / Google
  • added Social Media / Bookmark / Live
  • added Social Media / Bookmark / Yahoo!
• added Keyword / Research / Google Synonym

Version 0.7.6 — March 8, 2009 — 55 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• added Profile / Safety / Web of Trust
• added Network / IP address
• created Network / Performance menu
• renamed Network Performance to Network World Response
• moved Network World Response, Page Loading Test, Ping Test to Performance menu
• "My IP Information" now loads in new tab

Version 0.7.5 — February 15, 2009 — 55 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• renamed Spider Simulator to Search Spider Simulator
• renamed Meta Tag Analyzer to Meta Tag and Page Analyzer
• added Network / My IP information
• created Tools / W3C Validation
  • added Tools / W3C Validation / Validate HTML
  • added Tools / W3C Validation / Validate CSS
  • added Tools / W3C Validation / Validate Links
• added Network / Server Headers
• added Profile / SEOmoz Linkscape
• added About / Links / Hot Topics / Technorati Popular
• added About / Links / Hot Topics / AOL Hot Searches
• created menu / Others /
  • added Ask menu to Others
  • added Others / Ask / Ask Search Domain
  • added Others / Ask / Ask News
• created new menu Tools / Files
• created new Profile / Safety menu
• moved Profile / Google Safe Browsing to Profile / Safety / Google Safe Browsing
• moved Profile / Siteadvisor to Profile / Safety / Siteadvisor
• moved Misc / Spam Blocklist to Profile / Safety / Spam Blocklist
• created new menu Directories / Other Directories
  • added Directories / Other Directories / Best of the Web
  • added Directories / Other Directories / Librarians' Internet Index
  • added Directories / Other Directories / Internet Public Library
• created new menu Keyword / Research
• created new menu Keyword / Page Analysis
  • added Keyword / Page Analysis / Google Search-based keyword tool
  • added Keyword / Page Analysis / Google Adsense Preview Tool
• added Keyword / Domain Name Search
• added Keyword / Google Alerts
• changed Keyword / Keyword Density function to seomoz page and renamed it Keyword Analysis

Version 0.7.0 — February 3, 2009 — 52 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• added Google / GWT Backlinks (account with Google required)
• added Google / GWT Top Searches (account with Google required)
• added Yahoo! / Yahoo! News
• added Live! / Live Image
• added new menu: Keyword
  • added Keyword / Google Insights Search
  • added Keyword / Google Sponsored Links
  • added Keyword / Google Trends Searches
  • added Keyword / Google Adwords CPC
  • added Keyword / Dictionary
  • added Keyword / Thesaurus
  • added Keyword / Wordpot
  • added Keyword / Wordtracker
  • added Keyword / Wikipedia
  • added Keyword / Keyword Density
  • added Keyword / Meta Tag Analyzer
• moved some links from About / Keyword to new menu Keyword
• added Profile / Google Safe Browsing
• added About / Links / Webmaster / Google Submission
• added About / Links / Webmaster / Yahoo! Submission
• added About / Links / Webmaster / Live Submission
• fixed About / Hot topics / Ask.com IQ link

Version 0.6.3 — January 19, 2009 — 49 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• changed menu name Traffic Analysis to Traffic to save space in the toolbar
• moved menu Links to About / Links to save space in the toolbar
• added "Search text for duplicates" function in Tools
• Some corrections and improvements to Spider Simulator
• created new menu Network and moved some functions from Misc
• renamed Social Network to Social Media to avoid confusion with Network menu
• fixed issues with variables separators (&) in urls (urls are now encoded)

Version 0.6.2 - January 6, 2009 - 49 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

• added Social Networks / Youtube
• added Profile / BuiltWith
• added Misc / Spam Blocklist
• added Misc / DNS Check
• added Misc / Ping Test
• added Misc / Proxy View
• renamed the Internet Supervision, Geotool, Pingdom services in Misc menu to Network Performance, Geo Location and Page Loading Test
• added Tools / Robots.txt
• added Tools / Sitemap XML
• added Tools / Error 404

Version 0.6.1 - November 28, 2008 - 47 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 - 3.0.*

Updated some icons and general revision to officially submit the add-on

• Removed Profile / Cubestats: too slow, too many ads, similar to websiteoutlook
• Moved Firefox Add-ons page link to the about dialog
• Moved Misc / Netcraft to Profile / Netcraft
• Moved Misc / SiteAdvisor to Profile / SiteAdvisor

Version 0.6.0 — November 23, 2008 — 44 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 – 3.0.*

New feature:

Tools / Spider Simulator:

• strip a page from all styles, images and linearize content
• highlight header tags (h1, h2, etc)
• display image alt attributes
• highlight tables, lists, forms
• hide iframe, embed, object, frameset
• show missing important alt attribute for images with links
• highlight nofollow links in red

Version 0.5.6 — November 23, 2008 — 43 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 – 3.0.*

• added GNU license
• reorganized google menu
• moved Google / Google Trends for Websites to Traffic Analysis / Google / Google Trends for Websites
• added Google / Google PageRank
• added Misc / Copyscape
• added Misc / Pingdom
• added Misc / Internet Supervision
• added Misc / Geotool
• added Social Networks / Google Blog
• added Profile / Quarkbase
• added Profile / Cubestat
• added Profile / WebsiteOutlook
• added Links / Keywords / Google Sponsored Links
• replaced Links / Keywords / Google Trends with Links / Keywords / Google Insights Search
• limited google groups search to google groups only

Version 0.5.5 — November 14, 2008 — 18 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 – 3.0.*

• changed logo
• reorganized, renamed and sorted some functions
• removed "www" in Yahoo! Site Explorer for sites
• added quotes to the domain for Google Directory search
• added google image search
• added google news archive search
• added Links / Webmaster / Google Webmaster Tools
• added Links / Webmaster / Yahoo! Site Explorer
• added Links / Webmaster / Live Webmaster Center
• changed "Help" section title to "About"
• added Links / Keywords / Thesaurus

Version 0.5.4 — November 4, 2008 — 19 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 – 3.0.*

• added Links / Keywords / Keyword Discovery
• added Help / Firefox Add-ons page for Foxy SEO Tool
• added Social Networks / Google Groups
• added Directories / About.com

Version 0.5.3 — November 1, 2008 — 18 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 – 3.0.*

• added Social Networks / Myspace
• added Social Networks / Twitter
• added Social Networks / Yahoo! Answers
• modified help menu
• added about dialog

Version 0.5.2 — November 1, 2008 — 15 KB
Works with: Firefox: 2.0 – 3.0.*

• removed results from own domain in search engine domain search
• added Misc / McAfee Siteadvisor
• verified backward compatibility with Firefox 2.0.0.16

Version 0.5.1 — October 31, 2008 — 15 KB
Works with: Firefox: 3.0 – 3.0.*

• fixed some localization issue for the french version

Version 0.5 — October 30, 2008 — 15 KB
Works with: Firefox: 3.0 – 3.0.*