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I have a confession to make, I’m a Google Chrome addict. *Phew* Ok, that wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Ever since Google Chrome moved out of beta for the Mac, I’ve given it a fair shot as my primary browser. The change from Firefox to Chrome wasn’t easy to start, but I slowly found Chrome to be must faster and more stable. The one thing I was missing…were my Extensions. Well, now that Chrome is out of beta, Google has enabled extensions for the Mac version. If you are a blogger there are plenty of great plugins to help your writing and moderating, but here are a few that I’m finding helpful.

WordPress Comments Checker – Install Comments Checker
I hate getting emails that I have new comments. Just seems annoying. I also hate missing a comment left by someone looking for support on the Updated Today Plugin. Yeah, it’s a contradiction, I get that. Well, this plugin solves the issues. You give it a blog URL and a refresh interval, and It’ll notify you of comments. Downfall is, it only works for 1 WordPress install.

Diggio Web Highlighter and Bookmark – Install Diggio
This great extension allows you to highlight test on a site, and find it quickly at a later time. Have a great quote in a huge document you found? Perfect, just highlight it, and a little tooltip will say “Highlight”. Now, when you go back to this page later, you’ll have this highlight already available to find. Also, this can sync with the Diggio website, so by using your Google login credentials, you’ll be able to see a list of all your highlights in one spot. Great for finding that long lost bit of information you know you read somewhere.

After the Deadline – Install After the Deadline
Browsers these days all have built in spell check. I know that we all don’t care that much about our spelling, but it’s nice to have a post go out with no errors…every once and a while. Well, After the Deadline is a pretty full featured spell check and grammar check. The authors go as far as to say it’s “An intelligent spell, style, and grammar checker.” My favorite feature is that it will prompt you prior to submitting a post, or any form data for that matter, when errors are found. If you are ok with the “errors” just click OK, and your post is on the way, or you can cancel and go back and fix the problems.