Best Chrome Extensions for SQA: Checkbot

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Checkbot: SEO, Web Speed & Security Tester 

Checkbot - TOP SQA extension for Chrome

This is a super complete tool since the free version, the free version can check 100 URLs from your site, the initial page is super simple. you just need to add the URL of the site that is being checked, and click the arrow

Checkbot initial page



The you will see a real time analysis




General results page will be like this:


Checkbot Results Page


Where you can click on any of the items in the right:
URLS Crawled, Pages Crawled and Broken links, in this case some of the links that I have broken are some Google Extensions, that might not be recognized, you can see the summary and even export it to a nice CSV

If you are checking any of the details area, you can always click "DASHBOARD" option on the left barto get back to the main screen

A really cool option that I enjoy is how it gives you the "Use optimal length titles" it is a simple view, with the URL, the characters and the feedback, pretty nice to see and to locate the elements (as well I had some workarounds to do with my page)

Title length Checker




Security Check

This is for sure one of its strengths since, the rest of the check can be done by several tools or extensions, I have seen quote a few that do at least a preventive basic security scan on its free version

This Chrome Extension will help you to check some of the security of the site, which is at this moments one of the most important areas to check, at least in transactional or information managing sites

You can locate the report on the dashboard, one of the left, where it says security, will have a general score next to the title (in this case 72%)


Web sites security check

The Security Areas that you will get input with this tool are:
  • HTTPs Check
    • Nowadays All pages should use HTTPS to prevent attacks and protect the privacy of your visitors
  • HSTS 
    • Configure HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) response headers to force browsers to always use HTTPS instead of HTTP on your site.)
  • Miscellaneous 
    • Use clickjack protection (This type of attack is where an attacker tricks a user into clicking on something unintended by hiding malicious elements or content behind legitimate-looking buttons or links)
    • Use XSS protection (This will help you to Protect against XSS attacks by enabling browser XSS safeguards)
    • Hide server version data (Avoid leaking information to attackers by removing response headers that say what software is running on your web server)