Best alternatives to NoFollow (2026)
6 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to NoFollow, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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NoFollow alternatives, compared
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NoFollow Simple
Outlines all nofollow links on webpages
≈5K users4.4★ from 43 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 20× fewer users than NoFollow
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
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Follow, Nofollow Link Checker 🔗
Follow, NoFollow Link Checker: This extension helps highlight and export NoFollow and DoFollow links on the current web page. 📔
≈10K users5.0★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than NoFollow
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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Strike Out Nofollow Links
Strikes out links with rel='nofollow', 'sponsored', and 'ugc' using CSS3 selectors.
≈6K users4.2★ from 33 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago1 permissions- About 17× fewer users than NoFollow
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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SEO LinkChecker — Follows, External & Internal
Find nofollow, dofollow, broken, internal & external links on any page. Export CSV/JSON with color-coded highlights.
≈3K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago3 permissions- About 33× fewer users than NoFollow
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
- Listed under Social Networking
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Alaev SEO Tools: Free Audit & Analysis
Tools for site analysis and SEO optimization: meta tags, headings, images, links, structured data, indexing and more.
≈20K users4.9★ from 177 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago8 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than NoFollow
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Open SEO Stats(Formerly: PageRank Status)
Shows the web rank and SEO stats for current webpage, quick access to index pages, link stats, security info and more
≈200K users4.6★ from 5.8K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 2.0× more users than NoFollow
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
NoFollow alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to NoFollow?
By users, the most popular alternative is Open SEO Stats(Formerly: PageRank Status) with ≈200K users and a 4.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is NoFollow Simple.
Which NoFollow alternative has the best rating?
Alaev SEO Tools: Free Audit & Analysis has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 177 ratings.
Is there a NoFollow alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
NoFollow Simple asks for 0 permissions, against 4 for NoFollow.
How many alternatives to NoFollow are there?
We list 6 close alternatives to NoFollow on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.