Mangools spammy SEO extension gets negative trust gauge rating

Mangools SEO Extension [Metrics, Backlinks, On-Page] generated "spammy console output" and slowed Chrome down

Mangools poor Trust Gauge score



ChatGPT said:

Mangools’ extension is notorious for exactly that kind of spammy console output and tab-ID errors. It polls every open tab for metrics, and when Chrome unloads a tab from memory, the extension keeps trying to message it. That’s why you were seeing:

  • “No tab with id…”

  • “Cannot find menu item with id…”

  • Freezing when lots of tabs are open

Removing it was the right move. You’ll get a noticeable speed/stability improvement in Chrome now.


I Googled it and it mentioned IP Blocks which happen in my current location so I went back to chatGPT:

Unlikely.
IP blocks in your location don’t cause Chrome console errors, and they don’t cause:

  • “No tab with id…”

  • “Cannot find menu item…”

  • Browser freezes

Those only come from browser extensions misfiring inside Chrome itself.

If it were an IP block, you’d see:

  • Pages not loading

  • 403/404 errors

  • Redirect loops

  • DNS failures

You would not see internal Chrome extension API errors.

Given that:

  • Errors disappear in Incognito

  • Errors disappear when opening a fresh tab

  • Errors disappeared after removing Mangools

…that’s a pure extension issue, not location network/IP behaviour.

The connection quality here can be patchy, but it won’t generate those specific messages.

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