SEOMURAI Documentation

Your first SEO analysis in 60 seconds.

This page contains everything you need to get started with SEOMURAI: installation, your first analysis, a short tour of the seven menus and pointers to the next sensible steps. If you would like an overview of the features first, you will find it on the overview page.

No sign-up. No configuration. Works on any page.

Installation

Two short steps, and the extension is one click away at any time.

1. Install from the Chrome Web Store

Open the SEOMURAI listing in the Chrome Web Store and click “Add to Chrome”. Chrome confirms the installation with a short notice at the top of the screen. No sign-up or account is required, the extension is ready to use immediately.

2. Pin it to the toolbar

Click the puzzle icon (Extensions) at the top right of Chrome, find SEOMURAI in the list and select “Pin to toolbar”. The SEOMURAI icon then appears permanently next to the address bar and is one click away on every page. We explicitly recommend this step, because otherwise SEOMURAI stays hidden behind the puzzle icon.

Installation complete. Now open any web page you want to analyze and continue with the next section.

Your first analysis

From clicking the icon to your first concrete improvement takes exactly five steps. You can follow this workflow on any page.

1. Open any page

SEOMURAI works on any regular web page, on staging environments and also on localhost. It does not matter whether the page is publicly reachable, because the analysis runs entirely locally in your browser. An internet connection is only needed when you additionally use external services such as DataForSEO or an AI provider.

2. Click the SEOMURAI icon

The overlay opens at the top right edge of the screen and does not hide the actual page content. You can grab the overlay by its header and drag it to any position. The next time you open it, it appears in exactly that spot again. The “Reset position” button in the footer takes you back to the default position at any time.

3. Read the dashboard

The dashboard is the default view and gives you three pieces of information right away:

  • SEOMURAI score: A color-coded overall rating from 0 to 100, weighted by the most important on-page factors.
  • Top 5 issues: The five most urgent findings on the page. Each entry is clickable and takes you straight to the matching tab.
  • Quick stats: A compact overview of content, structure, links, images and technical signals.

If the score is green, the basics are in good shape. If it is yellow or red, it is worth fixing at least the top issue.

4. Fix the most important issue

Click the top issue, for example “H1 missing” or “Meta description too short”. SEOMURAI automatically switches to the matching tab (for example Tech SEO → Meta) and shows the corresponding recommendation along with a note on proven best practices. Apply the recommendation in your CMS or source code. For longer explanations, expand the small help box (colored cyan) above the respective tab.

5. Analyze again

Reload the browser tab and open SEOMURAI again. The analysis is recalculated from scratch, the score rises visibly and the issue you just fixed disappears from the list. Repeat the workflow for the remaining findings until the score is green. An average page reaches a solid state in ten to fifteen minutes.

The seven menus at a glance

SEOMURAI is organized into seven main areas. Expand each section to see what it contains and when to reach for that menu.

Dashboard

The default view when you open the extension. You see the SEOMURAI score, the five most important issues and compact statistics on content, structure, links and images. Quick actions take you straight to the five most frequently needed tasks.

When to use it: Always as your starting point, even when you just want to check quickly how a page is doing.

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Tech SEO
  • Meta: Title, Description, Canonical, Robots, Viewport, language, charset, hreflang.
  • Headings: H1 to H6 as a tree structure, detection of duplicate and empty headings.
  • Social: Open Graph and Twitter Cards with live preview.
  • Schema: JSON-LD types, validated and with a direct link to the Rich Results Test.
  • HTTP Headers: The complete server response including status code, caching and security headers.
  • Redirect Path: A visual redirect chain with status codes and load time per hop.
  • HTML Data: Code-to-text ratio, DOM statistics, top 10 tags, direct links to the W3C validator.
  • AI Bot Checker: Checks your robots.txt against 32 known AI crawlers.
  • Robots.txt Validator: A full RFC 9309 parser including a test URL.
  • Sitemap Validator: Validates XML sitemaps against the sitemap protocol 0.9, with line-precise error reporting, best-practice warnings and auto-discovery via robots.txt. Sitemap index files and .gz sitemaps are supported.

When to use it: On every new page, whenever you switch CMS and before every relaunch.

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Links
  • Stats: Distribution of internal and external links, dofollow and nofollow shares.
  • Detail table: A filterable and sortable list with URL, anchor, type and attributes, plus a live status check.
  • Duplicate links: URLs that are linked more than once, often with different anchor texts.
  • Outlink Checker: A targeted check for whether specific outbound links are present.
  • Link Heatmap (PRO): Visualization based on Fitts’s Law to assess link prominence.
  • Sitemap Explorer (PRO): Crawl XML sitemaps and extract URL lists.

When to use it: When building internal linking, before migrations and after every content update.

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Content
  • Text Analysis: Words, characters, sentences, readability by Flesch and the Wiener Sachtextformel, a word frequency list, notes on overly long sentences and paragraphs.
  • Keyword Highlighter: Highlight your own search terms directly on the page, with optional regex support.
  • Images: A gallery of all images with checks of alt and title attributes, original size compared to display size, and a bulk download as a ZIP archive.
  • Tracker Blocker: An optional module that blocks Google Analytics, Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel and comparable scripts. Disabled by default.

When to use it: For texts before publication, for image audits of entire galleries and whenever you do not want your own test visits to show up in your analytics.

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AI & Automation
  • Prompt Library: More than 47 pre-made SEO prompts for meta descriptions, FAQs, briefings and more. Free.
  • SEOMURAI Chatbot (PRO): A webhook-based chat interface with page context, connectable to any provider.
  • LLM SEO Team (PRO): Specialized AI assistants for recurring tasks.
  • Webhook Workflows (PRO): Direct integration with n8n, Zapier, Make. Including pre-made starter templates.
  • AI Presets (PRO): Pre-configured setups for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and OpenRouter, switchable at any time.
  • LLMs.txt Info: Checks whether your page provides an llms.txt file, which is used to steer AI crawlers.

When to use it: As soon as you want to automate recurring tasks or feed page data into a workflow.

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DataForSEO (Beta, BYOK)

With your own DataForSEO credentials you get professional market and competitor data directly in the extension. You pay DataForSEO directly per query, we do not add a markup. Every DataForSEO tab shows the real billed API cost per query plus a session-wide total.

  • SERP Rankings: Live Google search results for any keywords and locations.
  • Keyword Research: Search volume, CPC, competition and automated keyword suggestions.
  • Domain & URL Data: All keywords a domain ranks for, including position and target URL.
  • Backlink Analysis: Backlink profiles including referring domains, anchor texts and dofollow share.
  • AI Visibility: Shows how present a brand or domain is in AI answers from ChatGPT and Google AI, with real answers, cited sources and a comparison with up to 9 competitors.
  • Ask the LLMs: Send a prompt to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude or Perplexity and see the answer with cited sources, fan-out queries and token counts.
  • Google Trends: Compare up to 5 search terms, with interest over time, regions, topics and queries, plus CSV exports.
  • Research history: All queries are stored locally and can be reloaded at any time.
  • Export: CSV per result, JSON for the entire history. Included in the free plan as well.

When to use it: For keyword research, competitor analysis and SERP monitoring directly from the page in your browser, without switching to a second tool.

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Tools
  • Internal checks: Helper functions that run directly in the extension.
  • External validators: Curated direct links to the W3C HTML and CSS validators, Google PageSpeed Insights, the Rich Results Test, the Schema.org validator and other established services.

When to use it: For deeper checks that require external services, without having to remember the individual URLs.

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Settings
  • General: Language (15 languages available), default view, context menu options.
  • Credentials: Storage of your API keys for DataForSEO, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini. All keys stay locally in chrome.storage.
  • Account & License: Status (Free or Pro), PRO management via ExtensionPay, cancellation possible at any time.
  • Backup & Restore: Back up and restore settings, prompts, keyword lists and API keys.
  • Notepad: Save notes directly in the extension, synced across all tabs.
  • Rating & Feedback: Channels for stars in the Chrome Web Store and for direct feedback to minoka.de.

When to use it: Once after installation, then only as needed.

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What comes next?

Four sensible paths once you are familiar with the basics.

Set up DataForSEO

Store your own DataForSEO credentials under Settings → Credentials and unlock SERP, Keyword Research, domain data, backlink analysis, AI Visibility, Ask the LLMs and Google Trends. Billing runs directly through DataForSEO, we do not add a markup. CSV and JSON exports are included here even in the free plan.

Connect your own AI workflows (PRO)

Send page data via webhook to n8n, Zapier or Make, or use the LLM SEO Team assistants with your own API keys. In the Webhooks tab you will find two pre-made starter templates (Google Sheet, Notion) that you can adopt with a single click.

Unlock PRO

PRO extends SEOMURAI with Link Heatmap, Sitemap Explorer, Chatbot, LLM SEO Team, Webhook Workflows, AI Presets, Markdown Export and all non-DataForSEO CSV exports. 5 USD per month or 50 USD per year, handled through ExtensionPay, and you can cancel at any time effective from the next period. You will find all modules in detail in the PRO documentation.

Understand privacy

All analyses run locally in your browser, API keys never leave your machine and there is no tracking. External services are contacted only when you explicitly configure them. You will find the complete details in the privacy policy.

Help and resources

Four central places to go if you are looking for further information or want to get in touch.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about everyday use

Answers to the questions that come up most often after installation. General questions about pricing, BYOK and privacy are covered on the overview page.

I cannot see the SEOMURAI icon. Where do I find it?

Right after installation, Chrome often hides new extensions behind the puzzle icon at the top right of the toolbar. Click the puzzle icon, find SEOMURAI in the list and select “Pin to toolbar”. The icon is then permanently visible.

Fixed issues do not disappear from the list. What should I do?

SEOMURAI analyzes the page once when it opens and keeps the results for the current session. To make a fixed issue disappear, reload the browser tab (F5 or Ctrl + R) and then open SEOMURAI again. The analysis is recalculated from scratch and the updated state appears immediately.

How is the SEOMURAI score calculated?

The score (0 to 100) is a weighted aggregation of tech SEO signals (title, meta description, canonical, headings hierarchy, schema), content signals (word count, readability, images with alt text), link signals and technical signals (HTTP status, redirect path, viewport, language). The weighting follows established on-page best practices, and the primary goal is a fast, honest assessment rather than a purely cosmetic number.

Does SEOMURAI work on staging environments, behind logins and on localhost?

Yes. Because the analysis runs entirely locally in your browser, it does not matter whether the page is publicly reachable. You can use SEOMURAI on password-protected areas, staging servers, internal tools and on localhost, without any data leaving your machine.

Does SEOMURAI slow down page loading?

No. The analysis only runs when you actively click the SEOMURAI icon. Nothing runs in the background that noticeably affects page rendering or the performance of your browser. This also applies to the optional Tracker Blocker, which only becomes active when you explicitly enable it in the settings.

How do I change the language of the extension?

Open SEOMURAI, switch to the Settings → General tab and choose one of the fifteen available languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Arabic and Hebrew). Arabic and Hebrew render fully right-to-left. Then click “Reload page” so the new language takes effect.

Can I analyze several pages at the same time?

SEOMURAI always analyzes exactly the page in which the icon is clicked. You can open another page in a second or third browser tab and start SEOMURAI there separately; each tab gets its own analysis. A cross-page evaluation of multiple URLs in a single run is deliberately not included, that is what classic crawlers are for.

Where does SEOMURAI store my notes, keyword lists and history?

Locally in your browser’s chrome.storage. Notes from the Notepad, saved keyword lists, the DataForSEO research history and your API keys never leave your machine. Via Settings → Backup & Restore you can export all data as a file and import it again on another device.

Why is the DataForSEO integration labeled “Beta”?

The seven DataForSEO features (SERP, Keyword Research, domain data, backlinks, AI Visibility, Ask the LLMs, Google Trends) are fully functional and in daily use. “Beta” here means that we continue to refine the interface and the evaluations step by step, based on feedback from real-world use. Nothing changes about the data itself, it comes directly from DataForSEO.

Ready to get started?

Install SEOMURAI, open any page and click the icon. You will be up and running in under a minute.

Version 1.7 · July 2026
New in SEOMURAI 1.7: measure your visibility in AI answers, Google Trends, Sitemap Validator, a greatly expanded context menu and 15 interface languages. View the changelog →