I completed my first GreaseMonkey script for public release tonight. For those who don’t use it, or have not heard of it, GreaseMonkey is a Firefox Add-on that allows users to write or install custom javascripts to alter the way a website functions. It is one of Firefox’s most popular add-ons with over 20 million downloads. Literally thousands of GreaseMonkey scripts are available at userscripts.org and new scripts are added constantly.

The concept for my script came from the fact that my Google Webmaster tools either don’t report properly, or I’m not understanding them. One of the features of the Webmaster Tools is to show your site’s Top Search Queries and your site’s ranking. Well needless to say, when it claims I rank 7 for a specific phrase and I actually rank 146 for that phrase, it’s a bit misleading. The problem is I would search for that phrase and it would take me forever to find my domain in the search results.

With this GreaseMonkey Script, you set the domain you wish to locate and a highlight color (default is light red) and when you search in Google, Bing, or Yahoo!, results for your website will be highlighted.

Click here to visit the home page for this script
Click here to Install GreaseMonkey
Click here to Install Script
Click here to visit the UserScripts.org page for this script.

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