Is SEO Bandwagon safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Location such as region, IP address or GPS coordinates
• Web history the list of pages you visit
• User activity such as clicks, scrolling, keystrokes or network monitoring
• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change your data on a number of websites
• Read your browsing history
• Manage your apps, extensions, and themes

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

• https://seobandwagon.com/* only seobandwagon.com

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• See, enable and disable your other extensions management
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
• Watch the network requests your browser makes webRequest

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
• See when you navigate between pages webNavigation

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage

Pages it runs its code on

It runs its own code on specific pages only: 31 site patterns.

• https://search.google.com/search-console/* only search.google.com
• https://www.google.com/search* only www.google.com
• https://www.google.co.uk/search* only www.google.co.uk

A content script is code the extension injects into pages matching these patterns. On those pages it can read and change what you see, whether or not a host permission is listed above.

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse. It may later ask for access to every site.

• See the sites you visit most topSites
• Run searches in your default search engine search

• http://localhost/* only localhost
• http://127.0.0.1/* only 127.0.0.1
• <all_urls> every site

Sites that can connect to it

Web pages matching these patterns can open a messaging channel to it: 1 site pattern.

• https://seobandwagon.com/* only seobandwagon.com

Declared as externally connectable in the manifest: a page on these sites can exchange messages with the extension, for example to tell it you have signed in. It does not give the page access to your browser.

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Developer, 30% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 12 browser permissions.

• See, enable and disable your other extensions (management): 1% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 26% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Watch the network requests your browser makes (webRequest): 6% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

13 users

• Last updated in the store 1 day ago, on 2026-11-06.
• We have seen 6 new versions in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.
• Trader The publisher has declared itself a trader under EU rules.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

1. 2026-11-06Asked for more permissions (13, was 12) (changed: pages it runs its code on, browser permissions)
2. 2026-11-02Changed where it works (changed: pages it runs its code on)
3. 2026-10-28Asked for more permissions (12, was 11) (changed: browser permissions, optional permissions)

Versions we have seen

1. 2026-11-06Version 1.13.5 — Figures' allowance under Google results: this month's on Free, today's on Pro · Asked for more permissions (13, was 12) (changed: pages it runs its code on, browser permissions)
2. 2026-11-02Version 1.10.2 — Google results show each result's position, and Analyze checks a result in a background tab while you stay on Google · Changed where it works (changed: pages it runs its code on)
3. 2026-10-29Version 1.10.1 — With Neon Night or Neon Day on, the new tab no longer shows a Night / Day switch that does nothing
4. 2026-10-28Version 1.9.5 — The new tab shows your dashboard only with Neon Night or Neon Day installed · Asked for more permissions (12, was 11) (changed: browser permissions, optional permissions)
5. 2026-10-24Version 1.9.4 — On a page Chrome won't let it read, the popup says why and logs no error
6. 2026-10-19Version 1.8.0 — collect Google results pages by click into one list with exact overall positions

Who publishes it

SEO Bandwagon, who publishes 3 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-03-06 and was last updated on 2026-11-06.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. SEO Audit Kit: On-Page Checker & Audit Access to specific sites only · 3 permissions, 2 site patterns 1k users ★ 5.0
2. SEO Analyzer - OnPageX Access to specific sites only · 5 permissions, 1 site pattern 16 users ★ 5.0
3. SEO Analyzer Pro Access to specific sites only · 5 permissions, 9 site patterns 17 users ★ 5.0

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can SEO Bandwagon access?

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern. It declares 12 browser permissions.

What data does SEO Bandwagon collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Location, Web history, User activity, Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has SEO Bandwagon asked for more permissions over time?

Its permissions changed 3 times while we watched, most recently on 2026-11-06.

Does SEO Bandwagon publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.