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URL Aliases

by dazz13@gmail.com · Functionality & UI
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

URL aliases with keyword 'aa'.

Users
7
−2 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#224K
#187K among extensions
Version
1.7
updated 2 Apr 2025

Users

monthly, 2 years
049Mar 2025Jan 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 7 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years
001Mar 2025Jan 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About URL Aliases

Allows you to create URL aliases. Add aliases in the form <alias> <optional description> <url> To go to an alias, type aa <alias> in the address bar. Background: I used Chrome's Site Search feature to also store many URL aliases. I could just type <alias> in the address bar and go to a website. In these cases my URL had no %s in it. I wasn't doing a search, I was using the Site Search feature of Chrome to store aliases for various URLs. However, a recent Chrome update changed the behavior so that Site Search entries *must* have a %s or they no longer work. This extension adds URL aliases back to Chrome, but unfortunately you have to type "aa " before typing the alias. One feature I might add to this (or you could!), if anyone's interested, is the ability to store the aliases in Drive, so that you can share them across devices. New in version 1.7: * https:// isn't needed when you save a URL. Whether you add it or not, it won't be seen in the UI. * You can save the URLs in a file, or load them from a file. * The UI is changed so that there are separate fields in each row. * Aliases are stored alphabetically. * If you start to enter a URL and it exists already, the UI turns red to alert you that you are going to possibly delete it (if the other two fields are blank) or edit it (if at least one of the fields is not blank).

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−1−12.5%00.00
30 days−2−22.2%00.00
6 months+3+75.0%00.00
1 year+1+16.7%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.72 Apr 2025
1.425 Mar 2025

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
25 Mar 2025
Size
12 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
ekicbhmmejbokkdemiddmeehplipdgan

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 2
Permissions
omniboxstoragedownloads

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