Is Ahrefs SEO Toolbar safe?
Ahrefs SEO Toolbar sends every page hostname and Google search queries to Ahrefs servers on each navigation.
On every top-level page navigation, the extension extracts the hostname and transmits it to ahrefs.com along with the user's authentication token to fetch SEO metrics. When a user performs a Google search, it also captures the search keyword and sends it to Ahrefs for keyword volume data. Additionally, the extension can overwrite the User-Agent header on all outgoing browser requests to spoof crawler identities when bot UA mode is enabled.
Who publishes itAHREFS PTE. LTD. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
AHREFS PTE. LTD. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 600k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Shared hosts - 3 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Ahrefs SEO Toolbar contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- ahrefs.com
Ahrefs SEO Toolbar sends data to ahrefs.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.