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If you’re not using Google Chrome as your main web browser, I highly recommend switching (although, if you’re using Firefox here’s a blog post on Firefox Addons). In the video above, I go through how I use these Chrome extension to be more focused and productive.

It’s now by far the most popular web browser and it offers by far the best third-party extensions for customizing the user experience and functionality.

This makes it the ideal browse for creating the ideal digital environment to maintain your focus and productivity when you’re working and learning online.

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1. Momentum

This is my favourite Chrome extension. It transforms the boring Chrome new tab page with incredibly inspiring photos, short productivity quotes, an integrated to-do list for your day and a reminder you set daily so you know your main focus for day.

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2. RescueTime For Chrome

Use RescueTime to track how you spend your time browsing the Internet. Get useful data and charts so you can explore the black hole of web surfing that can suck away so much of our time and energy. For more simplified browsing statistics, there is also WebTimer.

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3. Pocket

Using the Pocket extension you can quickly save content to read later on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. It even downloads the content from the web so you can view it offline if you’ve got a long flight ahead of you.

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4. Adblock Plus

Are those pesky ads on websites and Facebook wasting your time and upsetting you? Install Adblock Plus and you’ll enjoy a smooth, ad-free browsing experience. For YouTube specifically, there is YouTube Ad Block.

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5. OneTab

Eliminate tab clutter by consolidating ally our tabs into a single tab so you can focus. It also stops all these open tabs from draining your battery when you’re mobile.

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6. ZenMate

If you’re using a lot of public Wifi connections then you need ZenMate. This extension encrypts your browser traffic and offers enhanced wi-fi and hacker protection through their VPN proxy service. It also allows you to get around geographical content restrictions so you can use Netflix, Spotify, Hulu and other websites from anywhere in the world.

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7. RankSignals Quick SEO

If you want to dominate an online niche, you need to understand how other similar websites are ranking and promoting themselves. This useful tool gives you the Google PageRank data, extensive traffic statistics and the backlink profile for any website that you visit. If you want more extensive SEO data, use the MozBar.

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8. Hootsuite’s Hootlet

Instantly share any blog post, video, infographic or interesting content you are reading. I really like the auto-schedule feature, which finds the optimal time to post it your social networks for maximum engagement. I highly recommend using Hootsuite’s full social media dashboard so you can crush it on social media.

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9. LastPass

The biggest security mistake people make is using a similar password on every website. Then, one insecure website gets hacked and you’re fully exposed to hackers. I highly recommend using a unique, difficult to crack password for every website. LastPass does it for you and it ensures you will never have to waste your time re-entering your passwords again.

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10. StayfocusD

Finding that social media websites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are  constantly distracting you and killing your productivity? Use StayfocusD to temporarily block them or limit the time you can spend on these website each day, so you can focus on getting meaningful work done. If you want to take things a step further when you’re really struggling to focus, I recommend using Strict Workflow to bring a Pomodoro Timer into the mix.