{"id":28017,"date":"2020-06-18T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2606178"},"modified":"2020-06-18T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T20:44:00","slug":"google-debuts-a-chrome-extension-that-lets-you-directly-link-to-a-specific-text-on-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/18\/google-debuts-a-chrome-extension-that-lets-you-directly-link-to-a-specific-text-on-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Google debuts a Chrome extension that lets you directly link to a specific text on sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-682.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google&rsquo;s new Link to Text Fragment extension works flawlessly on Chrome as well as Microsoft&rsquo;s Chromium-based Edge browser.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/files\/2020\/06\/chrome-800x440.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google has launched a new Chrome extension that &ldquo;allows for linking to arbitrary text on a page.&rdquo; Or in simple words, it will let you select a specific text or segment on any website and create a link to it. The text or word you selected for creating a link will appear highlighted in yellow color.<\/p>\n<p>The Chrome extension is called&nbsp;<strong>Link to Text Fragment<\/strong>, and here&rsquo;s how you can start using this extremely useful tool:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install the&nbsp;<strong>Link to Text Fragment<\/strong>&nbsp;from the Chrome extension store&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/link-to-text-fragment\/pbcodcjpfjdpcineamnnmbkkmkdpajjg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select the word or text fragment that you want to create a link for.<\/li>\n<li>Once you&rsquo;ve selected it, press the right-click button on your mouse\/trackpad and select the &ldquo;Copy Link to Selected Text&rdquo; option<\/li>\n<li>Once the link is created, the text will be briefly highlighted to show you that your work is done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We tried the&nbsp;<strong>Link to Text Fragment<\/strong>&nbsp;extension and can confirm that it works without a hitch on Chrome and Microsoft Edge.&nbsp;<em>Happy linking!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/google-debuts-a-chrome-extension-that-lets-you-directly-link-to-a-specific-text-on-sites\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/google-debuts-a-chrome-extension-that-lets-you-directly-link-to-a-specific-text-on-sites<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Nadeem Sarwar<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Nadeem Sarwar<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-682.png\" alt=\"\">Google&rsquo;s new Link to Text Fragment extension works flawlessly on Chrome as well as Microsoft&rsquo;s Chromium-based Edge browser. Google has launched a new Chrome extension that &ldquo;allows for linking to arbitrary text on a page.&rdquo; Or in simple words, it will let you select a specific text or segment on any website and create a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/18\/google-debuts-a-chrome-extension-that-lets-you-directly-link-to-a-specific-text-on-sites\/\">Continue reading <span>Google debuts a Chrome extension that lets you directly link to a specific text on sites<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/18\/google-debuts-a-chrome-extension-that-lets-you-directly-link-to-a-specific-text-on-sites\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google debuts a Chrome extension that lets you directly link to a specific text on sites - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/18\/google-debuts-a-chrome-extension-that-lets-you-directly-link-to-a-specific-text-on-sites\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google debuts a Chrome extension that lets you directly link to a specific text on sites - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Google&rsquo;s new Link to Text Fragment extension works flawlessly on Chrome as well as Microsoft&rsquo;s Chromium-based Edge browser. 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