Know it – manage it. Many of us have experienced getting distracted by different things when browsing the Internet. Most find their attention wandering on social media, while others watch videos or interact on discussion sites. It’s pretty hard to realize how much time we spend and waste on certain websites by ourselves, even if we want to.
According to a 2022 study, about 14.22% of the world’s population is addicted to the Internet. In the US, around 30% of users think they are addicted to social media websites. If you’re one to wonder as to how you spend time on the Internet, the browser extension called My Browsing Habits can help you with that. The extension determines your habits and patterns for you to improve on them.
Tracking your browsing habits
My Browsing Habits is a Chrome browser extension that helps you track your Internet browsing pattern. It monitors how much time you spend on which website. You can set what websites or activities you want to keep track of, and it’ll keep track automatically. This will help you determine which sites you are spending your time. It can keep track of how many videos you watch and for how long. Aside from that, it can also keep track of each article and recipe you read. You can also find them later when you need them. The extension can also monitor payments and purchases you make.
You can find all the information and statistics about browsing trends in an interactive dashboard in My Browsing Habits. There is also a Calendar feature that helps you easily navigate and keep track of browsing statistics of previous days. It also allows you to see how much you visited a website.
Considerations for the extension
My Browsing Habits has three different subscription tiers. The free plan lets you track up to three activities. You also have access to the calendar, graphs, and data comparison. You have limited access to settings and options. The monthly subscription is $1 per month, while the yearly subscription is $8 per year. Both tiers let you access all the options in the settings and the ability to export and import data and reports. Any of these two subscriptions lets you track unlimited activities.
However, note that the interactive dashboard and its settings can be a little overwhelming. There are some planned upgrades, like the Limit Feature, which will allow the users to limit how much time they want to spend on certain websites or activities. Of course, privacy is a serious matter for an extension or software that tracks your browsing trends and information. The extension says that it only saves your browsing data and reports on your device and doesn’t collect your data. Be as it may, the last update for the app was on March 23, 2023.
YouTube: My Browsing Habits – Automatically detect your browsing trends
Photo credit: The feature image is symbolic and has been done by Alan Poulson.
Source: ScienceDirect
