Frequently asked questions
Below you’ll find answers to the most common queries about monitoring, alerts, subscriptions, and integrations.
Who is SEOlerts for?
SEOlerts is primarily designed for agencies managing SEO across multiple client websites. It helps teams monitor important pages, catch critical changes early, and respond faster when something goes wrong.
It is also well suited to freelancers, consultants, and in-house marketing teams that need a simple way to track SEO-critical changes without constantly checking pages manually.
It is also well suited to freelancers, consultants, and in-house marketing teams that need a simple way to track SEO-critical changes without constantly checking pages manually.
How is SEOlerts different from a technical SEO audit tool?
Technical SEO audit tools are designed to scan a site and highlight issues at a point in time. SEOlerts is different because it continuously monitors the pages you care about and alerts you when important SEO elements change.
In other words, an audit tool helps you find existing issues, while SEOlerts helps you catch new problems as soon as they appear. This is especially useful for spotting accidental changes to things like canonicals, noindex directives, status codes, redirects, titles, descriptions, and other key SEO signals before they affect rankings or traffic.
In other words, an audit tool helps you find existing issues, while SEOlerts helps you catch new problems as soon as they appear. This is especially useful for spotting accidental changes to things like canonicals, noindex directives, status codes, redirects, titles, descriptions, and other key SEO signals before they affect rankings or traffic.
Do I need to install anything?
No. SEOlerts does not require a plugin, script, or complicated setup.
You simply add the pages you want to monitor, choose the elements you want to track, and SEOlerts starts checking for changes. Alerts can then be sent through your chosen notification channels, making it easy to fit into your existing workflow.
You simply add the pages you want to monitor, choose the elements you want to track, and SEOlerts starts checking for changes. Alerts can then be sent through your chosen notification channels, making it easy to fit into your existing workflow.
What pages should I monitor first?
Start with the pages that matter most to your traffic, rankings, and revenue.
For most websites, that means your homepage, key service or product pages, high-performing landing pages, important category pages, and any URLs that drive leads or sales. You should also monitor pages that are especially sensitive to change, such as recently migrated pages, templates used across many URLs, and pages that rely heavily on strong organic visibility.
A simple way to begin is to choose your top 5 to 20 most important pages, then expand your monitoring as needed.
For most websites, that means your homepage, key service or product pages, high-performing landing pages, important category pages, and any URLs that drive leads or sales. You should also monitor pages that are especially sensitive to change, such as recently migrated pages, templates used across many URLs, and pages that rely heavily on strong organic visibility.
A simple way to begin is to choose your top 5 to 20 most important pages, then expand your monitoring as needed.
What does SEOlerts monitor?
SEOlerts monitors the on-page and technical SEO elements that can affect how pages are crawled, indexed, and understood. This includes things like status codes, redirects, canonicals, meta robots directives, titles, meta descriptions, hreflang, key content changes, internal links, and more.
How does SEOlerts work?
You add the pages or sites you want to monitor, and SEOlerts checks them on a schedule based on your plan. It stores the values it finds, compares them over time, and alerts you when something important changes.
What kind of changes will trigger an alert?
SEOlerts alerts you when monitored SEO elements change. That could include a page returning a 404 or 500, a new redirect appearing, a canonical changing, a noindex tag being added, important content changing, or other signals that may affect search visibility.
Does SEOlerts monitor entire websites or specific pages?
SEOlerts is designed to monitor specific URLs. You can track your most important pages individually, or monitor larger groups of pages across one or multiple sites depending on your plan.
How often are checks run?
Check frequency depends on your plan. Some plans include daily checks, while higher tiers also support more frequent monitoring for priority pages.
How will I receive alerts?
Alerts can be sent by email, and on supported plans also through channels like Slack, Discord, or webhooks. This helps you get notified quickly in the tools your team already uses.
Does SEOlerts tell me how serious an issue is?
Yes. SEOlerts classifies changes by severity so you can prioritise what matters most. For example, a noindex tag or broken canonical would usually be more urgent than a minor metadata update.
Can I monitor multiple sites?
Yes. Depending on your plan, you can monitor one site, several sites, or a much larger portfolio of client or company websites.
Can I see what changed on a page?
Yes. SEOlerts keeps a record of detected changes so you can review what changed, when it changed, and which monitored element triggered the alert.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. SEOlerts offers a free plan so you can start monitoring a small number of pages and see how the platform works before upgrading.
Can I upgrade or cancel my plan at any time?
Yes. You can move to a higher plan as your monitoring needs grow, and you can cancel at any time. This gives you flexibility without locking you into a plan that no longer fits.
Does SEOlerts support agencies and client reporting?
Yes. SEOlerts is built to work well for agencies and consultants managing multiple sites. Depending on your plan, you can monitor more sites, access longer change history, and use exports that make reporting clearer for clients or internal teams.
Can I choose which pages are checked more frequently?
Yes. On supported plans, you can assign priority monitoring to your most important URLs so they are checked more frequently than the rest of your monitored pages.
How long is change history stored?
History retention depends on your plan. Lower tiers include shorter retention periods, while higher plans include longer history so you can investigate past issues, compare changes over time, and keep a clearer record of what happened.
Does SEOlerts integrate with Slack or Discord?
Yes. Supported plans can send alerts to Slack and Discord so your team can respond quickly when SEO-critical changes are detected.