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New to SEO Perception or just need a quick refresher? This is the best place to understand what each part of the product does, why it matters, and what to do next. Start with the getting started guide for a simple step-by-step walkthrough.
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getting started 6 articles
- A holistic approach to SEO in SEO Perception
Learn how SEO Perception combines site health from crawling with Google Search Console performance so you can fix what matters.
- Adding a website
Connect a Search Console property in SEO Perception: prerequisites, the dashboard websites section, property picker, and what happens next.
- Connecting Google Search Console
Connect your Google account to Search Console in SEO Perception, match your property to your site, and when performance data appears.
- Getting started on the dashboard
After you sign up, the dashboard shows a simple three-step guide: connect Search Console, add a website, then wait a few minutes while data is collected.
- Notifications
Where to find account notifications, filters, read/unread states, sources, and pagination.
- Product changelog
Recent changes to SEO Perception—what we shipped, what we fixed, and what you might want to know about.
artificial intelligence 2 articles
- How we use AI in SEO Perception
How AI supports prioritization and explanations in SEO Perception while crawl and Search Console data remain the source of truth.
- Today’s focus (AI)
Today’s focus summarizes open SEO possibilities and freshness signals in plain language, with Content and FAQ companion tabs on eligible plans.
crawler 3 articles
- Crawl scope and subdomains
How SEO Perception limits crawling to your Search Console property hostname by default, and when to include subdomains.
- How the crawler works
How SEO Perception crawls your site: start URL, user agent, robots.txt, feeds, and what we collect at a high level.
- Sitemap URLs and HTTP 200
Why URLs listed in your XML sitemap should answer with HTTP 200 on the first request, and how SEO Perception checks discoverable sitemaps.
foundation 2 articles
- Favicons and touch icons
Why favicons matter for branding and search listings, why multiple icon files and link tags help across devices, and how to generate them reliably.
- On-page and technical signals
Overview of on-page and technical signals SEO Perception evaluates from crawled pages.
google search console 1 article
- Search Console data in SEO Perception
How stored Search Console data combines with crawl signals for charts, opportunities, and page-level insights.
installation 1 article
- Installing the Site overlay snippet
Install the SEO Perception Site overlay snippet on WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, GTM, and HTML sites.
plans and limits 2 articles
- Plan features explained (comparison rows)
Plain-language notes for pricing comparison rows, limits, recrawl cooldowns, AI features, and site overlay.
- Tiers, pages, and data retention
How plan limits affect websites, crawling, and Search Console data retention in SEO Perception. Crawl throughput notes; current tier numbers on Pricing.
possibilities 24 articles
- AI crawlers in robots.txt
How SEO Perception heuristically checks robots.txt for broad blocks of common AI-related user-agents and what to verify with your policy.
- Canonical and robots meta possibilities
Why canonical and robots meta tags help control indexing hints, and what to add when SEO Perception reports them missing.
- Content length and heading possibilities
How SEO Perception evaluates body length, H1 count, and H2 usage, and how to improve page structure.
- Duplicate canonical and Open Graph values
Why duplicate canonical URLs or Open Graph strings matter and how SEO Perception compares stored values across pages.
- Generative readiness heuristics
Read-only heuristics for question headings with thin answers and generic JSON-LD—not a guarantee of AI Overview placement.
- Geography and language signals
How SEO Perception compares Search Console country-level traffic with declared language and hreflang for review.
- HTTP 4xx and 5xx possibilities
What HTTP 4xx and 5xx responses mean in SEO Perception and how to restore successful responses for users and crawlers.
- Image alt text possibilities
Why alt attributes matter for accessibility and context, and how SEO Perception reports missing, partial, or empty alt on images.
- Internal anchor text vs top queries
How SEO Perception relates internal anchor text to high-value Search Console queries for a URL.
- Internal and external link health
How SEO Perception samples links to find broken destinations, redirecting external links, and pages with no internal links.
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website workspace 10 articles
- Export PDF report (SEO Possibilities)
How PDF export works for SEO Possibilities: plan access, issue scope filters, whitelabel branding, and 30-day download retention.
- How we find possibilities
Possibilities combine what we learn from crawling your pages with performance context from stored Search Console data—when both line up for a URL.
- Manual Search Console refresh & site recrawl cooldowns
How often you can manually collect Search Console data vs. trigger a site crawl, and what the dashboard buttons do.
- Pages tab filters (website workspace)
Search, indexability, and HTTP status filters for the crawled Pages list in the website workspace.
- PageSpeed Insights in SEO Perception
How we use Google PageSpeed Insights for mobile lab scores, what gets sent to Google, cooldowns, and how results tie into possibilities.
- Project context bar
Use the shared project bar to switch domains, watch crawl status, and jump to View facts, SEO Possibilities, or PDF Report.
- Site overlay
What the Site overlay is, who can use it, and how to install the snippet and launch it from your website workspace.
- The Websites list
How to read the websites table on /dashboard: plan usage, filter, table columns for sync, crawl, possibilities, and actions.
- Time for a recrawl? banner
What the recrawl recommendation banner means, when it appears, what Dismiss does, and how to decide whether to run a manual recrawl.
- What you see on a website
A simple tour of the website workspace: Overview, Pages, Country, and Site overlay, plus where the full SEO Possibilities list lives (dedicated page).