Do AI Overviews steal your traffic? What the best 2025–2026 evidence actually shows
A denominator-first review of the strongest click and traffic studies, plus a 30-day Search Console and Analytics framework for estimating your own business impact.
Choose a workflow
Start with the problem in front of you
Move from diagnosis to a repeatable monitoring process without piecing together advice from ten different sources.
Resource library
See monitoring plans
All technical SEO guides
Why brands must track mentions in AI answers now: evidence from 2025–2026 research
A research-led analysis of AI discovery, trust, citations, click behavior, source volatility, and the measurement system brands need before attribution becomes obvious.
Keyword rank tracking with GSC: target positions, drop alerts, and how to use them
Track target keyword positions on top of Google Search Console data and get a Telegram or Slack alert the moment they drop below threshold or fall by a full page.
Technical SEO monitoring workflow: from baseline to daily control
A practical framework for setting up monitoring, crawling, and reporting in one repeatable SEO workflow.
Website change alerts in Telegram and Slack: a setup guide for SEO teams
How to configure low-noise alerts so your team sees important SEO changes fast, without alert fatigue.
Tracked URLs and expected HTTP status: prevent invisible SEO breakages
Monitor critical URLs with expected status codes, redirect targets, and content checks to catch regressions early.
SEO tagging and daily digest automation: organize monitoring by page type
Group URLs by tags and receive digest metrics per tag to prioritize issues by business area.
Technical SEO crawler settings that actually matter
A no-fluff guide to user agent, JS rendering, robots rules, headers, and crawl strategy choices.
Crawl report analysis: filters and operators for faster SEO decisions
Turn raw crawl data into action using query operators, segment filters, and practical triage logic.
Mobile vs desktop crawl comparison for SEO: find rendering gaps before Google does
Find parity issues between classic and JS-rendered versions, and between device profiles.
Outgoing links and top words: two fast audits for SEO hygiene
Use crawl-derived outbound links and top word reports to spot quality and relevance issues quickly.
Sitemap monitoring with daily URL trends by sitemap
Track sitemap history and daily page count changes both site-wide and per individual sitemap file.
Robots.txt, DNSBL, SSL, and domain monitoring in one SEO stack
Protect visibility and uptime by watching key infrastructure signals that often break SEO silently.
PageSpeed, W3C validation, and response time monitoring for SEO
Combine performance and markup quality checks into one recurring monitoring loop by URL and by tag.
SEO health score and change impact: prioritize what to fix first
Use summary scoring and impact views to reduce noise and focus engineering effort on high-leverage fixes.
White-label SEO reporting for agencies: build client trust without extra tools
Brand your reports, share public links, and align client communication with monitoring data.
Free online SEO crawler: evaluate your site before you buy
Run a free crawl, understand your baseline issues, then scale into full monitoring when needed.
Free SEO page audit tool: check any URL for on-page issues instantly
Analyze any URL for title tag issues, missing canonical, image alt text gaps, Open Graph completeness, schema markup, and security header grade — in seconds.
Free Core Web Vitals checker: real Google CrUX data for any URL
See LCP, CLS, and INP scores from Google's Chrome UX Report — the same real-user dataset Google uses as a Page Experience ranking signal. No registration required.
Image audit for SEO: fix alt text and dimensions before they hurt rankings
Automatically audit every image on tracked URLs — detect missing alt attributes, empty alt, and images without width/height that cause layout shifts.
Security headers monitoring: detect regressions before they hurt your site
Track HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, and other security headers automatically. Score your pages and catch missing headers before they become incidents.
Website vulnerability audit monitoring: safe weekly checks for exposures and misconfigurations
Run passive weekly vulnerability audits on tracked URLs to detect exposed files, outdated software fingerprints, misconfigurations, and XSS risk patterns with owner-based remediation guidance.
SEO issue backlog: one prioritised list for every problem across all sites
Security grades, broken pages, missing alt text, slow Core Web Vitals, invalid Schema.org — all in one ranked backlog. Learn how 2-UA auto-detects, prioritises, and notifies you about every SEO problem.
Schema.org validation: catch structured data errors before Google does
Plugin updates and theme changes silently break JSON-LD. Learn how automated Schema.org validation on every content check catches missing properties, invalid JSON, and @type errors the day they happen.
Google Search Console integration: site and URL charts for SEO monitoring
Connecting GSC unlocks the missing link between what you change and what Google measures. Learn how 2-UA overlays content-change events on site-wide and per-URL clicks, impressions, CTR, and position charts so you can see the exact moment a rewrite paid off — or cost you traffic.
Import top 100 URLs from Google Search Console: faster tracked URL setup for SEO monitoring
Learn how to import your top pages from Google Search Console directly into Bulk Add, prefill URLs automatically, and launch high-impact monitoring in minutes.
SEO Intelligence: turn GSC queries, rankings, and technical issues into a fix-first plan
Use Google Search Console data, keyword opportunities, traffic drops, and open SEO issues to decide what to fix first and what to track next.
2-UAcomBot: how we identify ourselves and respect robots.txt
Every page snapshot 2-UA takes with 2-UAcomBot is gated by the target host's robots.txt. Here is exactly how our bot behaves and how to control it.
CrUX field data: real-user Core Web Vitals vs lab scores
Lab scores and real user experience often diverge. Learn how 2-UA collects CrUX p75 values for LCP, CLS, FCP, INP, and TTFB — and why Google ranks you on field data, not Lighthouse.
How to find broken links (4xx and 5xx) on your website without crashing production
Crawl your site, filter 4xx/5xx, export to XLSX, and set up auto-alerts so broken links never reach users again.
How to detect redirect chains and redirect loops that eat your crawl budget
Find every redirect chain longer than one hop, fix loops, and recover crawl budget Googlebot is wasting on 302/301 ping-pong.
How to find orphan pages on your website (pages with zero internal links)
Combine a full crawl with your sitemap and GSC export to surface every page Google knows about but your site does not link to.
How to find missing and duplicate title tags across thousands of pages
Crawl, filter empty and duplicate titles, and export a prioritized fix list — including title length checks for SERP truncation.
How to audit meta descriptions (length, duplicates, missing) site-wide
Find missing, duplicate, and over-length meta descriptions across your entire site, and ship a fix list your content team can action.
How to find pages with multiple H1 tags (or missing H1) in 5 minutes
Crawl your site, filter pages by H1 count, and ship a clean heading-structure fix list for content and dev teams.
How to detect canonical tag errors that are hurting your rankings
Detect canonical loops, cross-domain canonicals, non-200 canonicals, and self-conflicting canonicals — in one crawl.
How to find pages accidentally blocked by noindex or robots.txt
Detect noindex tags, X-Robots-Tag headers, and robots.txt disallows blocking pages you actually want ranked.
How to audit hreflang tags for international SEO (most common mistakes)
Surface missing return tags, invalid language codes, and self-referential mistakes across your localized site.
How to find images missing alt attributes for accessibility and SEO
Audit alt attributes site-wide for SEO, image search, and WCAG compliance — and prioritize fixes by traffic impact.
How to validate your robots.txt and get alerts when it changes
Catch syntax errors, conflicting rules, and unwanted edits to robots.txt with continuous monitoring and diff alerts.
How to monitor SSL certificate expiration before your site goes down
Set up multi-domain SSL expiration alerts at 30, 14, 7, and 1 days, plus cipher and chain validation.
How to audit your XML sitemap for indexation errors
Detect 404s, redirects, noindex pages, and orphan entries inside your sitemap — and compare snapshots over time.
How to check domain expiration and DNSBL blacklist status automatically
Catch expiring domains and DNS-blacklist incidents before they tank your deliverability, rankings, and trust score.
How to audit Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) across an entire site
Pull field data from CrUX, lab data from PageSpeed, and prioritize the pages where speed actually hurts rankings.
How to find slow pages that are tanking your Google rankings
Combine response-time monitoring with PageSpeed scores to surface the slow pages where speed actually affects organic traffic.
How to find HTML validation errors with W3C at scale
Validate your entire site against W3C, prioritize errors that break SEO and accessibility, and ship a clean fix list.
How to validate Schema.org structured data on every page of your site
Find missing required properties, invalid types, and eligibility blockers across your entire structured data implementation.
How to audit security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options) for SEO and compliance
Grade every page security headers, prioritize CSP rollout, and prevent the mixed-content SEO downgrade.
How to make your website AI search-ready with llms.txt and WebMCP
Generate a clean llms.txt, validate your WebMCP endpoints, and surface entity-quality content for AI overviews and assistants.
Monitor a competitor pricing page for changes (15-minute snapshot diff)
Find out the same business day when a competitor changes pricing, plan structure, or feature gating — not two weeks later via a lost-deal review.
Detect keyword cannibalization between two URLs ranking for the same query
Two URLs ranking for the same query, both stuck on page two: identify the pair, decide consolidate-or-differentiate, and confirm recovery in two recrawl windows.
Catch the day Googlebot starts hitting 403s from your WAF or CDN
A WAF upgrade reclassifies Googlebot. Crawls drop within 24 hours. Indexation softens over days. Catch the regression the same morning, not weeks later.
Monitor a checkout funnel for status regressions before conversion drops
A stray 302 between /cart and /checkout can cost 30–50% of conversion in a day. Tag each funnel step, tighten alert thresholds, and revert deploys fast.
Detect a bulk meta description wipe after a PIM or feed update
A PIM update silently empties meta descriptions on 30% of product pages. Catch the regression in the next nightly crawl, not at quarterly review.
Monitor hreflang return tags after launching a new locale
A new locale rollout misses return tags on 18 of 200 source URLs. Google downgrades the entire cluster silently. Catch the asymmetry during launch week.
Catch when a top product schema flips to OutOfStock and loses rich results
A top SKU sells out, schema flips to OutOfStock, Google strips the rich result, CTR drops 25%. Decide BackOrder vs PreOrder vs redirect within minutes, not days.
Monitor a campaign URL during launch day for response-time spikes
Black Friday and product-launch traffic spikes degrade p95 response time before users notice. Catch the regression in the first 30 minutes, not at next-week CrUX review.
Detect when a JS framework upgrade silently broke rendering for Googlebot
A Next.js upgrade ships hydration changes that drop content from server-rendered HTML. Catch the SSR regression with a dual JS-on / JS-off crawl parity check.
Monitor your conversion stack for accidental staging-noindex leaks
A staging-to-prod sync ships a one-line noindex on homepage, pricing, and signup. Impressions drop 70% by Monday. Catch the meta flip within minutes of deploy.
From reading to evidence
Start a free crawl
Find the technical issues on your own site
Run a focused check for free, then monitor the pages and signals that matter.