Unlock the Full Potential of Your SEO Efforts with Sitechecker
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Setting Up the Project
- Site Audit
- Connecting Google Account
- Verifying Website Ownership
- Customizing Crawler Bot Settings
- Site Monitoring
- Keyword Tracking
- Setting Parameters for Tracking
- Adding Keywords
- Tracking Keyword Rankings
- Users and Permissions
- Notifications and Reports
- Dashboard Overview
- Site Audit Report
- Understanding the Summary Screen
- Working with Issues
- Analyzing Page Details
- Site Monitoring Tool
- Rank Tracker
- Backlink Tracker
- Adding Backlinks
- Monitoring Backlinks
- Insights Tool
- Additional Tools
- Conclusion
Introduction
Welcome to this demo and presentation! This video is designed to provide guidance on how to set up and effectively use the Side Shaker SEO tool. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, in this video, we'll cover the main features and tools offered by Side Shaker, including dashboards, site audit and monitoring, rank tracker, and backlink tracker. Let's dive in and explore how to make the most out of this powerful tool.
1. Setting Up the Project
To start using Side Shaker, you'll first need to create a project and enter your domain. Follow the steps provided to connect your Google account, which will allow you to import data from Google Analytics and Google Search Console into Side Shaker. Verifying the ownership of your website is another crucial step to configure the crawling bot and ensure accurate results. We'll guide you through the process and explain different verification options.
2. Site Audit
In this section, you'll learn how to customize the settings for the crawler bot in the site audit tab. From configuring the robot.txt file to indicating preferred sitemaps and choosing specific filters, we'll explore the various options to tailor the crawler bot to your requirements. These settings influence how Side Shaker crawls and evaluates your website, helping you identify critical issues, warnings, notices, and opportunities for improvement.
3. Site Monitoring
Site monitoring is a valuable feature that allows you to automatically recrawl your website and track changes over time. We'll guide you through the process of setting the frequency of recrawls and generating a list of changes made during specific time intervals. This tool is instrumental in keeping track of your website's growth and identifying any sudden drops in performance, notifying you of critical events such as website downtime or hacking attempts.
4. Keyword Tracking
Keyword tracking is essential for monitoring your website's SEO performance. We'll explain how to set parameters to track keyword positions in search engine result pages. You can choose specific search engine domains, countries, languages, cities, and devices. Side Shaker provides valuable insights into the keywords your website ranks for, long-tail keywords, related keywords, and the keywords your competitors rank for. You'll also learn how to group and assign keywords to specific URLs for effective tracking.
5. Users and Permissions
Collaboration is made easy with Side Shaker's user and permissions feature. If you're working in a team or need to share the project with colleagues or clients, we'll guide you through granting access and specifying the level of permission for each user. This ensures that the right people have the necessary access to view and contribute to the project's progress.
6. Notifications and Reports
In this section, you'll explore how to customize notifications and reports according to your preferences. We'll walk you through the process of selecting the types of notifications and reports you wish to receive via email. We're excited to announce a new integration with Slack, where you can create a dedicated channel to receive alerts, reports, and discuss important updates and potential threats.
7. Dashboard Overview
Let's dive into the main tools offered by Side Shaker. Starting with the Ghost Dashboard, you'll see an integrated view of information from our internal tools as well as Google Analytics and Google Search Console. This consolidated dashboard provides key metrics and insights into your website's performance. If you need clarification on any metric, you can simply hover over the info logo to see a quick description.
8. Site Audit Report
The Site Audit tool generates a comprehensive report by crawling your website and evaluating it based on the project's settings. We'll discuss the summary screen, where you can find high-level statistics about your website's issues and errors, including criticals, warnings, notices, and opportunities for improvement. These categories help you prioritize and address issues that have an impact on your website's score and user experience.
9. Site Monitoring Tool
The site monitoring tool allows you to track and analyze changes on your website detected by Side Shaker's bot. By comparing the latest crawl with the previous one, you can identify new issues, fixed issues, and changes in content. This tool is invaluable for monitoring your website's growth, identifying the cause of sudden performance drops, and promptly addressing any critical events that may occur.
10. Rank Tracker
Tracking your website's SEO ranking is crucial to gauge the impact of your actions and identify trends. With Side Shaker's rank tracker tool, you can regularly monitor keyword positions and see the real search results for specific search engines, languages, and countries. We'll guide you through the various charts and columns that provide invaluable data on your keyword performance and competitors' rankings.
11. Backlink Tracker
The backlink tracker tool enables you to monitor and analyze all the backlinks associated with your website. Learn how to add backlinks manually or bulk import them from an Excel file. Tracking your backlinks helps you understand the effectiveness of your link building efforts and identify opportunities for improvement. We'll explain how to interpret the data and gain valuable insights into your backlink profile.
12. Insights Tool
The Insights tool provides a list of the top 20 most valuable pages on your website. By importing metrics from Google Search Console and Google Analytics, you can identify pages that deserve special attention to increase traffic and improve SEO performance. We'll demonstrate how to customize the columns and explore the keywords associated with each URL, helping you prioritize your optimization efforts.
13. Additional Tools
Although Side Shaker offers additional tools, they have limited functionality and straightforward usage. If you encounter any difficulties or have questions about these tools, please feel free to contact our support team at support@sideshaker.pro. We'll be glad to assist you.
14. Conclusion
Congratulations! You've now learned how to set up and utilize the main features of Side Shaker for effective SEO analysis and optimization. By leveraging tools like site audit, site monitoring, rank tracker, and backlink tracker, you'll be equipped to improve your website's performance, enhance user experience, and increase visibility in search engine results. Start exploring Side Shaker today and unlock the full potential of your SEO efforts.
