The Alerts section of Pi Datametrics allows you to keep track of performance from your email inbox. The Alerts provide insight into gains or falls over a certain dataset.
There are two types of alert:
Search Term Position Change – Alert set up on Search Term Group(s), notifying you when a position change occurs.
A Visibility Index Change – Alert set up on a Visibility Index or Indexes, notifying you when a Visibility Score change occurs.
The Alerts can be set to a daily, weekly, or monthly frequency.
Ingredients
Access to a Pi Datametrics account
Access to the desired Workspace
Benefits
Alerts provide frequent updates straight to your inbox providing you with insights that you may not notice through exploring your data manually, bringing to your attention any significant changes that may need immediate action.
Setup
You can find Alerts in the Reporting section of the navigation menu wherever you are in the app:
Click the blue, 'Create new Alert' button:
Choose which workspace you’d like the alert to come from and which type of alert:
Search Term Position Change
Choose which events will trigger an alert:
Workspace
Event - moves in or out of the top 5, moves in or out of the top 10, Custom - moves in position but a number of positions as set by you
Click ‘Next’
Select the alert frequency:
Choose from daily, weekly, or monthly
Click ‘Finish’
Visibility Index Change
Select Visibility Index
Select value change - when the selected index increases or decreases more than the specified amount
Click ‘Next’
Select the alert frequency:
Choose from daily, weekly, or monthly
Click ‘Finish’
Your alerts appear as a list in the alerts section:
‘Create new Alert’ - click to create new alerts
Actions - delete an alert
