Getting started with SpiderDog

Go to the registration page and sign up with your email address. You will receive a confirmation email — click the link to activate your account.

The Free plan is activated automatically. You can run audits immediately without entering payment information. Upgrade to a paid plan when you need larger crawls, scheduled monitoring, or PDF report exports.

After logging in, you will land on the dashboard. Enter the URL of the website you want to audit in the input field and click Start Crawl.

SpiderDog will discover pages by following internal links, starting from the URL you provided. The crawl respects robots.txt by default and will not exceed your plan's page limit. You can monitor progress in real time from the dashboard.

For your first audit, we recommend starting with your homepage and letting SpiderDog discover the rest of your site naturally. This gives you the most accurate picture of your site structure and internal linking.

When the crawl completes, you will see a health score and a breakdown of issues by severity: Critical, Warning, and Opportunity. Click on any category to see the specific URLs affected and detailed recommendations for fixing each issue.

SpiderDog organizes findings into modules such as On-Page SEO, Performance, Internal Links, and Indexability. Each issue includes an explanation of why it matters, how to fix it, and the potential impact on your search rankings.

You can filter results by URL, issue type, or severity. Use the search bar to find specific pages or problems. Export the full report as CSV or JSON for further analysis in your preferred tools.

Click the Generate Report button to produce two documents: a technical report for your development team and an executive summary for stakeholders. The executive summary translates technical findings into business impact, so non-technical audiences understand why each issue matters.

Paid plans include PDF report exports with your company branding. Download the PDF and share it directly with clients or upload it to your project management tool. The report link is permanent, so you can reference it later or share it with team members who do not have SpiderDog accounts.

One-time audits are valuable, but SEO is an ongoing process. From the Schedules page, you can set up daily, weekly, or monthly automated crawls. SpiderDog will run the audit automatically and email you a summary of new issues, fixed issues, and health score changes.

Use the delta report to compare the current crawl against the previous one. This shows exactly what changed — which issues were resolved and which new problems appeared — so you can track progress over time and catch regressions before they impact your rankings.