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Competitor watch

Reads the public websites of up to 5 competitors every Monday and lists what changed since the week before.

Who it's for

Competitor watch is part of the Managed plan. It suits owners who want to know when a nearby rival changes its prices, its homepage or how often it posts.

How to use it

  1. Add a competitor. Open More, then Research, then Manage competitors. Type a competitor's website and, if you like, its name. You can watch up to 5 at a time.
The Add a competitor form on the Competitors page, with the website and name fields markedThe Add a competitor form on the Competitors page, with the website and name fields marked
  1. Or let EchoPilot find them. Discovery searches for your main service in your city. It adds the businesses that show up, but skips your own site, directories and review sites. You can run it once a day. If you watch no one, EchoPilot runs it for you once a week.
The Discovery box on the Competitors page, with the Run discovery again buttonThe Discovery box on the Competitors page, with the Run discovery again button
  1. Check your list. Each competitor shows its website, how it was added, and the date of its last reading. To free a place, click Remove.
The list of watched competitors, each with its last reading date and a Remove buttonThe list of watched competitors, each with its last reading date and a Remove button
  1. Read the weekly brief. Every Monday EchoPilot reads each site again and writes a short brief. Open Research to see all your briefs, newest first.
The Research page listing the weekly competitor watch briefs with their dates and headlinesThe Research page listing the weekly competitor watch briefs with their dates and headlines
  1. Check the sources. Each point in a brief links to the saved reading it comes from. Click a source to see the exact text that was recorded.
One competitor watch brief, with a point and its source link markedOne competitor watch brief, with a point and its source link marked

What you'll see

A brief lists what changed. It can show a new homepage title, heading, description or text. It can show a pricing page that was added, removed or changed, and prices that were added, removed or changed. It can also show new posts on a competitor's blog and a change in their rating or review count. Each point says why it may matter and may suggest a small step. If nothing changed, the brief says so. You also get an email, and a Telegram message if you linked a chat, unless you turn them off.

A brief page with its headline, its points and the Sources listA brief page with its headline, its points and the Sources list

What it doesn't do

  • It reads public web pages only. It respects each site's robots.txt (the file that says what bots may read), and it doesn't read social media pages.
  • It doesn't log in anywhere or see anything private.
  • If a homepage can't be read three times in a row, that competitor is paused and skipped.
  • A failed reading is never shown as a change.
  • It doesn't track competitors' ads or where they show up in Google search.

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