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Tracking Google rankings for a small business site

This guide supports MicroBiz365’s SEO Parasite — practical advice for UK founders searching around track Google rankings small business.

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General information only — this guide explains how SEO Parasite works and sensible habits for UK founders. It is not SEO guarantee advice, legal guidance on advertising, or a substitute for qualified tax or financial help where you need it.

Answers about SEO Parasite for UK founders — rankings, platforms, accounts, and how this differs from hiring an SEO consultant.

What is SEO Parasite?

A MicroBiz365 operator dashboard: crawl your site, watch competitors, generate SEO article drafts, publish to selected platforms, save manual URLs, track Google positions.

Is SEO Parasite free?

Yes to create an account and run the core workflow. You may pay third parties (Hashnode Pro, your host). x.ai and Serper keys are server-side for hosted deploys.

Where do I sign in?

Open the dashboard — linked from SEO Parasite.

Why does Rankings say Not ranked?

Your saved URL is not in the top ~20 Google results for that keyword yet, or the exact URL differs from what Google indexed. Normal for new content.

How often should I check rankings?

Weekly is enough. Monthly is acceptable if you publish slowly.

Does Dev.to give dofollow links?

Usually nofollow. Value is discovery and referral traffic; combine with other platforms.

Does Hashnode give dofollow links?

Often yes on your publication; confirm in their docs and your plan tier.

Why is Substack manual?

No stable official publish API for session-based posting. Copy the draft, paste in Substack, save the live link in SEO Parasite.

Can I track Reddit posts?

Yes — choose Reddit when saving the live link after you publish.

How many competitors can I watch?

Eight domains per tenant.

Will the scheduler run 24/7 on Vercel?

Not reliably. Use Run engine and manual daily actions, or run locally with python cli.py schedule on a machine that stays on.

Is my data private?

Tenants are isolated per account. Platform credentials stay in your tenant folder. Use a strong password; sign out on shared PCs.

Can two businesses share one account?

Each URL creates a tenant slug. One account can own multiple tenants if you link each site during load/run — but keep credentials separated mentally.

Does this replace Google Search Console?

No. Search Console shows index coverage and queries; SEO Parasite tracks specific keywords against URLs you choose from the content workflow.

What is parasite SEO?

Publishing on established third-party sites to borrow their audience and earn links back. Ethical version = useful articles; unethical version = spam duplicates.

Can I use this for a client’s site?

Technically yes if you have permission to crawl and publish on their behalf. Disclose AI assistance and follow client brand guidelines.

Why duplicate published entries disappeared?

The dashboard dedupes by article slug and normalises URLs (strips UTM params). One live link per draft is intentional.

What keywords should I start with?

Content plan suggestions after your first crawl — prioritise gaps with clear buyer intent and low obvious competition.

Does SEO Parasite write in British English?

Prompts target UK micro-business context when your site and guardrails indicate UK focus.

Is this legal?

Publishing your own articles is legal; follow each platform’s terms, ASA rules for promotional content, and copyright on images you include.

How long does Run engine take?

A few minutes for a typical small site on the hosted dashboard. Large crawls may approach serverless time limits on Vercel — run heavy jobs locally with python cli.py serve if you hit timeouts.

Can I export drafts?

Copy article from the draft modal — Markdown or HTML depending on the view. Paste into your CMS, Substack, or Google Doc for collaborative editing.

What if a publish error mentions credentials?

Open Platforms tab, re-paste keys, save, retry. Error messages point there on purpose — Substack cookie issues were common enough that auto-publish was removed.

Does MicroBiz365 see my Dev.to key?

Keys live in your tenant credentials store on the server hosting your dashboard. Treat them like any API secret — do not share screen recordings with keys visible.

Can I rank for local “near me” searches?

SEO Parasite tracks keyword + URL pairs you save — useful for blog posts targeting local intent, but Google Business Profile and reviews still dominate map packs. Use both if you serve a geographic area.

What about AI Overviews and ChatGPT?

Clear, structured articles with genuine expertise still get cited sometimes. No tool guarantees inclusion. Write for humans first; machines second.

Can I run SEO Parasite for microbiz365.com itself?

Yes — enter your own URL like any other tenant. Editorial guardrails help keep content on-brand. We dogfood the same workflow we ship.

Why did my old Traffic Engine login not work?

The product renamed to SEO Parasite and moved to seoparasite.vercel.app. Create a fresh account on the live dashboard if your local credentials were never migrated.

Where articles go: auto-publish vs copy-paste

The SEO Parasite dashboard splits platforms into two buckets. Auto-publish works for Dev.to and Hashnode when you paste API keys in the Platforms tab. Hashnode typically needs Pro on your publication — check their billing before you assume auto-post will work.

Manual targets — your own blog, Substack, Reddit, HackerNoon, Vocal, LinkedIn articles — use generated drafts you copy yourself. After you paste and publish, hit Save live link so rank tracking knows which URL to check. Skip that step and the Rankings tab cannot help you.

One article, one primary platform per publish cycle. Duplicating the same post to six sites the same day looks like spam to humans and search engines alike.

Tracking Google rankings without obsessing daily

SEO Parasite checks whether your saved live URL appears in roughly the top 20 Google results for each target keyword. Not ranked is the default for new URLs — not a bug. Exact URL match matters: if you saved https://yoursite.com/blog/guide but Google indexed the www variant, fix the saved link or add a redirect on your site.

Check weekly, not hourly. Position 47 yesterday and not ranked today tells you nothing useful. Trend lines over a month — after you have published consistently — are worth your attention.

Pair SEO Parasite with other MicroBiz365 tools

Build the site first with the AI Website Builder or your own host. Sketch channels with the Marketing Plan Generator. Use SEO Parasite for article production and rank tracking. Add Linqer when you want reciprocal on-site links plus social amplification from other founders.

None of these replace registering with HMRC or Companies House when you need to. They shorten the gap between “I have a website” and “someone who is not my mate found it.”

Still stuck? Read the walkthrough article in this series, then open SEO Parasite.

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