Set Up SEOmatic: From Signup to Your First Fix Live
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Create Your Account#
- Go to app.seomatic.ai/signup.
- Click Continue with Google, Continue with LinkedIn or Continue with X. Or type your Work email and a Password of at least 8 characters, then click Continue →.
- You land on setup. It has 3 steps and a bar that shows Step 1/3, Step 2/3 and Step 3/3.
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The 3 Setup Steps#
| Step | What you do | Can you skip it? |
|---|---|---|
| 1. What's your website? | Type your domain, for example acme.com, and click Next →. | No. The domain must exist on the public internet. |
| 2. Connect Google Search Console, then Connect your site (or Which CMS do you primarily use?) | Sign in with Google and pick your site. Then connect the platform your website runs on, such as WordPress or Shopify. | Yes. Click I'll do this later, then Continue →. You can connect both later. |
| 3. Scanning AI visibility | Wait while SEOmatic asks AI search engines real buyer questions about your brand. This first scan is free. Under the results, one optional line asks What made you start looking for this today? Answer in your own words or leave it. Click Continue → and SEOmatic prepares your first fixes. | It runs on its own. After 4 minutes you can click Finish in the background and see the report on your dashboard →. |
Your progress is saved after each step. If you close the tab, you come back to the same step.
How your agents work
Your agents start in Assisted mode: changes that can be undone, like titles, descriptions, internal links, structured data, page text and articles, go live on their own once our checks pass, and you get a daily email with a one-click undo for each. Campaigns of new pages, bulk changes, redirects and removals wait for your yes. To switch to Approval (nothing goes live until you say yes) or Auto, open Settings > AI Agents. See approval modes.
If you finish step 3 in the background, or the scan fails and you click Go to dashboard, your agents start when you start your trial. Teammates are invited later from Settings > Team; after your first change goes live, the board offers it in one click. See invite teammates.
Choose the Trial or Free#
After setup, your dashboard opens behind a plan picker. Nothing on the dashboard works until the account owner makes one of two choices.
| Choice | What you get | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Start Trial on a plan card | Your agents can find, make and measure fixes on your site. 500,000 AI credits for the trial. | $1 today on the secure Stripe page, taken off your first payment. See how the trial works. |
| Continue free, the line under the plans | SEO Copilot (5 questions a month), your Search Console data and read-only fix cards. Your agents stay off. | Nothing. See what Free includes. |
- Choosing Free does not use up your trial. You can start it later from Settings > Billing Details.
- On Free your agents stay off. Starting a trial turns them on.
- If the button says Choose Plan instead of Start Trial, you already had a trial or a subscription before, and the plan is billed today.
- Teammates see Only the organization owner can update the plan or billing. Ask the owner to choose.
After checkout, a banner at the top of your dashboard confirms that your trial is active and shows the date it ends. If you see Confirming your payment or Almost there instead, wait a minute and refresh the page.
The Three Things That Get Your Agents Working#
- Connect Google Search Console. Your agents see which pages and searches gain or lose clicks, and they measure every change against it. See connect Google Search Console.
- Connect your website. This is what lets your agents change pages. Without it, every fix arrives as text for you to paste. See connect your website.
- Approve your first fix. Open AI Agents and approve the card Your first fix is ready. See approve your first fix.
Search Console alone is not enough
Many people connect Search Console and stop there. Your agents then plan good work but cannot make a single change. Connect your website too.
What Happens Next#
- Right after your trial starts, AI Agents shows Your agents are finding your first work. The first tasks usually land within a few minutes.
- Your agents plan new work every Monday. Tasks that need you wait in the Needs you column.
- Each change is measured against your own Search Console data. Title changes get a first verdict after about 2 weeks, content updates after about 4, new pages after about 3 months. See when you will see results.
- The Getting started card on your dashboard tracks what is left to do.
- Do I have to connect Search Console?
- No, but without it your agents plan from best guesses, and a change can be made but never verified as a win. Measuring needs your Search Console data.
- The first run says <strong>That first run hit a snag</strong>. What now?
- Nothing changed on your site. Click Try again. If it fails again, email contact@seomatic.ai. A person replies, usually within one business day.
- Can I change my website domain later?
- Each workspace works on one site. To work on another site, add a workspace. See add another website. Typed it wrong? Until you connect Search Console or your website, an Owner or Admin can correct it in Settings > AI Agents > Your site and market: click Change next to Your site. After that, the site comes from Search Console or your connection, and you change it there.
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