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Adding a website does two things at once: it registers the domain you want to track, and it triggers the crawl that gives Videntic the context it needs to analyze you well.

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Before you start

You need:
  • The full domain URL (e.g. https://www.example.com).
  • The ability to publish a meta tag or upload a file to the site’s root — usually a CMS admin login or access to the host.
  • A couple of minutes.
Each plan allows a different number of tracked websites. See Plans & billing for the limits, and Manage competitors for how competitor domains differ from tracked websites.

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Add the domain

1

Open the dashboard

Click Add website on the dashboard home.
2

Enter the URL

Paste the full URL of the site you want to track. Include https:// and the www. prefix if that’s the canonical version.
3

Set keywords and market (optional)

Add a few target keywords that describe your category and pick the country and language you sell in. These tune the queries Videntic simulates. You can edit them later.
4

Save

Videntic creates the website record and takes you to the verification screen.

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Verify ownership

To prevent anyone from tracking a site they don’t own, Videntic requires proof before any data is collected. Pick one of two verification methods:

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Method 1: Meta tag

Copy the one-line <meta> tag shown in the app and paste it inside the <head> of your homepage. Save and publish the page, then click Verify. Your task: make sure the meta tag is reachable at https://yourdomain.com/ before clicking Verify. If your homepage is a CDN-cached static page, you may need to purge the cache first.

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Method 2: File upload

Download the small verification file shown in the app and upload it to the root of your site so it’s reachable at https://yourdomain.com/<filename>. Click Verify.
Verification usually succeeds in seconds. If it fails, the most common causes are: a trailing redirect (e.g. example.com → www.example.com), the tag being placed in the <body> instead of the <head>, or a CDN cache serving the old HTML. See Common issues for fixes.

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What happens after verification

Once ownership is confirmed, Videntic starts an initial crawl of your site. This is not the same as running an analysis — it’s how the platform learns what you publish, so later analyses and Sira answers are grounded in your actual content. The crawl:
  • Visits every reachable page starting from your homepage.
  • Extracts readable content (titles, body copy, structured data).
  • Builds an internal content index used for context and GEO‑16 scoring.
Crawls typically complete in 2–5 minutes for small-to-medium sites. Very large sites may take longer; Videntic will tell you when it’s done.
Videntic respects robots.txt. Pages you exclude from search engines are also excluded from the crawl.

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Remove or replace a website

You can remove a website from Settings → Websites. Removing a website deletes its analysis history, GEO audit results, and competitor associations — there’s no undo, so be sure before you confirm. If you’re migrating domains (say, old.com → new.com) it’s usually better to add the new domain, verify it, and run a fresh analysis than to try to carry state across.

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What’s next?

Run your first audit

Kick off the analysis that produces your first report.

Add competitors

Decide who you’re benchmarked against.

GEO‑16 audit

The 16-pillar framework used to score your pages.

Dashboard tour

What every widget on the dashboard means.
Last modified on April 19, 2026