Overview
The Hado SEO analytics dashboard provides real-time insights into how search engines and social media bots interact with your site.Key Metrics
Crawls
Total bot visits to your site during the selected time period. Includes
all detected bots: search engines, social crawlers, and AI bots.
Prerenders
Pages dynamically rendered for bots. This represents fresh renders that
weren’t served from cache.
Cached Views
Requests served from cache without requiring a fresh render. Higher is
better for performance.
Cache Hit Rate
Percentage served from cache. Aim for 80%+ for optimal performance and
cost efficiency.
Time Period Filters
Select different time ranges to analyze trends:| Filter | Use Case |
|---|---|
| 1 Day | Recent activity, debugging issues |
| 7 Days | Weekly trends, typical analysis |
| 30 Days | Monthly overview, growth tracking |
| All Time | Complete history since setup |
Page Analytics Table
The analytics table shows per-page breakdown:Columns
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| URL | Page path relative to your domain |
| Last Crawled | Most recent bot visit timestamp |
| Source | How the page was discovered (sitemap, manual) |
| Cache Hits | Requests served from cache |
| Cache Misses | Requests requiring fresh render |
Bot Breakdown
Expand any row to see which bots visited: Search Engine Bots:- Googlebot - Google’s main crawler
- Bingbot - Microsoft Bing
- Other search bots
- GPTBot - OpenAI (ChatGPT)
- ClaudeBot - Anthropic
- PerplexityBot - Perplexity AI
- Twitterbot - X/Twitter previews
- Facebookbot - Facebook/Meta
- LinkedInBot - LinkedIn
- Slackbot - Slack unfurling
- Discordbot - Discord embeds
Understanding the Data
High Cache Hit Rate (Good ✅)
A cache hit rate above 80% indicates:- Bots are receiving fast responses
- Your content is being efficiently served
- Prerendering resources are optimized
Low Cache Hit Rate
A rate below 50% may indicate:- Many unique pages being crawled
- Frequent content updates
- Cache expiring before recrawls
- Ensure pages are in your sitemap
- Trigger manual recrawls after updates
- Upgrade for more frequent cache refresh
No Crawl Activity
If you see zero crawls:- Verify DNS is configured - Check domain status
- Check subscription status - Ensure active plan
- Wait for indexing - New domains take time
- Submit to Search Console - Request indexing
Actions
Sync Analytics
Click Sync Analytics to:- Fetch latest data from edge network
- Update page-level statistics
- Get accurate counts
Recrawl All
Trigger a full recrawl to:- Refresh all cached pages
- Pick up content updates
- Force re-indexing
- 3 recrawls per hour per domain
- Cooldown timer shows wait time
- Requires active subscription
Best Practices
- Monitor weekly - Check trends to catch issues early
- Sync after updates - Refresh data after content changes
- Track bot diversity - Ensure Google AND Bing are crawling
- Watch cache hit rate - Optimize if consistently low
- Note timestamp patterns - Identify crawl frequency
Troubleshooting
Analytics show zero data
Analytics show zero data
Possible causes: - DNS not configured - Subscription inactive - Very new
domain (no crawls yet) Solutions: - Complete DNS setup - Check
subscription in Settings - Submit site to Google Search Console
Missing pages in analytics
Missing pages in analytics
Possible causes: - Page not in sitemap - No internal links to page -
Page blocked by robots.txt Solutions: - Add page to sitemap - Ensure
internal linking - Check robots.txt configuration
Old 'last crawled' dates
Old 'last crawled' dates
Possible causes: - Low search engine priority - Few inbound links -
Infrequent content updates Solutions: - Trigger manual recrawl - Build
more backlinks - Update content regularly
Domain Settings
Configure robots.txt and sitemap for better crawling