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Alert Configuration Templates

Detailed alert configuration templates for each alert category. Use these templates when setting up a new alert system for a domain.


Ranking Alerts

Position Drop Alerts

Alert Name Condition Threshold Priority Action
Critical Drop Any top 3 keyword drops 5+ positions Position change >=5 Critical Immediate investigation
Major Drop Top 10 keyword drops out of top 10 Position >10 High Same-day review
Moderate Drop Any keyword drops 10+ positions Position change >=10 Medium Weekly review
Competitor Overtake Competitor passes you for key term Comp position < yours Medium Analysis needed

Position Improvement Alerts

Alert Name Condition Threshold Priority
New Top 3 Keyword enters top 3 Position <=3 Positive
Page 1 Entry Keyword enters top 10 Position <=10 Positive
Significant Climb Keyword improves 10+ positions Change >=+10 Positive

SERP Feature Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Snippet Lost Lost featured snippet ownership High
Snippet Won Won new featured snippet Positive
AI Overview Change Appeared/disappeared in AI Overview Medium

Keywords to Monitor

Keyword Current Rank Alert Threshold Priority
[keyword 1] [X] Drop >=3 Critical
[keyword 2] [X] Drop >=5 High
[keyword 3] [X] Drop >=10 Medium

Traffic Alerts

Traffic Decline Alerts

Alert Name Condition Threshold Priority
Traffic Crash Day-over-day decline >=50% drop Critical
Significant Drop Week-over-week decline >=30% drop High
Moderate Decline Month-over-month decline >=20% drop Medium
Trend Warning 3 consecutive weeks decline Any decline Medium

Traffic Anomaly Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Traffic Spike Unusual increase Investigate
Zero Traffic Page receiving 0 visits High
Bot Traffic Unusual traffic pattern Medium

Page-Level Alerts

Page Type Alert Condition Priority
Homepage Any 20%+ decline Critical
Top 10 pages Any 30%+ decline High
Conversion pages Any 25%+ decline High
Blog posts Any 40%+ decline Medium

Conversion Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Conversion Drop Organic conversions down 30%+ Critical
CVR Decline Conversion rate drops 20%+ High

Technical SEO Alerts

Critical Technical Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority Response Time
Site Down HTTP 5xx errors Critical Immediate
SSL Expiry Certificate expiring in 14 days Critical Same day
Robots.txt Block Important pages blocked Critical Same day
Index Dropped Pages dropping from index Critical Same day

Crawl & Index Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Crawl Errors Spike Errors increase 50%+ High
New 404 Pages 404 errors on important pages Medium
Redirect Chains 3+ redirect hops detected Medium
Duplicate Content New duplicates detected Medium
Index Coverage Drop Indexed pages decline 10%+ High

Performance Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Core Web Vitals Fail CWV drops to "Poor" High
Page Speed Drop Load time increases 50%+ Medium
Mobile Issues Mobile usability errors High

Security Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Security Issue GSC security warning Critical
Manual Action Google manual action Critical
Malware Detected Site flagged for malware Critical

Alert Name Condition Priority
High-Value Link Lost DA 70+ link removed High
Multiple Links Lost 10+ links lost in a day Medium
Referring Domain Lost Lost entire domain's links Medium
Alert Name Condition Priority
High-Value Link New DA 70+ link Positive
Suspicious Links Many low-quality links Review
Negative SEO Spam link attack pattern High
Alert Name Condition Priority
Toxic Score Increase Toxic score up 20%+ High
Anchor Over-Optimization Exact match anchors >30% Medium

Competitor Monitoring Alerts

Ranking Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Competitor Overtake Competitor passes you Medium
Competitor Top 3 Competitor enters top 3 on key term Medium
Competitor Content Competitor publishes on your topic Info

Activity Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
New Backlinks Competitor gains high-DA link Info
Content Update Competitor updates ranking content Info
New Content Competitor publishes new content Info

Competitors to Monitor

Competitor Domain Monitor Keywords Alert Priority
[Competitor 1] [domain] [X] keywords High
[Competitor 2] [domain] [X] keywords Medium
[Competitor 3] [domain] [X] keywords Low

GEO (AI Visibility) Alerts

AI Citation Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Citation Lost Lost AI Overview citation Medium
Citation Won New AI Overview citation Positive
Citation Position Drop Dropped from 1st to 3rd+ source Medium
New AI Overview AI Overview appears for tracked keyword Info

GEO Trend Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Citation Rate Drop AI citation rate drops 20%+ High
GEO Competitor Competitor cited where you're not Medium

Brand Monitoring Alerts

Mention Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Brand Mention New brand mention online Info
Negative Mention Negative sentiment mention High
Review Alert New review on key platforms Medium
Unlinked Mention Brand mention without link Opportunity

Reputation Alerts

Alert Name Condition Priority
Review Rating Drop Average rating drops High
Negative Press Negative news article High
Competitor Comparison Named in competitor comparison Medium

Alert Response Plans

Critical Alert Response

Response Time: Immediate (within 1 hour)

Alert Type Immediate Actions
Site Down 1. Check server status 2. Contact hosting 3. Check DNS
Traffic Crash 1. Check for algorithm update 2. Review GSC errors 3. Check competitors
Manual Action 1. Review GSC message 2. Identify issue 3. Begin remediation
Critical Rank Drop 1. Check if page indexed 2. Review SERP 3. Analyze competitors

High Priority Response

Response Time: Same day

Alert Type Actions
Major Rank Drops Analyze cause, create recovery plan
Traffic Decline Investigate source, check technical issues
Backlink Loss Attempt recovery outreach
CWV Failure Diagnose and fix performance issues

Medium Priority Response

Response Time: Within 48 hours

Alert Type Actions
Moderate Rank Changes Monitor trend, plan content updates
Competitor Movement Analyze competitor changes
New 404s Set up redirects, update internal links

Low Priority

Response Time: Weekly review

Alert Type Actions
Positive Changes Document wins, understand cause
Info Alerts Log for trend analysis

Alert Notification Setup

Notification Channels

Priority Channels Frequency
Critical Email + SMS + Slack Immediate
High Email + Slack Immediate
Medium Email + Slack Daily digest
Low Email Weekly digest

Alert Recipients

Role Critical High Medium Low
SEO Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dev Team Yes Yes (tech only) No No
Marketing Lead Yes Yes No No
Executive Yes No No No

Alert Suppression

  • Suppress duplicate alerts for 24 hours
  • Don't alert on known issues (maintenance windows)
  • Batch low-priority alerts into digests

Alert Escalation

If No Response In Escalate To
1 hour (Critical) SEO Manager -> Director
4 hours (High) Team Lead -> Manager
24 hours (Medium) Team -> Lead