Prompt tracking tools may inflate your Search Console impressions via heavy scraping
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-06
A caution for anyone loading queries into prompt-tracking tools: watch your Google Search Console impressions right after setup. If impressions suddenly spike, the tool is likely scraping Google search results at scale and polluting your query data. The author suggests dropping such a tool if this happens.
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