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Zinn® SEO how-to: Use the research toolbox

Step by step in Zinn® SEO: Eleven research tools inside WordPress that you would normally pay a monthly subscription for elsewhere. You pay only for what you run, from your Zinn® credit, and every tool shows its price first.

Use the research toolbox

Eleven research tools inside WordPress that you would normally pay a monthly subscription for elsewhere. You pay only for what you run, from your Zinn® credit, and every tool shows its price first.

  1. Open the research toolbox — In WordPress, go to SEO, Research toolbox. If the site is not connected to a Zinn® account yet, press Connect this site and approve it in the new tab (see the guide Connect your site to a Zinn® account).
  2. Check your credit — At the top you see your credit, with a link to add credit, see every price and choose your notices.
  3. Choose the country to search in — Every tool that searches Google, YouTube, Google Shopping or Amazon asks in that country and its language.
  4. Pick a tool — Choose a tool from the tabs: Map rank grid, Reviews, Competitor traffic, Questions to FAQ and Content brief. With Zinn® SEO Pro you also get Google Shopping, Amazon, YouTube, Results snapshots, Brand mood and Technology lookup.
  5. Fill in what the tool asks for — The price line under the button changes as you type, so you always know what a check will cost.
  6. Run it — Press the tool's button and confirm with Yes, run it. Most answers arrive within a minute, and you can leave the page and come back.
  7. Compare with earlier results — Earlier answers stay listed under the form, newest first, so you can compare them.
  8. Run a check on a schedule — Tools that watch something (map grid, reviews, Shopping, Amazon, YouTube, snapshots and brand mood) can run every day, week or month. If your credit runs out, nothing is charged: scheduled checks pause and carry on by themselves after a top-up, and you are told by e-mail and inside WordPress.

With a screenshot of every step: https://zinnseo.com/kb/use-the-research-toolbox

Before you start

Zinn® SEO is not available to download or buy yet: it is in its final testing. Try every screen now on the live demo at https://demo.zinnseo.com/; https://zinnseo.com/ has the full feature list, the user guide and the launch news.

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