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Getting started

What is SEO Runway?

An AI-powered marketing platform for SEO, GEO (visibility in AI answers), Local SEO, Google Ads and Social Media. Each brand gets one project that holds every channel, plus tasks, chat and client approvals for the team.

How does the free trial work?

Every package starts with a 14-day free trial, and you do not need a credit card to start. Create a project, connect a channel and try the tools on your own data.

Do I need all five channels?

No. Each channel is its own package, so you pay only for what you run. You can hold one package per workspace, combine workspaces freely, and switch a package up or down whenever you need.

Can I change or cancel at any time?

Yes. Change or cancel from your billing settings. If you cancel, you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.

SEO

How often are rankings checked?

Rank tracking runs on a schedule set by your package, and you can check on demand after you publish or fix something. Positions can be tracked by device and location.

What does the technical site audit do?

It crawls your pages, scores the site out of 100 and ranks every issue by impact, with page-level detail and an AI-written action plan. Re-crawls run on a schedule and alert you to new critical issues.

Which Google accounts can I connect?

Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4 for organic data, and Google Ads for paid, all through Google sign-in. Organic and paid results sit side by side in one project.

Can I publish content from the platform?

Content Studio builds SERP-based briefs, scores your writing live, drafts with AI, and publishes to WordPress in one click.

How does AI search tracking work?

You add the prompts your customers ask. SEO Runway runs them against Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, depending on your package, then records whether your brand is mentioned, whether your site is cited, and which competitors and sources appear instead.

What is the AI-readiness audit?

A checklist of what AI crawlers need from your site, such as crawler access and an llms.txt file, with fixes ranked by impact.

Local SEO

What is a geo-grid scan?

It searches for your keyword from points spread across your service area and shows your map-pack position at each one, with a Share of Local Voice score. You can compare scans over time and against local competitors.

Can I monitor reviews?

Yes. Review monitoring shows sentiment and response rate, and you can generate a review-request link and QR code for customers.

Google Ads

Will Gemini change my ad account on its own?

No. Gemini audits the campaign and proposes changes. You review each recommendation and apply the ones you want, in one click.

Can I write ads in the platform?

Yes. Generate five headlines and three descriptions for a responsive search ad, preview it, and send it to your campaign.

Social media

Which networks can I publish to?

Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Which of them your project can use depends on your Social Media package.

What does the AI content calendar do?

It plans a month of on-brand drafts with suggested posting times, once per project each month. Every draft is yours to edit, add media to, and publish or schedule.

Teams and clients

Can my clients see their own results?

Yes. Send a white-label report with your logo through a share link, or invite someone with the Client role, who only sees deliverables and reporting.

What about tasks and chat?

Each project has task templates, a work queue, a kanban board, time tracking and workload, direct and group chat, and sign-offs recorded against the project.

Data and privacy

Who can see my data?

People you add to a project, with the access their role allows. Your connected accounts stay connected to your project only, and you can disconnect them any time.

How is my data used?

To run the features you use. The Privacy Policy explains what we collect, how AI features process data, and your choices.

Still have a question?

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