Limits and defaults

Every number Seovyn works to, in one place: plan allowances, topic and writing rules, quality thresholds, autopilot, publishing, Search Console, refreshes and the Browser Agent.

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The numbers below are the defaults every organization runs on. Each links to the page that explains it.

Plans

WhatFreeProScale
Articles a month430100
Browser Agent budget a month$1$5$20
Price$0$29$99
WhatLimit
Organizations per person20, of which up to 2 on Free
Usage resetsPaid plans: on renewal. Free: the 1st of each month (UTC)
A draft that fails to writeGives its article back
Refreshes and new snippetsDon't use articles

See Plans and usage and Organizations.

Finding topics

WhatDefault
Keyword targets per organizationUp to 120
Share of articles kept for keyword targets, while any are open60%
Searches a month for a suggested target to be writtenAt least 10 (yours and Search Console's are exempt)
Shared top-10 results that make two searches "the same"4 or more
Your own page (not the home page) in the keyword's top 10The article isn't written
Topic fit needed to be written / to publish on autopilot50 / 70
Comparisons, once you have 8 articlesAt most 25%
One page type, or one title pattern, before it loses priority60% / 50%
Articles from one competitor sourceAt most 8
New items looked at per source checkUp to 10
Source checksAbout hourly, from every 40 minutes to every 2½ hours by results
Subreddits and channels added for youUp to 2 every 3 days, until 3 of each
Topic clusters in progressUp to 3
Supporting articles per cluster4 to 8; the pillar after 60% of them (at least 3)
Competitors studiedUp to 3
Targets added from competitors per weekUp to 5
Related searches added per new articleUp to 2

See How topics are chosen, Keyword targets and Topic clusters.

Writing and quality

WhatDefault
Quality score45% SEO checks + 55% Editor
Each failed hard check / warning−25 / −6 points
Revisions before you see a draft1, when the Editor scores below 70 or a hard check fails
Near-copy of one of your articles20% or more shared text fails
Meta title / meta description40 to 60 / 120 to 155 characters
Slug / tagsUp to 7 words / 3 to 6 tags
Cover image1200 × 630
Site facts re-readWeekly
Team notesUp to 40, 600 characters each

See Quality score and Site knowledge.

Review and autopilot

WhatDefault
To unlock autopilot5 clean approvals in a row, each scoring 70 or more
Score to approve on autopilot75 or more
Hold window before an autopilot approval12 hours
Drafts held back for a random spot checkAbout 1 in 5
Back to supervised when recent articles average below65 (over at least 6 articles)
Writing pauses when drafts pile up12 or more waiting, the oldest for 10 days
Writing pauses when writes keep failing3 failures in a row, for 12 hours

See Autopilot.

Publishing

WhatDefault
Publish pacingOff; from 1 to 36 articles a day when on
Webhook answer time8 seconds
Delivery attempts6, over about a day
Checks that a page is live5, over about a day and a half
Older articles linked to each new oneUp to 3 (up to 8 within a topic cluster)

See Publishing and Webhook reference.

Search Console, refreshes and results

WhatDefault
Search Console syncDaily, in 28-day windows; Google runs about 2 days behind
Index checksUp to 25 per sync, for articles 3+ days old not yet shown, rechecked weekly
Refreshes startFrom 20 live articles
Refreshes per week / per articleUp to 2 / at most once every 90 days
A refresh is due whenClicks fall 40%+ (from at least 10), the position is 8 to 20 with 50+ impressions, or the article is 180+ days old
New search snippetsPage-one articles with 300+ impressions and a click-through rate under 60% of what their position usually earns; up to 2 a week
Snippet measuredAfter about a month, with 150+ impressions; rewrites stop after 3 that didn't help
Results milestones30, 60 and 90 days after going live
Cleanup reviewWeekly; "no searches" after 60 days unseen

See Results, Updates and refreshes and Cleanup.

Browser Agent

WhatDefault
PermissionsSupervised; Auto for 15 minutes, 1, 4 or 8 hours
An approval request expires after5 minutes
Tasks listed on the pageThe 40 most recent

See Browser Agent.