Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

When you use SEO Bandwagon, we may collect information you provide directly, such as your name and email address when you create an account with Google, with GitHub, with Product Hunt, or with a one-time link or code sent to your email address. An AI agent or script working for you can request that code through our API; the account is created only when the code from your inbox is entered. We also collect usage data including search queries, pages visited, and feature usage to improve our services.

To limit abuse of email sign-in, we keep a one-way hash of the email address and of the IP address behind each sign-in or sign-up request for 30 days, then delete it.

Browser Extension

The SEO Bandwagon Chrome extension analyzes pages in your browser. It sends us your analyses only if you connect it to your account with an API key and leave its data-collection setting on. When both are true, saving a page sends the full analysis result to seobandwagon.com over HTTPS: the page URL and capture time; extracted on-page SEO data (title, meta tags, canonical, robots, Open Graph and Twitter Card tags, structured data); headings; link, image and media audits; content statistics such as word counts and top phrases; page technical facts such as element counts and load time; detected technologies; Core Web Vitals; readability and keyword statistics; hreflang, mixed-content and schema checks; a hash of the page content; the computed score; and the extension version and your browser's user-agent string. Filing a local citation sends only the citation fields (directory name and URL, the name, address, phone and website found on the page, the match score, status and notes) and never the screenshot, which stays on your device. On a Google search results page, the extension sends seobandwagon.com the domains of the results shown, up to 20 at a time, so it can show stats for them, whether or not you have connected an account. It sends domains only, never your search terms. With a key, we look them up and store none of them; without one, we refuse the request without reading them. The checks that read other pages (the link check, indexability, hreflang return tags and the rendering comparison) request those pages from the sites they are on, without your cookies. The extension does not read or send your browsing history. Captures are visible only to the account that saved them.

Installing the extension opens one page on our site, with first steps; removing it opens a page that asks why you removed it. Both are ordinary visits to seobandwagon.com, and their links carry campaign tags like any other (see Cookies & Analytics below). Answering the question is optional. If you answer, we store your choice, the note you type if any, the extension version and referral code in the link, and the time. We do not store your IP address, and the answer is linked to your account only if you are signed in to SEO Bandwagon in that browser.

Outreach Data

If you use link building, we store the send-from email address and postal address you provide so they can appear in the pitches you approve. We never send email for you.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to provide and improve our SEO tools, personalize your experience, save your search history and tracked keywords, and communicate with you about your account.

Data Storage

Your data is stored securely using Supabase (PostgreSQL) with encryption at rest and in transit. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

Third-Party Services

We use DataForSEO for search data, Product Hunt for launch data, Google, GitHub and Product Hunt for sign-in, Google Workspace to send sign-in and account email, and Stripe for payment processing. Each of these services has their own privacy policies. A Product Hunt sign-in shares your Product Hunt username and name; Product Hunt does not share your email address, so we ask for one and confirm it with a code before sending Product Hunt launch alerts.

Cookies & Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand site traffic. Analytics cookies are set only after you accept the cookie banner; if you reject it (or ignore it), Google Consent Mode keeps analytics storage denied and no analytics cookies are set. Your choice is stored in your browser and you can change it at any time on our Cookie Choices page. We also send server-side conversion events (for example, when a purchase completes) that carry no browser identifiers.

When you first arrive, we also set a first-party cookie that records how you found us: the campaign tags or referral code in the link you followed, the search engine or site that sent you (never the page you came from), the page you landed on, and when. It holds nothing that identifies you and lasts 90 days. If you create an account, those values are saved with it and sent with the sign-up event to Google Analytics. Rejecting the cookie banner deletes this cookie and stops it being set.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to the Search Ledger from a city page or the site footer, we store your email address and where you signed up. We use it only to send the weekly ledger and never share or sell it. To be removed, email info@seobandwagon.com from the subscribed address.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email us at info@seobandwagon.com.