Cookie Policy

Last updated: 14 July 2026

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit a website. It allows the site to remember your actions and preferences for a set period.

2. Cookies used by Seogard

2.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the Service to function. They do not require your consent.

NamePurposeDuration
seogard-tokenAuthentication (JWT access token)7 days
seogard-refreshSession renewal (refresh token)30 days
seogard-cookiesRemembering your cookie choice12 months

2.2 Analytics cookies

We use Umami, a privacy-friendly web analytics solution, self-hosted on our own server in Europe (Germany). Umami:

  • Sets no third-party cookies
  • Collects no personally identifiable data
  • Shares no data with third parties
  • Is GDPR-compliant without requiring consent (anonymized data)

2.3 Session recording (journey analytics)

We use PostHog, hosted in the European Union, to anonymously record browsing journeys and understand where users run into difficulties. This tool:

  • Is enabled only after your explicit consent (the “Accept” button)
  • Masks input fields — your passwords and form content are never recorded
  • Can be turned off at any time by declining cookies
  • Never shares any data for advertising purposes

3. Third-party cookies

Apart from PostHog (journey analytics, enabled only after your consent, hosted in the EU), Seogard uses no advertising cookies (no Google Analytics, no Facebook Pixel). We have no integration with any advertising networks.

4. Managing cookies

You can delete cookies at any time via your browser settings. Deleting the authentication cookies will log you out of the Service.

5. Contact

For any question: [email protected]

Seogard is source-available software (BSL 1.1 license) published by SAVEPNP SAS. Code distributed under the terms of the BSL — all other rights reserved.

Our mission is to protect every indexed page from invisible SEO regressions — before Google finds them.
Goal: 10,000 monitored sites by 2028.

Need help? [email protected]

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Frequently asked questions

What exactly does Seogard monitor?

Seogard continuously monitors 71 SEO and GEO rules on every page: meta title and description, canonical, accidental noindex, status codes (404, 500, redirects), SSR/CSR regressions, hreflang, Open Graph, llms.txt, blocked AI citation crawlers (OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Claude-SearchBot) and much more. Every regression triggers a real-time email alert, ranked by severity.

Is Seogard free?

The self-hosted version is free, source available (BSL 1.1 license), with no page limit. The Cloud version is usage-based, for teams that prefer not to run the infrastructure.

How is Seogard different from a classic crawler?

Seogard automatically and continuously compares the raw HTML (what Google indexes) with the JavaScript render (what you see), on every page. Broken SSR goes unnoticed in the browser — Seogard catches it before Google re-renders your pages.

How do alerts work?

Every page is crawled daily. As soon as a change is detected (modified meta, abnormal status code, broken SSR), an alert with the before/after diff is sent by email.

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