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Getting Started

What is Keyword Radar?

Keyword Radar watches 17 platforms (social media, news, blogs, and forums) and shows you every public mention of the keywords you choose, all in one dashboard. Set a keyword once, pick your platforms, and new mentions land in your dashboard.

Quick start in 3 steps

Create your account.
Create a monitor: type a keyword and pick the platforms to watch.
Wait for the first scan. Mentions appear shortly after, then refresh on a schedule set by your plan.

What is a monitor?

A monitor is one keyword (or phrase) plus the platforms you want to track it on. Create several monitors, one per brand, product, or competitor.

Monitors & Keywords

How do I add a keyword?

Go to Monitors, create a new monitor, type your keyword or phrase, choose platforms, and save. The first scan starts right away.

What does the keyword match against?

We match your keyword in the post title, the body text, and the author's handle or display name. So monitoring "Tesla" also catches posts from @Tesla even when the text does not say Tesla.

Can I use a multi-word phrase?

Yes. A multi-word keyword is matched as a phrase. For broader or narrower matching, use Advanced Search below.

How do I exclude words I do not want?

Use the Exclude terms in Advanced Search (below). Any mention containing an Exclude term is dropped, in every mode.

How do I delete a monitor, or change its keyword or platforms?

Delete a monitor from the Monitors list (you will be asked to confirm). There is no manual pause. A monitor's keyword and platforms are set when you create it and cannot be changed afterward, so to change those, create a new monitor. You can still edit its Advanced Search, Smart Relevance, and alert settings anytime from the monitor page.

Advanced (Boolean) Search

What is Advanced Search, and do I type AND / OR?

Advanced Search lets one monitor match more than a single exact phrase. You do not type AND, OR, or NOT yourself. Instead you pick a mode and add Include and Exclude terms, and Keyword Radar builds the query for you. A live preview shows the exact query as you go.

You do NOT type AND / OR / NOT in the keyword box. Pick a mode, then add Include and Exclude terms. The preview shows what gets searched.

Available on every plan, including Free

What do the three modes mean?

Mode

What it does

Any of these

Match the keyword plus at least one of your Include terms. Widens results.

All keywords

Match only when every term appears. Narrows results.

Exact phrase

Match the main keyword only. This is the default.

What are Include and Exclude terms?

Include terms broaden the match (in Any mode) or are all required (in All mode). Exclude terms always win: any mention containing an Exclude term is dropped, in every mode.

Show me an example

Keyword AI agents, mode Any of these, Include pricing and startup, Exclude crypto and nft. The live preview shows:

("AI agents" AND (pricing OR startup)) NOT (crypto OR nft)

This finds posts about AI agents that also mention pricing or startup, and skips anything about crypto or nft.

Are there any limits?

You can add up to 10 Include terms and 10 Exclude terms. The built query must stay under 250 characters; if it goes over, the panel shows the count and blocks Save until you trim it.

Does it handle accents?

Yes, both ways. Typing "Quebec" matches "Québec", and typing "Québec" matches "Quebec".

Smart Relevance (hide off-topic)

What is Smart Relevance?

Some keywords are ambiguous. “Monitor” could mean a computer screen or your brand. Smart Relevance uses AI to hide off-topic mentions so your dashboard stays clean.

Full filter on Starter and up. Free gets a small monthly preview

How do I set it up?

When you create or edit a monitor, click "Suggest meanings". Keyword Radar offers a few meanings as chips. Pick up to two, and optionally add a sentence of your own context. That tells the AI what you actually mean.

How do I see or unhide off-topic mentions?

Off-topic mentions are hidden by default. Use the "Hide off-topic" toggle in the filter bar to reveal them. Revealed mentions show an Off-topic badge with the reason. Nothing is deleted, so it is always reversible.

Filtering & Reading Mentions

Where do I see my mentions?

Open any monitor to see its mentions, newest first, each with a snippet, source link, author, and time.

What do the sentiment, intent, and sarcasm badges mean?

Every mention is auto-labeled by AI. Sentiment is positive, negative, or neutral. Intent shows why someone posted: buy, complaint, question, or discussion. On paid plans a reasoning AI also flags sarcasm with a purple Sarcasm badge, so ironic complaints like 'oh great, another outage' aren't misread as praise. Filter the list by sentiment on any plan, and by intent or sarcasm on paid plans (for example, only buying-intent, or only sarcastic, posts).

Why do some mentions look similar?

Each post is stored once, so you never see the exact same post twice. Very similar mentions are usually the same story cross-posted by different accounts or on different platforms, and those are kept as separate entries.

What are the view and engagement numbers?

Where a platform provides it, each mention shows views (eye icon) and engagement (likes plus comments plus shares). Sort by engagement to find the loudest mentions.

How do I filter by language or hide ones I have seen?

Use the filter bar: pick a language, or turn on "Hide viewed" to focus on new mentions. Set a date range to narrow the window.

Platforms

Which platforms can I monitor?

17 platforms: YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter / X, Reddit, Medium, Tumblr, Hacker News, Product Hunt, Mastodon, Bluesky, DEV.to, Substack, Newsdata.io, Lemmy, Nostr, and Blog Search (independent blogs across the web).

Are all platforms on every plan?

Most platforms are on every plan. A few need a higher plan:

Platform

Available on

Reddit, Twitter / X

Starter and up

TikTok

Growth and up

Instagram

Agency and up

All others (YouTube, Hacker News, blogs, news, and more)

All plans

Free plans can pick up to 5 platforms. See pricing for the full breakdown.

How do I choose platforms for a monitor?

Choose them when you create the monitor. Platforms are fixed after creation, so to change them, create a new monitor.

Notifications & Alerts

Will I get email updates?

Yes. Turn on Email Notifications in Settings (a single on/off toggle). When it is on, you get an email digest of new mentions.

What are Instant Alerts?

Instant Alerts email you the moment a mention crosses an engagement threshold you set on a monitor, so you catch viral posts fast.

Growth and up

Reports & Analytics

What is in Reports?

Reports chart your mentions over time, by platform, by language, and by sentiment and intent, call out how many mentions are sarcastic, plus top authors and emerging themes.

Starter and up

Campaign Analysis

What is Campaign Analysis?

Group several monitors into a campaign and get an AI-written summary of what is happening across them: themes, sentiment, and standout mentions. Monthly generation limits depend on your plan (see pricing).

Starter and up

Opportunities (lead inbox)

What is the Opportunities inbox?

Opportunities turns buying-intent mentions into sales leads. The AI scores mentions against your product and surfaces the best ones to act on.

Growth and up

How do I set it up?

Add a product profile in Settings (name, value, who it is for). Then turn on "Find sales opportunities" on a monitor. Scored leads appear in the Opportunities inbox.

Can it write replies?

Yes. For any lead, generate an AI reply draft in your voice, then send it yourself. Drafts are metered per month by plan.

How do I work through leads?

Move each lead through New, Replied, Won, or Ignored as you go.

Buy or Bounce

What is Buy or Bounce?

Paste a landing page URL and six AI buyer personas read it like real visitors. You get a verdict on how many would buy, a friction map, and ranked fixes with copy rewrites.

Where do I find it?

In the dashboard under Buy or Bounce. There is also a free public version at /tools/buy-or-bounce. Monthly runs depend on your plan.

Team

Can I add teammates?

Yes. The account Owner can invite members by email to work in the same workspace.

Growth and up. Free and Starter are single-user

What are the roles?

Role

Can do

Owner

Everything, including billing and team management.

Editor

Create and edit monitors, run campaigns and Buy or Bounce, view reports. No billing or team.

Viewer

Read-only. View everything, change nothing.

How many seats do I get?

Depends on your plan (see pricing). Seats count the owner plus invited members.

Plans & Billing

How do I upgrade or compare plans?

See the pricing page for the full plan comparison and to upgrade.

How do I pay?

Keyword Radar accepts Bitcoin and Lightning payments.

What happens if I downgrade?

You keep your current features for a 24-hour grace period, with an email explaining what will change, so you can adjust monitors and platforms before the new limits apply.

Account & Security

How do I change my password or email?

In Settings, under your account. Email changes require verification.

Do you support two-factor authentication?

Yes. Turn on 2FA in Settings for an extra layer of login security, with recovery codes.

FAQ

Why am I not seeing mentions yet?

First scans take a little time, and some keywords are simply quieter than others. Check that your keyword is not too narrow and that you picked the right platforms. Remember some platforms need a higher plan.

How often does it refresh?

Automatically, on a schedule set by your plan, from once a day on Free down to near real-time on higher plans. See pricing for exact intervals.

How far back does the first scan look?

It depends on your plan history window, from a few days up to several months. See pricing.