Spam Monitor Overview

Spam Monitor Overview

SEO Repair Kit’s Spam Monitor helps you monitor Google-indexed results associated with your website and identify results that may be suspicious, spammy, or critical.

It combines Google SERP scanning, configurable Spam Rules, risk scoring, Search Console cleanup, alerts, and scheduled monitoring in one place.

In this guide

• How to access Spam Monitor
• Understanding the Spam Monitor Dashboard
• Spam Rules
• Google SERP Scan
• Search Console Cleanup
• Alerts
• Settings
• Where to start

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How to Access Spam Monitor

From your WordPress dashboard, go to:

SEO Repair Kit → Spam Monitor

The Google SERP Scan Dashboard opens.

At the top of Spam Monitor, you can access six main areas:

• Dashboard
• Spam Rules
• Google SERP Scan
• Search Console Cleanup
• Alerts
• Settings

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Dashboard

The Dashboard provides an overview of Spam Monitor activity and the current condition of scanned Google results.

It includes information such as:

• Total SERP scans
• Google results checked
• Critical indexed spam
• Cleanup queue
• Last scan
• Critical SERP results
• Spam SERP results
• Suspicious SERP results
• Requests used
• Cleaned URLs
• Monitoring activity
• Resolved results
• Sitemap issues
• Python Engine status
• Spam Rules sync status
• Latest Risky URLs
• Recent Alerts

Understand the Spam Monitor Dashboard →

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Spam Rules

Spam Rules control how scanned Google results are evaluated.

You can configure:

• Expected Spam Languages
• Website Allowed Languages
• Language Mismatch Score
• Unexpected language detection
• Spam Keyword Rules
• Custom Blocked Keywords
• Spam Keyword Score
• URL Pattern Rules
• Blocked URL Patterns
• URL Pattern Score
• Risk Score Thresholds

A Scoring Preview shows how configured rules can contribute to the final risk score.

Configure Spam Rules →

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Google SERP Scan

The Google SERP Scan checks indexed Google results using the configured Spam Rules and available SERP provider.

The results can then be evaluated according to their calculated risk level.

Scan Google Results for Spam →

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Search Console Cleanup

The Search Console Cleanup area provides the workflow for reviewing URLs that require cleanup-related action after suspicious or spam results have been identified.

Because this is a separate workflow, it has its own guide.

Review and Clean Up Search Console Results →

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Alerts

The Alerts area controls email notifications for Spam Monitor activity.

You can configure:

• Email alerts
• Alert history limit
• Alert email address
• Risk levels that trigger alerts
• Scan summary emails
• Test emails

It also provides an Alert History and Alert Volume overview.

Configure Spam Monitor Alerts →

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Settings

The Settings tab controls scheduled monitoring and displays important system and provider information.

It includes:

• Scheduled Spam Monitoring
• Frequency
• Scan Depth
• Run Time
• Include Subdomains
• Developer testing mode
• Scheduled Website
• Next and previous run information
• SRK Cloud Status
• Default Scan Behavior
• SERP Provider status
• Alerts Summary

Set Up Automatic Spam Monitoring →

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Where Should I Start?

If you are using Spam Monitor for the first time:

1. Review Spam Rules.
2. Confirm the website’s allowed language configuration.
3. Review keyword and URL detection rules.
4. Confirm the SERP provider status.
5. Run a Google SERP Scan.
6. Review risky results on the Dashboard.
7. Configure Alerts.
8. Enable scheduled monitoring if required.

Understand the Spam Monitor Dashboard →