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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Screaming Frog

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $149

    per year

    Taboola

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATaboola is a native advertising platform from the company of the same name in New York for publishing "recommended" content in a variety of popularly visited news sites and spaces. Taboola is partnered with many publishers (the Atlantic, Tribune, MailOnline, Business Insider, etc.).

    $10

    Starting Price Per Day

    Pricing
    Screaming FrogTaboola
    Editions & Modules
    Paid Version
    $149.00
    per year
    Campaigns
    $10.00
    Starting Price Per Day
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Screaming FrogTaboola
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Screaming FrogTaboola
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    Screaming Frog
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    Taboola
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    60%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    60%
    Happy with the feature set
    3 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    60%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    3 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Screaming FrogTaboola
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Screaming Frog SEO Spider and Taboola
    Feature
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    6.6
    53 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Taboola
    -
    Ratings
    Keyword analysis7.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backlink management5.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader7.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis7.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics8.353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations7.924 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management3.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Screaming Frog SEO Spider and Taboola
    Feature
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    7.0
    37 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Taboola
    -
    Ratings
    Local SEO5.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social SEO7.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO7.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO7.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Screaming Frog SEO Spider and Taboola
    Feature
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider
    6.1
    42 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Taboola
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-domain support7.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools4.435 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score5.5 out of 10
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    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score5.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Screaming FrogTaboola
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (55 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (18 ratings)
    2.9
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Screaming FrogTaboola
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider is well suited to auditing brand new websites, when you need a quick, holistic view of the websites technical issues. Its great for providing a top line view of a websites architecture, perhaps for a new business approach where you need to assess the scale of work to maintain a website. Its also a useful tool in situations where you might need to see whether a large scale change in the website has taken place, you can see word counts, pages and their https response codes. Screaming Frog may be less useful if you need an idea of the customer experience on a website, it doesn't really provide information that helps assess how fast a website loads, what issues might come up when trying to convert or faults with the payment process. Screaming Frog is largely a technical SEO focused tool, it also can't assess the quality of a websites, layout or the quality of the content used on the website. As mentioned, its niche, but very useful within that niche.
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    Taboola
    If you want to have your company advertised on news websites across the United States then Taboola is perfect. If you're looking for clicks and impressions but not so much interested in traffic that is highly engaged and converting often then I'd suggest Taboola as an option to run traffic, too. This is the perfect platform for grey-hat offers and similar ideas. I wouldn't suggest it for running ads on your website due to some strict conditions and the fact that it might not necessarily play nice with traffic coming from Facebook.
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    Pros
    Screaming Frog
    • Crawling client sites of up to thousands of pages. Gives you almost every tool that you need to do a proper SEO audit.
    • Custom extractions using CSSpath, Xpath, or Regex. I'm not even a techy, but their support section here is a huge help with the provided examples.
    • Customer service and support - Dan is ALWAYS very prompt to respond with helpful answers on Twitter if needed.
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    Taboola
    • A good value on clicks -- they have visitors for all CPCs!
    • Worldwide reach and relatability -- so many providers use Taboola. It's very easy to reach your audience wherever.
    • High quality -- their policies ensure that only enjoyable, modest content is provided.
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    Cons
    Screaming Frog
    • Requires Java. This isn't a huge deal as many computers already have it installed, but it's yet another 3rd party component.
    • The free version has a crawl limit of 500 pages per site. This is fine for smaller sites, but if you're running a big e-commerce site then you'll need to pay for Pro version.
    • The user interface isn't very pretty. This is an analytics tool so it doesn't really have to be, but it might be helpful for improving the overall user experience.
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    Taboola
    • I would like to see an easier way to exclude irrelevant sites that our ads received impressions or clicks on.
    • Being able to bid on specific sites only.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Screaming Frog
    The tool has become integrated into our teams daily workings and I have yet to find a tool other than scremaing frog to replicate all of our use cases for it. It's a great tool and we're sticking with it
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    Taboola
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Screaming Frog
    The main problem of Screaming Frog SEO Spider is it being an offline software which limits itself to a single pc and that creates problem when multi user agents want to get involved or even work on it, it’s a difficult task to collaborate on it and do research for keywords at one place
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    Taboola
    It was pretty straightforward getting an account set up and having an account rep assigned. Compared to some other platforms Taboola is actually rather intuitive when it comes to navigating the user interface. Pixel implementation was easy and we didn't have any discrepancies tracking conversions. Also the ability to target LALs was very useful and semi-straightforward to upload.
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    Support Rating
    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog is a relatively primitive system, and doesn't need to be supported by devs or other software. Screaming Frog does interface directly with some programs that are most needed (Google Analytics, Search Console, Page Speed Insights), so that's convenient. It isn't widely supported by other programs, but it also doesn't need to be.
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    Taboola
    We have a point of contact in Taboola and he has been really great in supporting our campaign. He helped us set up the initial campaign, answered our questions related to the campaign and even agreed when I asked for a lower CPC. Also, while he tried to encourage us to spend more, he never pushed us to the point that it gets annoying.
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    Implementation Rating
    Screaming Frog
    If the software was a little easier to use for beginners, there really wouldn't be an issue
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    Taboola
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Screaming Frog
    Screaming Frog SEO Spider is probably the best non-client facing SEO audit tool in terms of technical SEO. There are other tools on the market that do a more complete job of keyword tracking, competitive analysis, and backlink profiles...however, for analyzing the technical SEO health of any website, Screaming Frog is the best
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    Taboola
    Outbrain doesn't charge a fee for automatic credit card billing. Often Outbrain CPC for the same content is cheaper but not always. The Outbrain UX is not as good as Taboola but recent changes had made them better than they used to be. In Outbrain you can not change images or titles once they are submitted. You also can not clone campaigns which you can do with Taboola
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    Return on Investment
    Screaming Frog
    • Increased employee efficiency - We spend many less hours tracking down and reporting simple meta tags.
    • Better Client Servicing - We are able to ensure we have a total look at a client's site before we recommend anything.
    • True Pricing Structure - We are able to more accurately predict how much help a client may need based on factors such as size of site, number of redirects, proper use of meta tags, etc.
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    Taboola
    • Taboola campaigns have had positive effects on top of funnel activities and engagement metrics though the traffic is not always as qualified as one would like. You will need to carefully tailor your campaign to squeeze out the most relevant traffic.
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