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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SE Ranking

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    An SEO toolset for agency and in-house pros.

    $65

    per month

    Shoutlet (Discontinued)

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AShoutlet is a cloud-based social relationship platform that enables marketers to publish, engage and measure social marketing campaigns and activities on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Google+, and YouTube. The product’s focus is on quantifying return on social, integrating social data into business and scaling social across the enterprise. Features include tools for social CRM, creative design, social listening, ads, workflow management, contest design…N/A
    Pricing
    SE RankingShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $65
    per month
    Pro
    $119
    per month
    Business
    $259
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SE RankingShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsSE Ranking’s subscription plans are available at a 20% discount for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    SE RankingShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    SE Ranking
    No answer on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SE RankingShoutlet (Discontinued)
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Keyword analysis7.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backlink management7.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics7.916 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations8.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management7.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Local SEO8.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    8.4
    14 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-domain support8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools8.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of SE Ranking and Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Shoutlet (Discontinued)
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    SE RankingShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SE RankingShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.3
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SE RankingShoutlet (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is a fantastic tool if you are a marketing agency or freelancer looking for a single tool for the majority of your SEO work. It also includes B2B tools like their lead generation widget and white label reports that can help you generate new leads for your business. It would get 10 stars if their database was larger to accommodate research for small geographic areas, but they are always expanding their database so it may just be a matter of time. Research SE Ranking has pricing plans available for every budget.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I think Shoutlet is an excellent tool for any mid-sized to larger company looking to improve their social strategy. While it does have some minor improvements that can be made, it's overall an impressive way to mass post to multiple networks and interact and engage with your followers in the social space. I feel at this time that a smaller company could probably benefit from a lesser in-depth version of this tool at this time
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    Pros
    SE Ranking
    • Rank racking. It’s really important for us that the ranks are tracked accurately.
    • Monitoring of changes made on the website. We’ve found this feature really useful.
    • Reports. This includes auto reports and manuals. We can easily and quickly create reports to check our SEO progress month by month.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • The ability to manage and publish to various social accounts from one platform. This feature helped us to have a cohesive social strategy and saved us a lot of time having to go back and forth between accounts.
    • The module that allowed us to build contests and custom landing pages was perhaps my favorite part. For the contests, it proved to be ultra convenient to be able to build, host and run social promotions through the same platform that housed our social accounts and lists. From a landing-page-design standpoint, it was also wonderful and time-effective for each individual department to be able to build professional and dynamic pages themselves rather than tasking it to our web designers who really didn't have the time.
    • I was also very pleased with the customer service we received from the Shoulet team. From the original demo, to the training sessions, all the way through to back-end service maintenance, everyone we dealt with was available, accommodating and friendly. Not entirely common in this day in age.
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    Cons
    SE Ranking
    • I really don't think SE Ranking has many flaws. They are also rolling out an app at the moment - SE Ranking Pro - need to test that one.
    • Some more video tutorials on the site on how to use some tools would be helpful.
    • More in-system popups would be more helpful too.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • I would like to see Shoutlet improve the usability of their "Shoutlet Profiles" module. It has improved over time, but I would like to see more individual user metrics such as affinity, time spent engaged per user, and monthly interactions by user.
    • I would also like to see Shoutlet redesign their "manage urls" module and URL shortener. The shortener works well, but I would like the interface to be more user friendly, and be able to access it throughout the rest of the tool. Perhaps in a slide out drawer.
    • Unfortunately, Shoutlet does not offer a Pin scheduling tool at this time. This would be a HUGE asset for them to have.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SE Ranking
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I do not have direct control over the renewal of our contract, I am definitely lobbying to not only renew the contract, but expand our contract with Shoutlet to include more of our company's accounts in our Shoutlet account for the many reasons already stated. By pulling all of our accounts, pages and platforms into one media management tool, we'll be able to better serve our fans, members, patients and employees. It will cut down time it takes for us to post across our entire company's breadth of social media options while sharing more easily between locations and entities. For medium and large scale enterprises, Shoutlet is hard to beat.
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    Usability
    SE Ranking
    They had a huge update recently and the platform is now even better. Although not all the tools are yet in the new design.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While some things do require a little training, a quick phone training session or reading an online guide usually suffices. I've never needed multiple training sessions for any part of Shoutlet. As someone with very little coding/programming background (read: absolutely none), I am always able to accomplish what is needed without feeling over my head or needing help.
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    Performance
    SE Ranking
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    In general, the software works really well. I get weird errors for time to time. Tech Therapy does a great job helping when things go awry
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    Support Rating
    SE Ranking
    The support is great but they don't have 24/7 support. And time zones can also be an issue sometimes. On the other hand there are plenty of guides and videos around to get yourself started. I never really needed support for "big" issues. And the help I got was good enough.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    I feel that the level of support I get from Shoutlet is far beyond the level of support I've received from other companies in a variety of services. It would be nice to have a regular update from Tech Therapy that lists out any potential bugs they're working to fix for the various browsers they support. Sometimes I wonder if I'm experiencing an issue simply because I use Firefox vs. Chrome.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is better than Serpstat or MOZ or Ahrefs when it comes to tracking keyword rankings, but it lacks in every other SEO category, such as onsite and offsite SEO metrics, content analysis, etc... It's a good choice for agencies that are interested in tracking keywords for their clients, but other than that it underperforms in every other SEO category.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Shoutlet is infinitely more advanced than SocialMadeSimple. It is a much more complex and in-depth platform. We actually changed to SocialMadeSimple after Shoutlet and I miss how easy to use and advanced it was in comparison. It was a money decision but if they were the same price, I would absolutely insist we go back
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    Return on Investment
    SE Ranking
    • The website "health" report has allowed us to fix things that Google might find strange or cause us to lose rankings, which has been very helpful.
    • It's given us more visibility into what exactly our SEO management company is doing and how they are performing, and if things are changing or not. It's very easy to see right from the dashboard.
    • Being able to see how our competitors stack up against us has helped us know where to improve, what to focus on, and how to be even better.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Allows our small staff to provide our clients with world-class service and data.
    • Exponentially improved fan base expansion for our clients.
    • Rapid response for customer service issues for clients - allowing us to help our clients prevent their social media presence from becoming the Complaint Department, rather a true community of fans and supporters of a brand.
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    SE Ranking Screenshots

    Screenshot of SE Ranking main dashboardScreenshot of SE Ranking keyword researchScreenshot of SE Ranking website auditScreenshot of SERP CompetitorsScreenshot of Organic SERP HistoryScreenshot of Content tool