URL Monitor Review: Auto-Index Your Site on Google for $59

What Is URL Monitor and What Does It Cost?

URL Monitor is an SEO-focused tool with a single, clear purpose: it connects your website to Google Search Console and automatically submits your URLs for indexing. Rather than logging into Search Console manually every time you publish or update a page, URL Monitor handles that process on autopilot.

The deal is available on AppSumo starting at $59 for lifetime access. Tier one gets you up to five websites and the ability to submit around 500 pages per day. If you're running an agency and need white-label dashboards and reports with your own branding, you'll want tier three or above. Tier two bumps the daily submission limit to 1,200 pages, tier three gives you 2,000, and tier four maxes out at 5,000 pages per day with support for up to 100 websites.

Setting Up Your Account

Getting started with URL Monitor is straightforward, though there are a few steps involved. After creating your account, the first thing you'll do is connect it to your Google account. URL Monitor relies entirely on the Google Search Console API, so a Google account is non-negotiable.

One minor hiccup worth mentioning: depending on your browser, you might run into a partial-access issue during the Google sign-in process. This seems to be a broader Google authentication quirk rather than a URL Monitor bug. If it happens, simply reconnect a second time and everything should work fine.

Once you're authenticated, the interface is minimal. You'll see a sites tab (empty at first), account settings, an email support link, an affiliate option, and links to their roadmap and YouTube channel. The app is intentionally bare-bones — it does one thing and doesn't try to be an all-in-one SEO suite.

Connecting Your Site via Google Search Console

Before URL Monitor can do anything useful, your website needs to be registered in Google Search Console. If you haven't set that up before, the process is simple. Head to Google Search Console (just search for it — the URL has changed over the years), click "Start Now," and add your domain as a new property.

Google will ask you to verify domain ownership through a DNS text record. You'll copy the verification string Google gives you, head to your domain registrar or DNS provider (Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Namecheap, etc.), and add a TXT record. Leave the name field blank or use the @ symbol, paste in the verification code, and save. Back in Search Console, click verify, and you're confirmed as the domain owner.

With your domain verified in Search Console, head back to URL Monitor and hit the refresh button on the sites tab. Your domain should appear, and you can enable it to start using one of your available site slots.

Granting Access Permissions

Here's the part that might give you pause: URL Monitor needs owner-level access to your Google Search Console property. The tool works by adding service accounts as owners to your Search Console, and each account can submit up to 200 URLs per day. On tier one, you get three service accounts, which is how they reach the roughly 500–600 pages per day limit.

Adding these accounts is straightforward. URL Monitor provides the email addresses you need to add. Head into Search Console, go to settings, click "Add User," paste in the email address, and set the permission level to "Owner." Repeat for each service account.

The "owner" permission level sounds alarming, but these are Google Cloud service accounts (identifiable by their g-service-account email format). They're automated services, not humans. Could something theoretically go wrong? In an extreme scenario, yes — but the practical risk is negligible. Once all accounts are added, head back to URL Monitor and click "Check Status" to confirm everything is active.

Managing Your Sites and Auto-Indexing

With your site connected and permissions granted, the real value of URL Monitor kicks in. The most important feature to enable is auto-indexing. When turned on, URL Monitor will automatically submit all of your URLs to Google Search Console every day. That means any new pages, updated content, or structural changes get pushed to Google without you lifting a finger.

The site details dashboard gives you a clear overview of your indexing status: how many pages are indexed, how many are in progress, how many aren't indexed, and how many haven't been checked yet. You can also manually add specific URLs if you don't want to wait for the auto-indexing cycle.

Email notifications are a nice touch. You can opt into weekly Monday emails when new pages get indexed, and you can also get immediate alerts when pages are de-indexed by Google — useful for catching potential issues early. There's also an export option, though it currently outputs a CSV file rather than a polished PDF report.

Don't Skip the Sitemap Step

One critical setup step that's easy to overlook: you need to submit your sitemap to Google Search Console before URL Monitor can see your pages. Inside Search Console, navigate to the Sitemaps section and enter your sitemap URL — typically your domain followed by /sitemap.xml.

If you're using a CMS like WordPress or Ghost, your sitemap is almost certainly being generated automatically. WordPress users with an SEO plugin (like Yoast or Rank Math) will have this handled, and Ghost generates one natively. Once submitted, Search Console will process the sitemap and discover all the nested sitemaps within it — authors, pages, posts, tags, and so on.

This is where URL Monitor's ongoing value becomes clear. Google Search Console only processes your sitemap once during the initial submission. When you add new content or update existing pages, those changes don't automatically get re-submitted. URL Monitor bridges that gap by continuously pushing your URLs back to Search Console, ensuring Google always has the freshest picture of your site.

Why Google Search Console Actually Matters

Even if you're skeptical of Google's data practices, Search Console deserves a spot in your toolkit. Unlike Google Analytics — where you embed tracking code on your site and essentially hand over detailed visitor behavior data — Search Console works in the opposite direction. You're telling Google what content exists on your site so it can surface those pages in search results.

At no point does Search Console require you to inject code into your website. The verification is done at the DNS level, and after that, the relationship is primarily about helping Google understand and index your content. Yes, Google benefits because it gains more knowledge about the web, but the trade-off is weighted in your favor: better indexing means more organic traffic, more readers, and more potential customers finding your site through search.

Think of it this way — with Analytics, the value exchange tilts toward Google. With Search Console, it tilts toward you. If you're going to use any Google product for your website, Search Console should be the one.

Archiving Sites and Reusing Slots

If you're on a limited tier and need to rotate websites, URL Monitor has you covered with an archiving feature. Click the triple-dot menu next to any site and choose "Archive" to free up that slot. You can then connect a new domain in its place.

Should you ever need to bring a site back, just click "Show Archived" at the top of the sites list and unarchive it. One small UX quirk: the interface suggests you can re-enable an archived site directly, but you actually need to unarchive it first, then re-enable it and turn auto-indexing back on. It's a minor annoyance, not a dealbreaker.

Final Verdict: Is URL Monitor Worth $59?

URL Monitor does exactly one thing, and it does it competently. For $59, you get lifetime access to automated URL submission for up to five websites. Within the first day of connecting a test site, indexing data was already populating — 12 pages indexed, one in progress, and 18 awaiting indexing.

The tool is a reasonable investment for anyone who manages multiple websites and doesn't want to manually babysit Google Search Console. It's particularly appealing for agencies at the higher tiers, where white-label reporting and higher submission limits come into play.

That said, before pulling the trigger, check whether any SEO tools you're already using offer auto-indexing features. Tools like Rank Math and some other SEO platforms have built-in indexing capabilities that might overlap with what URL Monitor provides. If you're not already covered, though, $59 for a set-it-and-forget-it indexing tool is a solid deal.

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