No more CAPTCHAs & IP Blocks, Ever!

Exciting news, everyone!

Today, we're rolling out the first version of what seems to be SEO PowerSuite's most awaited update ever (and also one of the biggest, most complex releases we've had in years): an inbuilt "anti-block" solution that will keep our users safe from CAPTCHAs and temporary IP blocks.

In short, we've introduced a new system to process all search engine checks on our end, instead of running them from your computer and IP address. And that is… around 3 million ranking checks daily for each of the 200+ search engines we support. So the solution we are launching is the first of its kind and size, and we're extremely nervous (but twice as excited!) to be rolling it out today.

What is CAPTCHA and why should I care?

As many SEOs know, working with big data sets and running frequent ranking checks may sometimes result in CAPTCHAs and temporary search engine blocks that interrupt your work. This happens mainly because Google and other search engines try to reduce the load on their servers by limiting the number of requests from the same IP address they're willing to proccess. And as a result, you might sometimes end up with partial results or failed data checks in your SEO apps.

SEO PowerSuite's new "anti-block" solution is an attempt to solve this problem and let SEOs work with their data uninterruptedly.

How does SEO PowerSuite's new system work?

On your end, nothing will change — most of your SEO tasks will run smoothly, without you having to bother about CAPTCHAs and temporary blocks. At the same time, behind the scenes, we'll be processing each of your requests via our own system to bring back all the data you need without interruption.

The system will be used for most data checks that imply querying search engines: like rank checking and some keyword research methods in Rank Tracker, auditing pages' content in WebSite Auditor, looking for link prospects in LinkAssistant, etc.

Please not that at this very moment some data checks (that imply using advanced Google search operators - allinurl:, cache:, etc.) are not yet processed via the new system, so they can still occasionally return CAPTCHAs. However, we're working to improve the existing solution and start processing this type of queries through the new system as well.

How do I enable it?

At this point, we're rolling out the update for all licensed SEO PowerSuite users. So if you're using any of the SEO PowerSuite tools with either Professional or Enterprise license, there's no need to do anything to activate the new system — it'll be activated automatically.

Just make sure the apps update to the latest version upon launch (or download the latest version here), and use them like normal.

Please note that the complete rollout of the solution and its final tweaking may take a couple of weeks, so we'd like to ask you to be understanding if you come across any issues after today's release. We'll be incredibly grateful if you could let us know about any problems right away, in the comments to this post or by contacting our Support team.

What if I'm using SEO PowerSuite's FREE version?

We're sure you understand that releasing and maintaining the new system requires a lot of human and technological resources, making the solution pretty expensive. And though we're taking up all expenses associated with it and are not raising the price of the software, unfortunately, there's no way we can make this solution available to our free users. So your search engine checks will run just as before, without us capturing and proccessing the requests for you.

Just like before, you can reduce the risks of data checks getting interrupted with CAPTCHAs and search engine blocks by using SEO PowerSuite's search safety settings.

However, if you're itching to get rid of CAPTCHAs and interruptions in your SEO checks for good, it may be just the time to get a paid SEO PowerSuite license :)

Remember, just as before, your order is covered with a 30-day money back guarantee, so you can fully try the new SEO PowerSuite system with no strings attached.

We hope you're as excited about this update as we are. Looking forward to hear your feedback here in the comments!

Happy querying!