What goes into AddSearch when it crawls your site?

AddSearch follows links and reads pages it can reach. You can also give it a sitemap, a list of the pages you want discovered. Add its search widget to your site or build your own results view using its search API.

For records that have no public page, AddSearch also supports an API-based index. Your app sends and updates those records itself. Check which route your plan supports before deciding how to connect your content.

What should stay out of a public search index?

Keep private material behind your app’s access checks and out of its public search index. Crawler exclusions help control discovery. Your app still controls who can open the page itself. An older search result can persist until the index is updated.

AddSearch describes separate options for crawling protected content and securing search. If you need those options, verify that the search results and snippets themselves are restricted. A crawler login alone only controls what the crawler can read.

How can you plan a crawl without sending pages to AddSearch?

Use paper and three invented pages. Leave the provider dashboard, website settings and any crawl controls untouched.

List the pages and decide what should appear
Draw a public pricing page, a public returns page and a private order page. Search should return the first two. Mark the private page as excluded and protected by app sign-in.
Check what a future crawl needs to change
Cross out the old returns page and draw its replacement. Write which URL and snippet should disappear and which should appear. Keep the pricing page as a result that should remain.

What do you pay for and what can you take with you?

On November 12, 2026, AddSearch’s Core Keyword Search plan listed US$119 per month billed annually, or US$155 billed monthly. It lists one index, up to 7,500 documents, five domains and 75,000 search API queries per month. Suggestions count toward the query allowance. The listed Core overage is US$1.80 per 1,000 additional queries.

Core lists a weekly regular crawl. Check the limits and how you can request a faster update when an important page changes. Export indexed URLs and document IDs for a coverage audit. Keep your actual pages, rules and settings separately so you can rebuild elsewhere.