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Checklist 10

Monitoring, Reporting and Guarantee Compliance

The part of the chain nobody else owns: from which page needs links to whether the link is still live in month nine.

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Go-live verification (every placement)

  • Link live at the exact agreed URL (correct protocol, no redirect chain)
  • Link points at the agreed target page (re-verify after publisher edits)
  • Anchor matches the approved anchor
  • Placement indexed (spot-check within the agreed window)
  • Logged: publisher, placement URL, anchor, target page, placement type, fee flag, go-live date, screener
  • Link still live
  • Still pointing at the agreed target (no silent retargeting by the publisher)
  • Placement still indexed
  • Page not turned into a “sponsored” wall or deindexed
  • Removal detected → publisher contacted → free replacement issued per guarantee
  • Client notified when a link drops and when the replacement is live

Reporting cadence

  • Monthly report: placements qualified / approved / live, per placement type
  • Per-market view for international campaigns
  • For brand mentions: same prompt set re-run, named/not-named per prompt, % presence and rotation — never a one-off snapshot
  • Numbers traceable: every link in the report exists in the tracker with a URL
  • No ranking or traffic timelines promised; what IS stated: go-live dates and index status

Guarantee compliance

  • Replacement window (12 months) tracked per link
  • Refund/replacement policy applied consistently (delivered to spec or money back)
  • Fee flags reviewed: client knew which placements involved a publisher fee before approval

Quarterly review

  • Referring-domain growth vs plan
  • Placement types that produced indexing problems or removals — adjust mix
  • Publisher list pruned: sites that decayed (traffic cliff, link-farm drift) are out
  • Anchor distribution reviewed across the whole profile (over-optimisation check)

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