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Monitored Pages in Alerts

Learn how to monitor specific social media pages or reviews

Rodrigo Araujo avatar
Written by Rodrigo Araujo
Updated over a year ago

Mention Alerts offer two search capabilities: keyword searches and Monitored Pages! Monitored Pages function separately from your keywords search and they will not take into account your search terms.

In this article, we will provide you with an overview of the Monitored Pages feature in your alert. This includes information on how to properly format your URLs and which websites are compatible with the Monitored Pages feature. If you would like to review information on specific alerts, please use these quick links:


Overview of Monitored Pages

Monitored Pages will track all of the new content posted from the URLs that are added to the alert regardless of the keywords in your alert search. This is a great way to track social handles and reviews for your brand or your competitors.

In the Mention platform, you can access Monitored Pages during alert creation or alert editing. When a new URL is added to the alert, Mention will fetch all new content posted by the social handle or website.

❗Mentions from Monitored Pages will be fetched after the URL is added to your alert. Mention does not track historical data from Monitored Pages.


Types of Monitored Pages

Mention supports the following platforms for the Monitored Pages feature:

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Facebook Business Page:

Fetch all comments or posts from the Facebook URL added after the URL is added. You can choose to monitor the following:

  • Monitor own posts: fetch all of the new posts from the Facebook page

  • Monitor all comments: fetch comments made on the posts of the Facebook page

⚙️ Mention only fetches posts from Facebook Business Pages. You cannot monitor Facebook profiles or Facebook groups with Monitored Pages.

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Twitter Accounts:

Fetch all tweets, replies, and retweets from the Twitter account you add. Mention will offer the ability to monitor the following:

  • Monitor own posts: fetch the tweets that the account is posting

  • Monitor comments: view when replies are made to the Twitter account's tweets

  • Monitor retweets: view when tweets are retweeted by other Twitter accounts

  • Monitor @ Mentions: fetch the tweets from public pages that @ mention the account you are monitoring.

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Instagram Business Page:

For Instagram, Mention offers the following:

  • Monitor own posts: fetch all new posts from the Instagram page

⚙️ Mention only fetches posts from Instagram Business Pages. You cannot monitor Instagram profiles with Monitored Pages

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LinkedIn Company Page:

  • Monitor own posts: fetch all new posts from the Company page

When you add a LinkedIn URL to your alert, a new quota will appear on your page. This quota will show you how many LinkedIn URL's you have available on your subscription. At this time, LinkedIn Monitored Pages have a separate quota than your other pages.

⚙️ Mention will only fetch posts from LinkedIn Company Pages. You cannot monitor LinkedIn profiles with Monitored Pages.

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Conduct monitoring on new reviews from a list of Mention's dedicated review sites. When a URL from a specific review site is added, Mention will fetch all new reviews on the website.

⚙️ Mention has a dedicated list of review websites that you can monitor. The list of review websites is available within your alert creation or editing page.


Fetching the Correct URLs for Monitored Pages

In your Mention alerts, you will need to add the specific URL of the pages you are attempting to monitor. This will guarantee that Mention fetches the correct content from the different platforms. Please review the information below for each platform:

Facebook Business Page: please search for the Facebook business page on the Facebook platform. From there, you can paste the URL of the page into your alert.

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Twitter Account: please find the Twitter account on Twitter's platform and paste the URL of the profile into your alert.

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Instagram Business Page: please find the Instagram Business Page on Instagram's platform and paste the URL of the page into your alert.

❗You must connect an Instagram Business Page to Mention before adding a URL to your alert. If not, you will receive an error.

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LinkedIn Company page: please search for the LinkedIn Company Page on the LinkedIn platform. From there, please pate the URL into your Monitored Page section.

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Review Pages: head over to the Review website and search for the profile of the business or product you want to monitor. Please paste the profile URL into your alert.


Mention Basic Alert

In the Mention Basic Alert, your options for Monitored Pages include:

  • Facebook Business Page

  • Twitter Accounts

  • Instagram Business Page

  • LinkedIn Company Page* - Mention Company Plan

  • Reviews

❗Please connect an Instagram Business Account to your Mention account first before you add an Instagram URL to your basic alerts.

During alert creation, Mention will provide you the option to add a monitored page. On top of this, you can manage your URLs at any time by using the social pages and review websites tab in your configuration page:

⚙️ Mention will also display your Monitored Pages quota in this section. Here, you can see how many URLS you have added to all alerts in your account:


Mention Standard Alert

In the Standard Alert, your options for Monitored Pages include:

  • Facebook Business Page

  • Twitter Account

  • Instagram Business Page

  • LinkedIn Company Page* - Mention Company Plan

❗Please connect an Instagram Business Account to your Mention account first before you add an Instagram URL to your standard alerts.

During alert creation or alert editing, you can click on the Monitored & Review Pages tab. This is where you can add, change, or delete URLs for your monitoring.


Mention Advanced Alert

In the Advanced Alert, your options for Monitored Pages include:

  • Facebook Business Pages

  • Twitter Accounts

  • Instagram Business Pages

  • LinkedIn Company Page

❗Please connect an Instagram Business Account to your Mention account first before you add an Instagram URL to your advanced alerts.

During alert creation, Mention will provide you the option to add a monitored page. On top of this, you can manage your URLs at any time by using the social pages and review websites tab in your configuration page:

⚙️ Mention will also display your Monitored Pages quota in this section. Here, you can see how many URLS you have added to all alerts in your account:


We hope that this feature will enhance your monitoring needs! If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or your Account Manager.

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