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UnrealSEO Changelog

🎯 Quick Summary​

  • Complete version history of UnrealSEO platform
  • All features, improvements, and bug fixes
  • Breaking changes and migration guides
  • Organized by release date (newest first)

📋 Table of Contents​

  1. Latest Release
  2. January 2025
  3. December 2024
  4. November 2024
  5. Archive

🔑 Key Concepts at a Glance​

  • Major Release: New features, breaking changes (x.0.0)
  • Minor Release: New features, backwards-compatible (x.x.0)
  • Patch Release: Bug fixes only (x.x.x)
  • Breaking Change: Requires code/config changes
  • Deprecated: Feature marked for removal (use alternative)

🏷️ Metadata​

Tags: changelog, releases, versions, updates Status: %%ACTIVE%% Complexity: %%BEGINNER%% Reading Time: Variable Last Updated: 2025-01-18

Latest Release​

v2.4.0 - January 18, 2025​

🎉 Major Features:

1. Enhanced Analytics Dashboard

  • Added Answer Equity metric (measures citation quality)
  • Custom date range selection (any period, not just presets)
  • Executive summary reports (PDF export with charts)
  • Platform comparison view (side-by-side performance)

2. Bulk Operations

  • Bulk query import via CSV (upload 1000s at once)
  • Bulk schema validation (check all pages simultaneously)
  • Batch optimization suggestions (prioritized list)

3. Improved Performance

  • Query Explorer load time: 850ms → 340ms (-60%)
  • Citation testing speed: 45s → 18s per query (-60%)
  • Dashboard rendering: 2.1s → 0.8s (-62%)

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: Query Explorer pagination breaking on page 10+
  • Fixed: Schema validator timeout on large pages (>5MB)
  • Fixed: Analytics export including duplicate entries
  • Fixed: Mobile dashboard layout issues on iOS Safari
  • Fixed: API rate limit counter resetting incorrectly

⚠️ Breaking Changes:

  • None

📝 Improvements:

  • Added keyboard shortcuts (see Dashboard → Help → Shortcuts)
  • Improved error messages (more actionable guidance)
  • Updated platform logos (ChatGPT, Claude new branding)
  • Enhanced onboarding flow (3-step wizard → 2-step)

🔧 API Changes:

  • Added: /v1/analytics/answer-equity endpoint
  • Added: Bulk query creation endpoint /v1/queries/bulk
  • Improved: Rate limit headers now show reset time

📚 Documentation:

  • New guide: Answer Equity metric explanation
  • Updated: API reference with new endpoints
  • Added: Video tutorials for bulk operations

January 2025​

v2.3.2 - January 12, 2025​

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: Citation history graph showing incorrect dates
  • Fixed: Webhook delivery failures for some endpoints
  • Fixed: WordPress plugin schema duplication issue

📝 Improvements:

  • Faster webhook delivery (avg 1.2s → 0.4s)
  • Better error handling in API client SDKs

v2.3.1 - January 5, 2025​

🎉 Features:

  • Added: Perplexity platform support (full tracking)
  • Added: Query scoring algorithm (0-100 opportunity score)

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: Claude platform returning stale data
  • Fixed: Dashboard freezing with 1000+ queries

📝 Improvements:

  • Perplexity integration (4th major platform!)
  • Query prioritization based on ML scoring

December 2024​

v2.3.0 - December 20, 2024​

🎉 Major Features:

1. Citation Gap Analysis

  • Identifies queries where competitors cited but you're not
  • Automated opportunity scoring
  • One-click content optimization suggestions

2. Competitor Tracking 2.0

  • Track up to 10 competitors (was 3)
  • Historical competitor performance (90 days)
  • Share of Voice trending

3. WordPress Plugin 2.5

  • In-editor citation status display
  • One-click schema markup application
  • Gutenberg block library (5 new blocks)

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: Gemini platform timeout issues
  • Fixed: Dashboard analytics not updating real-time
  • Fixed: Export CSV encoding issues (non-ASCII characters)

⚠️ Breaking Changes:

  • API: /v1/competitors endpoint now requires domain parameter Migration: Add domain to all requests Example: /v1/competitors?domain=example.com

📝 Improvements:

  • Competitor limit increase (3 → 10)
  • Faster citation gap detection
  • WordPress plugin redesign (modern UI)

v2.2.5 - December 10, 2024​

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: Query testing failing for queries with special characters
  • Fixed: Analytics dashboard showing wrong time zone
  • Fixed: Mobile app push notifications not working

📝 Improvements:

  • Better handling of Unicode in queries
  • Time zone auto-detection from browser

v2.2.4 - December 1, 2024​

🎉 Features:

  • Added: Citation rate milestone notifications
  • Added: Weekly summary email (digest of changes)

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: Schema validator false positives for valid markup
  • Fixed: API key regeneration breaking existing integrations

November 2024​

v2.2.0 - November 15, 2024​

🎉 Major Features:

1. Multi-Platform Citation Tracking

  • ChatGPT citation tracking
  • Claude citation tracking
  • Gemini citation tracking
  • Historical trends (30-day view)

2. Query Explorer Launch

  • Track unlimited queries
  • Manual query testing
  • Citation status dashboard
  • Trend visualization

3. Share of Voice Metric

  • Competitive visibility measurement
  • Track top 5 competitors
  • Industry benchmarking

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: Dashboard slow loading with 100+ pages
  • Fixed: Citation testing timeout after 30s
  • Fixed: Export functionality not including all data

⚠️ Breaking Changes:

  • API: Old citation endpoint /citations → /v1/queries/{id}/citations Migration: Update all API calls to new endpoint Sunset: March 1, 2025

📝 Improvements:

  • 3 major platforms supported (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
  • Unlimited query tracking (was 100 limit)
  • Competitive analysis built-in

v2.1.0 - November 1, 2024​

🎉 Features:

  • Added: ChatGPT citation tracking (beta)
  • Added: Schema markup validator
  • Added: Content performance dashboard

🐛 Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed: User authentication issues after 24h
  • Fixed: Dashboard graphs not rendering on Firefox

📝 Improvements:

  • ChatGPT integration (first platform!)
  • Automated schema validation
  • Performance metrics visualization

Archive​

October 2024​

v2.0.0 - October 15, 2024

  • 🎉 Major platform rewrite (React → Next.js)
  • 🎉 New design system (complete UI overhaul)
  • 🎉 API v1 launch (public REST API)
  • ⚠️ Breaking: Old dashboard retired (migration required)

v1.8.2 - October 1, 2024

  • 🐛 Bug fixes and performance improvements

September 2024​

v1.8.0 - September 15, 2024

  • 🎉 Team collaboration features
  • 🎉 Role-based permissions
  • 🎉 Shared workspaces

v1.7.5 - September 1, 2024

  • 📝 Various improvements and bug fixes

August 2024​

v1.7.0 - August 15, 2024

  • 🎉 Enterprise plan launch
  • 🎉 SSO integration (Okta, Azure AD)
  • 🎉 Advanced reporting

v1.6.0 - August 1, 2024

  • 🎉 WordPress plugin launch
  • 🎉 Schema generation tools

July 2024​

v1.5.0 - July 15, 2024

  • 🎉 Citation Rate metric introduced
  • 🎉 Content tracking dashboard
  • 🎉 Basic analytics

June 2024​

v1.0.0 - June 1, 2024

  • 🎉 UnrealSEO platform launch!
  • 🎉 Manual citation testing
  • 🎉 Basic content management
  • 🎉 User authentication

Version History Summary​

Version     Date           Highlights
-------     ----           ----------
v2.4.0      Jan 18, 2025   Answer Equity, Bulk ops
v2.3.2      Jan 12, 2025   Bug fixes
v2.3.1      Jan 5, 2025    Perplexity support
v2.3.0      Dec 20, 2024   Citation gaps, Competitor 2.0
v2.2.5      Dec 10, 2024   Bug fixes
v2.2.4      Dec 1, 2024    Notifications
v2.2.0      Nov 15, 2024   Multi-platform, Query Explorer
v2.1.0      Nov 1, 2024    ChatGPT tracking beta
v2.0.0      Oct 15, 2024   Platform rewrite, API launch
v1.8.0      Sep 15, 2024   Team features
v1.7.0      Aug 15, 2024   Enterprise plan
v1.6.0      Aug 1, 2024    WordPress plugin
v1.5.0      Jul 15, 2024   Citation Rate metric
v1.0.0      Jun 1, 2024    Platform launch

Total releases: 20+
Uptime: 99.97%

Upgrade Guides​

Migrating from v2.x to v2.4​

No breaking changes!

Simply update and enjoy new features:

  • Answer Equity appears automatically in dashboard
  • Bulk operations available in Query Explorer
  • PDF exports in Analytics section

Migrating from v1.x to v2.0​

Major migration (Q4 2024):

See full guide: v2.0 Migration Guide

Key changes:

  1. New dashboard URL (old: app.unrealseo.com → new: unrealseo.com/dashboard)
  2. API endpoints changed (v1 prefix required)
  3. Authentication tokens regenerated (get new key)
  4. Data automatically migrated (no action needed)

Release Schedule​

Regular cadence:

Major Releases (x.0.0):
• Quarterly (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct)
• New features, possible breaking changes
• Advance notice: 30 days

Minor Releases (x.x.0):
• Monthly
• New features, backwards-compatible
• Advance notice: 7 days

Patch Releases (x.x.x):
• Weekly (as needed)
• Bug fixes only
• No advance notice

Emergency Patches:
• Immediate (for critical bugs/security)
• Deployed within hours
• Notification: Email + in-app alert

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Last updated: 2025-01-18 | Changelog updated with each release

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