SEO King
by Engage Apps · launched
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I am very disappointed with my experience with this app. I installed and purchased the app because the pricing looked attractive. However, after purchasing it, I was informed that if I wanted to use the AI features, I would have to pay additional charges. In my opinion, this additional cost should have been clearly mentioned in the app description and before the purchase was completed. Customers should be able to understand the full cost of the service before making a payment, rather than finding out about extra charges afterwards. I also tried contacting the support team to clarify the issue, but unfortunately, I have not received a proper response. The lack of customer support has made the experience even more disappointing. The price may initially look attractive, but after the additional AI charges, I found the overall cost to be much more expensive compared with other similar apps. Unfortunately, the service and customer support have not met my expectations. Based on my experience, I would not recommend this app. I suggest considering other alternatives before purchasing, especially if you are planning to use the AI features. I hope the company will be more transparent about additional charges and improve its customer support in the future.
Developer reply ·
Hi Jenish, below is the same-day reply we provided you through chat and email. Also our shopify app listing literally describes the Premium AI Services right at the top of each plan. It's written right there, just look. I hope you find a cheaper app, but SEO King provides excellent premium AI services, so we can't provide them all for free - we would lose money obviously! -------- Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the slow start. Here are direct answers to your questions. Is it free AI? Why am I charged? The $16.99/month charge is the SEO King membership. It includes dynamic AI text generation using advanced models. It writes unique meta titles, meta descriptions, page titles and product or page descriptions for your store, guided by your focus keywords and your own custom instructions. That covers the AI that most SEO work needs. Premium AI services (optional) SEO King also has a few premium AI services that you do not need in order to use the app: - Vision AI, which reads your photos to create captions and keywords, and is used to write AI image alt texts (AI Photos section) - Translation (Translate section) - Auto upscale for low-resolution photos (Low-res section) - Remove background (Remove-bg section) - Search ranking lookups (Search Rankings section) These use an AI credit balance inside the app, not your card. Every shop starts with a free $2.00 balance, and SEO King never bills you automatically for more. You can see the balance and the price of each service in the AI Services section. Were you interested in any of the premium AI services, for example Vision AI for alt texts, or a different premium service?
I have just got a information that due to technical issue, they ask for my yearly payment one more time even that I already have paid - then this company loose all my confident for me to add a new payment - I don't know if it fraud or not.... I am waiting for a feedback if I will uninstall the app and ask for refunding of my already paid "yearly" fee .... please be aware.... my subscription is for renew in 2027.
Developer reply ·
We sincerely apologize for the confusion. This was simply a miscommunication on our part. We have reached out via chat and email to clarify the situation. Best regards
Ran it once I installed it to optimze my store SEO. Before I ran it , I had minor issues in search console and SEMRUSH nothing major. After I started the "Optimization" I had 113 critical issues ... in other words the app did exactly the opposite .. it pretty much f#+ed up my site. that was a great investment.. thanks again ! now I have to hire a specialist for a lot of money to fix the issues the app created ... I'm thrilled, So .. if you want to destroy your store . this app is a great way of doing it.
Developer reply ·
Hi there, I'm the owner of SEO king. SEM Rush is absolutely wrong in what it’s telling you. And the reports it generates are not the ground truth. They can be outdated and wrong. You have to go look at the site and verify. When we verified, there were no such issues found. Shopify has recently blocked SEM Rush, which would also explain why its reports are wrong. We will gladly discuss anything with Shopify. I have 10 years experience with Shopify SEO, I think I know what I’m talking about. We would appreciate the removal of the review since there is no proof of any such issues caused by SEO King. Best regards.
This application inserts ads into your robots file. # managed by SEO King I think it should be warned, not done quietly .
Developer reply ·
Hi, this appears to be a misunderstanding. The "# managed by SEO King" text is a technical comment in your robots.txt file (only visible to search engines and admins) that marks our SEO work, not an advertisement. We've sent you an email with full clarification regarding this.
*UPDATE*****And these type of responses are why I’m happy I didn’t actually get to pay as I was about to. And fyi I was not using since 2018 and was actually about to look at purchasing, the one star was an accident, but I think I’ll leave it now. Pay attention customers, this is the company that wants your money. This is the way NOT to do customer service. If your app worked you’d have had a paying customer. Good luck there, stellar way to respond to a review. * Hmm I just tried using again after an update and none of the free features work anymore. I understand they need to get paid for their work, but a heads up would have been great. I was never sure it was helping our site or not as I never saw any significant change in our traffic. But I did like the water marking and alt text. Back to doing it by hand again I guess.
Developer reply ·
Thank you for your review. The problem could have been solved by simply using the free watermark tool in the product photo editor section. The Admin options are now member-only features. I hope you have a nice day.
O produto não funciona corretamente funcionalidades simples, como o avaliações de o produtos, além disso o suporte não responde as demandas e me parece ser apenas um boot com respostas automaticas. Estou cancelando o aplicativo.
Developer reply ·
Obrigado pela sua avaliação. Agora temos a versão 3 do SEO King, que certamente atende às suas preocupações. Embora nosso aplicativo não gerencie avaliações, nossa ferramenta JSON-LD é uma das ferramentas mais avançadas disponíveis. SEO King oferece mais de 30 recursos separados incluídos em um único aplicativo (tudo em um). Sempre que houver algum problema em qualquer uma de nossas ferramentas, nossa equipe de suporte emitirá uma correção alguns dias após ser notificada.
ChatGPT "New to this game, I noticed my store's score dropped from 75 to 40 since I started. Despite being a paid member, there are additional charges for AI, which I believe should be included in the plan. Currently, I'm unable to use the app due to an ongoing update. The interface is challenging, lacking simplified solutions, and requires some prior knowledge to navigate effectively. Interestingly, my store's original speed was better when I used free apps, so I'm uncertain about the benefits of this service. The fee seemed reasonable, but the store takes 1-2 days for optimization, scanning, and fixing, which is quite lengthy. As a result, I can use it only about 15 times a month, which is limited considering the time it takes for each process."
Developer reply ·
Hi, your site has a 17MB video in the banner. This is causing the issue. It has nothing to do with SEO King. SEO King is designed to let users manage their own optimizations. You can control all the settings and make the changes you want. It cannot compress videos, nor does it state that it can. You shouldn't leave 1-star reviews for features that are aren't provided. I also sent you a report that shows this issue precisely.
I cannot chat with anyone there is no live chat feature available. adding this app messed with my reviews code
Developer reply ·
Hi, sorry about that, the live chat is temporarily offline because of an issue with our service provider. Can you please email us the issue, jason at engageify dot com?
The compression on my photos made them smaller and random sizes. Not very happy about this, also their support says they get back in a few days?????
Developer reply ·
Hi we provide support within 24 hours. Usually, within a few hours maximum, depending on time zone differences. We have addressed this with you, and you had selected an incorrect resize setting. You should select our Square Fill setting that would make your photos all square and properly aligned. This is an easy fix, you just need to change the setting and press Update All. Can you please update this review? Thank you
The app forced me to rate 5 stars while I was still trying figure out how it works. It caused problems on my website. The photos always disappeared even though I tried to fix them, at least twice, it took me a whole day or more. I contacted the support team. They was running something (that they said it will fix the problem). After their process finished, I checked my website, all the logos I added disappeared, and some photos still not showing up. I contacted the support team again. But after he knows that I'm using the free version, he said there's no support , he said "he has to go back to work" and "good luck with the rest", then he went away leaving me with my questions. That's so irresponsible and so rude , because the problem I'm facing now is caused by the process he was running on his end. Now even though I want to uninstall the app, I have to restore all of my photos, one by one.
FACT REMAINS!!! THIS WAS NOT UNINSTALLED IN THE "MIDDLE" OF A BILLING CYCLE!! THIS APP WAS INSTALLED BY US AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND WE WERE BILLED ACCORDINGLY EACH MONTH, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO UNINSTALLING THE APP ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY, THEY STILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND REFUSE TO REFUND!! BILLING CYCLE RUNS FROM THE 22ND TO THE 21ST OF EACH MONTH (DO THE MATH!!) I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND "PAYING" FOR THIS APP BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORT AND RESPONSE THEY ARE RUDE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND SECONDLY REFUSE TO REFUND!! JUST A WARNING TO FUTURE USERS!!
Developer reply ·
Hi, when you uninstall the app in the middle of a billing cycle you will receive a final bill for the last billing cycle. This is normal practice. When our customers approach us via Live Chat with civility and dignity, we can usually make some exceptions :)
Useless! Instead of cropping the picture with the image of your product in the middle, it leave a cheap looking border on either side of the image. Paid $4.99 to get them like that, then uninstalled it and did them properly myself. No refund either
Not worth it. We paid for the APP and then it stopped working. If you want to return the images back to the way they were before, you will need to do it one by one NOT in bulk. Their servers are really slow. Paid for nothing and no refund.
Not only didn't this app work correctly on every image, it DELETED some of our product images. Restoring the changes that were made in hopes that our files are put back without having to manually crawl through our website to see where there are errors. Really hope Shopify considers cleaning out apps like this from their store.