SEO HERO AI Audit Tool
Product Update August 2026
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By
Mike
- Updated: September 1, 2026
- 15 min read
-
By
Mike
- Updated: September 1, 2026
- 15 min read
Safer AI fixes, smoother mobile workflows, and clearer credits
This month’s updates are focused on one thing: helping Shopify merchants move faster through SEO work without confusion, broken mobile layouts, or risky bulk changes.
What’s new
A cleaner, mobile-friendly Shopify admin experience
We improved mobile layouts across the app so pages fit better within the viewport, tables are easier to scan, and merchants can move through setup, audit, research, optimize, and billing pages without awkward horizontal scrolling.
We also refined Shopify-native button styling, color contrast, back navigation, active menu highlighting, setup messaging, and compact mobile table behavior.
Why it matters: Store owners can review SEO issues and take action from a phone or tablet without losing context or missing hidden data.
Where to find it: /app, /app/setup, /app/audit, /app/research, /app/optimize, /app/plans
Safer AI Optimize and bulk fix workflows
Safer AI Optimize and bulk fix workflows
Why it matters: Bulk SEO work should save time without creating risk. These updates help prevent accidental overwrites, reduce stalled optimization states, and make it clearer when an item needs your attention before a fix can be applied.
Example: A beauty brand that just rewrote product descriptions for a new skincare launch can use SEO HERO’s AI fixes with more confidence, because recently updated content is better protected before bulk changes run.
Where to find it: /app/optimize, /app/bulk-fix
Clearer credits and fairer plan switching
The pricing experience has been cleaned up with a responsive credits sidebar, improved subscription actions, better credit pack spacing, prorated upgrade credits, deferred downgrades, and safeguards that prevent repeated monthly credit grants during plan switches.
Why it matters: Merchants get a clearer view of credits and plan changes, especially when upgrading or downgrading during an active billing cycle.
Where to find it: /app/plans, /app/billing
More useful AI Visibility results
We improved the AI Visibility experience with a hybrid result processor, better market inheritance from your store, clearer merchant mention handling, and a cleaner details modal.
Why it matters: AI-driven search behavior is becoming part of how shoppers discover products. These updates make visibility results easier to interpret and more relevant to the market you sell in.
Where to find it: /app/ai-visibility
Give feedback on AI responses directly inside your workflow
AI result feedback is now available in Optimize and Research workflows, making it easier to tell us when a recommendation was useful, unclear, or not aligned with your store.
Why it matters: You no longer need to leave the workflow to provide context. Feedback helps us improve AI recommendations and gives support teams better evidence when something needs review.
Where to find it: /app/optimize, /app/research
Recent fixes and polish
- Fixed save bar behavior so it no longer appears incorrectly during navigation.
- Improved mobile modal layering and restored mobile help/support interactions.
- Improved keyword handling, including clearer messaging when excluded keywords affect a fix.
- Persisted default primary keywords during catalog refreshes.
- Improved Optimize loading states so skeleton tables better match the loaded experience.
- Reduced cases where optimization jobs could stall and improved recovery behavior.
- Prevented deadlocks in bulk fix history.
- Improved authenticated request retries for temporary network/session issues.
Open SEO HERO to refresh your SEO Health score, review your top optimization opportunities, and try the newest AI visibility and keyword workflows.
Hey, I’m Mike Belanger, a business enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in designing, web and app development, business management, digital marketing, customer psychology and optimizing businesses. I love making businesses grow and operate smoother.