Content Planner

📅 Content Planner Quota Reset After Billing

📋 Overview Your Content Planner quota resets on a monthly basis, tied to your billing cycle — not necessarily the exact moment a payment is processed. If your quota does not appear to have reset after a successful payment, this article explains why that may happen and what steps to take. 🔄 How the Monthly Quota Reset Works Regardless of whether you are on a monthly or annual plan, your Content Planner quota is designed to reset every month on your designated quota reset date. This date is separate from your annual renewal date (if applicable) and should be visible in your billing dashboard. - Monthly plan customers: Your quota resets on the same date each month when your billing renews successfully. - Annual plan customers: Your quota still resets monthly. The date shown in the platform should reflect your monthly quota reset date, not your annual renewal date. If you see your annual renewal date listed as the quota reset date, this may be a display error — your quota should still reset monthly in practice. 🔍 Where to Check Your Quota Reset Date 1. Log in to Search Atlas. 2. Click your Avatar Menu (👤) and navigate to Billing → Plans & Top-ups. 3. Look for the text "All recurring quotas reset on your next billing date". This should show your upcoming monthly reset date. If the date displayed does not match what you expect — for example, if it shows your annual renewal date instead of a monthly date — this is a known display issue that has been flagged and addressed. Your actual quota resets should still occur monthly. 📍 How to Check Your Content Planner Usage 1. In the left sidebar, go to Content. 2. Select Content Planner. 3. Your current usage and remaining quota will be displayed at the top of the page. ⚠️ Common Reasons Your Quota May Not Have Reset - Payment processing delay: If your billing payment was delayed or required a retry, the quota reset may be held until the payment is fully confirmed. - Billing renewal not charged: In some cases, a renewal charge may not have processed correctly, which prevents the quota from resetting. Check your billing page to confirm the payment status. - Display lag: Occasionally, the platform UI may take a short time to reflect the updated quota after a reset. Try refreshing the page or logging out and back in. - Annual plan display issue: If you are on an annual plan and the billing page showed your annual renewal date as the quota reset date, this was a known front-end display issue. Your monthly resets should still apply — check your actual Content Planner usage to confirm. ✅ Steps to Take If Your Quota Has Not Reset 1. Go to your Billing page and confirm your most recent payment was successfully charged. 2. Navigate to Content → Content Planner in the left sidebar and check your current quota balance. 3. Refresh the page or log out and log back in to rule out a display delay. 4. If the quota still has not reset after confirming a successful payment, contact our support team immediately so we can investigate and manually trigger a reset if needed. 💬 Still Need Help? If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

📝 Content Planner

The Content Planner helps you build content marketing and editorial calendars in minutes. It streamlines your workflow by generating hundreds of keyword and topic ideas relevant to your products and services—no more manual research or clustering. By entering a target keyword and selecting a country code (e.g. US, GB, AU), the tool analyzes the top 20 SERPs, retrieves keywords each page ranks for, and automatically organizes them into keyword clusters. These clusters give you ready-to-use ideas for content creation, tailored to your industry and audience. 🚀 Accessing the Content Planner You can find the Content Planner inside the Search Atlas dashboard under the Content section in the left-hand navigation menu. Alternatively, open it directly here: Content Planner. 🗂️ Using the Content Planner - Table View: Displays clusters in a clear row-and-column format, perfect for comparing metrics side by side. - Grid View: Provides a more visual, card-based layout for browsing ideas. From either view, you can send keyword clusters directly into the SEO Content Assistant to begin writing. ✍️ How to Create Articles from Keyword Clusters Here's a Loom with the exact steps, and the written walkthrough is below in case the video is unavailable. 1. Click the ✏️ icon on the topic cluster you want to use. 2. Select the keywords from that cluster you’d like to include. 3. (Optional) Click Generate Keyword Clusters to see AI-recommended ideas for new content. Suggestions are returned as structured, machine-readable output so they can be selected and reused reliably. 4. Once keywords are selected, click + Create articles (in Content → Content Planner). - The system will generate a project in the SEO Content Assistant. - Two quick-access options will appear: Copy Article URL and View Article. Go to Content → Content Genius (What are we writing today?) and choose Write with AI in Bulk. Your selected keywords will appear at the top of the editor, ready to guide AI content generation based on your chosen keywords. The Content Assistant uses those keywords as the focus terms for the draft—incorporating them into the generated headings, paragraphs, and on-page recommendations so the resulting article is aligned with the cluster you chose. ⚠️ Limitations & Notes - Cluster generation and article creation may consume Content Genius / AI credits on your plan—check your plan limits before running large batches. - Results are based on the top 20 SERPs for the target keyword and country you select, so coverage depends on what Google returns for that region. - Targeting is driven by country code; broader language-specific coverage outside of the selected country may be limited. - The number of clusters returned depends on the keyword and SERP data available, so volume can vary between queries. ❓ Content Planner FAQs Where can I find keyword clustering ideas? Use the Content Planner tool. Access it here:Content Planner. Can I access keyword and topic ideas specific to my industry or products? Yes. Content Planner generates keyword and topic ideas tailored to your products, services, and industry. What inputs do I need to get started? - A target keyword A country code (e.g., US for United States, GB for United Kingdom, AU for Australia) How does the tool determine which keywords to cluster? - Fetches the top 20 SERPs for your target keyword - Uses the Google Ads API to pull ranking keywords for each page - Organizes results with MeaningCloud’s clustering API What does the Content Planner do with clustered keywords? - Sorts by Search Volume (SV): highest → lowest - Sorts by Keyword Difficulty (KD): lowest → highest This helps you prioritize high-volume, low-difficulty terms. How are results displayed? - Table View: Rows and columns for detailed analysis - Grid View: Visual browsing experience Both options allow filtering and exporting. What is a keyword cluster, and why is it useful? A keyword cluster is a group of related search terms around a central topic. Clusters are useful because they: - Optimize content for multiple terms at once - Expand ranking opportunities - Better align with search intent What metrics does the tool provide for each keyword cluster? - Monthly Search Volume (MSV) - Keyword Difficulty (KD) - Search Intent How does the tool categorize keyword difficulty? - Qualitative: Very Easy → Extremely Challenging - Quantitative: Score of 1–100 (higher = harder to rank) What types of search intent are identified? - Navigational - Informational - Commercial - Transactional Can I create articles directly from clusters? Yes. You can instantly send clusters to the SEO Content Assistant and generate drafts for further optimization Closing The Content Planner makes it simple to turn keyword research into actionable content strategies. By clustering related terms, prioritizing them with key metrics, and sending them directly into the SEO Content Assistant, you can build editorial calendars and publish optimized articles faster. It’s an efficient way to discover opportunities, align with search intent, and keep your content pipeline full.

🎯 Understanding Target Keyword Quota Consumption

🔍 What Are Target Keywords? Target keywords are a shared resource across your Search Atlas account. Every time you assign a keyword to a piece of content — whether manually or automatically through a tool — it counts against your plan's target keyword quota. Your quota is not just consumed by published articles; it is consumed the moment keywords are assigned. 📊 Why Your Quota Can Disappear Quickly Many customers are surprised to find their quota exhausted after creating only a small number of articles. The most common reason is that two powerful tools assign target keywords in bulk by design: Topical Maps and the Content Planner (Keyword Planner). Understanding how each tool works will help you plan usage carefully. 🗺️ How Topical Maps Consume Quota Topical Maps, found at Left sidebar → Content → Topical Maps, generate a comprehensive cluster of topic ideas and subtopics around a seed keyword. When you build or expand a topical map, Search Atlas can assign a target keyword to every content node it creates — not just the ones you actively write. This means a single topical map generation can assign dozens or even hundreds of target keywords at once, depending on the depth and breadth of the cluster you configure. - Each node in a topical map that receives a keyword assignment counts as one target keyword against your quota. - A map with 50 subtopics will consume up to 50 target keywords immediately upon generation, regardless of whether you write any of those articles. - Regenerating or expanding an existing map can add further quota consumption on top of previous usage. 📋 How the Content Planner Consumes Quota The Content Planner, found at Left sidebar → Content → Content Planner, lets you plan and organise articles at scale. When you add or import keyword ideas into your content plan and assign them as target keywords, each assignment is deducted from your quota instantly. Bulk-importing a list of 200 planned articles will consume 200 target keywords — even if none of those articles have been written yet. - Quota is consumed at the point of assignment, not at the point of publishing. - Deleting a planned article or content node after assignment does not automatically restore your quota. Check your plan's quota restoration policy or contact support for clarification. 💡 A Real Example Suppose you have a 600 target keyword quota. You open Topical Maps and generate two large topic clusters — each with 150 subtopics — consuming 300 keywords. You then import a content plan of 300 articles into Content Planner and assign target keywords to all of them. Your quota is now fully consumed, even though you have only written and published 4 articles. The quota tracks assignments, not published content. ✅ Best Practices to Manage Your Quota 1. Check your remaining quota before generating a topical map. Review the quota counter via Top-right corner (avatar) → Billing → Plans & Top-ups (Billing) before starting a new cluster. 2. Start with smaller topical maps. Generate a focused cluster of 10–20 subtopics to test relevance before expanding to a full map. 3. Assign target keywords in the Content Planner incrementally. Only assign keywords to articles you plan to write in the near term, rather than bulk-assigning your entire content backlog at once. 4. Audit existing assignments regularly. Navigate to Left sidebar → Content → Content Planner and review all keyword assignments. Remove assignments from articles you no longer plan to pursue to free up quota where your plan allows it. 5. Coordinate across your team. If multiple users share the same account, establish clear ownership of who assigns target keywords and when, to avoid accidental bulk consumption. 🛠️ Where to Monitor Your Quota You can view your current target keyword usage at any time by navigating to your account's Billing section via Top-right corner (avatar) → Billing → Plans & Top-ups tab. This gives you a live count of how many target keywords have been assigned versus how many remain in your plan. Make it a habit to check this number before running large-scale operations in Topical Maps or Content Planner. 🚀 Need to Increase Your Quota? If your workflows consistently require more target keyword assignments than your current plan allows, consider upgrading your plan to access a higher quota limit. You can review available plan options under your account's billing settings. If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

📅 Check Your Scheduled Blog Posts in Search Atlas

📌 Overview Blog posts and social posts are managed in two separate areas of Search Atlas. If you are looking for your scheduled blog posts, you need Content Genius — not the Social calendar. This article walks you through exactly how to find and review your scheduled blog content. 🗂️ Blog Posts vs. Social Posts: Know the Difference It is easy to land in the wrong section. Here is a quick reference before you navigate: - Blog posts (articles, long-form content) → managed in Content Genius - Social posts (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn updates) → managed in the Social calendar If you were previously directed to the Social calendar when asking about blog posts, that was the wrong location. Follow the steps below to reach the correct area. 🔍 How to Find Your Scheduled Blog Posts 1. Log in to your Search Atlas account. 2. In the left sidebar, click Content Genius. 3. Inside Content Genius, look for the Content Calendar or Publishing Schedule tab at the top of the page. 4. Your scheduled blog posts will appear here, listed by their scheduled publish date. 5. Click any post title to open the full article, review its details, or make edits before it publishes. 📋 What You Can See in the Blog Publishing Calendar Once you are in the Content Genius publishing calendar, you have access to the following information for each scheduled post: - Post title — the working title of your blog article - Scheduled date and time — when the post is set to publish - Status — for example, Draft, Scheduled, or Published - Assigned project or campaign — the content project the post belongs to - Target URL or connected site — the destination where the post will be published ✏️ How to Edit or Reschedule a Blog Post 1. From the Content Genius publishing calendar, click the post you want to update. 2. To change the scheduled date, locate the Publish Date field and select a new date and time. 3. To edit the content, click into the article body and make your changes directly. 4. When finished, click Save or Update Schedule to confirm your changes. ⚠️ Common Mistake: Landing in the Social Calendar If you searched for help on "scheduled posts" and were directed to the Social calendar, here is how to tell you are in the wrong place: - The Social calendar shows short-form updates linked to social media platforms. - There is no article body or long-form editor visible. - Post entries are tied to channels like Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. If you see any of the above, navigate back to Content Genius using the left sidebar to find your blog posts. 💡 Tips for Managing Your Blog Schedule - Use the calendar view to spot gaps in your publishing cadence and fill them in advance. - Filter by status to quickly isolate posts that are still in Draft versus fully Scheduled. - If a post does not appear in the calendar, check whether it was saved as a draft without a publish date assigned. 🙋 Need More Help? If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.

📅 Content Planner Troubleshooting

This article covers: - Content Planner scheduling - Calendar visibility - Content brief generation - Publishing workflows - CSV imports - Team collaboration Content Planner helps teams: - Organize publishing schedules - Generate SEO content briefs - Coordinate workflows - Manage topic planning across projects and campaigns Content Planner integrates with: - Keyword Research - Supported CMS connections (e.g., WordPress) - AI Brief Generation - Project-level permissions Many issues are caused by: - Project mismatches - Missing metadata - Formatting errors - Synchronization delays ⚠️ Known Limitation: Direct publishing from Content Genius/Content Planner to Website Studio sites is not currently available. This integration is in development with no confirmed release date. In the meantime, you can publish through a connected WordPress CMS or manually copy content into your Website Studio site. ⚠️ Error 1: Scheduled content items are not appearing on the calendar What's happening Content Planner displays content items based on: - the currently selected project - visibility filters - and active calendar views. Items created under different projects remain hidden unless the correct project is selected. The Content Planner shows the content of the one project/plan currently selected, not all projects at once. Steps to try 1. Confirm the correct project is selected in the Project dropdown. 2. Refresh the calendar page. 3. Check whether date filters are hiding the content item. 4. Verify the item was saved successfully. 5. Confirm the content item has a valid publish date assigned. Items without an assigned publish date will not appear in monthly or weekly calendar views. Switch to List view to locate undated items and assign a date. 6. Switch between monthly, weekly, and list views — some items may only appear in list view if they lack a publish date or if the calendar view is filtering by a date range that excludes them. 7. Check whether the item was accidentally archived or deleted. 8. Confirm the item belongs to the current workspace/team. 9. Contact support if calendar items disappear across all projects. Important Notes - Project filtering is the most common cause of missing calendar items. When the wrong project is selected, items created in other projects will remain hidden until you switch projects. The Content Planner shows only the currently selected project. - Items are isolated by project structure intentionally to keep workspaces organized and prevent cross-project clutter. ⚠️ Error 2: Content brief generated from the planner is missing or empty What's happening Content briefs rely on: - associated target keywords - keyword data availability - and successful AI brief generation. Items without target keywords cannot generate meaningful briefs. Steps to try 1. Open the calendar item settings. 2. Confirm a Target Keyword is assigned. 3. Use a keyword with measurable search data. 4. Click Generate Brief again after saving the keyword. 5. Wait 30–60 seconds for generation to complete. 6. Refresh the item after generation finishes. 7. Avoid extremely broad or unsupported keywords. 8. Test the keyword in Keyword Research first. 9. Regenerate the brief using a more specific keyword phrase. 10. Contact support if briefs remain empty despite valid keywords. Important Notes - Brief generation depends heavily on keyword quality. - Missing keyword data produces incomplete or blank briefs. ⚠️ Error 3: Published content is not being automatically marked as complete What's happening Content Planner does not always detect publishing automatically unless: - CMS Integration is connected - synchronization is enabled - and the publish event is recognized correctly. Manual publishing outside integrated workflows may not sync automatically. Steps to try 1. Manually update the item status: Status → Mark as Published. 2. Check whether CMS Integration is enabled. 3. Go to: CMS Integration → Settings → Sync to Content Planner. 4. Confirm the connected CMS matches the project domain. 5. Refresh the Content Planner after publishing. 6. Verify the published URL matches the planned content URL. 7. Reconnect the CMS integration if sync appears broken. 8. Wait a few minutes for synchronization delays. 9. Avoid duplicate calendar entries for the same URL. 10. Contact support if automatic sync never updates published items. Important Notes - Manual publishing workflows require manual status updates unless sync is enabled. - CMS synchronization can take several minutes. ⚠️ Error 4: Content Planner shows a duplicate topic conflict warning What's happening The planner compares: - target keywords - semantic similarity - and planned topics to prevent content cannibalization. Similar keywords trigger warnings automatically. Steps to try 1. Click View Conflicting Item to inspect the overlap. 2. Compare the keyword intent between both items. 3. Determine whether the topics truly compete. 4. Merge duplicate content plans if appropriate. 5. Differentiate the angle or search intent if keeping both. 6. Use more specific target keywords. 7. Add modifiers to distinguish the content: - guide - comparison - local - pricing - tutorial - etc. 8. Review whether one item is outdated or unnecessary. 9. Ignore the warning only if the content serves different intents. 10. Re-run keyword validation after adjusting the topic. Important Notes - Duplicate warnings are preventive, not blocking errors. - Similar keywords do not always equal cannibalization. ⚠️ Error 5: Team member cannot see the Content Planner items created What's happening Content Planner visibility depends on: - project permissions - workspace access - and team role settings. Users without access to the specific project or workspace will not see items created within it, even if they belong to the same organization. Steps to try 1. Confirm the team member has been added to the correct project. 2. Verify their assigned role grants Content Planner access. 3. Ask the team member to switch to the correct project in the Project dropdown. 4. Refresh the calendar after permission changes are applied. 5. Re-invite the team member if their account was recently added. 6. Confirm the items were not accidentally created in a personal or private workspace. 7. Contact support if access issues persist after role adjustments. Important Notes - Project and workspace permissions are the primary driver of visibility issues for team members. - Role changes may take a few minutes to propagate. ⚠️ Error 6: WordPress shows as connected but publishing fails with a "website not connected" error What's happening The WordPress integration can appear connected in the interface while the underlying credentials or authentication tokens have expired or become invalid. This causes publish attempts to fail with a "website not connected" error even though the connection status looks healthy. Steps to try 1. Disconnect the WordPress integration from Avatar Menu (👤) → Settings → CMS Connectors. 2. Reconnect the WordPress site and re-authenticate. 3. Verify CMS credentials (username, application password, or API token) are still valid in WordPress. 4. Confirm the WordPress site URL matches the project domain. 5. Check that the WordPress user account has publishing permissions. 6. Retry the publish action after reconnecting. 7. Contact support if the issue persists after reconnecting the integration. Important Notes - A visually connected WordPress integration does not always mean the credentials are still valid. - Disconnecting and reconnecting forces a fresh authentication and resolves most "website not connected" errors. ⚠️ Error 7: Publish action hangs or takes longer than expected What's happening Publish actions can take several minutes depending on: - CMS response times - platform-level processing delays - and synchronization queues. If publishing to a Website Studio site appears to hang or takes longer than expected, this may be a platform-level delay. Wait several minutes and check the published URL before retrying, as duplicate publish attempts can compound delays. Steps to try 1. Wait several minutes before retrying — the publish may still be processing. 2. Check the published URL directly to confirm whether the content actually went live. 3. Avoid clicking Publish multiple times, which can create duplicate publish attempts. 4. Refresh the Content Planner to see if status has updated. 5. Verify the CMS connection is healthy in CMS Integration settings. 6. If the publish still appears stuck after 10+ minutes, mark the item manually using Status → Mark as Published once you confirm the URL is live. 7. Contact support with the item ID if the publish never completes. Important Notes - Publish delays are most often platform-level and resolve without intervention. - Always verify the live URL before retrying to avoid creating duplicate posts. ❓ FAQ: Can I publish Content Planner or Content Genius articles directly to Website Studio? Not yet. Direct publishing from Content Planner or Content Genius to Website Studio sites is not currently available. This integration is in development with no confirmed release date. Available alternatives: - Publish through a connected WordPress CMS if your project uses WordPress. - Manually copy the finalized content from Content Genius/Content Planner into the Website Studio editor. - Track publishing status manually in Content Planner by setting Status → Mark as Published once the article is live on your Website Studio site. If direct Website Studio publishing is critical to your workflow, contact support to be notified when the integration becomes available.