How to Configure the Homepage Feed
Learn how to set up the Homepage Feed in DigitalStakeout to track websites matching specific keywords, phrases, or category themes in real time.
How to Configure the Homepage Feed
The Homepage Feed enables real-time monitoring of websites that match specific keywords, phrases, or characteristics. It’s designed for brand protection, digital footprint visibility, and competitive intelligence.
Use Cases
- 🛡️ Brand Protection — Detect unauthorized usage of brand names or slogans
- 🕵️ Threat Discovery — Identify fake sites, typo-domains, or impersonation
- 📊 Market Research — Track new market entrants or themes in web descriptions
- 📢 Media Monitoring — Find sites referencing targeted narratives or campaign language
Setting Up a Homepage Feed
1. Basic Setup
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Status | Enable or disable the feed |
| Expires On | Set an expiration date if the feed is time-bound |
| Monitor Name | Name your feed for clarity and filtering |
| Use Case | Select purpose (e.g., Brand Protection, ASM, etc.) |
| Tags | Add optional project or topic tags |
| Send Data To | Choose routing (e.g., integration, project, default bucket) |
| Translate on Add | Automatically translate collected content |
2. Keyword Configuration
| Filter Type | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Primary Keywords | Required keywords or brand terms to match on frontpages |
| Must Contain | Additional required words for context |
| Must Not Contain | Exclusions to filter out noise or unrelated results |
| Domain Category | (Optional) Filter based on category tags (e.g., News, Retail) |
Monitoring Workflow
- Identify keywords tied to your brand, products, campaigns, or threats
- Create a Homepage Feed with refined keyword and exclusion logic
- Monitor real-time website discovery inside the DigitalStakeout console
- Take action by linking discoveries to downstream tools (Profile Tracker, Alerting)
Best Practices
- Regularly update keywords based on active campaigns, trending issues, or threat actor tactics
- Add domain category filters to narrow false positives
- Use translation settings for multilingual brand monitoring
- Tag monitors consistently for project-level filtering and reporting
Example Scenarios
- Detect new domains using your brand name in the homepage description
- Monitor for websites embedding your social media links or campaign hashtags
- Track online footprint expansion of competitors using market-specific phrases
- Catch typo-domain landers mimicking your homepage content
Want to learn more about homepage monitoring use cases and data sources?
Visit the Homepage Feed feature page on our main site.
Updated about 22 hours ago