BOOSTER SEO & IMAGE OPTIMIZER

BOOSTER SEO & IMAGE OPTIMIZER

Reviews (9,041)

Overall rating
4.9
Counts per rating level
  • 88% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 8% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 2% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 0% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 2% of ratings are 1 stars
What merchants think

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Merchants highly recommend this app for its comprehensive SEO tools, including automated image optimization, meta tag generation, and broken link repairs. They praise its user-friendly interface and the significant boost in page load speeds from effective image compression. The responsive customer support is also a highlight, alongside the value for money, with features like automatic alt text and detailed SEO reports enhancing store visibility and performance.

May 25, 2023

I used Booster SEO over the last few months, before ultimately deciding to stop using it over the last few weeks as I transitioned to doing technical SEO work more manually.

The app is easy to install and automatically works on technical SEO work for you, which is nice. However, the main issue with this app is that it is quite vindictive if you ever stop using it and try to uninstall it. Using Ahrefs Site Audit as a reference, before installing Booster SEO and working on technical SEO my site audit score was an 89. Partly with Booster's help, as well as with manual technical SEO work (fixing broken links, adding manual 301 redirects, removing unnecessary webpages, etc.) that I did with my internal team we got this score up to a 99. However, after removing Booster SEO the score dropped to a 66 since Booster SEO removed my title tags on the way out, as well as undid the fixes that they made. They are transparent on undoing changes they made if you uninstall, but it looks like they will go even further than that and change things that they did not fix in the first place. So I would think long and hard about starting to use this app, and would recommend taking the time and effort to work on technical SEO manually which I think will pay off in the long run.

The other issue with Booster is that the 301 redirects for broken links that Booster sets up are not very smart. All 301 redirects that Booster sets up automatically go to the homepage, which is not a great experience both from a user experience as well as apparently (according to my SEO agency) in Google's eyes. It would be a lot more valuable if Booster tried to guess what the most relevant page was to redirect to, and then the user could approve/disapprove these proposed 301 redirects.

The Contract Shop®
United States
3 months using the app
Booster SEO replied May 25, 2023

Hi Kevin,

Pat here from Booster Apps Support.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the uninstallation process. When uninstalling Booster SEO, only the app's meta tags are removed, while the default meta tags from your theme remain intact. It is common for SEO apps to leave the theme's page title and meta description commented out for technical reasons.

Additionally, our app creates a backup copy of your theme.liquid folder, allowing you to revert your theme back to its original state.

Regarding the redirection of broken links, our Autopilot feature enables bulk editing of redirect destinations. This gives you the ability to specify the desired destination URL for each broken link, directing visitors to the most relevant pages on your website instead of the homepage.

However, we'd be happy to look further into this for you. I have followed up with an email to you personally, in which we would be happy to hear from you and get to turn around your all-over experience using our app.

Again, we sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.

Regards,
Pat

January 22, 2019

I used the review form to send a review. the review form didn't submit. i wish it told me why it didn't submit.

Carry My Bagz
United States
3 months using the app
July 26, 2016

I don't know yet, my store isn't even online yet. Check back with me later, thanks!

Kellys Backyard Herbals
United States
3 months using the app
Edited March 7, 2019

Doesn't work. Old review is this = This is an alt tag image tool to automatically add atl tags to your images when you forget to do it yourself.

Network Cables Online
United States
3 months using the app
July 7, 2019

Seems like free apps do the same thing if not more, are easier to understand and have far better service. There was an error in system which still exists even though they said it would be fixed. I was offered a free month's credit but then got charged. Asked for a refund. Got a reply literally a month later that I would get an extra month's credit. Yeah right. I guess you waited until I got charged again? The way I see it, you should be refunding me.

Asia Sell
Australia
3 months using the app
May 14, 2020

I have been suffering so badly after i installed SEO image optimiser Auto SEO. Our traffic has gone down, SEO rating has gone down , almost all SEO optimization has gone down, They are showing duplicate SEO and harassing us last 10 days. We are not happy on their services. If they streamiline the errors and issues , then I will enhance the rating else this rating will remain lowest. I do not get any support in spite of paid member, I request them to not charge us unless all SEO problems are resolved fully.

Inaaz.biz
India
3 months using the app
July 1, 2020

Charges for an app that has been uninstalled prior to the renewal date, Can't get in contact to rectify this issue. DO NOT RECOMMEND!

Chandelier.Co.AU
Australia
2 months using the app
Booster SEO replied July 7, 2020

Hi there,

I'm so sorry for any trouble you experienced here. I'm afraid that I haven't been unable to locate your original refund request where I can reference your email address.

I would be happy to quickly refund any charges you incurred and I would love a chance to turn your experience around into a positive one.

Please contact us at seo@boosterapps.com and our team will get onto this right away!

Cheers,
Lloyd

March 8, 2020

messed up my entire store..... so bad. hope the support team can help me so i can remove this review.

Peaceful Energy
United States
About 2 months using the app
Booster SEO replied March 8, 2020

Hi there,

I'm so sorry to hear you had an issue here. The app is designed to only alter markup code that will not affect your store's code or design.

I can see the issue has been resolved but I'd be more than happy to take a look into the issue for you if you'd like to accept the collaborator request that I just sent over.

Cheers
Stuart

October 24, 2022

When we added the app we ranked 1st or 2nd for all of our keywords... 1 month later we are 3rd or worse in every one of our keywords... have to assume Google IS NOT DOWN with this app and or what it does. Run.

Vokaal
Canada
About 2 months using the app
Booster SEO replied October 24, 2022

*Update May 2023:*

Darrel here, Support Manager at Booster SEO!

I just wanted to personally follow up with you and let you know our SEO Support team sent you an update email to help make things right and resolve this, but we haven’t heard back from you yet.

Let us know if there’s anything we can help with – and you can reach us anytime at help@boosterseo.com

October 2, 2022

terrible experience they didn't care customer service at all
I have no idea why do they make apps and didn't care anything about it

Palace Beauty Galleria
United States
About 2 months using the app
Booster SEO replied October 4, 2022

*Update May 2023:*

Darrel here, Support Manager at Booster SEO!

I just wanted to personally follow up with you and let you know our SEO Support team sent you an update email to help make things right and resolve this, but we haven’t heard back from you yet.

Let us know if there’s anything we can help with – and you can reach us anytime at help@boosterseo.com