The Crawl Comparison feature will save you 5-10 hours per client.
Remember the headache of writing complex XPath queries only to realize you missed a slash? 12.6 added the Visual Custom Extraction feature. 👀 The win: You can now click elements directly on the rendered page to extract data (prices, authors, schema). It turns hours of regex frustration into a point-and-click task. Screaming Frog SEO Spider 12.6
: Version 12 replaced manual XPath extraction with a direct connection to the PageSpeed Insights API , allowing for automated bulk performance auditing. The Crawl Comparison feature will save you 5-10
If you are looking to improve your technical SEO workflow, the "Compare" feature introduced in this version is the single most effective way to track site changes without manual spreadsheet work. 👀 The win: You can now click elements
For a "paper-like" deep dive into how to use the tool, you can refer to these official guides: