Launch news ยท 1 November 2026
askbowtie is live. See what changed on your site.
Add your domain and askbowtie reads it in about a minute, then tells you what changed and why. Nothing to install to start, and Feed and Explore are free.
Examples from demo data
#organic surged this week
Google clicks up 31% (38 to 50 a day), led by /recipes/dutch-oven-bread.
Rage clicks on the #cart promo code field
112 sessions (1.9%), 3 days old, 31 to 43 a day and worsening.
#checkout held steady at 55
Checkouts this week, counted once per session.
Sessions
5,894
last 7 days
Checkouts
55
this week
Rage clicks
112
1.9% of sessions
Organic clicks
350
up 31%
Demo data from kettlestone.com
To your first Feed
Add a domain
askbowtie reads your site. Nothing to install.
Parts
Feed, Ask, Explore
A pulse, an analyst and the full picture.
To start
Feed and Explore
You pay only when you ask.
1 Feed, free
The few things that changed, and why.
Skip the rest. Each finding says what moved, how much, and where to look.
#organic surged this week
Google clicks up 31% (38 to 50 a day), led by /recipes/dutch-oven-bread.
Visitors leave at the #shipping step
More carts stop there than at any other step.
Demo data from kettlestone.com
2 Ask, pay per answer
Type a question. Get a straight answer.
It reads your own data and shows the table behind the answer, so you can check it.
Which pages lost traffic this week?
Two pages. The cast iron care guide fell 18%.
3 Explore, free
Every number, when you want to dig.
Filter, compare weeks and save a view. The whole picture, in your hands.
Checkouts by source
Demo data from kettlestone.com
Before you install anything
Your first Feed comes from a crawl.
askbowtie reads your public pages in about a minute and flags broken links and images, dead outside links, slow pages, missing titles and a home page hidden from Google. It reads again every week.
3 pages link to a broken page
Visitors hit dead ends.
Broken image on /recipes/dutch-oven-bread +1 page
Visitors see a gap where the picture should be.
2 pages respond slowly
Slow pages lose visitors before they read a word.
Demo data from kettlestone.com. Found by the crawl, before any install.
When you want more
Add one line. Get the rest.
Traffic, conversions and errors start flowing into Feed and Explore, and Ask can answer over all of it.
The one line
<script src="https://askbowtie.com/bowtie.js" data-token="your-claim-token" async></script>Sessions
5,894
last 7 days
Checkouts
55
this week
Demo data from kettlestone.com
Ask stays on your site
It answers about your site, and nothing else.
Ask only uses your own data. It will not invent a number it does not have, and anything off topic gets a short no and a question about your site instead.
Write me a poem
I only answer questions about your site. Want to know which pages lost traffic this week?
Pricing
Free to look. Pay when you ask.
No trial clock. Credits are spent only when Ask answers.
Feed
What changed, and why
Findings come from your crawl and your data. No credits.
Explore
Every number
Every table, filtered and compared by you.
Ask, per answer
About 4 credits
The send button shows the price first. A $5 pack is about 125 answers.
Launch offer
Pro is half off your first month.
$9.50 instead of $19. Use code LAUNCH at checkout. For new Pro customers, until 30 November, first 200 people.
Your own agent can connect too
askbowtie is also an MCP server. Connect Claude or any MCP client and ask your site questions. Connecting your agent uses no credits.
A note from Ben
You can't improve what you can't measure.
I've said that for years. Most tools make measuring hard, and reading the numbers is often harder. So I rebuilt askbowtie to do the reading: it tells you what changed, and you ask when you want more.
Love it, hate it, or just aren't sure yet. Write to me at support@askbowtie.com. I read every one.
Ben
Used to know us as itbroke.dev? Same tool, same team, new name. The short version.
See your own site in a minute
Add a domain. No card, no install to start.