- Partial keyword matching
- Exact keyword matching
- Negative keyword exclusions
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Why Keyword Tracking?
- Buying, hiring, and research intent is often shared openly in LinkedIn posts
- Keyword tracking helps you catch these conversations as soon as they happen
- You no longer need to manually search or scroll LinkedIn
- You can respond faster with better context and timing
How OutX.ai Helps with Keyword Tracking
OutX.ai continuously scans LinkedIn for keywords you define or describe in plain English. It groups matching posts into organized watchlists with labels for clarity. You see all relevant conversations in a single feed, updated automatically. From there, you can engage manually or automate engagement using simple rules.Quick Setup Guide
1. Create a Watchlist
Click “+” along with watchlist to create a new watchlist. A watchlist is where you tell OutX.ai what kind of LinkedIn posts you want to monitor.
2. Add a Prompt (What should we track?)
Instead of manually setting up keywords right away, you can simply describe what you want to track in plain English. Think of this as telling OutX.ai what kind of conversations you care about. Example prompts (under 200 characters):- “People hiring remote engineers”
- “Founders talking about CRM tools”
- “Posts about outbound sales or lead generation”
Primary Keywords
These are the main words or phrases OutX.ai looks for in LinkedIn posts. Use keywords that directly relate to your intent. Examples:- “hiring remote”
- “looking for developers”
- “CRM recommendation”
Must Also Include Keywords
Use this when a post should contain more than one condition to be relevant. Example: Track posts only if they mention:- “hiring” and
- “remote”
Excluded Keywords
These keywords tell OutX.ai what to ignore. If a post contains an excluded keyword, it will not appear-even if it matches your main keywords. Examples:- “internship”
- “freelance”
- “agency”
4. Intent
Intents help you categorize posts inside a watchlist. Instead of putting everything in one bucket, labels let you:- Group similar posts together
- Quickly understand why a post was captured
- Route signals to the right people or workflows
- Remote Hiring
- Tool Comparison
- Buying Intent
- Review posts faster
- Share context with teammates
5. Advanced Watchlist Settings & Notifications
Fine-tune how and when you’re notified:- Fetch frequency: How often OutX.ai scans LinkedIn (e.g., every 12 hours)
- Team access: Add teammates to the watchlist
- Slack integration: Drop in your webhook URL to receive real-time alerts
6. Feed
Finally you have a live feed where you can posts with your targeted keywords.
How to edit Keyword watchlist
1. Open Watchlist
Navigate to Watchlist you want to update from the main dashboard. Click the configuration(Gear icon) on right side panel.
2. Edit Watchlist Configuration
Clicking the gear icon, you will be taken to the watchlist configuration screen.
- Adding, removing, or modifying keywords
- Updating intents
- Adjusting any alert or tracking settings
4. Save Changes
Click Update watchlist to apply your updates. The watchlist will immediately start tracking data based on the updated configuration.FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
1: Can I track hashtags on LinkedIn? Yes! OutXAI ’s keyword module supports hashtags as keywords.2: What happens if a keyword is misspelled? Outx.ai supports partial matching, so minor misspellings often still match.
3: Can I track entire keywords like “Social listening tools”? Yes you can track entire keywords you simply putting them in “must also include” category.
4: If want to do selective post tracking or I don’t want to track certain keywords what can I do? You can add those keywords that you don’t want to track in excluded keywords that way if the post contains certain keyword it won’t track.
5: Can I monitor LinkedIn comments? At present, Outx.ai focuses on post-level monitoring, but future updates may include comments as well.
6: How do I remove a keyword from a watchlist? You can edit the watchlist anytime and delete keywords or labels easily.
7: Is there a limit to how many keywords I can track? Your plan may have limits, but Outx.ai supports high-volume tracking for enterprise users.
8: Can i filter all the posts based on location? Yes, you can filter posts based on location if the post mentions the country you are targeting for.
9: What happens if I remove a keyword from a watchlist? If you remove a keyword, all posts associated with that keyword will be permanently removed from the watchlist results.
10: What happens when I add a new keyword? When you add a keyword, new posts will start appearing from the moment the keyword is added onward. Previously published posts will not be backfilled.
11: Does editing a watchlist reset existing data? No. Editing a watchlist does not reset the entire watchlist. Only data related to removed keywords is deleted.
12: Can I edit a watchlist multiple times? Yes. You can edit a keyword watchlist at any time, and changes will apply after you save.
13: Is editing different from creating a watchlist? The configuration steps are the same. The only difference is that editing starts by clicking the pencil icon on an existing watchlist instead of creating a new one.
14: Can I edit or change the prompt after creating a watchlist? You cannot directly edit the prompt text after creation. However, you can achieve the same result by editing the watchlist’s keywords, must-also-include keywords, and excluded keywords through the gear icon. This gives you full control over what posts are tracked. If your watchlist is returning irrelevant results (e.g., job posts when you want sales discussions), add specific excluded keywords like “hiring”, “we’re hiring”, “open to work”, “job opening” to filter them out.
15: Can I filter posts by geographic location? Yes. On Expert and Ultimate plans, the Location Filter is available in the feed sidebar. This filter works by detecting country names mentioned in post content. Go to your watchlist feed, open the filters panel on the left, and select the countries you want to focus on. Note: this filters by content mentions, not by the author’s profile location.
16: Does social listening work beyond my LinkedIn connections? Yes. OutX tracks public LinkedIn posts across the platform, not just from your connections. It scans posts based on your keywords regardless of whether you’re connected to the author.
17: How does relevance sorting work? When you create a watchlist using a prompt, OutX generates an objective from your prompt and scores each post 1-10 on relevance to that objective. The default sort for prompt-based watchlists is Relevance, showing the most relevant posts first. You can switch to Popularity (by engagement) or Recent (by post date) using the sort dropdown.
18: Why am I seeing irrelevant posts in my feed? If your watchlist returns too many irrelevant posts, try these fixes:
- Add excluded keywords to filter out noise (e.g., “hiring”, “internship”, “freelance”)
- Add must-also-include keywords to require multiple conditions
- Make your primary keywords more specific
- Use the Intent filter in the feed sidebar to focus on specific categories