MentionFox offers several scan types, each optimized for different platforms and content formats. Understanding when to use each type helps you get the most relevant results.
The most common scan type. Text scans search across text-based platforms including Reddit, Quora, X/Twitter, Hacker News, forums, news sites, and blogs. The crawl-text engine sends your query to multiple search APIs and aggregates results. Each result includes the post text, author, date, platform, and a direct link. Text scans are ideal for finding conversations about your brand, competitors, or industry topics.
Specialized scans targeting software review platforms like G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, TrustRadius, and Yelp. These scans surface product reviews, ratings, and comparison posts. Review mentions are especially valuable because they indicate active evaluation or buying decisions. A negative competitor review is often your best lead source.
Video scans search YouTube and other video platforms for mentions of your brand in video titles, descriptions, and metadata. This captures product reviews, unboxing videos, tutorials, and commentary that text scans would miss. Video mentions often have high engagement and can signal influential voices in your market.
When you select multiple platforms for a single scan, MentionFox runs the query across all selected platforms simultaneously and merges the results. This gives you a comprehensive view of brand mentions across the internet in a single scan run. Results are tagged by platform so you can filter and sort accordingly.