# Settings



To open the settings, select **Page Monitoring** > **Settings** in the sidebar. The screen has four cards. Only workspace owners and admins can change them.

For the settings of one page, open the page and select the **Settings** tab. See [Watching Pages](/page-monitoring/watching-pages#settings-tab).

## Defaults [#defaults]

**Check every** sets the interval for new pages when the person who adds them does not select one. The options depend on your [plan](/page-monitoring/introduction#plans-and-limits). The change saves immediately.

The card also has two links:

* **Set up alerts** opens the Alerts page of the domain. See [Page Monitoring alerts](/alerts/alert-types#page-monitoring-alerts).
* **Email, in-app and digest settings** opens your notification settings. See [Notifications](/workspace/notifications).

## Default labels [#default-labels]

New pages get these labels, unless you select other labels when you add them. Labels group and filter your pages.

1. Click **Add label**.
2. Enter one label, for example `pricing`. A label can have up to 50 characters and cannot contain commas.
3. Click **Add**.

## Keep my top pages watched [#keep-my-top-pages-watched]

When this setting is on, VitalSentinel watches the pages with the most Google clicks. It updates the list every week. This setting needs [Google Search Console](/features/google-search-console).

1. Turn on **Keep my top pages watched**.
2. In **Pages to keep watched**, enter the number of pages. The default is 25. The maximum is the room left in your plan.
3. Click **Save**.

Pages that this list adds show **Top pages, kept current** in the **Watched pages** table. If a page is not one of your top pages for two weeks, VitalSentinel pauses it. The page then shows **Paused – left top pages**. If it comes back into your top pages, the checks start again. To keep watching a paused page, open it and click **Resume checks**.

The card shows how many pages the list keeps watched, when it updates next, and what the last update did.

## Ignored changes [#ignored-changes]

This card lists the kinds of change that VitalSentinel still records but never flags or emails you about.

A rule comes from one of two places:

* You selected **This is normal…** > **On every page, now and later** on a change. (The dialog calls this list "Exceptions".)
* You added a rule on this card.

To add a rule:

1. Click **Add rule**.
2. In **Kind of change**, select a kind, or **Any change**.
3. Optional: in **Only on pages matching**, enter a pattern, for example `/category/*`. Leave it empty for every page. `*` matches any characters.
4. In **How long**, select **Never ends**, **For 7 days**, **For 30 days** or **For 90 days**.
5. Click **Add rule**.

To change a rule, click the edit button on its row, change the values, then click **Save changes**. To delete a rule, click the delete button. VitalSentinel then flags the matching changes again.

You can ignore most [kinds of change](/page-monitoring/changes#change-types). Some kinds have more specific options, for example **Main content – word count** or **Response headers and speed – speed and size**. You cannot ignore **Blocked by robots.txt**, analytics tags or your page elements.

## Related [#related]

<Cards>
  <Card title="Watching Pages" href="/page-monitoring/watching-pages">
    Add pages and change the settings of one page
  </Card>

  <Card title="Changes" href="/page-monitoring/changes">
    The change feed and every kind of change
  </Card>
</Cards>