Domain Harvesting
Domain Harvesting is Appilot's mechanism for automatically tracking which domains and pages users interact with — even before those domains are formally registered in the system.
How it works
- Users browse the web with the Appilot extension installed
- The extension reports page visits (URL, title) as activity events
- The backend tracks domains that aren't yet registered in any organization
- These "harvested" domains appear in the Backoffice as candidates for registration
Why it matters
Without domain harvesting, organizations would need to manually identify and register every domain upfront. With harvesting:
- Discover what your users actually use — See which web apps employees interact with most
- Prioritize knowledge creation — Focus on high-traffic domains first
- Zero configuration to start — Users just install the extension and use it normally
Data collected
Domain harvesting captures:
| Data | Description |
|---|---|
| Domain | e.g., app.example.com |
| Path patterns | e.g., /dashboard, /settings |
| Visit frequency | How often users visit |
| First/last seen | When the domain was first and last visited |
It does not capture:
- Form data or field values
- User personal information
- Page content or screenshots
From harvested to registered
Once a domain appears in the harvested list:
- Admin reviews it in the Backoffice
- Admin registers it as a formal domain
- Knowledge team begins creating content for that domain
- Users on that domain start getting contextual answers