You can only keep your previous results yourself, if you invent a way to do so.Īlso, most of these free resources require Yahoo! and Google API keys. If you come after a month to make another check, you′ll have nothing to compare with. So if you need, say, to check rankings in, or Ask.com - then do all the job manually, or use the Rank Tracker tool I describe further.Īnd another thing. What′s good about them? They′re simply free and good enough!įirst of all, they only check positions in, Yahoo! and Bing. But you can automate part of the work - here′s a quick list of free resources to use for evaluation of your keyword rankings: In our case, the website is on the 21–st position. Then find your site in its result pages and check what place it′s on. Here′s a way to do it manually: type in a keyword in the Search Engine where you wish to check the ranking, Option 1: Measure keyword rankings with your own hands

It looks like it′s high time for your first ranking check :–) With the software I use, it′s a minute′s business.) In SEO, the traditional solution is to make keyword ranking reports at least once a week. Their achievements jump 20% up - and this is just because of measuring success, all else is done the same way! Some will ask, why check it at all? But how can you know for sure that you′re doing the right thing, if you don′t have good evidence?Īny check is an impulse to the subconscious that forces you to do better.Ī real–life example comes from sports: after sportsmen start evaluating their results regularly, How are you going to check your progress?

I mean, there must be a way to see how well your site is doing. Still, there′s yet another thing to take care of now.

I know you already have a massive list of great keywords, and it′s good enough to start with. Table Of Contents 1.3 Making Your First Ranking Report

Keyword ranking check