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Track SERPs like a pro, and customize our rank tracker to meet your agency's specific needs
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Written by
Matthew Davis,
Aaron Gahn,
and
Clarenz Miralles
How To
Add keywords for SERP tracking
Click "Add Keywords", choose your rank tracking location, and you're off to the races.
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Delete keywords from tracking
Made a mistake? Need to get back under your keyword limit? Just tick the boxes and click "delete".
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
View keyword ranking history
Click any individual keyword to view it's complete ranking history
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Add / remove search engines
Open the settings slider and click to enable/disable Google, Google Local, Bing, and more
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Configure rank tracking locations
Our dashboard allows you to specify one or more geo-targeted locations from which your SERP results will be emulated
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Matthew Davis
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Work with location-based metrics and filters
Toggle the locations column on/off and filter by location for both the dashboards and automated reports
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Matthew Davis
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Delete all keywords for a single location
Apply a location filter, then delete keywords as normal
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Configure URL Scope
URL Scope determines which pages on a site are eligible to be reported in the Rank Tracker module.
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Enable/Disable additional SERP tracking metrics
Open the settings slider and click to enable/disable your desired metrics
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Matthew Davis
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Enable/disable Google 3-pack setting
Go to the campaign's settings and navigate to the Advanced tab. Enable or disable Google 3-pack under Rank Tracker and click Save.
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Track rankings for a Google My Business page
Integrating a Google My Business Page (GMB) is vital for accurate Google Local rankings.
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Manage tagged keywords in the Rank Tracker integration
Filter by tag to better organize and analyze your keyword data
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Matthew Davis
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Apply/remove custom keyword tags
Tick the box next to your selected keyword, and click the "tag" button at the top of the keywords column
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Matthew Davis
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Add/Remove starred keywords
We offer the option to "Star" important keywords in order to track your most crucial keywords more effectively.
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Matthew Davis
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Manage starred keywords within the Rank Tracker integration
There are two ways with which you can use the "Star" option to interact with the dashboard.
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Matthew Davis
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Configure rank tracking language
When adding keywords, select the rank tracking language from the drop down
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Matthew Davis
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Work with language-based metrics and filters in the Rank Tracker section
Toggle the language column on/off and filter by language for both the dashboards and automated reports
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Interpret the colored ranking charts
The colored "bar charts" display the number of your tracked keywords which fall into specific ranking ranges
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Matthew Davis
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Add new locations to existing keywords for rank tracking
Use the "Add Keywords" button, and enter keywords like normal (with a different location)
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Matthew Davis
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Select all (or a range) of keywords
Tick the box next to your first keyword, hold down "SHIFT", then tick the box next to your last keyword
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Matthew Davis
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Find the CID number for a Google My Business Listing
The Google My Business (GMB) CID number is typically displayed in either the URL or the GMB page source-code
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Get keyword suggestions
Generate long-tail keyword variants alongside global monthly search data from your choice of data sources.
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Matthew Davis
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View SERP competition data for each keyword
Click on a keyword in the Rank Tracker, then select the SERP tab.
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Matthew Davis
Updated this week
Manually verify SERPs
SERPS can be verified in the dashboard for tracked keywords by using our "SERP link", with a screenshot of the most recent SERPs.
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Matthew Davis
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Bulk import historical keyword rankings from another provider
Select "Data Import" from the sidebar on your root dashboard, click "Import", then follow the prompts.
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Troubleshooting
Inaccurate rankings
Rank tracking is as much art as science, and rankings can vary based on location, URL, language and date. Incorrect Rankings? Start here.
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Matthew Davis
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Duplicate keywords are shown in my campaign
Check to see if your keywords have different locations or languages by enabling those columns in your Rank Tracker dashboard settings
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
Overview
Rankings Change Metrics Overview
Google Change (and other keyword Change scores) show how rankings compare on the first vs. last day of your date range
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Matthew Davis
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Rank Tracking Overview
Everything you need to know, to track rankings like a pro
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Matthew Davis
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Best Practices
Location-based SERP tracking (best practices)
Tips on how to choose keyword locations, and whether to include the location within the keyword.
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Matthew Davis
Updated over a week ago
FAQs
Advanced keyword ranking settings
Tell our Rank Tracker which Google My Business pages to track, and choose whether your Google rankings include or ignore the Google 3-pack.
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Matthew Davis
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What is Google Mobile in the Rank Tracker?
The "Google Mobile" data shows how your site is ranking on Google search results from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
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Clarenz Miralles
Updated this week
What is Google Local in the Rank Tracker?
The "Google Local" data in our Rank Tracker shows how your Google My Business page is ranking on Google Maps
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Clarenz Miralles
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What top level domains (TLDs) do we support for rank tracking?
This is a list of top level domains we fetch keyword rankings for.
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Aaron Gahn
Updated over a week ago
Why is daily ranking data not available after 90 days?
We archive daily ranking data more than 90 days old in order to maintain a reasonable load on our server infrastructure
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Matthew Davis
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Can I purchase additional keywords?
Additional keywords are available for purchase on some plans, via your billing area.
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Matthew Davis
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How are results emulated for state/province/national ranking locations?
We fetch these results using the UULE parameter; only Google's search team knows exactly how those results are calculated
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Matthew Davis
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Are search volumes global or local?
Search volumes are reported at the national level for the location configured for each keyword
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Matthew Davis
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Are the search volumes displayed broad match or exact match?
All search volumes reported in our rankings integration are "exact match"
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Matthew Davis
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How many positions does AgencyAnalytics monitor for each search engine?
Google: 100, Local: 20, Bing: 50, Mobile: 100
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Matthew Davis
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How do multi-location SERPs relate to the Google Business Page?
In order to fetch accurate multi-location Google Local SERPs, it's crucial to connect each GMB page that the client maintains
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Matthew Davis
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How are keyword/location pairs counted toward my account's keyword limit?
Each keyword/location pairing counts toward your limit as a separate keyword
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Matthew Davis
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Can I track specific SERP keywords for a competitor?
Yes, but not in the competitors module. You'll need to create a separate campaign.
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Matthew Davis
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Can I export ranking data?
Yes, just use our standard "Export" functionality
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Matthew Davis
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Can I import historical keyword tracking data?
Yes, just use our import function within your company's administrator account
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Matthew Davis
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How often are rankings updated?
In order to obtain consistent metrics, rankings are updated once every 24 hours
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Matthew Davis
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How do I edit the location for an existing keyword?
Keyword/location pairings cannot be modified. Instead, add an additional location, and optionally delete the existing location
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Matthew Davis
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How do the different URL scopes work?
Determine which pages on a site will be pulled in for rankings using our 3 URL scope options.
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Matthew Davis
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How does AgencyAnalytics fetch rankings?
SEO rankings can vary dramatically based on a variety of factors.
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Matthew Davis
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Can I allow clients to add their own keywords?
With the proper permissions enabled, clients can add their own keywords
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Matthew Davis
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Can I set a quota on how many keywords each client can add?
This is not possible at this time.
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Matthew Davis
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Can I upload keywords using a .csv file?
CSV files are not currently supported for adding keywords
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Matthew Davis
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What does it mean when a keyword is "not found"?
Simply put, rankings labeled as "not found" mean your URL was not found in the top 100 SERP results.
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Matthew Davis
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