AgencyAnalytics

Quickly find answers to some common Rank Tracker questions.

Rank Tracker FAQ

Tatum Savage

Matthew Davis

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Track SERPs like a pro, and customize our rank tracker to meet your agency's specific needs

Rankings

Click "Add Keywords", choose your rank tracking location, and you're off to the races.

Add keywords for SERP tracking

When keywords are no longer needed, quickly and easily delete them from Rank Tracker.

Delete keywords from tracking

Click any individual keyword to view it's complete ranking history

View keyword ranking history

Open the settings slider and click to enable/disable Google, Google Local, Bing, and more

Add / remove search engines

Our dashboard allows you to specify one or more geo-targeted locations from which your SERP results will be emulated

Configure rank tracking locations

Toggle the locations column on/off and filter by location for both the dashboards and automated reports

Work with location-based metrics and filters

Apply a location filter, then delete keywords as normal

Delete all keywords for a single location

URL Scope determines which pages on a site are eligible to be reported in the Rank Tracker module.

Configure URL Scope

Open the settings slider and click the check boxes to enable or disable your desired search engines and metrics.

Enable or Disable SERP tracking metrics

Go to the Client's settings and navigate to the Advanced tab. Enable or disable Google 3pack under Rank Tracker and click Save.

Enable/disable Google 3-pack setting

Integrating a Google Business Profile (GBP) is vital for accurate Google Local rankings.

Track rankings for a Google Business Profile

Filter by tag to better organize and analyze your keyword data

Manage tagged keywords in the Rank Tracker integration

Tick the box next to your selected keyword, and click the "tag" button at the top of the keywords column

Apply/remove custom keyword tags

We offer the option to "Star" important keywords in order to track your most crucial keywords more effectively.

Add/Remove starred keywords

There are two ways with which you can use the "Star" option to interact with the dashboard.

Manage starred keywords within the Rank Tracker integration

When adding keywords, select the rank tracking language from the drop down

Configure rank tracking language

Toggle the language column on/off and filter by language for both the dashboards and automated reports

Work with language-based metrics and filters in the Rank Tracker section

The colored "bar charts" display the number of your tracked keywords which fall into specific ranking ranges

Interpret the colored ranking charts

Use the "Add Keywords" button, and enter keywords like normal (with a different location)

Add new locations to existing keywords for rank tracking

Tick the box next to your first keyword, hold down "SHIFT", then tick the box next to your last keyword

Select all (or a range) of keywords

The Google Business Profile (GBP) CID number is typically displayed in either the URL or the GBP page source-code

Find the CID number for a Google Business Profile

Generate long-tail keyword variants alongside global monthly search data from your choice of data sources.

Get keyword suggestions

Click on a keyword in Rank Tracker, then select the SERP tab.

View SERP competition data for each keyword

SERPS can be verified in the dashboard for tracked keywords by using our "SERP link", with a screenshot of the most recent SERPs.

Manually verify SERPs

SERP features can be tracked alongside keywords for both Google and Google Mobile searches by turning on these metrics within Rank Tracker.

SERP feature definitions for Rank Tracker

SERP features may be returned for any keyword tracked in Rank Tracker.

Understanding SERP features keyword data

How To

Rank tracking is as much art as science, and rankings can vary based on location, URL, language and date. Incorrect Rankings? Start here.

Inaccurate rankings

This usually results from improper formatting of either a CSV file, or of the folder structure

I received an error message when importing historical rankings data

Troubleshooting

Google Change (and other keyword Change scores) show how rankings compare on the first vs. last day of your date range

Rankings Change Metrics Overview

Everything you need to know, to track rankings like a pro

Rank Tracker Overview

Overview

Tips on how to choose keyword locations, and whether to include the location within the keyword.

Location-based SERP tracking (best practices)

Best Practices

Tell our Rank Tracker which Google Business Profiles to track, and choose whether your Google rankings include or ignore the Google 3-pack.

Advanced keyword ranking settings

The "Google Mobile" data shows how your site is ranking on Google search results from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

What is Google Mobile in the Rank Tracker?

The "Google Local" data in our Rank Tracker shows how your Google Business Profile is ranking on Google Maps

What is Google Local in the Rank Tracker?

Determine which pages on a site will be pulled in for rankings using our 3 URL scope options.

How do the different URL scopes work?

SEO rankings can vary dramatically based on a variety of factors.

How does AgencyAnalytics fetch rankings?

FAQs

Product Roadmap

Product Updates

System Status

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