I Swear, You Don't What's True And What Isn't

by penpoint

Posted: 12 years ago 10 replies

I'm trying to check SERP ranking on a primary keyword. I'm checking them all from the same computer and I am signed out of Google. Here are the results shown by each:

Google (manual search review) - position 10
Scroogle (manual search review) - position 64
seoSerp.com - position 62
Rank Tracker (SEO PowerSuite) - position 10

All for the same keyword, no quotes. Who do you believe?

#swear #true

russkampmann 12 years ago

Agreed, it's almost like a crap shoot. I tend to favor Google in those cases, but who really knows.
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TryBPO 12 years ago

I would say Scroogle because Google can be influenced by you being tracked/geo location and I'm not sure how the others compute their ranking.
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Fraggler 12 years ago

Originally Posted by penpoint

All for the same keyword, no quotes. Who do you believe?

Google Webmaster Tools gives you an accurate overview of your ranking across multiple locations.
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- Juvv2096 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Fraggler
  
  Google Webmaster Tools gives you an accurate overview of your ranking across multiple locations.
  
  True story!
  
  Sign up for an account, its a very handy tool.
  
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- penpoint 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Fraggler
  
  Google Webmaster Tools gives you an accurate overview of your ranking across multiple locations.
  
  Yea Fraggler, I have GWT and it gives a good snapshot of average ranking. I can understand it more now in light of what I've been looking at lately. Just because I rank # 5 on my computer in my location doesn't mean it will be the same for someone doing the same search across the country or across the world.
  
  Sure does make it more challenging.
  
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  theplugindude 12 years ago
  
  See,
  
  First of all,
  
  There are many multiple Google data centers all over the Globe. Each of these
  
  may respond with different results for the same search query.
  
  If you see results that vary from data center to data center, it means that
  
  Google is in the middle of updating its search index.
  
  So all you need to do is to focus on the country you are targetting and then
  
  simply use a proxy for checking the ranks directly from Google.
  
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webworm 12 years ago

This is really a shocking result.I am also familiar with this.But no idea how it is?
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trustumar 12 years ago

1. Clear history before you check ranking.
2. Try this https://adwords.google.com/select/Ad...ingPreviewTool
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VladWorks 12 years ago

I use Rank Tracker alot and often verify using scroogle and other anonymous IP type sites and Rank Trackers seems to be on the money everytime.
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- ahefner33 12 years ago
  
  I usually just ask a couple friends on chat where they find my url and for what kw and this will usually give you an idea.
  
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