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Negative effect of Checking Ranks

by ryshark
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Is it bad to check ranks on Google often or with an automated Rank Tracker like Market Samurai has? Can G check which IP addresses are checking keywords and cause a negative effect because of it?
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  • Profile picture of the author kilobytestechnologies
    checking your rankings regularly (many times in a day) with an automted tool mite cause google to ban you IP for sometime but i mite not affect your SEO..
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    • Profile picture of the author patco
      Originally Posted by kilobytestechnologies View Post

      checking your rankings regularly (many times in a day) with an automted tool mite cause google to ban you IP for sometime but i mite not affect your SEO..
      Yes... And the way to remove this ban is really LONG... and hard... Check it once every 3-4 days, Google rankings are not updated hourly!!!
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by patco View Post

        is really LONG... and hard...
        That's what she said.

        Originally Posted by patco View Post

        Check it once every 3-4 days, Google rankings are not updated hourly!!!
        Yes they are.
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  • Profile picture of the author pdrs
    nope, because (in the case of market sam and most of the time) you're not actually visiting any of the websites so how could it link a particular search to a particular website?
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  • Profile picture of the author petemcal
    You should always check SEEPs via private browsing whilst not signed into a Google account. If you don't the results will be personalized and based on your search & browsing patterns.

    If you want to test this out try a term your trying to rank for and see if G personalizes your target site higher when in non-private mode. You'd be surprised how often they do.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Checking your PR regularly, many times a day will drive you nuts. Google only updates PR about quarterly, so if it is PR3 this morning, the chances it will change during the day are pretty slim, less than 1 in 90, even if you were to get a change every time they did it, it would only be one time out of ninety.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by timpears View Post

      Checking your PR regularly, many times a day will drive you nuts. Google only updates PR about quarterly, so if it is PR3 this morning, the chances it will change during the day are pretty slim, less than 1 in 90, even if you were to get a change every time they did it, it would only be one time out of ninety.
      They are talking about rankings, but PR.
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    • Profile picture of the author petemcal
      Originally Posted by timpears View Post

      Checking your PR regularly, many times a day will drive you nuts. Google only updates PR about quarterly, so if it is PR3 this morning, the chances it will change during the day are pretty slim, less than 1 in 90, even if you were to get a change every time they did it, it would only be one time out of ninety.
      OP was asking about rankings/positions in search results not PageRank. But yeah you're right it's about once a quarter it's publicly updated
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      • Profile picture of the author timpears
        Originally Posted by petemcal View Post

        OP was asking about rankings/positions in search results not PageRank. But yeah you're right it's about once a quarter it's publicly updated
        Oh, geeeeeesus, I completely missed it then, sorry. Where the heck did I get PR from then, I must be losing it.:confused::confused::confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author squadron
    I do not think it will change your rankings, but what it may do is eventually skew the stats in the Google Keyword tool for low volume search terms.

    eg: If I check my rankings for purple vibrating banana toy 10 times a day for 90 days from a range of IP addresses, I believe purple vibrating banana toy will end up as a listing in the Google Keywords tool.
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  • Profile picture of the author DPM70
    You'll learn eventually that you can have more productive time than checking your ranking every 5 minutes. Get your head down and get on with some productive work! (I know it's tempting though - been there, done that!)
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneymaker2012
    Checking your PR regularly, many times a day will drive you nuts. Google only updates PR about quarterly, so if it is PR3 this morning, the chances it will change during the day are pretty slim, less than 1 in 90, even if you were to get a change every time they did it, it would only be one time out of ninety.
    Off the topic, but it helped me clear few points i had in my mind.
    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Tiiberiuss
    It might negatively effect your personal experience as Google user but not rankings of your site.

    Personal Theory: The only exception would be if your personal computer is also server of your website.

    If you wanna be certain use Chrome Incognito or it's variation in other browsers or VPN to check your rankings.
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