Automatic Rankings Checkers are against google TOS, how do you check your SERP rankings

I was just double checking that all my sites comply with googles webmaster guidelines and I found the page about automated queries being forbidden. (cant link it, post count is still too low)

I have been using a WP plugin called SEO Rank Reporter. It was recommended on a forum or blog, I have no idea where as I've taken in a lot of info and addons over the last few weeks.

I LOVE this addon, but apparently it is against google webmaster guidelines to send automated queries. This addon checks your sites ranking automatically every 3 days for whatever keywords you want. Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me that this addon must be doing EXACTLY what google says not to do: send automated search queries to see how a site ranks.


Im a total noob so my question is what do you pros use to check ranks? A few of my sites are targeting multiple keywords so I don't want to manually check 20 KW's to see how I'm ranking every few days.

Im Looking for a tool like SEO Rank Reporter that will track a large number of keywords per site (10-20+)

Any advice is appreciated