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Tool for finding out SERP rank?

by AmyKay
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Where do you guys find out what number you rank in search results? That's called SERP, right?
#finding #rank #serp #tool
  • Profile picture of the author Simo
    Can I please add to Amy's question. Can someone explain what SERP stands for? Is it an acronym?
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  • Profile picture of the author AmyKay
    Pretty sure it's Search Engine Results Position. Am I right?
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Buckley
    The tool that I use is a FireFox plugin called "Rank Checker" by seobook.com. It requires a little setup by you but I find it useful to check my SEO progress on client sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greater Light Media
    Ladies,
    SERP is an acronymn that stands for Search Engine Results Page

    To quickly find out what your search engine ranking is, go to a search engine of your choice and type in a keyword or phrase you think your website should be found under and look at the results. Different search engines use different algorithms so you results will most likely vary.
    Google tool bar comes with a Page Ranking feature that is displayed when you selcet that option.
    If you surf to your site and visit the various pages, the Page Ranking meter will tell you at what level Google ranks your page on a scale of 1 to 10.

    I would have posted useful links with my response but since Im a newbie I am not allowed to post links
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  • Profile picture of the author simplyjessie
    Yeah, you are right. You can use different rank checking tools in the web. Anyway, have your tried IBP? You can see your SERP in all of your keywords in just a short period of time using this accurate tool.
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  • Profile picture of the author martine01
    Hi,

    I don't use any tool to check out ranking. It would be better to do it manually.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr_Julian_S
    In my opinion, there is no such tool that can give you an exact Search engine rank of your rank. I have even used "Rank Checker" by SEO Book but this tool also give very old results. My site is very placed at the Top rank in google but it still gives very old results. The best way is to find it out manually in different search engines.
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    • Profile picture of the author stevejeff
      RankChecker from SEOBook does not yield good result. There is lot of difference between the result of this tool & manual checking !
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  • Profile picture of the author Jenie0109
    you can use firefox extension called Firefox Rank Checker
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  • Profile picture of the author happyguy
    I prefer the manual method.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheCren
      Originally Posted by mhuktar View Post

      There are many way to finding out SERP rank, But I recommend this tool it's free and compatible for IE and FF.

      Seoquake is a powerful tool for Mozilla Firefox and for Internet Explorer, aimed at helping web masters who deal with search engine optimization and internet promotion of web sites. Seoquake allows user to obtain and investigate many important SEO parameters of the internet project under study on the fly.
      SEO Quake doesn't tell you where you rank in the search engines. Nice try (I guess). It is a good tool though.

      I agree with what a few people said ... I prefer the manual way. There are tools which you can find by doing a Google search: search engine ranking check - Google Search

      It would take too long for me to review them here. Maybe one day I'll blog it.
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    • Profile picture of the author japanguy
      Originally Posted by happyguy View Post

      I prefer the manual method.
      Just what exactly is the manual method?

      Thanks.
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      • Profile picture of the author Brawnydt
        Manual method is looking up the keyword you are targeting in google and trying to find your site.

        RankChecker is one of the best free tools. It show your average global SERP. Now that may not the SERP that you see due to various reasons: your Geographical location is different, you are querying a different data center, smart listings from Google if you are logged in, or you could be using a different browser (yes different browsers often yield different results).

        No SERP checker is 100% accurate because there is no 100% of the time same result depending on where and when you do your query.

        But for a great, quick, relatively accurate, and free SERP checker RankChecker is the best I've come accross.
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  • Profile picture of the author thomasr
    Yes SERP is Search Engine Ranking Position!!! And IBP is by far the best tool as a rank checker...although doing it manually is a litle time comsuming but great as well...and thats free!
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  • Profile picture of the author AmyKay
    Hmmmmmmmmmmm, I'm not looking for my page rank. I'm looking for my results ranking. For example, if you search for "sleep problems," is my site number 14 or number 167 in the search results?

    It doesn't appear there is a free tool to do this. Thanks anyway, everyone!
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    • Profile picture of the author TheCren
      Originally Posted by AmyKay View Post

      Hmmmmmmmmmmm, I'm not looking for my page rank. I'm looking for my results ranking. For example, if you search for "sleep problems," is my site number 14 or number 167 in the search results?

      It doesn't appear there is a free tool to do this. Thanks anyway, everyone!
      On the contrary, IBP (the tool a few ppl have mentioned) is free.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Lam
    Amy, I suggest you use both the automated method and manual method. One of the members here already recommended "Rank Checker" by seobook.com. Though it is not 100%, it is a very close indication of your actual rankings. If your site actually ranks for a particular keyword, do a manual search to see where you really stand in the SERPs.

    With Rank Checker, all you have to do is look in your Google Analytics, webmaster tools and/or your Webalizer stats to see what keywords your site shows up for. Grab all of those keywords and enter them into Rank Checker in bulk. You'll then see where you stand in the SERPs from 3 different engines.
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    • Profile picture of the author ehicks727
      Originally Posted by netdebut View Post

      With Rank Checker, all you have to do is look in your Google Analytics, webmaster tools and/or your Webalizer stats to see what keywords your site shows up for. Grab all of those keywords and enter them into Rank Checker in bulk. You'll then see where you stand in the SERPs from 3 different engines.

      hmmm... you just gave me an awesome idea. Don't know if you knew it or not, but Google just finally opened an API for Analytics, and I should be able to programatically grab the list of keyword phrases and stuff them into my SERP checker.

      Thanks for the idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author tamtu
    Try Google SERP PageRank Checker - Top Rankings Position Check many countries Google search engine results position (SERP tool) SEO web tool | Improve Search Engine Optimization it gets you SERP results on a country wise basis. I find it very useful.
    Thanks Sheena.
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  • Profile picture of the author AmyKay
    Traffic Travis has a free version, which will show me the top 50 positions. I like it so far!
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  • Profile picture of the author sdboyle
    I would like to be able to enter a list of my pages into a tool and then it tell me what keywords each page ranks for and on what page of google they appear.

    Does IBP do that?
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    • Profile picture of the author Brawnydt
      Originally Posted by sdboyle View Post

      I would like to be able to enter a list of my pages into a tool and then it tell me what keywords each page ranks for and on what page of google they appear.

      Does IBP do that?
      Not that I know of sdboyle. The easiest way to do that is to use google analytics or statcounter.com and it will track every person that comes to your site through a keyword in the search engines. Double checking that gives you a pretty good idea what you are ranking for.
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    • Profile picture of the author dburk
      Originally Posted by sdboyle View Post

      I would like to be able to enter a list of my pages into a tool and then it tell me what keywords each page ranks for and on what page of google they appear.

      Does IBP do that?
      Nope, but Google has a tool that does that, it's call Google Webmaster Tools. And you don't even have to list your pages, Google crawls your site, tracks which keywords triggers visits to which pages and where your page ranked at the time the search was performed. The nice thing is it only shows you detail for listings that get clicks, so you don't waste time looking at keywords that receive no traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jenie0109
    you can also use iwebtool.com
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