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Rank Checking

Frequently Asked Questions

  • It could be that it’s the root domain that’s ranking for those keywords, but you’re checking a subdomain, like the www version of your site. Head over to the SERP Analysis for that keyword and see how your site is appearing in the organic results. If your site is displayed as greatsite.com, then use this to check your rankings, rather than www.greatsite.com.
  • If your site is greatsite.com and another site on the first page is thisisareallygreatsite.com, then we will pick up the last part of that domain and display the rank. Check the results of the exact ranking URL by hovering over the little “i” tooltip next to the rank.
  • After 14 days, Keyword Explorer assumes that Google's results may have changed substantially enough to invalidate the prior Difficulty Score and Organic CTR. To get the latest data, select all your keywords in that Keyword List and hit the “Refresh” button.

What's Covered?

In this guide you’ll learn how to use the Rank Check feature in Keyword Lists to see if the a page or site is ranking in the top 10 positions for the keywords on your list. To learn more about how to create keyword lists in Keyword Explorer, please see our Keyword Lists guide. If you need help understanding any of the metrics used throughout Keyword Explorer please see our keyword metrics guide.

Check Rankings in Keyword Explorer

Want to know whether you’re ranking for a keyword while performing a bit of leisurely research? Sure! Why not?! Now you can check if your site appears in the top 10 results for a keyword directly from your Keyword Lists.

  1. From your Keyword List, select Add URL from the top of the Rank column
  2. Enter a domain or URL and click Check Rankings
Keyword Lists location in the left hand navigation.
Click add URL in the second column to add in a domain or exact page to check rankings.

The Rank column will update to show you whether that site appears on Page One of Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs), and will display “not on first page” if it isn’t present.

Hover over the URL preview below the Rank to see the exact URL that is ranking for that keyword, and sort the results by clicking on the column headers.

Hover over the URL below the rank to see the full URL of the ranking page.

The tool is pulling in data from the SERP Analysis feature in Keyword Explorer. To review the SERP for your keyword, click on the little blue magnifying glass icon and then click “SERP Analysis.”

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