On raking reports
-
Hello.
I was wondering why doesn't SEOMoz update ranking reports daily as opposed to weekly.
Rankings to change overnight and since other services do it (e.g sescout.com) I can't really why not this one.
-
In that (obvious and well described case) a middle ground could probably do the trick.
Meaning, how about doing it 2 or 3 times a week.
That's what Solomon would have done
Thanks for the reply Cyrus.
-
Really great question that boils down to economics, scale and accuracy more than anything else.
The good news is that independent testing has shown that Moz keyword tracking, especially in the PRO campaigns (which uses slightly more sophisticated tech than the stand alone Rank Tracker) provides a greater degree of accuracy than most other providers.
The biggest hurdle to daily tracking is processing power. When you track as many keywords as SEOmoz across various search engines across the globe, it actually requires more processing power than other companies have to muster. At scale, this causes multiple challenges, including cost and server resources.
Tracking also means checking with Google, so Moz has to be careful about not violating Google's TOS (terms of service) by making large requests. Other companies play loose and fast with Google's rules - and that's something Moz won't risk as the data is too valuable for our customers.
And because keywords naturally fluctuate daily, we've found that tracking keywords once per week provides more actionable metrics for most folks.
-
It's like when you are on diet.
Tracking weight loss daily (progress) is way more effective and challenging than tracking it weekly.
-
Daily tracking...perhaps for some industries, fortunately not so important for the ones I'm involved in
To be honest, I regularly see big discrepancies between the ranking reports and real results (using google/bing uk). I'd be happy if the results were more consistent first then more frequent could come afterwards.
-
Sure, but then again why not have bot daily and weekly reports ?
Both have (different) value.
As for the sleep - what's that ?:)
-
I'm with you on that one! But I can really see why they doesnt, like you say the serp changes every day but it's really the big picture you should keep track on. if your site drops one day and you make changes based on that you might get bad results since that could just be a short drop only to rank higher the next day.
By following the big picture you will have better grounds for making changes. I mean you have to sleep aswell?
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Crawl report shows Title Element too long but they aren't
Hi, My latest crawl report says that I have a stack of pages with Title Element Too Long on them - e.g. Build My Ride - charity team building event with real purposeBuild My Ride - charity team building event with real purpose http://www.teamelevate.co.nz/events/build-my-ride1.html You can see that it shows the title element as doubled-up. When I look at the title element on the live page it is not double. GWT shows that there are no issues with long title elements. Any ideas anyone...? Chris
Moz Pro | | chris.elevate0 -
How can I remove on-page reports from the Summary page?
Hi, I'd like to remove some on-page reports from the Summary page. I've already stopped them from running weekly. Is there a way to remove them completely?
Moz Pro | | csmm0 -
Is there any report / tool that gives me last cache date for each page on my site ?
my site has several hundred pages, and it is important for me to know last crawl date of each page as well as number of pages cralwed in a particualr period ( from / to date ). is there any report in seomoz that can help for this ? or any other suggestion ?
Moz Pro | | elegantmicroweb0 -
Claim Universal Placement Media in Rankings Report
There are several videos of ours on 3rd party sites (YouTube, Vimeo) that are in universal placements but show as not ours. Since they are not on our domain is there a way we can claim them in the rankings report to make the report more accurate?
Moz Pro | | BWG0 -
I want to create a report of only de duplicate content pages as a csv file so i can create a script to canonicalize them.
I want to create a report of only de duplicate content pages as a csv file so i can create a script to canonicalize them. So i get something like: http://example.com/page1, http://example.com/page2, http://example.com/page3, http://example.com/page4, Because I now have to open each in "Issue: Duplicate Page Content", and this takes a lot of time. The same for duplicate page title.
Moz Pro | | nvs.nim0 -
Broken links in the pdf of the On Page Report
Hi, I run an individual On Page report for a particular URL, then I export as pdf. The URL appears in the pdf and looks fine but when you click on it it goes to a 'page not found'. I know the URL is correct. When I hover over the URL in the pdf i notice that the word 'Good' is at the end of my URL but I did not put this in there. if I give the report to a client it doesn't look so good. http://www.narellanpools.com.au/local-contact/narellan-pools-alburywodongaGood Is this a bug? Cheers Virginia
Moz Pro | | VirginiaC0 -
Recommended Custom Reporting Tool?
Can anyone recommend a reporting system I can use to send reports to my clients based on their campaigns in SEOMOZ This appears to be a missing link in the program - Or as a newbie I just have not found it yet. Thanks in advance!
Moz Pro | | HGbiz0 -
How often are open site explorer reports updated?
I collect the information contained in open site explorer reports and csv backlinks audits on the 15th of every month. I noticed that the numbers are unchanged from 9/15-10/15. How often are the reports typically updated?
Moz Pro | | seagreen0