Ranking Testing
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At times when I change something on my site it effects my rankings. For my business I care mostly about my rankings in certain locations (not local). How can I see how I am ranking in various locations at a given time? I see several tools out there, but none of them seem to work.
For example I recently I added a badge to my site and my ranking dropped a spot locally, but I do not think it did elsewhere. The value of the badge is worth that if it is just local, but if it made me drop a ranking in one of my major markets it would not be worth it.
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What about a tool that allows you to change your IP address to a different location so you can check rankings that way? Or are you ideally looking for an automated tools?
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Sorry if my question wa confusing. The badge was just an example. My question was how can I see rankings in different parts of the US within a given time?
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Of course however if its a badge it probably is on the up an up. That's why I don't believe that would make him drop an certainly not 1 spot.
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Wouldn't it depend on what kind of badge and where it links to?
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Adding a badge to your page should not make you drop any positions.
You also have no way of knowing if any links didn't drop or get devalued.
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