Keywords and Rank Checker Tool

[dpdeleon1]

Two questions about checking the rank of keywords. The easiest way to say this is by example.

• I have a keyword that SEOMOZ ranks on google in the 32nd position but when I look for that keyword in Google it's nowhere to be found (it's buried deep in the results pages somewhere). Where does SEOMOZ get its keyword results from?
• How do I non-localize my browser so I can see "global" keyword results? Is there such a thing?

thanks in advance.

[dpdeleon1]

Thanks Keri. A lot of the work I do is where I "localize" search because I work with small businesses. Then one day I heard someone mention "globalizing" search results but no matter what I did with my chrome browser it always seemed to know where I was so even if the results were different I suspected I really wasn't seeing global results.

Your answer was right on the money. Thanks.

[KeriMorgret]

Here's a post from our help hub that talks a bit about the ranking tracker at http://www.seomoz.org/help/rank-tracker. Usually people have the opposite problem, where they see themselves in a good position and SEOmoz doesn't, though this page does explain some of the differences.

Seeing Global results is tough, and there's not an easy way to do that. One is to go to a non-US Google and tell it to search the US (this may need to be done by using a parameter in the URL, I can't remember if there's an interface option for this).

To check rankings and get as much personalization out of the way as possible, I go and use private browsing in a browser so at least my history, cookies, and logins aren't affecting the ranking.