How can I find out which keyword I am currently ranking for?
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Hi Guys!
Is there an easy way of finding out which key words my site is currently ranking for? And how wwell these keywords are doing in the search engines?
Thank you for the help
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Thanks very much Paul.. Very helpful!
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Thank you very much Mike. I'll look into SEMrush. So many helpful tools out there!
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Fantastic. Thanks Peter
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+1 to GWT. You may also want to check your server logs. I recommend using keyword spy as another general place to get that information. http://www.keywordspy.com
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Hi Mike, I do not use SEM Rush but I do use moz.com, we must tune up the kw ranking because it will propose you a set of keywords but maybe not all of them or not exactly the ones you are looking for.
Actually if you just want to check your own site. Try the free version for cuterank
Basic but works and it is for free. There you will have to put the keywords and the search engine you want to check and it will povide you some useful info.
Hope you profit on this
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SEM RUSH doesn't require you to ask about what keywords you want to check on. You can just put in a URL and it will tell you what that domain currently ranks for as well as all of the paid media information you would need to get a full picture. Yes you should always have a webmaster account setup. NO tool does ask for the word.
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Actually, by far the best place to start in order to answer this question is with a Google Webmaster Tools account for your website. It's a free tool and is just as critical for running a website as Google Analytics is.
Once you have your Webmaster Tools set up, there is a section in it that will show you the keywords your site currently ranks for, and what their average ranking position is. The reason this average ranking position is so useful is that it takes into account all the search personalisation that your visitors experience. Also, this tool will tell you what keywords are already driving traffic, not just the ones you might know to ask about, as would be required with Moz or SEMRush rank-tracking tools. (And it doesn't suffer from the (not provided) issue which obscures quite a bit of the keyword info in Google Analytics.)
Does that get you started?
Paul
P.S. You can get the same info for Bing through their Bing Webmaster Tools. You should have both these Tools accounts set up right away anyway, as they are the only way the search engines can inform you if they detect problems with your site, or have imposed a manual penalty.
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You could try to use tools like SEM Rush and or get a Moz pro account as these will be able to show your current ranking statuses. Also run your competitors websites and see what they are ranking for as well as what they are targeting in Paid media.
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Hi, I have given some thoughts about keyword research and where ranking should sit alongside a focus on good content in my answer to your other question.
If you have a Moz Pro account then you have access to the Rank Tracker tool which I would say is the best way to see which keywords you are ranking for - provided you know of course what keywords your site is optimised for.
However, if you don't then assuming you have installed Google Analytics on your site or some other website analytics tool, I would suggest digging into that data. Unfortunately, Google has recently removed access to what searches are resulting in clicks through to your website. Now all you will see is "(not provided") in your analytics. But if you get a decent amount of searches coming from Bing and Yahoo, that data will give you some idea.
I hope that helps.
Peter
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