Keyword Ranking Question - Paid Ads?
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Hi everyone.
I have a question about the Keyword Ranking tool. I am currently tracking 93 keywords.
My question is, does the ranking count just organic rankings or does it count if my company is spending money on a google ad? So for instance, if all paid ads were stopped on Google, the current keywords we rank for according to the MOZ tool shouldn't change, right?
Thanks.
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Hi,
Mike is correct. Your organic search traffic and ranking is for organic keywords only. A way to double check your ranking: download the Moz bar, and when you type a query into Google, you will see a bold number under each result indicatng it's rank in position. You will not see this number next to an ad.
Hope that helps!
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The keyword tracking tool is for organic rankings.
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