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Written by George Pearson Shearsmith
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 05:46 |
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Finding out where you rank in the search engine results for your chosen keywords is extremely important. However it can be more difficult than you might imagine, especially if you have more than one website. If you only have one website then you may able to track your ranking with manual searches, but if you have more than one site, it can become difficult, and you might use one of the rank checking sites available on the web.
by GeorgePearsonShearsmith
Finding out where you rank in the search engine results for your chosen keywords is extremely important. However it can be more difficult than you might imagine, especially if you have more than one website. If you only have one website then you may able to track your ranking with manual searches, but if you have more than one site, it can become difficult, and you might use one of the rank checking sites available on the web.
The problem with most of these is that they are not very accurate. They either give you results from the UK i.e. Google.com results rather than google.co.uk, or they use a different hub to draw their results from so you have no proper indication of your precise rankings at any given point.
The problem is worsened by Googles limits on the amount of searches that you can make in an hour. The limit is currently 200 in an hour. This is the same as searching four keywords and looking through the rankings up to rank 500. This will become a big problem if you have several websites with several keywords each.
The solution is to use a semi automated program that will run your searches within Googles time limits and produce reports that give you accurate data time after time. Additionally you will want to be able to keep current information on your current backlinks, current keyword traffic volumes, competitor site information etc.
Most software of this nature wont do all this, let alone give you the option to white-label the software and sell it on as your own. Finding software that is accurate and dependable is very difficult, but not impossible. If you are an SEO company, your results will create the outline of your reputation, and your reports to your clients are a very important part of that process. Your clients need to be able to see genuine data that shows how hard you are working for them.
Because your clients wont understand your business as well as you do, you should provide them with up to date information to help them see what you are doing and what you are achieving for them. It is unlikely that your clients will understand the ins and outs of seo and so creating some key performance indicators for them is a good step to take to allow your relationship with them to grow and for them to be comfortable that you are doing all you can to improve their rankings.
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