Research · document 32

Rank Check

In the workspace: /serp/

Availability

Open on every plan. Each request is paid with Research credits, separately from the plan, and credit packs are sold on paid plans.

This document is open to every reader on every plan. Availability tells you what a plan includes; it does not decide what you may read.

What it is for

Shows where pages rank on Google for one keyword, in one country and language, at the moment you ask. It is for checking a single search right now: who holds the top three, where your own site appears, and which of your pages the search engine chose for that query.

How to use it

Enter the "Keyword" (up to 200 characters).
Choose the country, the language and how deep to read: the top 10, 30, 50 or 100 results.
Check the price line, which states the credits per 10 results and your balance, then press "Run Rank Check".
Open the request from "Recent requests" when it has finished; a running request does not refresh on its own.

Reading the result

The header gives the keyword, the status, the number of organic results, the size, the market and how long the answer took. Rows show position, site, title and snippet, grouped into the top 3, positions 4 to 10 and beyond; your own site is badged, and "Find a site" jumps to any domain in the list.

What it cannot tell you

A result is one reading from one location at one moment. Rankings move, and personalised or local results can differ from what a given visitor sees. A request that has not finished cannot be deleted, and credits are charged per block of 10 results requested.

What it keeps

Each finished request stays in "Recent requests" with up to 100 organic rows, for the period the page states, so you can reopen and download it without paying again. You may delete a finished request yourself.