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Rank Tracker

Weekly Google position checks + REAL GSC overlay for ground truth.

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On this page

  • What it is
  • Why it matters
  • How to use
  • Workflow story
  • Why Outerank
  • Tour of the screen
  • What costs credits
  • Pro tips
  • Glossary
  • Common questions
  • How we compare
  • Related modules

What it is

Add the keywords you care about, in the exact countries + cities they matter — we check Google for your position automatically (per-project cadence: off / bi-weekly / monthly) and graph the trend. The 'GSC actual' column overlays REAL average position from your Search Console (last 28 days) next to our scrape. The page has four tabs: Overview (visibility gauges + Top-10 ranked + position distribution + SERP-feature mix), Keywords (a redesigned table with big position pills + favicon + search-volume column + per-row SERP-feature icons + 'You own the snippet' award), SERP (per-keyword feature breakdown + drop-alert banner), and Insights (per-project schedule + niche compound benchmarks + movers + share-of-voice + annotations + GSC connect).

Why it matters

You can't manage what you don't measure. Without rank tracking, you'll think your SEO work is failing when it's actually working (or vice versa). The auto-check cadence is your defense — leave it on bi-weekly and you'll spot real movement without noise. Need fresher than that? Use the paid on-demand check, which is instant and lets you pick the depth.

How to use it (step-by-step)

Follow these in order. Each step is 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

1

Paso 1

Add keywords on the Keywords tab

Pick the country (60 supported) and optionally a city (city-precise location — e.g. 'Agadir' specifically). Same keyword in two countries counts as two against your plan cap.

2

Paso 2

Pick a cadence on the Insights tab

Per-project schedule — off / bi-weekly / monthly, and it defaults to bi-weekly. Free, and it costs no credits. Every project has its own schedule (there is no hidden global fallback), so switching it to Off genuinely stops all automatic checks for that project.

3

Paso 3

Toggle Desktop or Mobile next to Check all

The Desktop/Mobile toggle sits in the chip-tabs row right side as part of one action group with Check all — set the device, then run the check in that device. Applies across every tab. Rankings differ between devices — track the one your customers actually use.

4

Paso 4

Read the upgraded table

Each row shows: keyword + country flag + city pin + 'You own snippet' award · big position pill in Brain-palette band color · GSC actual position (28-day average) · change delta · monthly search volume · SERP-feature icons · favicon + ranking URL. Click any row to expand the 90-day history graph.

5

Paso 5

Run 'Check all' for fresh data (you pick the depth)

Choose how deep into Google to look — top 10, 20, 30 or 100 — and pay only for that depth: 3 / 4 / 6 / 18 credits per 25 keywords. The check runs in the background with a live progress bar, so you can leave the page and come back; it usually takes about a minute. Need it faster? Turn on Instant for results in seconds — the rankings are identical, but live data costs us about 3x, so it costs about 3x the credits (10 / 14 / 20 / 60 per 25 keywords). Tick individual keywords to re-check just those. Costs charge AFTER the check succeeds — refund-on-fail. If the SERP check errors mid-run or every keyword comes back empty, your credits are NOT deducted. Always free on admin accounts.

6

Paso 6

Watch the SERP tab for drop alerts

Flags any keyword that dropped 5+ positions and shows which Google features (featured snippet, PAA, map pack) appear on your queries. The drop-alert email also lands in your inbox if 2+ keywords drop in the same check.

7

Paso 7

Get the changes emailed instead of checking

When positions move, a summary lands in your inbox the next morning: what reached page one, what slipped off it, what climbed and what disappeared. It covers everything since your previous summary, so a quiet fortnight produces one complete email rather than fourteen empty ones — and if nothing moved, nothing is sent. Moves of a single position are left out because search results shuffle by a place or two on their own. Turn it off with the weekly email setting.

8

Paso 8

Fill the tracker from Keyword Research

Research a seed, cluster the results, then use 'Track all N' on a cluster card — the whole group lands here without retyping anything. They arrive unranked and get their positions on the next check.

Rastrear

Añade las keywords que realmente te importan.

Escribe o pega. O haz clic en 'Rastrear todo desde investigación' para agregar en bloque todas las selecciones doradas de tu último lote. El dispositivo y la localización se guardan por keyword para un seguimiento honesto entre móvil y escritorio.

  • Agrega en bloque desde un lote de investigación en un clic
  • Dispositivo (móvil / escritorio) + localización por keyword
  • Adiciones gratuitas — sin costos ocultos de configuración
  • Límite flexible según plan; el admin ve el límite real

Keywords rastreadas · diarias

botas de cuero artesanalpos 4 ↑1
cuidado de billetera veg-tanpos 8 →
acondicionador de cuero caseropos 14 ↓2
costura a silla de cueropos 22 ↑5
Visibilidad

4 indicadores de visibilidad — no solo "top 10 %".

La mayoría de rastreadores te dan un solo número: % en el top 10. Outerank te muestra 4 indicadores (top 10 / 30 / 50 / 100) para que veas la distribución COMPLETA — incluidas las keywords a un paso de la página 1.

  • Top 10 = página 1 (las únicas posiciones que generan tráfico)
  • Top 30 = a un paso de alcanzar la primera página
  • Top 50 = visible para Google, perdiendo ante competidores
  • Top 100 = indexado y "en juego"

Distribución de visibilidad

Top 10
Top 30
Top 50
Top 100
Diagnosticar

El historial por palabra clave muestra el POR QUÉ.

Haz clic en cualquier fila de palabra clave → vista expandida con gráfico de posición de 90 días, evolución de funciones SERP y la URL que posicionó. Cuando una palabra clave cayó, puedes ver exactamente qué fecha, qué función SERP apareció y qué cambió.

  • Curva de posición de 90 días por palabra clave
  • Apariciones de funciones SERP (AI overview, paquete de imágenes, etc.)
  • La URL que posicionó en cada verificación
  • Columna de notas para tus propias anotaciones

Detalle de palabra clave · 90d

Mejor posición3 (14 may)
Peor posición29 (6 abr)
Actual8
Funciones SERPAI · Imágenes
Informar

Informes listos para el cliente, al instante.

El módulo completo es un informe HTML imprimible y compartible. Un clic → HTML con tu marca, un enlace para compartir (90 días, sin inicio de sesión) o impresión en PDF. Combínalo con Informes Programados para actualizaciones semanales automáticas.

  • Descargar .html (compatible sin conexión, tema claro)
  • Enlace para compartir · vence en 90 días, sin inicio de sesión
  • Imprimir → PDF desde el navegador
  • Envío automático vía Informes Programados (plan Agency)

Acciones del informe

Descargar .htmlgratis
Enlace público compartible90 días
Imprimir como PDFgratis
Email semanal automáticoAgency

Por qué Outerank

Lo que Ahrefs Rank Tracker cobra por separado.

Lo que normalmente pagarías en otra plataforma — incluido aquí, bien integrado.

Exclusivo de Outerank

4 indicadores de visibilidad, no 1

Top 10 / 30 / 50 / 100. La distribución completa, no solo «% en página 1» — para que las oportunidades al alcance no queden ocultas.

Integración de flujo de trabajo

Añadir en bloque desde la investigación

Un clic para rastrear cada selección destacada de tu última sesión de investigación. Sin importar CSV ni pegado manual.

Gratis

Historial de 90 días por palabra clave

La vista expandida muestra la curva de posición + apariciones de funciones SERP + la URL que posicionó. Diagnostica caídas, no solo obsérvalas.

Integrado

Listo para el cliente en un clic

Informes HTML con tu marca, enlaces para compartir, impresión en PDF. El módulo ES el entregable — sin necesidad de un generador de informes aparte.

Impulsado por Brain

Brain detecta movimientos significativos

Cuando ≥5 palabras clave se mueven ≥3 posiciones en un día, Brain lo muestra como recomendación. Sin perder de vista los cambios en el SERP.

Seguimiento honesto

Dispositivo y región por palabra clave

Móvil vs escritorio, en-US vs fr-FR. Rastrea con precisión — tal como Google realmente sirve resultados a tus prospectos.

What costs credits

No surprises. Browsing and viewing saved results is always free.

Adding / removing keywords & viewing the tableFree
Auto-check schedule (off / daily / weekly / biweekly / monthly)Free (automatic)
'Check all' on-demand re-check (refund-on-fail)3 / 4 / 6 / 18 credits per 25 keywords — for depth top 10 / 20 / 30 / 100. Instant (results in seconds): 10 / 14 / 20 / 60
GSC overlay column, SERP features, share-of-voice, annotationsFree
Download / print the Rank Tracker reportFree

Pro tips

  • →Pick your auto-check cadence per project, not for everything. Busy e-commerce → bi-weekly. Steady authority sites → monthly. Projects you're not working on → Off. The schedule lives on the Insights tab.
  • →Bulk-add from Keyword Research, then run ONE check. Adding fifty keywords costs nothing and a single batch check covers all of them — far cheaper than adding them one at a time, where each add buys its own live position lookup.
  • →Trust the band colors. Emerald (top 3) = protect these. Sky (top 10) = healthy. Amber (11-30) = striking distance, biggest ROI lever. Zinc (31-100) = need real work. Rose (>100) = re-target or kill.
  • →Don't panic over ±3 position fluctuation between checks — Google's results aren't deterministic. The 90-day trend in the row graph is the real signal.
  • →When GSC actual ≠ our scrape, trust GSC — it's averaging every real search over 28 days, not one snapshot.
  • →If you 'own the featured snippet' on a keyword (emerald award on the keyword cell), protect that page — it's sending you the lion's share of clicks. The new Brain wire fires a rewrite recommendation when a competitor steals it.
  • →Pin annotations every time you ship a change (article published, link earned, Core Web Vital fixed). In 3 months your history graph becomes a causal story instead of a noise chart.

Plain-English glossary

Every bit of jargon on this page, explained.

Position / rank
Where your page shows up in Google results for a keyword. #1 is the top; lower numbers are better.
Our scrape
A single live Google check we run from a neutral location. Quick, but one snapshot.
GSC actual
The real average position Google Search Console reports across ALL real searches over 28 days. The most trustworthy number.
Top 3 / Top 10
How many of your keywords rank in positions 1–3 and 1–10. The Top-3 spots get the vast majority of clicks.
SERP feature
Extra blocks Google shows besides the normal links — featured snippet, People Also Ask, map pack, image pack, video.
Featured snippet
The answer box at the very top of Google. 'Owning' it sends you huge traffic; the SERP tab tells you when you do.
Share of Voice
Your visibility across all tracked keywords combined, vs the total available — a single number for overall presence.

Preguntas, respondidas

Preguntas frecuentes sobre la auditoría de sitios

Do I have to check rankings manually?
No. Every project is automatically re-checked every 2 weeks by default — free, scanning the full top 100, and it never draws credits. On the Insights tab you can change that per project to Monthly, or switch it Off entirely (Off really means off — nothing runs). 'Check rank now' is only for when you want fresh numbers immediately (3–18 credits per 25 keywords depending on the depth you pick, refund-on-fail). It runs in the background with a progress bar and takes about a minute; the Instant option returns in seconds for about 3x the credits.
What does 'refund-on-fail' mean for Check all?
We run the live SERP batch first and only charge after it returns at least one valid result. If the batch errors mid-flight or every keyword comes back empty, your credits are NOT deducted. Same pattern across every paid Outerank action.
Why is 'Our scrape' different from 'GSC actual'?
Our scrape is one Google check from one location at one moment; GSC actual averages every real search over 28 days. When they differ, trust GSC — it's the truth.
My ranking bounces up and down each week — is something wrong?
No. Google results naturally vary by location, device, and personalization. Look at the multi-week trend in the row graph, not single checks. ±3 positions is noise; sustained 5+ position drops are the real signal.
What happens if my initial keyword check returns '—' instead of a position?
If both the live SERP API and the scrape fallback couldn't reach Google for the initial check, we save the keyword anyway and surface an honest 'the automatic check will fill it in' message — no silent confusion.
How many keywords can I track?
It depends on your plan: Lite 10 · Starter 25 · Pro 200 · Agency 2000. Each (keyword, country, city) tuple counts as one — the same keyword in two countries = two slots. The hero shows your current usage.
Can I track in cities like 'Agadir' or 'Casablanca' specifically?
Yes — the Add a keyword box has an optional city/region typeahead. Type 'aga…' and pick from real cities/regions. The SERP runs in that exact place, not country-wide.
What's the 'You own the snippet' award?
When your page sits at position #1 AND Google is rendering a featured snippet for that query, we tag the row with an emerald award. The featured snippet steals most clicks on the SERP — owning it is huge. Brain fires a rewrite recommendation if a competitor takes it.
How do annotations help?
Pin a 240-char note to a keyword on the day you ship a change (article published, link earned, Core Web Vital fixed). 3 months later your trend graph reads as a causal story instead of an unexplained chart.

How we compare

Honest comparison — where we win, where the big tools win.

vs. AccuRanker ($129/mo+)

AccuRanker checks daily; we check weekly (plus on-demand). For most non-news sites, weekly is plenty and saves money. AccuRanker doesn't overlay GSC.

vs. Ahrefs / SEMrush rank tracking

Comparable accuracy at much lower cost, with the real Search Console position shown side-by-side.

Related modules

These pair well with Rank Tracker.

Keyword Research

Real Google volumes · 213 countries · Golden picks · AI clustering · quick-wins from GSC.

Site Audit

137 technical SEO checks + the exact code fix for every issue we find.

AI Content Writer

1500–2500 word articles with FAQ, schema, and internal-link suggestions.

Client Reports

AI-narrated, white-label SEO reports with public share link + PDF export.

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