Using Webmaster tool to get a fuller picture

A great way to get a fuller picture is by using Google Search Console (Google Webmaster tool).

If you go to all the search traffic in that tool, you can see the traffic for each keyword and you can also choose to see the traffic for each page. That will also give you the option to see the average rank for a certain keyword or a certain page. This is based on all searches, so that will give you a good idea.

I am not going to go into details about that here, as this is not a training on Search Console, and you can find plenty of trainings about that here on WA. It is just to make you aware that in this tool. If you do not already have Google Search Console on your page, you should do this immediately as it gives so much great information we can use to improve our websites and to check how we are doing.

Other tools to check rankings

There are several tools that you can use to chekc your rankings. But here at WA many people are using Jaaxy to do keyword research. If you have access to this tool, you should know that it can also be used to check your rank.

Hope this has given you a good idea about what you have to remember when checking your rank. And if you see people in the future telling about their rank on page 1 after only a couple a weeks or months here at WA, make them aware of this aspect. It can be a bit disencouraging to find out that we are not on page 1 anyways, but better to know sooner than later, so we do not keep thinking we are on page 1 but not getting any traffic anyways. I think it is better to know the truth so we can adjust our tactics and work accordingly and then eventually the results will come.

If you liked this tutorial, feel free to give a like or a comment below.All the best,Mikael