I cannot tell you how many years, or how many hundreds (possibly even thousands) of dollars I’ve invested in just trying to keep track of how my web sites are doing rank-wise in Google. Whether my rankings were good or terrible, it just seemed that seeing them on a daily or weekly basis was constantly a major hassle. I’ve spent a lot of money and tons and tons of hours on it, and finally threw in the towel some time back. It just wasn’t worth my time.
However, more recently, I had gotten more serious again about ranking my voiceover web site. I won’t go into all the history of voice over on the web, but where it once was a trickle, there are now a flood of people there beating down the doors for your attention. And because this is how I make my living, I need to be in the game.
I was turned on to an app a couple months back called AccuRanker. I got a terrific deal on it at the time, and after looking it over, it seemed like a steal….and it was. This thing does all the heavy lifting for me, and checks my rankings even if I don’t bother to look at them each day. I’m currently tracking something like 85 keywords/phrases just related to that one site alone. Someday, I hope to add more and track some other sites.
The app is more sophisticated than anything I’d ever need…but that’s good, because over time, I am likely to grow into it and take advantage of more of its features. Among them are keyword suggestions and all sorts of metrics that I don’t even understand. It allows you access (if you want) to multiple search platforms, and to see the difference in your rankings between desktop and mobile devices.
It also allows you to just check the site itself, or specific themed pages within the site. Very handy stuff.
For those who can catch a deal or who are more serious and sophisticated about this stuff than I am and can afford it (it’s designed for agencies and professionals), I would highly recommend checking it out!