Comments on: Why I DO Track My Rankings and Traffic

By: 66 Ways to Build Links in 2007 — Earn Money Online with Brandon Hopkins

66 Ways to Build Links in 2007 — Earn Money Online with Brandon Hopkins — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:19:40 +0000

[...] UPDATE: If you’re not currently tracking your rankings, it’s necessary! I prefer Market Samurai. Read my post about how to track your rankings. [...]

By: underground hip hop

underground hip hop — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:28:05 +0000

finally somebody as obsessed with daily checking… mine are all day checks…lol

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:25:33 +0000

We track our rankings and traffic sources daily too, I think it is extremely important to know where you stand on the long run also help to keep track of what works and what not.

By: PS3

PS3 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:28:34 +0000

How to track rankings?

Surely what Brandon means is that he simply searches for his keywords in Google, MSN, Yahoo (or wherever) and takes note of where his sites rank in results.

Or am I missing something?

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:40:24 +0000

I’d also be interested to know how you are tracking your keyword rankings. I just use an Excel spreadsheet. I track mine quite often, although not daily.

By: seo woot

seo woot — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:27:33 +0000

Yep, stats are extremely important. What do you use to track keywords?

By: Not All Web Traffic is Created Equal

Not All Web Traffic is Created Equal — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:02:58 +0000

[...] Hopkins has a great article on why he tracks rankings and traffic. If you know what keyword phrases your site ranks for and where your traffic comes from, you can [...]

By: Rice Blogger

Rice Blogger — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:25:36 +0000

that is pretty impressive in 10 days…I have websites which manage to get top 10 placing…but getting to the first is quite hard.