In the last post, we took a look at a great SEO Keyword Tracking Tool called Rank Tracker. However, full featured as it is, it has just one problem – the cost. Today’s post focuses on another tool – not quite as powerful as Rank Tracker, but one with a big advantage – it’s free.

Available as a download from SEO Book, the name of the software is Rank Checker and it’s available as a Firefox plugin (To IE users out there – shift to Firefox if you’re serious about SEO. You need the add ons) after a free registration. After installing onto Firefox, you can select in from the “Tools” menu or from the bottom right of the screen. There you can enter the URL  whose rank you wish you check, as well as the keywords to check for.

You can set the delay between queries and what’s more, you can remove personalized results from Google that can skew the rankings. I’ve found that it hangs if you have a very large number of keywords for a single site (like if you have 30 or more), but if you need to periodically check Google or Yahoo in an easy and cost free manner, this is the tool for you. The best part however, is the way it collates data from the past and presents it chronologically so you can see your rankings history over a period of time for each keyword.

Rank Checker has more features and you should visit the website of SEO Book to view the updates for this remarkable tool. Several of my clients have asked me how I’m able to generate the reports that I do, and I gratefully direct them to the source – as should you!

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