Keyword Rank Tracker

A keyword ranking checker is an SEO tool that monitors how your website ranks for selected keywords across search engines over time. It collects real-time or periodic data, including keyword positions, ranking fluctuations, SERP features, and historical trends, helping you measure SEO performance and make informed decisions. With a free website rank tracker, you can also manage your target keywords, and identify common ranking issues such as traffic drops or keyword cannibalization.

A top-tier keyword ranking checker should include these essential features:

• Keyword position monitoring: Tracks your website’s rankings for selected keywords across multiple search engines, including the top 100 search results. This gives you the full picture of your performance, even if you are not in a top position.
• Historical data: Analyzes ranking fluctuations over time to identify patterns and measure SEO performance.
• SERP feature tracking: Monitors rich results like featured snippets, knowledge panels, and other Google SERP elements. Tracking these ensures you understand where your site appears beyond traditional listings and how it affects visibility and traffic.
• Local SEO support: Checks rankings by country, city, or region to optimize for local search. This is crucial for businesses targeting local markets and offering offline services or products.
• AI search tracking: Monitors visibility on AI-powered search platforms, which are increasingly capturing traffic from traditional organic search.
• Competitor analysis: Compares your rankings to your competitors to identify gaps, opportunities, and areas to outperform them.
• Keyword organization: Group and tag keywords, apply filters, and segment data for easier management and reporting.
• Reporting & alerts: Generates automated reports and sends notifications of ranking changes. Website position trackers with these features ensure timely insights, enabling quick responses to fluctuations and streamlined reporting for clients.
• API access: Provides programmatic access to ranking data, allowing integration with other tools, dashboards, or internal systems for advanced analysis, custom reporting, and workflow automation.

On this page, you can access the SEO Rank Tracking tool at no cost, checking up to 5 keywords daily for free. You can also sign up for a 14-day free trial to experience the full power of our Keywords Rank Tracker and other SEO tools. If you like the platform, you can gain access to our comprehensive set of over 30+ SEO tools, with subscriptions starting at $65/month.

To use the API, start by setting up access with your Project API key. Then, trigger a position check for your keywords via the recheck endpoint. Once completed, use the positions endpoint to retrieve keyword statistics, including ranking positions, changes, landing pages, and SERP features for any search engine or date range. This allows you to integrate daily or historical ranking data directly into your dashboards or reporting tools. For more information, see our position checking and keyword statistics guides.

API access is available with the Business or Enterprise Plan, which automatically includes 100,000 API credits per month.

Our SEO Ranking Checker lets you monitor 35+ SERP features, including AI Overviews, for all your added keywords. We’re constantly adding new features to keep your tracking current. To view these features, go to your project and check the keyword table under the Detailed report tab. You’ll find a special column with SERP features where your keywords appear in search results. Use filters to find organic keywords with SERP features. If an icon is highlighted in blue, it means your website has captured that feature for the selected keyword.

Go to the AI Results Tracker tab to monitor mentions and links across AI platforms like ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Gemini, and Perplexity.

1. Choose which engines to track, like ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini, or Perplexity.
2. Add prompts to monitor and run the analysis. 
3. Track key metrics such as daily rankings, the share of mentions, Top 3 appearances, and sources cited.
4. Compare performance across AI engines, time periods, and prompts.

Yes! SE Ranking lets you connect your SEO keyword rank tracking data to platforms like Looker Studio, Reportz, and other BI or reporting tools. After a simple setup, you can create customized reports showing desktop and mobile rankings, top position distribution, search visibility, cross-engine comparisons, and other key keyword metrics. For Looker Studio, we provide a pre-built rank tracking template, along with additional templates for website audits, backlinks, competitor analysis, traffic acquisition, e‑commerce, and core SEO metrics.