David Loney

I have a few websites on the go and constantly check to see how well my sites are ranking in search engine results.  Of course checking google all the time was starting to drive me crazy.  With my websites showing up in search results for a few thousand keywords it was really hard to notice the exact results of certain efforts.

I spent a few hours looking around for free keyword rank checkers.  And found a lot of cool ones but they were in the neighborhood of $99 per month.   So to keep on track with talking about the free ones I found here they are:

1.  Free Rank Checker from Clever Stat

This is a downloadable program that runs on your desktop.  Its pretty easy to use and get rolling.  It lets you put in as many keywords as you would like and then it searches google to see where your site is ranking.  It keeps track of the keywords and then running the tool again will show which keywords are going up or down.  Here is a screen shot of this.

That picture is from the first run but you get the idea that it will show if your site is ranking up or down.

The program works great but there is limited features.  Essentially you get the list as you see above and that’s it for reports.

There is a paid program from the same company but I didn’t bother checking it out.

2.  Rank Tracker - Free and paid versions (no saving in free)

The is another downloadable program that runs on your desktop.  There is a free and paid version.  The free version has many features and reports but is limited in that none of the data is saved.  So if you just want to see your current rankings it does that great but there is no historical data.  To purchase this program and use all the features is $99.

I have to mention Raventools.com, its $99 per month but man does it have all the features one could want.

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