How To Check Google Rankings (Best Methods)

Do you know how many keywords your website ranks on Google? Do you know the exact process to accurately check Google rankings of your site?

In this tutorial, I will share some of the best methods to help you check Google keyword rankings of your website accurately and quickly. This will help you to measure the success of your SEO campaigns.

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Why Checking Google Rankings Of Your Website Is Essential?

Checking the rankings of your website in Google and other search engines is essential because of the following reasons:

• If you know the pages on your site that rank highly on Google, you can easily redirect the important pages before redesigning your website. This will prevent any loss of organic rankings and traffic.
• Regularly keeping track of your website rankings helps you to update your existing content and further optimize them to improve or maintain the rankings.
• You have an idea of the low-hanging opportunities, which are pages that already rank for certain keywords in the second or third page of Google. You can optimize them quickly to gain the first-page positioning on Google.

Different Ways To Check Your Website Rankings On Google

Here are the different ways to accurately check Google rankings of your website:

Check Manually Using The SEOquake Extension

The first method is by checking the rankings manually using the SEOquake extension available on Google Chrome.

Add the “SEOquake” chrome extension to your browser. It will show the number of search results.

Follow the below steps to manually check your website rankings on Google:

Step 1: You need to go to a private or Incognito window from your browser, as shown in the below image. You can use the Go Incognito tab to do that.

Step 2: Type in Google.com and press enter. It will open a Google search box on the screen.

Step 3: From the bottom-right corner, select “Settings” and “Search Settings.” 

Step 4: Here, in the “Results per page,” slide the bar to 100.

Step 5: On the same page, scroll a little bit, and you will see a section named “Region Settings.” In the section, you have to select the city where you want to check your website ranking. Here, I am choosing the United States. And hit save!

Step 6: Now, you need to enter the keyword whose ranking you want to check. Google will loads 100 results on one page, as shown in the below image, which will make it easier for you to check the rankings for your keyword if it falls between position 1-100. This will restrict the need to browse ten pages to cover 100 positions. Instead, you can browse the top 100 websites on a single page.

Step 7: In this last step, press “CTRL + F” from your keyboard, type your website domain name, and check on which position your website shows.

Please note: Always check your website rankings after logging out of your Gmail account. You will get different results if you check your rankings while logged in to your Gmail account. This is called “Personalized Search”. If you are logged into your Gmail account then Google would check your browsing history and rank those sites higher which you have visited in the past. This would not provide accurate rankings.

Checking Google rankings in Rank Tracker by SEO PowerSuite

You can also check how your website ranks on Google using SEO PowerSuite’s Rank Tracker.

Step 1: Enter the URL of your website to create a project. From the start, the tool finds the keywords for which your site ranks in the top 10 on Google worldwide. 

You can check global Google ranks as well as local Google rankings in any country or city.

Step 2: So, next, define the locations you are interested in. Go to Preferred Search Engines settings and select the country where you track your local rankings. There are options to check separate rankings on Google desktop, mobile devices, Google Maps, and in images.

Step 3: Hit Add custom and define the geolocation you are interested in.

Step 4: Next, make sure that the ranking position columns are visible in the workspace. If you added several new geolocations, click the Edit visible columns button in the top right corner and put a tick next to the required search engines. The column will appear in your workspace.

Step 5: Select the keywords (or add new ones to the workspace) and hit the Check Rankings button. Next, select the search engines for which you want to run the checkup.

In a few moments, the tool will show you accurate ranking positions in the selected custom search engines.

Use Sitechecker’s Keyword Rank Tracker

Sitechecker is one of the best website SEO checker and audit tool. It allows you to perform a complete audit of your site. It is also trusted by leading brands like Sony, Microsoft, and Airbnb. Sitechecker also offers a useful tool that is Keyword Rank Tracker that you can use to track your keywords position on SERP.

How to use Sitechecker’s Keyword Rank Tracker to check Google rankings?

Step 1: First, you need to signup for the tool via email.

Step 2: After successful signup, you need to create your project by entering the domain name as shown in the image below.

Step 3: In this step, you need to select the search engine, language, and also city. Also, you can choose the device type: desktop and mobile for which you want to track your keywords ranking.

Step 4: Now, you need to add your keywords. The toll allow you to add up to 100 keywords that you can also do by uploading file.

Step 5: Now, you will be able to see keywords ranking from ‘Rank Tracker” option.

Take The Help Of Google Search Console

Google Search Console is a free tool provided by Google. It helps you track your site’s search performance and statistics on how your website is performing in search results.

To check your site’s position in the Google search results using the Google Search Console, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Log in to Google Console and search for your website URL (only if you have multiple sites).

Step 2: Now, click on “Performance” from the left navigation. You can also change the date from the top bar, as shown in the image below.

Step 3: To check your rankings for different keywords, tick on the “average position” in the graph. Just scroll down, and you will see metrics like: 

• Queries: How many times people viewed your webpage, clicked on it, and the average position for each keyword. 
• Pages: Shows average position of individual webpages of your website. 
• Countries: Shows how many impressions you are getting in different locations. 
• Devices: Displays where you appear on search results on different devices. 

Click on the tab you want to analyze the results for. 

Use The SEMRush Position Tracking Tool

SEMRush is one of the most popular SEO tools. From monitoring your ranking and keyword research to SEO audit and competitor research, you can do a lot of things in SEMrush. 

Related: SEMrush Tool Review

For this article, let’s stick to checking Google ranking of your site. Follow these steps to monitor your website’s ranking using the SEMrush Position Tracking Tool:

Step 1: Visit SEMrush and click on “Position Tracking” at the left menu bar. 

Step 2: Enter your domain and click on set up. Choose a search engine you want to track your rankings on, device, and location. 

Step 3: Add the keywords you want to track your positions for. You can add keywords manually, import them from your Google Analytics (only for Google), or upload a CSV or TXT file. Once you add the keywords, click on “start tracking.”

Step 4: Click on Overview at the top of the menu bar. You will then see where you rank for each keyword in the search engine. It also shows if your rankings changed recently. 

Step 5: To check which of your pages rank for the keywords you have entered, click on “pages.” 

Use The Ahrefs Keyword Rank Checker

Ahrefs is one of the best alternatives to SEMrush that allows you to monitor your site’s ranking, conduct competitive analysis, keyword research, backlink research, and content research.

Related: Keyword Research in SEO

Just enter your website URL or a blog post URL in the Ahrefs Rank Checker. Ahrefs will automatically check the keywords your website ranks for. Besides, you can check rankings by country.

Here are the steps to check Google ranking of your site using the Ahrefs Rank Checker:

Step 1: Visit the Ahrefs Keyword Rank Checker.

Step 2: On the next screen, enter the keyword and URL of the website you want to check rankings for. Also, you can choose your desired country from the available options.

Step 3: After clicking on the “Check Rankings” button, you will get all the details, as shown in the below image. It also shows your domain rating, URL rating, the number of backlinks you have, and estimated monthly traffic. 

Use AccuRanker Fastest Rank Tracker

AccuRanker is yet another excellent tool to check rankings. Though it is a premium tool, it allows you to do some free searches. The best part of AccuRanker is its clean and straightforward interface. 

Related: Ubersuggest Keyword Tool Review

Here’s how to use AccuRanker to check Google ranking of your site. 

Step 1: Open AccuRanker (no need to signup). Click on Free Tools and choose SERP Checker.

Step 2: Search for keyword and select a county or city. You will also get an option to choose between a desktop or a mobile device.

Step 3: Click on “Search Now.” It will load all the results, as shown in the below image.

Use Serprobot Free Google SERP Checker

Serprobot is the best free Google ranking checker tool. I personally use this tool to check my website rankings. The best part with Serprobot is that you don’t need to register an account to use the services. Using this tool, you can check the ranking of keywords in all countries like the US, UK, France, etc. 

Follow these simple steps to check your Google rankings using Serprobot. 

Step 1: Go to the Serprobot website and click on “Free SERP Check.”

Step 2: After clicking, you will see a new screen with options like your region, domain name, and keywords.

Step 3: Choose your region/country, enter the domain name (website URL), Enter keywords (you can add up to 10 keywords at once), and complete verification. That’s it! It will take some time to load results.

Pro Tip: In the domain box, you can also add your competitor’s domain URL.

Use Rank Checker for Google Chrome Extension

Rank Checker for Google is a chrome extension, used for tracking your website keywords ranking.

Rank Checker is free and can be installed on your browser easily. To install it, open the web-store in your browser, search for Rank Checker, and click on “Add to Chrome.”

How to use Rank Checker for Google Chrome Extension to check Google rankings?

Step 1: First, open any website you wish to check rankings.

Step 2: Now, click on the extension icon from the top right corner, as shown in the image below.

Step 3: Now, in the first column, enter keywords and on the second, choose the country. And hit search. Now you will see the ranking position of your keyword.

Final Thoughts

You can choose any of the methods discussed above to check your organic rankings on Google. If you ask me which tool I use and recommend, then I will say, Google Search Console and Serprobot. I personally like these two tools because of their features and function. Also, both of them are free to use, and you don’t have to buy any premium subscription.

But, if you need a paid tool, then I will suggest SEMrush and Ahrefs because by using these tools, you can also be able to do other stuff like site audit, keywords research, backlink analysis, and lots of other work. You can choose any tool or method of your choice from the above list. I tried to include every tool that is good enough to use.