Useful tool: Keyword Tracker
I realized recently that there are a number of tools I take for granted that make my job easier—web services, software, and so on. I decided to write about some of them for those who might be unaware they exist. Here’s one now.
If you run a web site, you probably check its performance on Google, and maybe its PageRank, from time to time. If you run fifteen web sites, this process can be tedious. Fortunately, there’s Digital Point’s Keyword Tracker.
I use this tool regularly to check on a bunch of search terms for a bunch of sites, and it’s a big timesaver. It also encourages me to keep an eye on some things I normally wouldn’t have time for, and it lets me graph my sites’ performance relative to others in the field.
Keyword Tracker is free, but I believe you need your own Google API key to use it, and registration is required. It’s well worth it.
yeah – i find keyword tracker very useful to track things over time. Although you do need to log in and run the ‘check’ feature every day or two to keep it accurate.
I set up a cron job on my server to do a ‘check’ on keyword tracker once a day – I believe they have instructions to that effect on their site.
Cron job to check every day? How does that help you if you won’t view the results?
Even if go their once and do it yourself, you still get the current results (which is whats important) and an idea of what direction you are moving in.
I do end up viewing the results nearly every day, but the cron job helps because I use the graphing feature – if it’s been checked daily, the graphs have a data point for every single day.