Ranking report in Pro Campaign Not Accurate?
-
I have been running ranking reports on my pro seomoz account for a couple of years now.
I recently added a lot more keywords to my list. Unfortunately there now seems to be a problem.
It shows that many of my keywords have dropped out of (and climbed in) the top 50 when they actually haven't. I think it's just missing the keyword out and assuming that it dropped. I'd prefer it said "Not checked".
Anyone else with a similar problem? or ideally a solution at my end...
Thanks all!
-
Hi there!
Thanks for reaching out to us! I am sorry you are seeing some discrepancies in your rankings I can definitely understand if there are some frustrations if you are not seeing the rankings you were expecting. While I can't speak for the SEO reasons why you are seeing that (Novice SEO here). I can definitely say that when I search for the terms "ceiling mounted air conditioning unit" & "Portable air con units" in Google.co.uk (using clean browser w/ no cookies, in private browsing mode). I was not able to find the site www.airconco.com in the top 50 on my end http://screencast.com/t/Oc0mSGwu for "ceiling mounted air conditioning unit" but I was able to find rankings (12th) for "portable air con units"
The way our tool cuts the bias within search results is by collecting the SERPs using a series of IP representing different locales and serve up what Roger thinks is the most "Un-biased." So while your site can rank #1 for weeks in a row, it is not unusual to see it disappear for a short period of time, although the rise of blood pressure can certainly be there (we're sorry for that!). In the meantime, you are certainly welcome to use Rank Tracker to check your rankings daily if you prefer, I have put in a few on your keywords which you should be able to check out at: http://ranktracker.moz.com/
I hope that helps! If you are continuing to see the same thing happening you should definitely send us an email at [email protected] so we can get you escalated to the devs if we need to.
Best,
Peter
Moz Help Team. -
Well that is a bit odd, a couple of things to consider:
1. Those look like some pretty volatile rankings based on the fluctuations all the sites are showing. Is it possible that the serps are changing so much that literally depending on the day you rank check a page is there or not? If you cross check these dates with analytics data for specific queries do visits stay the same or are they showing some swings also?
2. The rankings for example 1 are indeed wrong now (I see you top of page 2 in google uk), the rankings for example 2 from where I am look right, 247 on page 5, your site is not in first 5 pages.
3. Is it possible that google is flipping between 2 different pages of your site to show in the serps for specific queries? This also might account for the fluctuations and can be investigated further by looking at analytics landing page data.
Basically I guess I am saying to keep an open mind in regards the rankings and try to cross check with analytics to see if you can find any data to prove/disprove the theory that the moz ranking data is wrong. I would be surprised if the moz software simply didn't check a particular phrase, although I guess you can never rule it out completely without raising a ticket.
-
Thanks for your help on this.
When the ranking is wrong it's either because it didn't search for it that week or it didn't see it. See the attached image (Incorrect Ranking Report 1). It shows that a key-phrase has dropped 49 places, however, it actually is still in first place on Google UK.
And next week it will probably show it rising by 49 places.
2nd image shows the same thing Incorrect Ranking Report 2.
This is happening for lots and lots of words. It's makes my full reports a little useless.
It's not a case of it say that something it in 5th place but it's actually in 15th place. It's only when it drops out of the top 50 that the problem occurs.
-
Just to clarify, the rankings you are seeing are wrong? Not just the movement in rankings?
If the second it might be that the movement from new keywords added is shown in comparison to the previous crawl where the position was nowhere if you see what I mean. I can't remember off hand if this is how it is shown but I seem to remember it might be...
If the first, care to give an example or two for a second check? If the rankings are 100% wrong then a mail to support is likely in order.
-
Yes 100% checked cross browser, computer, cleared cache and private browsing! I'd always found it very accurate up until recently.
-
Hi Richard,
Are you sure the results you are seeing yourself are not modified through personalisation/localisation etc? Have you tried checking the results in another browser which you dont use to login to google accounts? This is usually the root cause for rankings confusion, I have always found the moz rankings to be accurate once this is taken into account.
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Bulk Reports
IIs there a way to pull bulk data out of my Moz account to get the two reports below? Competitors (all URLs for 15 to 20 domains)
Moz Bar | | DevWired
URL
Keyword - Keywords ranking for URL
Linking Domains - Domains linking to URL
Search Volume Similar Keywords (Run the keyword list above)
Original Keyword
Similar Keywords - The keyword suggestions available in the keyword explorer
Search Volume
Mentions - Also in keyword explorer report0 -
Trying to duplicate Screaming Frog report
I am trying to use the crawl report to generate the Screaming Frog report shown below. I want to use it to calculate the internal page rank as Paul Shapiro outlined in this article. Google is not seeing my site the way I want them to and I want to work on the site heirarchy and structure. I am not seeing where: Type, Anchor, and Alt are listed in the crawl report - is it called something else? Is there another report I can run for the whole site to generate the data above? Does the Moz PA already calculate the internal PR of pages? Any additional resources or people that could help me with this? Thanks, SAM
Moz Bar | | SammyT0 -
Google ranking by keyword for website
Hi, i am wondering if there is a function to check page ranking on google for a specific keyword/s for our website using MOZ. Thanks
Moz Bar | | andrewlos0 -
I'm checking keyword difficulty for two different sites. Would love to view the results by site instead of just one large list. Is that possible? Or would it just be easier to keep the lists separate in Excel and just import when I want an updated report?
I have keyword lists for two sites. Is there a way to label them in the keyword difficulty tool (List A, List B) so I can just view results for a particular site? Or do I need to run the report with List A, export results, delete those keywords, then run the report for List B?
Moz Bar | | JohnNovakLV0 -
Dashboard module in Custom report
Hello Earth I'm putting a custom report together for higher management and have added the dashboard module as a good starting point. However, all I want from it is the overall visit & visit break down and the domain authority data, all the 'Mentions Found' 'On Page Wins' 'Ranking Highlights' info is just making the report over long and less to the point. Is there anyway of taking some of the dashboard into the report instead of the whole kaboodle? Or is there another module that will give me total visits not just organic? Many Thanks in advance Chris
Moz Bar | | ChrisParry0 -
Rank tracker not showing proper rankings.
Just joined MozPro and pretty amazed at all of the info and tools it contains. However I was playing around with the rank tracker and just to test it I put in a keyword and a URL I can clearly see that is ranking #2 for the keyword. Went I ran it through it said that domain wasn't ranked in the top 50. Tried it again and made sure to put in "http://www." and then it said it was #50. I can clearly see it is #2 for the keyword. Wondering if I am doing something wrong?
Moz Bar | | digimarketmn0 -
How to get Universal Results to Show in Reports?
This has been a source of frustration for me for a long time. I have asked many times and never found anything in the support documentation on how to add this. Is it something that is simply not offered? If so is it not outrageous to others that this simple feature is not present? What I want: I would like to be able to include Universal Results icons in my rank reports. Why? Well as is the case much of the time my clients Google profile is included in the maps results (thanks to our optimization services) but they are not on the first page. The client can't see the results of this type of SEO. It shows up when logged in but not in the exported reports. How easy would it be to include these? It seems like a no-brainer. If anyone knows where to add them or why they don't automatically include them please let me know. If this feature is not offered I call upon my fellow SEO's to demand this feature. If anyone knows of a way to contact the developers to recommend adding this feature I would also appreciate that information. Thank you Universal Result: Local
Moz Bar | | TotalMarketExposure
You're in it!
Position: before 1st natural result
Contains: 7 results0 -
Is there a way of finding past reports for a campaign?
We are wanting to find past reports so we can show how things have gone since we started working on a specific campaign. We get emailed the reports and just wondered if there was a way to find them within any campaign.
Moz Bar | | slapshotstudio0