How Can You Tell What Keyword Phrases You Are Being Found For?

This is a common question that most people have - how do you know what keyword phrases you are being ranked for?

Some of you are still manually testing what you think you might be ranking for - or what you want to be ranking for by typing in your keyword phrase into the search engines , and then scrolling down through the pages of the results to see if your domain is there.

Good news - you DON'T have to do this!

There are several methods you can use to see what your website is ranking for.

Best of all - the methods I will show you is ALL free!

1. Google Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Tools will let you know what keyword phrases you are ranking for - as well as what phrases people are clicking on to get to your site. If you are not familiar with Google Webmaster Tools - have a look at the post Using Google Webmaster Tools

To sign up for free - visit https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools

2. Web Analytics

Any analytic software will tell you what you are ranking for - Google Analytics is a free one you can place on your site. To sign up for free - click here

Google Analytics will not however tell you what position you are ranking for - but some other programs such as Lyris HQ or Clicktracks will.

3. Rank Checker

If you have a list of keywords and phrases and want to see where you are ranking (instead of doing each search manually) - I recommend using Rank Checker

This is a free tool and is an plugin for Firefox.

To get this for free - click here

Below is a screenshot of the application.