Monday, July 25, 2005
Free links to rank-checking sites
It's Sunday night and time for another look at some of my favorite free links. This time we'll look at sites that let you look at your rankings in different ways.
YahooSearchRankings
Ever wish you could find out exactly where the search engines ranked your site for a keyword that isn't in the top 30—that is, without having to scan through page after page? This site lets you do just that for Yahoo! Enter your url, the keyword and how deeply you want it to search. In a moment it will return your ranking for that keyword. Just use it with moderation. If you hammer at it with search after search over a short period of time, Yahoo! will stop answering your requests until a couple of hours have passed.
GoLexa
GoLexa does a marvelous job of piecing together tools from a number of different sites. Enter a keyword and it will give you search engine rankings from Alexa.com—plus much more. In and around the entries are a multitude of buttons that lead you to specialized information about the page. You'll find access to:
A word to the wise, though. Some of the individual tools used to get these results can be a little balky. Don't be surprised if you can't access all the info at any given time.
Yahoo! vs. Google comparison
The different search engine might have a slightly different order of websites for any given search, but are pretty much the same, right? WRONG! And the Yahoo! vs. Google Comparison tool proves that vividly. Enter a keyword and it will line up two rows of 100 circles, one row for Google and one for Yahoo! It then colors the circles for those pages that appear in the top 100 for both and connects those circles to each other with a line. It's amazing how different results are for these two search engines! And if you're looking for a specific site in those results, just place your cursor over one of the circles. A tag appears identifying the page that that circle represents. Just keep hovering over circles until you find the one you're looking for.
That's it for tonight!
Jeff
It's Sunday night and time for another look at some of my favorite free links. This time we'll look at sites that let you look at your rankings in different ways.
YahooSearchRankings
Ever wish you could find out exactly where the search engines ranked your site for a keyword that isn't in the top 30—that is, without having to scan through page after page? This site lets you do just that for Yahoo! Enter your url, the keyword and how deeply you want it to search. In a moment it will return your ranking for that keyword. Just use it with moderation. If you hammer at it with search after search over a short period of time, Yahoo! will stop answering your requests until a couple of hours have passed.
GoLexa
GoLexa does a marvelous job of piecing together tools from a number of different sites. Enter a keyword and it will give you search engine rankings from Alexa.com—plus much more. In and around the entries are a multitude of buttons that lead you to specialized information about the page. You'll find access to:
- info on related sites
- IP address
- Whois info
- keyword density
A word to the wise, though. Some of the individual tools used to get these results can be a little balky. Don't be surprised if you can't access all the info at any given time.
Yahoo! vs. Google comparison
The different search engine might have a slightly different order of websites for any given search, but are pretty much the same, right? WRONG! And the Yahoo! vs. Google Comparison tool proves that vividly. Enter a keyword and it will line up two rows of 100 circles, one row for Google and one for Yahoo! It then colors the circles for those pages that appear in the top 100 for both and connects those circles to each other with a line. It's amazing how different results are for these two search engines! And if you're looking for a specific site in those results, just place your cursor over one of the circles. A tag appears identifying the page that that circle represents. Just keep hovering over circles until you find the one you're looking for.
That's it for tonight!
Jeff
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