Sunday, February 05, 2006
Finding Your Search Engine Rankings with SearchIt! Free Research Tool
The SearchIt! free search tool consists of a window with two dropdown boxes and two text boxes. In the two dropdown boxes, you select the type of search you want to do. In the two text boxes, you select the search criteria (such as keywords or URLs) you want to use.
Rather than repeat the introductory info about SearchIt! that I shared previously, I suggest that you see the October 2nd blog for this information. Or simply realize that it is important to click all the links and read all the instructions that SearchIt! tells you to do.
You'll find SearchIt! A LOT easier and more valuable to use if you do that.
Using SearchIt!
Last week we started covering some specialized search tools, including ways that SearchIt! lets you perform advanced search functions on multiple search engines and directories right from SearchIt!, without you needing to navigate from one site to another to conduct your searches. This week we'll look at how SearchIt! can show you at a glance how you rank for specific search terms across multiple search engines.
In the Step 1 dropdown box, scroll down under Advanced Search and select Metasearch.
Click the dropdown box for Step 2: Select Search Type. You'll see the following options.
Yahoo!-Google-Jeeves Overlap
Google-MSN Overlap
IxQuick
Dogpile
(Note: These options may change. The SiteSell people (who maintain the SearchIt! tool) are constantly adding new search tools to it.)
Yahoo!-Google-Jeeves Overlap
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to get your results.
Your results will rank the sites for your keyword based largely on how highly ranked those sites are for that keyword on the major search engines. The results list also identifies any top ten rankings that each site has on the major search engines.
Google-MSN Overlap
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to get your results.
Your results show in graphical form the correlation between the two search engines. It shows two lines made up of dots. Each line is one of the search engine and each dot is a ranked site. Any sites that are present in the top rankings for both search engines are connected by a line. By scrolling over the dots, you can see the ranking number and the url of that dot. And for sites that are ranked by both search engines, you even see a small thumbnail of the page.
I've found this page occasionally to be a little buggy, so you might have to reenter your search term and choose the search engines at the top of the page manually. But entering the search terms manually offers you even more options. Not only are there more search engines to choose from, but you can also enter the url of a site that you're particularly interested in and the tool will identify that site with red dots instead of the usual blue.
IxQuick
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Your results appear immediately, without any intro page.
Your results will rank the sites for your keyword based largely on how highly ranked those sites are for that keyword on the major search engines. The results list also displays a star next to the page title that identifies how many top ten rankings that page has, and it lists the search engines on which the page has attained those top ten rankings.
Dogpile
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Your results appear immediately, without any intro page.
Your results show Dogpile's top 100 sites for your search phrase, derived by consolidating the results searches for your phrase that it conducts instantaneously on all of the major search engines. It also identifies which search engines it found that page listed on. And if you wish, you can also see the results on each search engine by clicking on the buttons for any of the search engines listed at the top of the page.
Next week
This Sunday, we looked at how SearchIt! can show you at a glance how you rank for specific search terms across multiple search engines. Next week we'll look at how SearchIt! can help you see what people are saying about your site on the Web and how it can help you find potential joint venture partners.
All in all, SearchIt! can find you lots of valuable information. The main thing to remember is to READ THE DIRECTIONS. With as many tools packed into this one interface, you're not going to take one look at it and intuitively understand how to use every one of them. But the directions they give are easy, and they do more than just tell you how to use each tool; they also throw in tips on how to use the results you receive to make your site more successful.
SearchIt! is one of these free tools that really produces value for you. I recommend that you check it out and make it a part of your web marketing arsenal.
Jeff
The SearchIt! free search tool consists of a window with two dropdown boxes and two text boxes. In the two dropdown boxes, you select the type of search you want to do. In the two text boxes, you select the search criteria (such as keywords or URLs) you want to use.
Rather than repeat the introductory info about SearchIt! that I shared previously, I suggest that you see the October 2nd blog for this information. Or simply realize that it is important to click all the links and read all the instructions that SearchIt! tells you to do.
You'll find SearchIt! A LOT easier and more valuable to use if you do that.
Using SearchIt!
Last week we started covering some specialized search tools, including ways that SearchIt! lets you perform advanced search functions on multiple search engines and directories right from SearchIt!, without you needing to navigate from one site to another to conduct your searches. This week we'll look at how SearchIt! can show you at a glance how you rank for specific search terms across multiple search engines.
In the Step 1 dropdown box, scroll down under Advanced Search and select Metasearch.
Click the dropdown box for Step 2: Select Search Type. You'll see the following options.
Yahoo!-Google-Jeeves Overlap
Google-MSN Overlap
IxQuick
Dogpile
(Note: These options may change. The SiteSell people (who maintain the SearchIt! tool) are constantly adding new search tools to it.)
Yahoo!-Google-Jeeves Overlap
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to get your results.
Your results will rank the sites for your keyword based largely on how highly ranked those sites are for that keyword on the major search engines. The results list also identifies any top ten rankings that each site has on the major search engines.
Google-MSN Overlap
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Click the link at the bottom of the intro page to get your results.
Your results show in graphical form the correlation between the two search engines. It shows two lines made up of dots. Each line is one of the search engine and each dot is a ranked site. Any sites that are present in the top rankings for both search engines are connected by a line. By scrolling over the dots, you can see the ranking number and the url of that dot. And for sites that are ranked by both search engines, you even see a small thumbnail of the page.
I've found this page occasionally to be a little buggy, so you might have to reenter your search term and choose the search engines at the top of the page manually. But entering the search terms manually offers you even more options. Not only are there more search engines to choose from, but you can also enter the url of a site that you're particularly interested in and the tool will identify that site with red dots instead of the usual blue.
IxQuick
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Your results appear immediately, without any intro page.
Your results will rank the sites for your keyword based largely on how highly ranked those sites are for that keyword on the major search engines. The results list also displays a star next to the page title that identifies how many top ten rankings that page has, and it lists the search engines on which the page has attained those top ten rankings.
Dogpile
Type your keyword in the Step 3 box and click the SearchIt! button. Your results appear immediately, without any intro page.
Your results show Dogpile's top 100 sites for your search phrase, derived by consolidating the results searches for your phrase that it conducts instantaneously on all of the major search engines. It also identifies which search engines it found that page listed on. And if you wish, you can also see the results on each search engine by clicking on the buttons for any of the search engines listed at the top of the page.
Next week
This Sunday, we looked at how SearchIt! can show you at a glance how you rank for specific search terms across multiple search engines. Next week we'll look at how SearchIt! can help you see what people are saying about your site on the Web and how it can help you find potential joint venture partners.
All in all, SearchIt! can find you lots of valuable information. The main thing to remember is to READ THE DIRECTIONS. With as many tools packed into this one interface, you're not going to take one look at it and intuitively understand how to use every one of them. But the directions they give are easy, and they do more than just tell you how to use each tool; they also throw in tips on how to use the results you receive to make your site more successful.
SearchIt! is one of these free tools that really produces value for you. I recommend that you check it out and make it a part of your web marketing arsenal.
Jeff
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