How You Should Check Google.com Search Position ⌖ Of A Page 🔑

Why Check Google Search Results Position of a Web Page by Keyword?

Generally, when you write a web page or create a blog post you do so with the intention of having that web page show up on the first page of Google for a specific keyword phrase. This is how you get the highest amount of targeted, quality, natural traffic to that web page.

The idea or intent is that when a human being searches Google for that keyword phrase, you want your web page or blog post to be the search result they see and click on. Having your newly created page or post show up on the first page of search results, as close to the top of the page (#1 search position) as possible.

I always perform a Google search several days after creating a new page to see how it is ranking for my chosen keyword phrase.

For example this web page is targeting the exact keyword phrase 'how to check google position by keyword' because Long Tail Keyword Competition Checker told me that this keyword phrase was a keyword phrase with a SEO grade of [A] with only ONE web page on the entire internet with that exact keyword phrase in the title.

Problems or Issues Getting Accurate Google Search Position for a Keyword Phrase

First instinct will tell you that the way to see where your web page or blog post is showing up in the Google search engine is just do a search for your keyword phrase in the search engine and see where your web page or blog post shows up, right?

The problem is that search engines hate anything anonymous and they do everything they can to customize search results for its visitors. This is great for visitors but bad for SEO examination. WHY? All the major search engines use various tactics to try to determine who you are when you use their search engine which include but are not limited to:

• Browser cookies. These are small text files the search engines sneak onto your computer to identify you.
• Other web browser history indicators.
• IP address.

When trying to get an accurate view of how your web page is doing for a keyword phrase this personalization is the LAST thing you want because it will distort search results and show you search results that are not the same the rest of the public sees.

Since it is the general public who we are concerned with attracting to our new blog post we want their view of the search results.

How to Overcome Search Results Personalization Distortions of Accurate Keyword Search Results

To get an accurate and reliable view of how your blog post or web page is doing in the search results and properly do a keyword search on Google for SEO we need to accomplish all of the following:

1. Make sure all cookies are blocked.
2. Make sure all history is erased for the web browser you are using to check you web page search position for your targeted keyword phrase.
3. View search results from several different locations in the world. This should include countries that produce the most traffic for most public web sites or blogs which is ...
   • United States.
   • Canada.
   • UK.

Step by Step - Accurate View Web Page Search Postion for a Keyword Phrase Search

To strip out scripts and any other tracking data related to your keyword search follow these steps.

① Search Google indirectly by using some sort of proxy server.

A proxy server is a middle man computer on the internet designed to anonymize and privatize your internet surfing. They allow you to quickly change up your apparent location so you can do Google keyword searches from the major traffic locations as previously mentioned. This includes the United States, Canada and the UK. Easiest options for using a proxy server include:

• A web based proxy server. One thing to be aware of is many web based proxy servers are spammy in that they show a lot of ads and pop ups so here is a short list of the more reliable and reputable ones:
  • Hide My Ass.
  • Hide.me.
  • K-Proxy.
• A desktop proxy server software program such as our Window Fast IP Changer.
• A Google Chrome web browser extension Hide My IP or even BETTER Unlimited VPN (All of the choices don't nag you to upgrade). The only limitation to this is you are forced to use Google Chrome to use this extension.

② Use a Web Browser Devoted to Checking Web Page Search Positions

This is to ensure your Google searches are not impacted by previous browsing data and search results are 'impartial' and accurate (so you get the same view of search results as the general public).

Here is a list of less common, but good, web browser you can use for this purpose:

• Vivaldi.
• Maxthon.
• Comodo Drago.

➂ DO NOT click on ANY search result at ANY time.

This can leave tracking data in your browsing history with the dedicated browser you are using which will throw off future web page search engine position checks and impact the accuracy of keyword search results. If you do accidently click one of the search results (habit - it will happen) make sure you go through whatever steps are required to clear all history and cookies from that web browser. A good idea is to change settings for the browser so all cookies are automatically blocked and no history related data is ever saved.

➃ Perform your Keyword Phrase Google Search, via Proxy Server

Check the search position of your web page or blog post for each of the three countries that generate the majority of traffic for most websites and web pages:

• United States.
• UK/United Kingdom.
• Canada.

Take note of where, in Google search results, your web page/blog post shows up for all three countries.