SEO Tycoon

**divengrabber** · 08-17-2009, 08:51 AM

I made some changes to a website over the w/e and discovered yesterday that my SERP position for two keywords had moved from near the bottom of the first page to NUMBER 1, numero uno! And, two other keywords that I had been struggling with had moved from page 13 to page 1! Whoa! Man, was I happy! ...However, I kinda felt it was too good to be true...And it was.

I noticed that Google was using my Web history search patterns to customize my SERP when I entered a keyword in their search box. Because I check on these keywords multiple times a day, the result are horribly skewed.

At the bottom of the page Google gives an option to check w/o the effects of the web search history "enhancement: "If you're curious, you can see what a search for "keyword" looks like without these improvements." When I use this feature, I get better results. I'm on the middle of page one for 2 keywords, but still on page 13 for two others.

Question: What's the best way to get around these skewed results?
- Remove web search history from my webmaster account altogether?
- Pause web search history?
- Use and better SERP position tracker? I use Niche Watch. Is there anything better and free?

**edgray** · 08-17-2009, 10:32 AM

When checking your position in SERPs, always log out of your Google account or use another browser that isn't logged in.

**chrishirst** · 08-17-2009, 10:35 AM

better still;

don't bother checking rankings, It's a poor measure of success

**orionoreo** · 08-17-2009, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

better still;

don't bother checking rankings, It's a poor measure of success

interesting article chris... all seems so common sense yet forgotten

**Gabung** · 08-18-2009, 01:58 AM

Always logout your google account or clean your browser cookies then search your keyword on google.com site for real result.

**pradeepdot** · 08-18-2009, 03:10 AM

We will always need to check rankings manually for competitor and market analysis purposes though.

**roshandark** · 08-18-2009, 05:11 AM

Its much better to log out from the google account before checking the position of keywords. It will give the perfect output.

**bigcat1967** · 08-18-2009, 11:07 PM

check you rankings once every two weeks.

**staticcaravan** · 08-19-2009, 02:49 AM

Well congrats,
i am struggling hard to get my site ranked which comes on page 5 for keywords
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**emofree** · 08-19-2009, 03:05 AM

or you can ask some of your friends to check in the result of your site it might be different when you are checking it in your own.

**chrishirst** · 08-19-2009, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orionoreo

all seems so common sense yet forgotten

As you can see common sense is NOT that common!!

**John LA** · 08-19-2009, 10:25 AM

If the results for youe keywords are not there, it is really not there. You should improve your link building in order for the natural search to have your site listed i nthe first page.

**chrishirst** · 08-19-2009, 10:45 AM

http://www.webmaster-talk.com/google...tml#post913050

read post #4

**psphomebrew** · 08-20-2009, 02:24 PM

Same thing happened to me , Just log out from your google account !