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I have been advised that there are tools that one can use to find your ranking on google. Has anyone here used such tools and could you recommend any?

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— yes, there are plenty of options; pick the one that matches how often you need checks, how many keywords/locations you must track, and how precise you need the results to be. For occasional, manual checks a simple SERP checker will do. For ongoing monitoring use a rank-tracking service that can set geographic and device targets, track SERP features (local pack, news, images, knowledge panels), keep history, and tie into analytics so rank changes are put into traffic context.

Practical, repeatable workflow:

  • Create keyword groups (branded, priority, long tail) and assign landing pages.
  • Define target country/region and device per group so comparisons are apples-to-apples.
  • Schedule checks (daily/weekly) and store historical positions; watch visibility or share-of-voice metrics rather than raw average position alone.
  • Cross-reference rank moves with real click/impression and session data (Search Console and your web analytics) so drops are judged by real traffic impact, not just position.
    This reduces false alarms caused by personalization, localization, or transient SERP volatility.

On safety and vendor choice: automated scraping of Google’s SERPs can trigger throttling or IP blocks for the querying host, so use services or APIs that handle throttling and compliance. For programmatic access, Google provides APIs for performance data and search results (see Search Console and the Custom Search JSON API). Reputable paid trackers (SEMrush, Ahrefs, Moz, AccuRanker, Mangools, etc.) manage query load and give reporting/alerts. ’s point about webmaster tools being useful for indexing is valid; ’s “mass-ban” claim is a red flag to investigate how queries were performed; as said, the usual real risk is blocked queries, not Google penalizing sites for rank checking.

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Well you can use the Google toolbar to get your pagerank, but there's a lot of debate as to how accurate this is and whether it's just old info. I would also suggest signing up for Google Sitemaps because they give you a lot of information about how well (or not well) you're indexed in Google. They're not just sitemaps :)

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I don't recommed any 3rd part tool to check rankings in google as there are chances of getting banned in google for using it without proper API :(

I got 100s of my websites banned for the same reason. So do not try and get hurted :(

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I don't recommed any 3rd part tool to check rankings in google as there are chances of getting banned in google for using it without proper API :(

I got 100s of my websites banned for the same reason. So do not try and get hurted :(

Google will not ban websites that check their ranking without using their API. That's just a myth. If it were true all you would need to do to get your competitors banned is constantly check their rankings with these tools. The worst thing that can happen if you use these tools is that Google blocks your IP so you can't query their servers anymore.

But I should also add it is a good idea to use their API as that is what it is there for.

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