Hey I checked in webmaster tools and it says i got these great placings on some of my keywords... but when i search them im not actually in that position.. Help? Ex. 5 5% "tnx net" 2 1 18% medium length hair 10 14 3% saphire teen 9
Did you use Google.com and not on local Google site (ex. google.es for google Spain)? Better use proxy sites and search you keywords there and check your placing.
It happens with me too probably because at that time the site was at that specific position. But because the position changes constantly so you may not find it later. This is what I think.
Some of the tools is not accurate and I would advise not to just rely on tools. Sometimes manual checking is still better than the results from tools, you can use that results as to estimate your position. (In your case) Just my opinion
Google says that is world wide, and all search types, so you need to click on "All searches All locations" link and then from there you can choose Images, Mobile, and web.. and then you can choose All locations or you can check your country rankings individually, to find out which countries your "top 20 queries" are coming from Hope that helps, Cheers James
There's no "Up to the second" version of that tool, the most recent results are from like a week ago at the earliest.
Is the stats came from google webmaster tool? I think the results is not updated everyday so you won't really see the real position of your site.