Assuming I rank #552 for "Dogs" - how do I find that out?

Hi again,

Thanks for the wonderful recommendations on my last thread - I found a couple of tools I like a lot.

The big question, though, is how do I find out a client's ranking, assuming he ranks considerably high?

For example, suppose I have a client ranking #552 for "dogs" on Google. Is there any way I can research his ranking, or is it impossible? I'd like to show a client that he went from #552 to #400 in an X amount of time, for example, and currently I can't find a way of doing that.

I'd like to be able to check a ranking for a keyword, and find out if my client is in the first 1,000 results, not just the first 100 - can that be done?

Sincerely,

Adi Friedman
Two Believers.

 

Well, you can use this http://www.searchenginegenie.com/google-rank-checker.html

But I would not do it often. The last time I checked(years ago) this was shunned upon by Google.

hope that helps,
Nigel