If this has been asked/answered I couldn't find it but if so hopefully someone can point me to the solution..... TIA. Otherwise Yesterday when I refreshed the page to update results for all my keywords everything (daily, weekly, and monthly change) went way negative.. from -100 to -9998. These values are with in what I've seen some weeks back in a positive green direction but never for daily, weekly, and monthly like this. I don't think I've been dropped from google or anything like that since I'm seeing the number of pages in the google index continue to increase even today and I still have a decent PR. Any thoughts appreciated. I really like using this tool to monitor my progress. Jon
Do you have a specific keyword/URL combo that you think is being reported incorrectly? What position do you see it at when you search Google manually?
My URL is hairexpo.biz but it isn't any specific keywords. This has happened for almost every keyword I have. Everyone except one is N/A (I have 30... is that to many ?). I just checked 2 keyword phrases and they showed up in positions 1/2 and 3/4 on the first page. So I don't think it is an issue with my real results but rather the tool. I also just tried adding another set of keywords to see how that goes and I guess I exceeded my daily limit Jon
I think this will happen if google for some reason does not return the results (timeout/site down). It happened to me a couple times in the past; simply check the keyword(s) again and you should see the correct numbers. Geir
Well it has been this way since yesterday morning and I've check a few times. Though I did read that google did have some problems yesterday. When you say timeout/site down did you mean google or my site ? Jon
Well, without knowing a specific keyword, it's impossible for me to check it for you. Really would need an example keyword and where you are seeing it ranked when you check Google manually.
Oh, sorry... 'mizani shampoo' is one phrase and that shows up in position 1/2 on google. Just that it doesn't appear to be for any specific keyword. Jon
When I try it in the keyword tracker, it comes back correctly in position 1 and 2. If you go to Edit Preferences in your keyword tracker account, do you have anything set in the country and/or language restrictions by chance?
could this be related to the DDoS against akamai's servers that took place yesterday (and which still seems to be affecting google today)?
Try clicking on an individual keyword in your list, it will return any error it gets from the Google servers to your browser.
As I click each one individually it appears to be getting back to where it was. I must say that was weird. Thanks for telling me ! Do you think I'll be able to restrict just to USA again once they all appear to be cleared up ? Also I've noticed in my logs searches from www.google.com.au recently which I've never noticed before. Most likely just coincidence. Jon
You could restrict to the US/English assuming your site is in the US (physically) and in English, but truthfully, you would be better off leaving it with no restriction, since no one ever actually searches Google with a US restriction. The default at www.google.com is with no language or country restriction. So if you want the rankings to actually match what you see on Google, you're best option is to leave it.
Ok, didn't consider that. Then I'll leave it the way it is. I did notice some time back that if I changed it to USA only then my site, which is definately a USA only site, would rank batter. And really it is a reference point to measure change and that Keyword Tracker saves a history is one of the reasons this tool is so great. Jon
Yes, it will of course rank better because it would cut out all the non-US pages/sites. If you want to use it as a reference, rather than an actual ranking gauge you could do it I guess.
After a couple of days of testing it appears that if I set the country or language it messes up. The only thing I've done recently that may have caused this is added more keywords. Could there be some threshold in the code I'm hitting. Since I obviously don't have access to the source I can't do a whole lot but I'd be willing to try stuff to see what may be causing this. Jon
No, there are no limitions on how many you can have. The only limitation is that of your Google API key (1,000 queries per day).