How to Check Keyword Ranking Using a Free Search Engine Ranking Tool | eHow.com

How to Check Keyword Ranking Using a Free Search Engine Ranking Tool | eHow.com

Step by Step Instructions

• Things You'll Need:
• A well-optimized and seasoned article
• A list of keywords
• A free search engine ranking tool (sea additional resources)

• Step 1
  *Find a Keyword Ranking Tool*
  
  Go to http://www.sitereportcard.com/checkranking. SiteReportCard allows you to check the keyword ranking of a specific URL within the three majorsearch engines: Google, Yahoo and MSN (Bing). Other similar tools will allow you to check even more, but you can bet that if your URL shows in the major three, then the others will have picked it up also.
• Step 2
  

  *Enter Your Webpage URL*
  
  Although you can enter up to four URLs, in most cases you will only need to enter one. The URL is the complete website address of the content for which you want to check keyword rankings. For example, if I want to check the keyword ranking of this article, I would go to my eHow article library, click the article's title, and then copy the full address (minus http://) from the browser address bar. Then I would simply paste it into the field next to "URL #1: http://".
• Step 3
  *Enter Your Keyword*
  
  In the field next to "keyword/s", enter a single keyword or keyword phrase that you would like to check search engine ranking for. Use the keywords that you chose when optimizing your article's title and content. You can enter more than one keyword or phrase, all separated by a comma, however this will give you an average result for all keywords or key phrases that you enter.
• Step 4
  

  Keyword Ranking Results

  *Get Your Keyword Ranking Results*
  
  Chose one or all three of the search engines and click on Check Ranking. The search engine ranking tool will spend a few seconds going behind the scenes to the search engines to determine where your URL shows up in results for the keyword you entered. Your keyword ranking results will then be displayed if they fall within the first 100 results in the search engines.
• Step 5
  *Repeat for All Keywords*
  
  You can repeat this process to check the keyword ranking for all the keywords and key phrases that you are trying to rank for in the search engines.