RANK TRACKER
Keyword ranking history
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Every weekly check adds a point to each keyword’s history, for each country, engine and device. Behind every point sits the stored results page, so a change can be traced to the week it happened.
Traffic fell. The history shows when, and on which keyword.
History earns its keep in the weeks when something has already gone wrong.
A slow slide
“Nothing dropped overnight, but we are lower than we were in summer.”
Week-by-week points show a gradual fall as clearly as a sudden one.
A site release
“Did the update hurt our rankings?”
Read the weeks either side of the release date, keyword by keyword.
A quarterly review
“How far have we come since we started?”
History runs from your first check, so the starting line is on record.
Each check adds a point. Nothing needs logging by hand.
The record builds itself on the weekly schedule, with the results page kept behind each point.
Start tracking
The first check sets the first point for every keyword.
Automated rank tracking →Checks run weekly
A new point is added for each keyword, country, engine and device.
Read the line
Climbs, slides and sudden falls show up in its shape.
Open the week
Any point opens the stored results page from that check.
See the SERP checker →A record you can read and one you can open.
Each line is a run of weekly checks, and any of them can be opened to see the page behind it.
One point per check, per keyword.
Each weekly check adds a point to the line for that keyword, country, engine and device, so like is always compared with like.
- Kept apartDesktop and mobile, Google and Bing, each with its own line.
- By countryOne market’s history never blends with another’s.
- From the first checkHistory starts the day you begin tracking.
See a slow slide as clearly as a sudden fall.
A drop of one place a week rarely sets off alarms. Plotted over two months it is hard to miss, and a warning goes up when a keyword declines.
- The shape of the lineGradual slides, sharp falls and recoveries.
- A warning on a declineRaised when a keyword slips, without anyone checking by hand.
- The week it beganThe first point where the line turned.
Open the results from any week on the line.
Each point leads back to a stored check with the top 30 results, so you can see who moved above you and when.
- Top 30 for that weekThe results page as it stood on the day of the check.
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- Positions 1 to 3 and 8 to 30 stored with this check
A spreadsheet of positions forgets what the page looked like.
A number copied into a sheet each month tells you that something moved. The stored check tells you what moved past you.
A typical stack
- –Positions copied into a sheet each month
- –Gaps whenever someone was away
- –Desktop and mobile mixed in one figure
- –No way to see the results behind a number
With Rank Tracker
- ✓A point added on every weekly check
- ✓No gaps, from the first check onwards
- ✓Each device, engine and country kept apart
- ✓The stored results page behind every point
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What is keyword ranking history?
Keyword ranking history is the record of where a keyword has ranked over time. In SEORCE’s Rank Tracker, it starts with your first check and gains a point every week for each keyword, country, engine and device. Each point leads to the stored top 30 results from that check.
Key facts
- History begins at your first check and is not backfilled
- One point per weekly check
- Separate lines for each country, engine and device
- Every point opens the stored top 30 results
- A warning is raised when a keyword declines
- History exports to Excel, CSV, Markdown and Google Sheets
Last reviewed 15 October 2026 by the SEORCE team.
Ranking history, week by week.
No. History begins with your first check. Search Console keeps an average position for earlier months if you need a rough view.
Once a week, with each scheduled check.
Yes. Each has its own line, as does each country and engine.
Yes. A warning is raised when a keyword declines, and the history shows where the fall began.
Yes. Every point leads to the stored top 30 results from that check.
Yes, to Excel, CSV, Markdown and Google Sheets, or put it on a dashboard in Reports & Dashboards.
Start the record with this week’s check.
History begins the day you start tracking. Add your keywords now and the line starts building.