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See what's inside Rank Tracker user guide

Introduction

Installation

• Installing Rank Tracker to Windows OS
  
  
  • Installation instructions for Windows users
  • Installation requirements (Windows OS)
• Installing Rank Tracker to Mac OS X
  
  
  • Installation instructions for Mac users
  • Installation requirements (Mac OS X)
• Installing Rank Tracker to Linux OS
  
  
  • Installation instructions for Linux users
  • Installation requirements (Linux OS)

Licensing

• Registering your copy of Rank Tracker
• Troubleshooting
  
  
  • Registration key doesn't match name
  • Registration key not valid
  • License agreement violation
  • Registration info not saved

Getting started

• Creating project for your site
• Application layout and controls
• Keywords section (main SEO data table)
• Report section (where SEO reports are created)

Keyword lists

• Adding keywords to project manually
• Finding new keyword ideas
• Removing keywords from project
• Removing ranking history from project

Keyword analysis

• Measure keyword efficiency using Rank Tracker
• How popular is a keyword in search engines?
• How many visitors can a keyword bring from organic search?
• How hard will it be to reach a top placement?
• How to choose the best keywords for an Internet marketing campaign

Rankings

• Checking site's rankings in search engines
  
  
  • Evaluating ranking progress
• Universal search listings in Google
• Accessing country-specific search results
  
  
  • Changing IP address through proxy
  • Adding geo modifiers to search queries
• Competitors' rankings
• Multiple results tracking
• Matching keywords to landing pages
• Rechecking failed keywords
• Editing ranks and ranking URLs

Traffic

• Synchronizing Rank Tracker with Google Analytics
• Checking number of visitors to site

Data management

• Workspaces
  
  
  • Changing active workspace
  • Customizing workspaces
  • Adding new workspaces
  • Removing workspaces from project
  • Copying workspaces from project to project
• Quick filter
• Tags
  
  
  • Assigning tags to keywords
  • Managing tags
• Notes
• Color markers

Export

• Copying data from Rank Tracker
• Advanced export
• Export templates

Reports

• Creating custom SEO reports in Rank Tracker
• Managing report templates
• Save reports to your computer
  
  
  • Quick-saving method
  • Advanced saving method (requires a publishing profile)
• Send reports by email
• Upload reports to website via FTP
• Managing publishing profiles

Scheduler

• Creating scheduled tasks
• Managing Scheduler
  
  
  • Managing tasks
  • Scheduler configuring tips
  • Troubleshooting

SEO events

• What are SEO events in Rank Tracker for?
• How to create and manage SEO events

Settings

• Rank-checking settings
  
  
  • Choosing search engines to monitor
  • Customizing number of SERPs to monitor
  • Selecting rank-checking method
• Using API keys in Rank Tracker
• Search safety settings
  
  
  • Recommended sets
  • Overview of available features
• Proxy rotation settings
  
  
  • Creating list of proxies to rotate
  • Refining the list of proxies
  • Refreshing your list of proxies
• Changing interface language
• Miscellaneous application settings
  
  
  • Configuring connection through a proxy
  • Applying a new color scheme
  • Editing the number of tasks Rank Tracker handles at a time
  • Choosing how long Rank Tracker should wait while you type in a captcha
  • Editing auto recovery intervals
  • Changing default request timeout intervals

Error handling

• Submitting an error report from Rank Tracker
• Recovery after error (self-help tips)
  
  
  • What to do if Rank Tracker freezes
  • How to uninstall an outdated or corrupt version
• 10 common issues you can fix yourself

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