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Nick
Nick
Google does not like people using such tools, and so too do certain other engines. GG may ban IP's that use such tools.
Also do a site search here for "position tools" or "position report" for independent views on the practice as a whole.
Personally I use two very good (and fairly unknown) metasearch engines to check our positions on various keywords across 5 to 10 engines that count. Maybe you have to do google separately and manually. Cant mention them as it is against the TOS. Very quick, much less hassle, for a reasonably valid, and probably the level of detail you need.
www.sitesolutions.com
It checks multiple SEs for each run (but i dont think they like u to over use it cos its free n all). They have other random tools that r quite useful too.
scott
does this mean that if i use wpg to find out what position my keywords are i might upset the google.?
if this is true then is the wpg really a tool you use on your competitors domains to get them slung off?
to search all of these keywords manually and log the positions each month is going to be very time consuming. is this the way you do it?
Mention it to the client. They could perhaps just get reports on their major terms and once in a while a full report?
Nick
>does this mean that if i use wpg to find out what position my keywords are i might upset the google.?
Yes I don't do anything that could upset google
>if this is true then is the wpg really a tool you use on your competitors domains to get them slung off?
If you consider that fare business practice, I'm very un-impressed with that question
I use top dog once a month and haven't had any problems
>If you consider that fare business practice, I'm very un-impressed with that question
the question was more of a, "what is the point of WPG if when you use it it damages your positioning"
i of course would not dream of doing anything to harm my competitors positioning within the search engines.(well not anything too nasty anyway)
>I use top dog once a month and haven't had any problems
Topdog? is this a submission tool or is it analysis only.
James
Try using the site search here you will find the answer to most of your questions
[webmasterworld.com...]
My online access gets cut every 2 hours and I get a different IP each time.....don't know if that puts minds at ease if you consider using WPG.
Maybe another way is to look at your stats and see which keywords are bringing in the visitors :)
WPG gets the brunt of the whole query tool industry because of its popularity. Query tools, as stated before are against google's terms of service. Google was overloaded with automated queries and had to do something to stop them. Many people just hammered their servers during peak hours. These tools are ok if they are used with restraint and run during off peak hours.
