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Checking Google's index for keyword-specific listings

         

Zapruder

9:58 am on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hi All
I'm wondering if there is a way of checking the results of Google's indexing of your site across a number of keywords. In other words, an all-in-one snapshot that tells you all the keywords that Google has indexed you for and the stats around that. A big ask, I suppose?
Thanks

mona

2:47 pm on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hi, Zapruder. There is software available that does just that. Are you unfamiliar with them or are you looking for an alternative method?

Zapruder

3:10 pm on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hi Mona
Thanks - I've got software that checks my position on Google per keyword, but I have to specify the keywords. I was wondering if there was a way of just getting a global picture of all one's listings on Google for all relevant keywords. But I guess that's a theoretical issue cos no such list will exist before a keyword triggers a search.
I was indulging in a bit of wishful thinking earlier I suppose, and ended up with a bit of a dumb question :)

Mohamed_E

4:57 pm on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Zapruder!

While what you were hoping to find does not exist in the way you stated it, the real information you want is available. Where? In your logs.

Your logs tell you what keywords were used to find you. The biggies are obvious ones that you are probably already tracking. But a site with a lot of information will have a few hundred keywords that, once in a while, trigger a hit. None provides a lot of traffic, but in the aggregate the hits add up.

You can extract them from your logs and periodically check where they rank. Putting some work into increasing their ranking will bring you a nice increase in traffic.

Zapruder

7:18 am on Sep 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Hi Mohamed
Thanks for your reply. I'm finding that the logs list the keywords, but not as phrases. Is this a setting that I'm missing somewhere in my log analysis software or in on the server itself?
Cheers

Mohamed_E

12:20 pm on Sep 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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My logs give me phrases.

You may want to ask that question (if you get no replies here) in the Tracking and Logging [webmasterworld.com] forum. You will find it a very useful resource if you get serious about using your logs.

In his Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone [webmasterworld.com] post Brett writes:

K) Logging and Tracking:
Get a quality logger/tracker that can do justice to inbound referrals based on log files (don't use a lame graphic counter - you need the real deal). If your host doesn't support referrers, then back up and get a new host. You can't run a modern site without full referrals available 24x7x365 in real time.

Zapruder

12:38 pm on Sep 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Thanks again Mohamed. Using DeepMetrix LiveStats and it insists on splitting up the keyword phrases from the logs when it does the reporting. It even gives a count for AND as a search term!
Cheers

warlordbb

6:55 pm on Oct 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Mohamed_E: I understand your suggestion concerning the log file but I too have often wished for this same information, and I'm not going to find it in my log.

The reason for this is quite simple. If there is some keyword that I _should_ be using but don't _know_ I should be using, I'm not going to place well (if at all) in the SERP's for that keyword and consequently, no one is going to be placing that keyword in my log (because no one is getting to my site based on that keyword).