Google Rank Checker
Check your Google position for any term from any location, cleanly, without your own history colouring the answer.
- ✓ Any location
- ✓ No personalisation
- ✓ Full result page
- ✓ Free, no account
Everybody checks their rankings by searching for themselves, and everybody gets a flattering answer. Google remembers that you visit your own site constantly and adjusts what it shows you accordingly.
See what a stranger sees
Which is the only version that matters.
Choose the location
Local results change street by street.
Read the whole page
Who is above you is half the information.
Check a Google position
Enter a keyword, a site and a location to see a clean result.
Free tool · up to 3 checks per day. Powered by live Google data.
How It Works
Enter the keyword and site
Use the term a customer would type.
Set the location properly
Where customers are, not where you are.
Track the same points over time
One reading is not a measurement.
Why your own search misleads
Your results are shaped by your account history, your device and exactly where you are standing. All three flatter you when you search for your own business, which is why self checking produces a number that feels good and cannot be relied on.
Why one reading is not enough
Local positions move constantly for reasons that have nothing to do with you. A drop on Tuesday that returns on Thursday was never an event. Only a series shows direction, and direction is the only part worth acting on.
What position is worth having
In the local pack, the top three are what most people ever see. Below that visibility falls away sharply, which is why the difference between fourth and seventh matters far less than the difference between third and fourth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does this differ from my own search?
Because yours is personalised by history and location, and a stranger has neither.
Does checking affect my rankings?
No. Checking is passive and changes nothing.
How often should I check?
Monthly for most local businesses. Daily movement is normal noise.
What position should I aim for?
The top three of the local pack. Below that, most people never look.
One reading is an impression
A position checked once tells you almost nothing. The same terms checked from the same places over months tell you whether anything you did worked.
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Everybody checks their own rankings by searching for themselves, and everybody gets a flattering answer. Google remembers that you visit your own site constantly and adjusts accordingly.
A clean check from a set location removes that. What comes back is closer to what a stranger sees, which is the only version that matters commercially.
For local terms the location setting does most of the work. The same search from two ends of a town can return different businesses, so where you check from is not a detail.
How to use it
- Enter the keyword and the site.
- Set the location to where customers actually search from.
- Read the whole result page, including who is above you.
- Track the same terms from the same points over time.
Why it matters
Position is only meaningful as a series. One reading tells you almost nothing, because local results move constantly for reasons that have nothing to do with you.
Questions people ask
Why does this differ from my own search?
Because yours is personalised by history and location, and a stranger has neither.
Does checking my rankings affect them?
No. Checking is passive and changes nothing.
What position should I aim for?
In the local pack, the top three are what most people ever see. Below that, visibility falls away sharply.