Google Rank Checker
Check your Google position for one keyword from any location you choose, with none of the personalisation that makes your own search look better than it is.
- ✓ No personalisation
- ✓ Any location
- ✓ Free and unlimited
- ✓ One point, honestly labelled
Searching for your own business gives you the kindest answer available. Your account history, your device and where you are standing all work in your favour. This asks the same question from a location you pick, with none of that attached. It is a much more honest number. It is still one reading of something that changes across your area.
Takes your own bias out
No account history, no device signals, and you are not standing at your own counter.
Any location you like
Check from the districts you actually serve, not the one you happen to be sitting in.
Honest about its limits
One point, one moment. Where that is not enough, the page says so.
Check Your Google Ranking
Enter a keyword, your domain and a location to see where you rank.
Free tool · up to 3 checks per day. Powered by live Google data.
How It Works
Enter keyword & domain
Type the keyword you want to check and your website’s domain.
Choose a location
Pick the city or country you want to check rankings from.
See your position
We scan the top 100 Google results and show exactly where you rank.
Why your own search disagrees with this
Google shapes results using your search history, your signed in account and exactly where you are. Searching for your own business uses all three in your favour. That is why the position you see is usually better than the one anyone else sees. This tool asks without any of that, from a location you name, so the answer is not shaped by who is asking.
What one position can and cannot tell you
A single reading tells you where you appeared, at one point, at one moment. It cannot tell you the shape of your visibility. Do you fade gradually with distance, stop dead at a boundary, or vanish in one direction because a competitor is strong there? Those three look identical from one point and each needs completely different work. That is the argument for checking many points instead of one.
How much movement is normal
Positions move for reasons that have nothing to do with you. Index churn, a rival testing a category, ordinary variation. A few places between checks is expected. Treating one dip as a result is the most common way businesses spend money undoing work that was already going fine.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does this differ from what I see?
Your own search is shaped by your account, your history and where you stand. All three flatter you. This question has none of that attached.
Is one position enough to work from?
No. It is one reading. Visibility across an area is a spread, and a spread needs many points.
How often should I check?
Weekly at most. Checking more often samples the same wobble more frequently without telling you anything new.
What causes a sudden big drop?
Usually a profile edit, a suspension or a competitor change rather than an algorithm update. Check recent profile changes first.
Does the location field matter?
A lot. How close you are is a ranking factor, so the point you choose largely decides the answer you get.
One point is a start, not a measurement
A single position cannot show you where your visibility stops. Grid measurement checks the same keyword from dozens of points across your area and plots the result. That is what turns a check into something you can act on.
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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.