Im getting frustrating inaccurate results in Rank Tracker.
Whilst checking the ranks of one of my projects i keep getting weird results my keywords seem to have dropped out of google.
But then, when re-checking them a couple of times, it seemed nothing really weird happened, rank tracker just didn't log the results correctly.

Cans you guys explain whats happening here?

I have seen this happen a few times in the last several days. I have watched it happen live a few times. In a case where the tracker is told to rank to the first 200, the process will read page 1 then page 2, get stuck or show an "attempt". then skip to the next keyword stating that it could not find a result in the top 200. (which of course can no true if it has only checked the first 20-30.)

In this case i am only checking the first ten pages

Please go to Preferences -> rank checking mode and see what rank checking method you're using. If you're using the "100 results per page" method then it would take only two queries to check first 200 results, indeed.

In general it seems that you have an issue with the list of proxies that you're using (the "attempt" status means the proxy server is unresponsive/slow). So you could revise your proxy list for best results.

If the issue persists please feel free to click Help -> Send project to support and we'll take a look at your logs and settings.

Thank you. I am using the slower 10 per page method. I have purchased 10 proxies, but they seem to be slow at times.

This is a bug in the software. When RT searches google there are some circumstances Google might "feel" like the searches are automated and challenges you with a CAPTCHA request. RT is not noticing the captcha challenge and is instead returning as if no rankings were found. Some keywords trigger this as well as some of the more aggressive RT configurations. Your proxies are probably ok.

To get around the bug you can update KEI (without API credentials) for a single keyword (which does notice the captcha challenge) and that will get your cookie flagged as human so you can continue.

[EDIT: you may need to update more than one keyword if multiple proxies are being challenged... in my case one did the trick.]

Your proxies are probably fine as mine were when I experienced the same issue described by the OP.

Cheers,

Ted

Cheers to you too Ted.
I tried it and it works like a charm, thanks for mentioning!

Hi guys,



I don't think it's that much a matter of feeling. Some captchas are random. They can appear if you search for just one term through your browser. Not a hint of automated activity, but the captcha is there!

At most times, however, captchas appear whenever there is a string of search requests from the same computer or proxy server. Since proxy servers are often shared by multiple users, you can't always tell whose computer this trouble-making string originates from.



Let me disagree with you here. The reason you don't see captchas when the proxy rotation feature is working is that Rank Tracker doesn't show them to you. The tool simply takes another proxy and re-checks the keyword through it. This is done intentionally to spare you the work of typing in captchas.

If the result for a keyword with a rank is "Not in top 100", it can mean there is a data center offering outdated info for the keyword. Please try disabling the feature (it's under Preferences -> Search Safety Settings) and re-check the keyword to find out if it might be the case.

Also please look at the date the keyword was checked last time. There's a chance that the latest check failed due to a temporary block and you are seeing the result of an older check.



Don't see any connection between checking keyword rankings in Google and updating KEI. I'm really glad the solution helped you and our friend itarget but cannot promise the same positive effect to others.