How do I check my website rankings?
The intention behind building backlinks, submitting guest posts, or advertising on a site is to target popular sites. While algorithms may contain errors, there is no assurance that one will pick a top-ranking website, or it will remain so in the future.
Here is a list of services used in website ranking to help you with the right decision.
1.Semalt Website Analyzer
This tool, developed by Semalt, allows you to see your Alexa Rank and Bounce Rate. Website Analyzer is also programmed to reveal site issues, which affect the Bounce Rate increase immediately providing you with options for improving your current state.
2. Alexa
Unlike Page Rank, Alexa arranges sites on a list. The higher the list rank is, the more desirable the website will be. Those resources under 10K are extremely trendy, 10K to 30K enjoy good popularity, up to 100K have relatively good traffic, while anything above 200K brings back just a little traffic. Experts advise marketers to combine Alexa and Page Rank due to their correlations. It is important to cross -check and determine the relevance of the site. Alexa also allows people to see the country of origin for the top websites.
3. Page Rank
Google offers Page Rank as a way of measuring quality and popularity of a site. Nevertheless, it is not enough to have marketers build more trust in it, as there are those websites that have inflated Page Rank. The principle is that it divides sites into 11 categories (0-10). The higher the Page Rank is, the better the site will become. A Page Rank of 10 is rare, 7-9 are common but still in the minority since they still signify a very high-quality site. A score of 5 or 6 means that it is a quality site according to Google website ranking, 3 or 4 are average, whereas 0 to 2 are below average.
4. Quantcast
The service is used to check website ranking in the United States market. However, it does not collect information from the general population but a sample and extrapolate the results. Quantcast is not very reliable as many great sites do not use the service. Even so, it still serves as good resource anyway.
5. CustomRank
The service combines different metrics to present users with a joint ranking. It makes sure that it balances all services to ensure that only fair rating is granted for all.
6. Compete
Compete.com is a website ranking checker, which is not as thorough as the previous sites discussed. With a user base of 2 million in the United States, their data is still relevant to determine the popularity of a site. Those using Compete may find that the most frequented sites with good Alexa and Page Rank may not be recognizable in the States and vice versa.
7. ComScore
It is similar to Compete, and Quantcast, as it bases its analysis on the activities of 2 million users which diminishes its reliability. It is a suitable option for the users, who are in the process of planning their advertising budget, but the users in search of backlinks will find ComScore less helpful. However, it has some significance as some of the Internet’s top-ranking websites appear on its lists.
8. Google Trends
It is mostly used to determine the search volumes of keywords. However, one of its lesser known uses is to analyze how two sites fair over time or in different regions. It is a perfect resource when trying to get past data to determine the future popularity of a site.
9. Ranking
If the other eight are not satisfactory, then Ranking.com is another service to use. It only includes the top 1 000 000 sites which means that it is limited. If the website you are looking for is not on the list, then it goes to say a lot about its popularity. It uses its data from IE browser toolbar meaning that Firefox and Apple users are not part of the sample.
Conclusion
These are just a few examples of services to use for checking the ranking of your website. Combining them gives better results to determine if the website is appropriate for placing backlinks.
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