Google giving away exact ranking position?This morning I was reading Andre Scholtens post on Yoast.com about tracking organic search rankings with Google Analytics. Despite this being a great and Google friendly way to track which page you are listed on, as a SEO I always want to have more specific information on my rankings. It's still making a lot of difference in traffic if you're ranked #3 or #7 on the first page. Exact position displayed in SERP HTML  The number 3 in this line: onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','clnk','3','') is referring to the exact position on the SERP:  The onmousedown action is activating the function window.clk which sends this ranking data to Google (image broken down for better viewing):  The URL send to Google looks like: http://www.google.com/url?sa=T&source=web&ct=res&cd=3& Universal (Blended) results  This first result refers to the following HTML code: <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2009/01/05/mortgage-spreads-decline-on-fed-buying/" class=l onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','4','')"><em>Mortgage</em> Spreads Decline on Fed Buying</a> Is this temporary? What does Google do with this data? CommentHave a Conversation with Google0 comments  When you first use it, it may seem like something from a sci-fi movie. Confirmed just yesterday, Conversational Search started rolling out on Google.com in the latest ...... read more
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Comments (8)
Hey there. Thanks for the link, but it seems to have added some random stuff to the end. You can get rid of the ?goback=.mcr_false_1_DATE.mid_693316036 bit.
Not sure where that came from!
Pete
Di 6 jan 2009, 16:59
Hi Pete, changed it! Thanks for noticing
Di 6 jan 2009, 20:45
Interesting find, thanks for letting us know.
Zo 11 jan 2009, 19:49
@Seosean
You're welcome!
Wo 14 jan 2009, 09:45
I didn't know that information was hidden there. Thanks for pointing it out.
Vr 16 jan 2009, 22:40
If my website is on second page, surely I have to navigate to second page to see the SERP and find out the exact position of my site. How can I find with the help of above information about the exact ranking position of my site.
Za 17 jan 2009, 05:07
Yeah atul that's the same question arising in my mind....
Ma 30 mrt 2009, 12:06
Trying to understand this... But what if I want to find my own site searching on a specific keyword in google? If it´s listed a few thousand results down it´s a bit hard to scroll down to! Tips?
Vr 8 jan 2010, 11:08