Serps rank different from each login location
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I prepared a report yesterday morning and I had a variety of keywords ranking at #5. Today when checked from another location they are all over the place.
kitchen mats has been 11-15 for months, and then when checking from a school computer that starts a new session upon each login
Yesterday it was #5 as was anti fatigue mats - it has been 27-32.
Is google pulling in local hits and shifting the serp rankings?
the site is www.wellnessmats.com
any there suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I know we have had duplicate content issues, and now reading some of the posts - perhaps "key word cannibalization"?
thanks
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I check my rankings three different ways.
- Dedicated browser that I only use to search. I reset all the data every time I use it, and I never click on anything. If things seem out of sort I will reinstall it.
- SEOmoz. I use their ranking checker in the Pro tools
- SEOBooks Rank Checker.
By using three different options I'm able to see exactly where I'm linking. In the off chance that I still think its off I will ask a couple of friends to search it.
That being said, location does have an affect on rankings. Google wants to find the most relevant item for you, and location can be a determining point if everything else is equal.
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Pretty accurate response by Ressler. I use SEOmoz PRO Campaign Rank check, SEOBook's Rank Checker, and Market Samurai's rank checker. I then load the data into 3 sheets on a Spreadsheet and get the averages dynamically calculated onto a 4th spreadsheet so the client can see an estimated position ranking from 3 data sources.
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I like that approach!
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do you mean clearing the cache and history, each and every time you check?
obviously, i love the seomoz toolkit, but with numbers run only wed - they are usually not even close.
i did have some friends check it, and it closer the to numbers i had yesterday (on the front page - which of course is every clients battle cry - they don't want to hear about conversions).
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