Rank tracker accuracy

[leavethisplanet]

Hi there,

When using Rank Tracker tool from Research Tools of SEOmoz and Google Ad preview and Diagnosis tool I get 2 very different results for the ranking of the same keyword. On the Rank Tracker my website is ranked at position 28 on Google US. As I have a Google adwords account, I use their Ad Preview and Diagnosis in selecting Google.com and United States as location for the same keyword. My website comes at position 6 in the list of organic results.

Which one is accurate ?

Thank you in advance.

[kchan]

Hello Cristian,

I would say SEOmoz's Rank Checker tool is very accurate but it also depends on your usual ranking position.  If you tend to rank in the 20-30 range, I would say SEOmoz as Google rankings can sometimes bounce around.

[leavethisplanet]

Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. If the difference was small I wouldnt mind but number 28 and number 6 is quite a gap. As I just joined the SEOmoz Pro, I will give it few more weeks, see if the 2 results get closer.

[eunaneunan]

Why not just check your self, by adding &pws=0 at the end of the search?