Best Rank Tracking tool w/ data exports or APIs

[Mase]

I have briefly reviewed the API data available through the Moz API endpoints and did not see that the rank tracking data is available. I first wanted to confirm that?

Second, I am looking to start tracking rank for nearly 1 million keywords (local pages multiplied by dozens of core keywords). I want to watch the rankings for a region move over time, as well as keywords generally, and then keywords in a region. My momentary initial research shows that there are a LOT of rank tracker tools, which felt a bit overwhelming to sift through them all and figure out which one would be best.

My biggest needs are:

• handling lots of keywords and URLs
• exporting the data automatically (via an API or recurring export)
• allowing for localized results without having to qualify the keywords
• not breaking the bank to do so -- I'm not an SEO w/ multiple clients, these are all on 1 domain

[MattAntonino]

I can't imagine how you're going to rank track a million keywords (or even how you'd have time to look at that much data to make meaningful insights).

Let's assume that it makes sense to do so, however.  I think you need Rank Tracker by Link Assistant.  It technically allows "unlimited" keywords for tracking.

The issue is blocking. You're going to also need a proxy package setup in it. (maybe Squid, BuyProxies, YPP, Proxy-Hub, Errsy, etc.)

Once you have a big enough proxy package, run til your heart's content. It keeps historic data, etc.

I would suggest creating multiple campaigns for your locations so you can run each one at once, etc. and see how that one group did. If you create a campaign for each, it'll be much easier to see those buckets and make some decisions & figure out where to apply your efforts.

[Mase]

I should have been more clear. It's not really a million keywords. It's more like 25-35 keywords, but they each rank differently in each local metro area, which means it looks / feels like that many keywords.

I'd love to not have to fuss with setting up my own proxies and software - I'd prefer SaaS if I can find one that is affordable that does this for me.

[MattAntonino]

Ahhh maybe LinkAssistant then?

http://www.link-assistant.com/rank-tracker/

You can setup to track different locations "as" different search engines & track ongoing progress across many KWs & campaigns.

Test it out (free) and see if it does relatively what you're looking for but I think it should.