Serp Tracker News & Updates


Update: December 26th 2011 - Google Blocking our Searches

It had to happen sooner or later the way Google has been acting lately. Google seems to have stepped up their efforts to block our automated search system. One of the traditional fixes of redirecting searches through proxies seems not to be working so well anymore. Over the next few weeks we will be experimenting with some new ways of dealing with the challenges Google has thrown our way. If we can find a solution to being constantly blocked by Google we will continue SerpTracker.org, if no economical solution can be found we will have no choice but to either track SERPs more slowly (maybe weekly) or close SerpTracker.org. Hopefully the next update to this page can be on a more positive note.

Weekly email updates have been disabled for the moment.

Update: November 17th 2011 - Google Serp Tracking Problems Resolved

Apologies for the downtime. There was a problem with tracking for the last 10 days. Finally it has been resolved with a partial rewrite of the tracking script. Tracking should now be working better than ever!!

Update: July 10th 2011 - Google Japan (English) Search Added

By request Google Japan (in English) search options have been added

Update: Jul 9th 2011 - Continuing problems with Australian proxy - New fix

Some of you may have noticed the Australian searches have been not working properly for the last month or so due to some proxy problems. The issue has now been dealt with and we have changed proxy and Australian searches should now start tracking again as of tonight! Apologies for the lack of data over the last month.

Update: May 31 2011 - Problems with Australian searches - RESOLVED

For the past few days the tracker has not been ranking Australian searches due to our Australian based proxy being down. The proxy issue has been resolved and all Australian searches will be tracking as expected within 24 hours.

Update: Feb 26 2011 - Google Singapore Search Added

By request Google Singapore search options have been added

Update: Feb 11 2011 - Tracking Failed Today

In the last few days the tracking system has been changed to add some new features and while testing the new script some searches did not get recorded properly. This problem should now be resolved for tracking tomorrow.

Update: Feb 8 2011 - Australian Proxy Added

Australian based proxy has now been added.

Update: Jan 15 2011 - Google Poland Searches Added

By request we have added Google Poland search options

Update: Nov 10 2010 - Google "Pages from the UK" Local Search added

We have added the option to track Google search results from "Pages from the UK" under the option "Google UK only".

Update: Nov 4 2010 - UK Proxy Outage

Our UK server was down all night due to a provider problem, so no UK results updated last night. Have confirmed the proxy is now running as expected and UK results will update within 24 hours.

Update: Nov 4 2010 - New Premium Accounts Feature: Google Tracking For First 300 Results

Google search tracking has been improved for premium members. SerpTracker will now track all Google search positions in the first 300 results. Free accounts are able to track Google SERP positions between 1-100.

Update: Nov 4 2010 - Added German Proxy

A German based proxy has been added for all German SERP tracking. Local German searches will be added soon.

Update: Oct 22 2010 - Added UK Proxy

A UK based proxy has been added for all UK searches. Google "Pages from the UK" (local UK searches) will soon be added.

Update: Oct 21 2010 - Introduced testing stage of local pages only Google searches

We have added the option to run searches on Google searches with "Pages from Australia" only. Once we confirm the tracker is working smoothly on the Australian local searches we will introduce them for each country.

Update: Oct 21 2010 - Google Switzerland Search Option Added

By request we have added Google Switzerland to the search options.

Update: Oct 8 2010 - US Search Proxy Enabled

All US searches are now going through a US based proxy which has resulted in more accurate US searches for Google, Yahoo and Bing. We plan to add proxies for Australia and UK in the near future.

Update: Sep 24 2010 - Improved Google Ranking Script

We have fixed some small problems with the Google ranking script. Sub results are no longer counted.

Update: Aug 16 2010 - Google Analytics now Integrated into SerpTracker

We have added basic Google Anayltics data into the SERP position graphs. Now at the click of a button you can see your website visits and pageviews.

Update: Aug 16 2010 - Added premium accounts

We have added 3 premium account levels - ranging from $5 a month to $30. Custom accounts are also available.

Update: Aug 11 2010 - Facebook Button Added

Added Facebook Like button on front page. Please show your support by adding your 'Like' vote!

Update: Aug 6 2010 - Yahoo Tracking Problems

It seems some Yahoo results were incorrectly recorded as position no. 1 last night. We have looked into this and it should now be fixed for the next update. We have also removed all Yahoo position data for the last two days, and re-scanned today, so averages and max / min data is not affected.

Update: Aug 5 2010 - Yahoo CA Tracking Error

Noticed Yahoo Canada results were having the same problem as UK and DE. Issue has been fixed and Yahoo Canada results will update correctly within 24 hours.

Update: Aug 5 2010 - Yahoo UK / DE Tracking Error

We noticed today that position results for Yahoo UK and DE searches did not update correctly yesterday. Traced the error down to a single character that was ommited from the tracking script. Has now been fixed and the correct results for Yahoo UK and DE should be recorded later today

Update: Aug 3 2010 - Serp Tracker Released

Serp Tracker goes live