Rankaware

A website's keyword rank can give you an idea on how well it does on a search engine's results page. Instead of typing in a keyword on a search engine looking for a certain website, a smarter approach would be to use a specialized application. Rankaware can display a website's rank, based on specific keywords, on different search engines. This lightweight application is an excellent solution for SEO experts, but it can be used by inexperienced users as well, due to its simple and efficient design.

Rankaware is offered free of charge and it can be used on all popular Windows platforms. Its setup file is roughly 4 and a half MB and it can be installed in a few seconds. The application doesn't ask for any additional tools and it does not use too much memory or processing power.

Looking up a website's keyword ranking is quite easy. All you have to do is follow the application's instructions, which are presented in a step-by-step process. After providing a website's URL, you must type a series of keywords on separate lines. Finally, you may select one or more search engines. The application allows you to opt for Google, Bing and Yahoo, from various countries.

The results are displayed on the same user interface and they include colored pie charts for each search engine, as well as a large table of contents. The application can tell you if the website's rank has gone up or down for each keyword, on each search engine, or if it stayed the same. You can also view a keyword's evolution, in a graph, for different periods, from a few days to one year.

The application allows you to define multiple websites, with different keywords and search engines. You can switch between results by selecting a website's name in a drop menu, in the upper left corner of the interface. You can also change a website's keywords and search engines at any time and update its results with a single click.