Search Ranking

Search Ranking tracks the traditional side of visibility: where your pages actually appear in Google search results for the keywords you care about. This page relies on data from your connected Google Search Console account, so the numbers reflect real search performance, not estimates.

What you'll see

For each tracked keyword, Search Ranking typically shows:

• Position — roughly where your page ranks in Google's results for that term
• Impressions — how often your page showed up in search results, whether or not someone clicked
• Clicks — how many people actually clicked through to your site
• Trend over time — whether your position is improving, holding steady, or slipping

Why this needs Google Search Console

Google doesn't make ranking and impression data public — it only shares it with the site owner, through Search Console. That's why connecting your Search Console account (covered in Integrations) is a prerequisite for this page to show real data. Without it, Amplefound has no way to know how your specific site performs in Google's results.

How to read it

Look for trends more than individual snapshots. A keyword slowly climbing from position 15 to position 8 over a couple of months is a meaningful sign of progress, even though it's not yet on page one. Sudden drops are worth investigating — check whether a competitor published new content, whether Google made a broader change, or whether the page in question changed recently.

Connecting this to your Keywords

Search Ranking works hand in hand with your Keywords list — the terms you're tracking here are the same ones you manage in Strategy. If you notice a keyword performing especially well or poorly, that's useful signal for deciding what to prioritize next in your Publishing Plan or your next batch of Articles.

A concrete example

If "commercial cleaning services near me" is sitting at position 22 with steady impressions but few clicks, that suggests the page is being found by Google but isn't compelling enough once people see it in the results — a case for improving the page's title and description, rather than assuming the keyword itself is a lost cause.