Check positions and build a keyword watchlist

Before you start

• A Search Console property selected for the business and permission to read it.

Set it up, step by step

1. For a one-off check, open Search positions. Enter the exact phrase and select the available period, country and device options, then Check my position.
2. For saved phrases, open Keyword watchlist in live mode and add an Exact search phrase with optional notes.
3. Saved phrases are checked automatically every week. Press Check now for an extra check, then open its check history and trend line.
4. Keep up to 50 saved phrases per business and up to 30 checks per phrase. Refresh manually when you want another check.

Open Search positions →

In the dashboard menu: Your website → Search positions.

How to use it

One-off position checks support their displayed filters. Watchlist checks use a fixed last-28-complete-day period across all countries and devices.

Compare consistent windows. Repeated checks can overlap heavily, so they are not independent daily rank observations.

What the results mean

Lower average position is better. Adding a suburb to the phrase checks those words; it does not restrict the searcher to that suburb.

No returned impressions does not prove the phrase is unranked or the website is unindexed. Google can omit low-volume queries.

If something goes wrong