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The Manual SEO Trap
Most SEO professionals still do this:

  1. Open Google
  2. Type a keyword
  3. Scroll to find their ranking
  4. Copy‑paste into a spreadsheet
  5. Repeat 50 times a day There’s a better way.

Build a Simple Rank Tracker
This script queries Google for a list of keywords, extracts your position, and logs everything to a CSV – all automatically.

import csv
import time
from datetime import datetime
from talordata import TalorClient

client = TalorClient(api_key="YOUR_TALORDATA_API_KEY")

# Keywords you want to track
keywords = [
    "SERP API",
    "AI search tool",
    "web scraping API",
    "LangChain search"
]

# Your domain to check rankings for
your_domain = "talordata.com"

with open("rankings.csv", "w", newline="") as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f)
    writer.writerow(["keyword", "position", "title", "link", "timestamp"])

    for kw in keywords:
        results = client.search(q=kw, engine="google")

        # Find where your domain appears
        position = None
        for idx, result in enumerate(results.organic, start=1):
            if your_domain in result.link:
                position = idx
                writer.writerow([kw, idx, result.title, result.link, datetime.now()])
                break

        if position is None:
            writer.writerow([kw, "not found", "", "", datetime.now()])

        time.sleep(1)  # Be respectful with rate limits

print("Rankings saved to rankings.csv")
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Schedule It Daily
Use cron (Linux/macOS) or Task Scheduler (Windows) to run this script every morning.

Example cron job (runs at 8 AM daily):

0 8 * * * cd /path/to/script && python rank_tracker.py
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Go Further: Add Alerts
Send a Slack or Telegram notification whenever your ranking drops by more than 3 positions:

# Add this after the ranking check
if position and previous_position and (position - previous_position) > 3:
    send_slack_alert(f"⚠️ Ranking dropped for '{kw}': #{previous_position} → #{position}")
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Cost Estimation
Tracking 50 keywords once a day costs roughly:

  • 50 requests/day × 30 days = 1,500 requests/month
  • TalorData pricing: ~$1.50/month at the 5K tier That’s less than a coffee.

Start tracking your rankings today:
👉 talordata.com – 1,000 free requests included.

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