Rank Tracking skill

The skill file

---
name: rank-tracking
description: Set up keyword rank tracking that shows real trends — segmented, deduplicated, and tied to pages — instead of daily noise.
owner: Moonrank SEO Agent
---

# Rank Tracking

Most rank tracking is a daily anxiety feed: 500 keywords, ±3 positions of noise,
and no idea what any of it means. Tracking done right answers one question —
is the strategy working — and stays quiet otherwise.

## When to use
- You check rankings daily and still can't say whether SEO is improving.
- Stakeholders react to every wobble because the tracker can't tell noise from trend.
- Keywords rank but nobody knows which page ranks for which, or when that changes.

## Inputs
- **Required:** the keyword set with the page each keyword maps to, and the market (country, device).
- **Optional:** Search Console access, to check tracked positions against real impressions.

What is the Rank Tracking skill?

The Rank Tracking skill is how Moonrank's SEO Agent turns rank data into decisions: a curated keyword set mapped to pages, segments where trends actually show, 14-day confirmation rules that kill the noise, and alerts only when something real moves.

It's written as a SKILL.md, a plain-language instruction format that people and AI agents can both follow. Read it to rebuild your own tracking, or let the SEO Agent set up the segments, watch the positions, and send the weekly digest.

Downloading the playbook is free with a Moonrank account. Watching positions daily so you only hear about confirmed moves is what the SEO Agent does for you.

See it in action

From input to fix list

1. 1

   You provide keywords and pages

   The keyword set, the page each one should rank with, and the market to track.

2. 2

   Moonrank curates and segments

   Duplicates collapsed, dead queries cut, the rest grouped by topic, intent, and funnel stage.

3. 3

   It baselines and watches

   Starting positions recorded, 7-day averages trended, moves confirmed over 14 days.

4. 4

   It reports only what's real

   A weekly digest of confirmed moves, URL swaps, and segment trends — and silence otherwise.

Everything it checks

When to reach for it

• Answer 'are rankings improving?' with a trend instead of a shrug.
• Stop stakeholders reacting to every daily wobble.
• Catch Google swapping which page ranks before conversions dip.
• Cut a bloated 500-keyword tracker down to the set that matters.
• See a strategy working at segment level while single keywords bounce.

Frequently asked questions