Search engines and locations settings

You can change location settings if the SE supports this feature. Usually, one can change:

• device type (PC / Phone in Yandex and PC / Phone / Tablet in Google);
• search engine interface language;
• depth of scanning;
• search engine mode, including checking in "live" search.

You can also disable or delete location or search engine altogether, and export or import locations.

How to change settings of SE and locations

1. Go toRank Tracker.
2. Clickon the toolbar.
3. PressSearch engines and locations in the drop‑down list.

UI Map

1. Device type (PC / Smartphone / Tablet) and SE interface language (in Google).
2. Depth of scanning.
3. Disable or delete SE and locations.
4. Export or import SE and locations.

Device type

Desktop and mobile rankings may be different. For example, if you're searching for something on your phone, you may want more local results because you're on the go. You can check rankings in the mobile SERP of Yandex and Google.

To change devices, click on one of the icons and select the necessary one.

Search mode

In the Yandex search engine, you can choose search engine mode: XML, HTML, or SERP. To change the mode, click on the device icon and the current mode, then select the desired mode from the list. To use multiple modes simultaneously, add the region multiple times.

Interface language

In Google, Bing, as well as on YouTube, App Store and Google Play, you can change a language used in SERP.

To change language, click on selected language and select the new language from the list.

Depth of parsing

Depth of parsing

The number of documents (URLs) the robot will check. For example, if you select the depth of 200, the robot will check the first 200 URLs and search among them for the URL you specified.

The maximum depth in Google — 50, in Yandex, PC SERP — 250, Yandex, mobile SERP — 50.

Dynamic parse depth in Google

Yandex and Google have different pricing depending on the parse depth. In Yandex, checking one keyword includes a position check with a depth of 100, while in Google, it's a depth of 10. This is because when checking in Google, the crawler only receives 10 results per query. If a Yandex search costs N for the Top‑100 results, in Google, it costs N*5 for the Top‑50 results.

Algorithm Features:

• If competitor checking is enabled, their positions are also taken into account — the crawler can continue checking until it has collected data on their positions;
• When collecting Snapshots (SERP Tops), the dynamic algorithm is not used, as in this mode, all sites are always collected up to the end of the selected depth;
• Since a site's rank is unknown in advance, refunds are made through daily cashback to a bonus account in Topvisor;
• Cashback is set at 00:05 Moscow time every day.

How to disable or delete SE and locations

Turn off a search engine or location to suspend checks on them. You can turn them on any time.

If you disable or delete a search engine or location, you won't see the history for it in Rank Tracker. To display history again, enable or add deleted locations to a project. Check history will be loaded automatically.

How to export or import SE and locations

1. Go toSettings.
2. Move toSearch engines.
3. Click on Import or Export.

You can load search engines and locations into a project from a file. This will come in handy if you need to add many locations.

You can also export SE and locations from one project and load them into another. But it is easier to copy a project: SE and locations are copied automatically. How to copy a project →

How to prepare a file for import

• file must have .csv format;
• file encoding — utf‑8 or windows‑1251, and it must match encoding in the account;
• you must specify a semicolon as a separator, regardless of the separator in the account.

In the file, you can specify:

• search engine;
• location;
• domain;
• interface language;
• device type;
• checking depth.

Mostly, you only need to specify a search engine and location. Other data will be set by default.

For example, to import Yandex and Google with regions Moscow and St. Petersburg, PC device, specify these values in the file:

0;Moscow
0;Saint‑Petersburg
1;Moscow
1;Saint‑Petersburg