Does anyone use the Google Custom Search API?
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What has your experience been like with the API? Do you prefer a rank tracking tool? If so, which one?
API: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview
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Hi Rachel,
For my in house website I prefer seomoz tool, just you have insert keyword & URL you will get update whenever they update ranking. I like the short summary which they send in email ( how many keyword are ups and how many down). If you want specific tool just for rank checking then I would recommend "Rank Tracker" from SEO powersuite. I like graphical representation historical ranking. You can check ranking in almost all country for most of the search engine. Sorry Rachel, I haven't tried Google API yet.
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