The field notes
Ten notes from watching the board
One question per note: what a tracked keyword costs, which tools look at Bing, what changes on a phone, what a local pack does to the idea of a position, and what Search Console gives you free that no scraper can. Prices are read off the vendors’ own pages and carry the day they were read.
- AccuRanker Review: What $224 a Month BuysA rank tracker that does one job and charges accordingly. What AccuRanker publishes about its plans, what it deliberately leaves unpublished, and the size of list where it starts to make sense.Sep 24, 2026
- Mangools SERPWatcher Review: The Unpriced TrackerSERPWatcher is the rank tracker inside the Mangools bundle, and the one tool on this site whose price cannot be quoted. What is published, what is not, and how to judge it anyway.Sep 24, 2026
- Writesonic AI Visibility Review: 50 Prompts at $79Writesonic now sells prompt monitoring for ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews. What each tier tracks, which assistants are gated to Enterprise, and a pricing page that does not add up.Sep 24, 2026
- Free Rank Trackers: What Actually Exists in 2026Two genuinely free routes, one of which most sites should take. What each covers, what it deliberately withholds, and the point where free stops being enough.Sep 23, 2026
- Search Console vs a Rank Tracker: What Each KnowsOne is free and comes from Google; the other costs money and comes from scraping. They measure different things, and knowing which is which decides whether you need to buy anything.Sep 23, 2026
- Local Rank Trackers: Why One Position Isn't EnoughFor a business with an address, there is no such thing as a position — there is a different position on every street. What geo-grid tools measure and what they cost.Sep 22, 2026
- Rank Tracker Pricing: The Cost of One KeywordEvery rank tracker is sold on features and bought on allowances. The arithmetic that makes six vendors comparable, and the three things that break it.Sep 22, 2026
- Bing Rank Tracking: Worth a Keyword Slot?Tracking Bing costs the same allowance as tracking Google and usually returns less. When the second engine earns its slot, and the free way to find out.Sep 21, 2026
- Mobile Rank Tracking: Two Devices, Two AnswersDesktop and mobile are separate result sets, and tracking only one of them halves what you know. Why the numbers differ, and what a second device costs.Sep 21, 2026
- Enterprise Rank Trackers: Where Prices StopAbove about 25,000 keywords, every vendor stops publishing. What the last published tier costs, what 'contact us' is actually buying, and what to ask for.Sep 20, 2026