Create your first project

To create your first project we have created a procedure that will guide you step by step and explain everything you need to know to get the most out of our data. Follow the steps below:

1. Enter your website URL

Step 1 of the TrueRanker project wizard: the “What is your website URL?” field with trueranker.com typed into it, next to a Save button.

Enter the URL of the project

2. Add keywords to your project

Continue adding the keywords you want to monitor on your website. There are several ways to add keywords to your project. Let’s take a look at all of them and explain this part of the process in detail.

Step 2 of the wizard: the keyword box and the import buttons on the left, the location, device-type and tag controls on the right, with a 0/55 keywords-added counter above them.

Add keywords to your first project

Keywords input of my project

This is the box at the top left of the screen. In this box, you can add keywords manually. All the keywords you add in this box will be added to your project.

The “Add keywords to” box, one keyword per line, with three rank-tracking keywords typed into a numbered ten-line field.

Keywords input box

Import keywords from Google Search Console

Click on the “G Search Console” button and access your project’s keywords in Google Search Console. Choose the country and click on the keyword to add it to your keyword list.

The list of keywords suggested from Google Search Console, each with its impression count and a plus button, above the country selector.

Import keywords from Google Search Console

Import keywords from a CSV or text file

You can also enter the keywords in your project from a file. Click on the “CSV / txt” button and choose the file. The keywords will be added to the keyword box of your project.

TrueRanker Keyword Suggestions

If you don’t want to connect your project with Google Search Console, TrueRanker will give you suggestions of keywords found in our database. You can add those keywords to your project by clicking on them.

TrueRanker’s own suggested keywords for the project, each with a plus button that adds it to the keyword list.

TrueRanker keywords suggestions

What if TrueRanker does not suggest any keywords?

If this happens, it is because we did not find any keyword in our database for which your project is ranking in Google. In this case, we advise you to add the keywords by hand or from Google Search Console.

Choose the location or locations where you want to monitor the position of the keywords

With TrueRanker you can monitor the position of your keywords in more than 100,000 locations.

The location picker outlined in red: United States and New York already added as chips, and an open dropdown offering four Springfield matches in different states.

Select one or more locations to monitor the positions of your keywords.

You can choose a country, a province, a locality, etc. By default, the country you have registered with TrueRanker will be added as the location. If you want you can delete that location and add another one.

Select the type of device where you want to monitor your keywords

You can monitor your keywords on the Desktop (simulating the search from a computer) or from mobile (simulating the search from a mobile device). You can also choose the option to monitor keywords on both devices (this will count as 2 keywords for your project).

The device selector with three options — Desktop, Mobile and Both — and Desktop selected.

Choose device type

What type of device should I choose for my project?

The best thing to do is to find out what devices people are using to reach your website. You can see this data in Google Analytics. If you have more users visiting your website via computer, choose “Desktop”. If not, choose “Mobile”.

Group your keywords by adding tags to your keywords (optional)

You can add tags to the keywords you are going to add directly to categorize them later. This will give you a better overview of the data for each keyword group.

3. Add competitors to your project

One of the best TrueRanker modules is the competitor’s module. With TrueRanker you will be able to track the keyword positions of your competitors in your same project. This is very useful to see how the SEO strategy of companies competing with you for the same keywords is evolving.

Step 3 of the wizard: the competitor box with one URL typed in, TrueRanker’s list of suggested competitor domains below it, and the Create project button.

Add competitors to your first project

Initially, TrueRanker will suggest a list of competitors with which you have keywords in common. You can add competitors to this list by clicking on them.

You can also add competitors manually by adding the URL.

4. Create a project

When you have added your competitors, click on the “Create project” button. From that moment on, your project will be created and our tool will start monitoring data on your project’s keywords.

The finished project’s keyword table: one row per keyword and location, with position, change, the 7/30/90-day trend, search volume, CPC, impressions and average position.

New project data