SEO Rank Tracking

SEO Rank Tracking

Set up and run an ongoing rank tracking program using Ahrefs MCP data. Stack-agnostic. Produces a tracked keyword set, segmentation, baseline, alert thresholds, and a review cadence.

When to use

• Starting rank tracking for a new property or section
• Baselining before a campaign, content launch, or major site change
• Deciding what keywords are worth tracking
• Setting up a ranking dashboard for stakeholders
• Establishing alert thresholds for ranking drops
• Reviewing whether the current tracked set is still meaningful

When NOT to use

• Keyword discovery (use seo-keyword)
• Competitor keyword analysis (use seo-keyword-gap-audit)
• Diagnosing a ranking change that already happened (use seo-traffic-diagnosis)
• Single-page audits (use seo-onpage)

Required inputs

• Target property
• Target market and language
• Business priorities (which segments matter)
• Existing ranked keywords (Ahrefs Site Explorer)
• Stakeholder reporting cadence (weekly, monthly, quarterly)
• Confirmation of Ahrefs MCP and Rank Tracker access, write access included: workflow step 5 creates Rank Tracker projects

The framework: tracking taxonomy

A good tracked keyword set has structure. Random keyword lists produce noisy dashboards. Segmented keyword sets produce signal.

Group every tracked keyword into one of four buckets.