Identified - What we've identified:
Since September 24, Rank Tracker has shown some keywords dropping sharply or as "Not Found" while they were still ranking on Google. These drops are not real ranking changes and do not reflect your SEO work.
What's happening:
Google changed how it responds to automated ranking checks, and some checks now come back incomplete. This is affecting rank tracking tools across the industry, including ours. Google's September spam update is also causing real ranking changes for some sites, so not every movement this month comes from this issue. We know this landed during month-end reporting, and we're sorry for the trouble it's causing you and your clients.
What we're doing:
- Excluding the affected checks from September 24 to October 2, so false drops won't appear in your rankings, averages, or reports. Affected keywords will show their last confirmed ranking instead.
- Working on a fix for future checks.
Oct 01, 2026 - 16:56 EDT
Since September 24, Rank Tracker has shown some keywords dropping sharply or as "Not Found" while they were still ranking on Google. These drops are not real ranking changes and do not reflect your SEO work.
What's happening:
Google changed how it responds to automated ranking checks, and some checks now come back incomplete. This is affecting rank tracking tools across the industry, including ours. Google's September spam update is also causing real ranking changes for some sites, so not every movement this month comes from this issue. We know this landed during month-end reporting, and we're sorry for the trouble it's causing you and your clients.
What we're doing:
- Excluding the affected checks from September 24 to October 2, so false drops won't appear in your rankings, averages, or reports. Affected keywords will show their last confirmed ranking instead.
- Working on a fix for future checks.
Oct 01, 2026 - 16:56 EDT
Investigating - Since September 24th, some Rank Tracker results have shown keywords as dropping sharply or 'not found' while they were still ranking on Google. This is caused by recent changes in how Google serves results to automated tools, which are affecting rank trackers across the industry, us included.
Our team is actively working to identify a solution, and we'll provide updates as we learn more.
Sep 30, 2026 - 16:51 EDT
Our team is actively working to identify a solution, and we'll provide updates as we learn more.
Sep 30, 2026 - 16:51 EDT
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