How to Compare Historical Data

AccuRanker stores historical ranking data so you can compare your current rankings with rankings from an earlier date.

We show your data for one specific day and compare it with another specific day. This lets you see exactly how your rankings and metrics have changed between those two dates.

How to Compare Historical Data Using the Date Picker

You control which dates are compared with Comparing data to in the upper-right corner of AccuRanker. The comparison applies to all data on all tabs in AccuRanker.

Compare today with an earlier date

The quick options under Comparing data to always compare today's data with the data from a specific earlier date.

For example, if you select 1m, AccuRanker compares your numbers today with your numbers from exactly one month ago. The other options work the same way: 1w compares today with one week ago, 2w with two weeks ago, and so on. Hover over each option to see the exact comparison dates.

The comparison is between those two days only. It is not an average or a total across the weeks or months in between.

Compare two specific dates with Custom

If you want to compare two specific dates, select Custom and choose the two exact dates you want to compare.

• The date on the right side is the date your main numbers are shown for.
• The date on the left side is the date those numbers are compared with.

For example, select September 1 on the left and October 1 on the right to see your data for October 1 and how it has changed since September 1.

How to Read the Numbers

The large black numbers in the KPI boxes show your data for today, or for the date selected on the right side when you use Custom. This applies to all data in AccuRanker, for example the rank shown for each keyword on the Keywords tab.

The smaller red and green numbers below show the change between the two dates, both as a number and as a percentage.

• Green means a positive development.
• Red means a negative development.

In the example below, the domain tracks 683 keywords, 144 (26.72%) more than on the comparison date. The average rank is 17.52, which is 0.19 (1.1%) worse than on the comparison date.

This works the same way across all the charts and metrics in AccuRanker.

How to Compare Data over a Period

If you want to compare data over a period, use the Period over Period Comparison table, which you can add on the Dashboard tab. The table compares the average of selected metrics, such as keywords and rank, for one period with the average for another period.

For example, you can compare the average for September 1–30 with the average for October 1–31. Choose 7 days or 30 days, or select Custom to pick the periods yourself.

Use this when you want to see trends over time rather than the change between two specific dates.