Earned traffic
What the articles Rankfender published for you brought: Google impressions, clicks and visits, article by article, against the previous period.
Earned shows what the articles Rankfender wrote and published for you brought: Google clicks and impressions from Search Console and visits from Google Analytics, for each article and in total. Every figure is compared with the period before and set against your whole site, so you see what Rankfender added and whether it is growing.
Without Search Console, the tab says "Connect Google Search Console to see the Google clicks of each article." Without Google Analytics: "Connect Google Analytics to see the visits of each article."
The period in one line
At the top, one sentence says it all, for example: "Over this period, your 24 Rankfender articles earned 18,400 Google impressions, 310 clicks and 420 visits. That's 12% of your site's Google impressions."
"What your Rankfender articles earned"
Totals for the period over every published article. Arrows compare with the previous 7, 28 or 90 days.
| Card | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Published articles | How many are live, how many already appear in Google, how many were published this period, and how many were seen in Google the period before. |
| Impressions | Times they appeared in Google results, their change, their share of your site's Google impressions, and their average position next to what it was. |
| Clicks | Clicks from Google, their change, how many articles were clicked at least once, the click rate next to what it was, and their share of your Google clicks. |
| Sessions | Visits on these articles and their page views, their change, the share of engaged visits and the key events they led to. |
"Article by article"
Best to worst: clicks first, then impressions and visits. Each row has a rank (#), the article, its status, its publication date, Clicks, Impressions, Click rate, Position, Sessions and Views. Clicks, impressions and sessions show their change against the period before. Click a column title to sort; type in "Filter articles…" to find one.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bringing clicks | Clicked at least once from Google in the period. |
| Seen in Google | Shown in Google results, not clicked yet. |
| Too new | Not shown yet, published less than 28 days ago. Google usually needs that long. |
| Not in Google yet | Published more than 28 days ago and not shown in Google results in this period. |
The filters above the table (All, Bringing clicks, Seen in Google, Too new, Not in Google yet) show each status with its count.
Tip
New articles need a few weeks to rank: impressions come first, then clicks. An article that stays "Not in Google yet" is worth a look in Health and in Search Console.
No article yet
Before Rankfender has published anything on your site, the tab shows "No article published yet" with "Open Content". See Content.