Track competitor Google rankings automatically in a spreadsheet

Searches Google for your target keywords in any country and logs who is ranking straight to a spreadsheet.

How the work actually flows

It repeats. Repeats moves to next keyword after pause.

Pattern: Structured Loop (21)

flowchart TD trig(("user runs rank check")):::human s0[("read keywords and countries")]:::store s1["search google for keyword"]:::svc s2["extract ranking site details"]:::task s3[("save results to spreadsheet")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s1 --> s2 s2 --> s3 lp{"all keywords and countries processed"}:::gate s3 --> lp lp -. "moves to next keyword after pause" .-> s1 lp -->|"finished"| out out[/"updated spreadsheet of rankings"/]:::out pay{{"always current competitor ranking data"}}:::pay out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
A stepAn outside serviceA personA record or sheetRepeat or finishResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
SEO & Search OptimizationSpreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google SheetsBright Data

The problem it solves

You need to know who is ranking for your key search terms, but checking Google by hand for every keyword and every market takes forever and the results change constantly. Copying rankings into a spreadsheet by hand is tedious and easy to fall behind on.

Who it fits

SEO professionals, digital marketers, and business analysts tracking competitors across regions.

How it works

  1. Keywords and target countries are read from a spreadsheet
  2. The system searches Google for each keyword in that country
  3. It reads the results page and pulls out each ranking website's details
  4. The findings are saved back into the spreadsheet
  5. A short pause between searches keeps requests within safe limits
What you get

Competitor rankings tracked without lifting a finger

It searches Google for your target keywords across countries and logs who's ranking straight into a spreadsheet.

What you get

An updated spreadsheet showing which sites rank for each keyword, by country.

What you need

A search-data API subscription and a Google Workspace account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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