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Haloscan is a powerful SEO analysis tool that provides insights into keyword rankings, domain metrics, and related searches.

Overview

This node operation 'Get Domain Position History' retrieves the historical ranking positions of a specified domain or URL for various keywords over a given date range. It is useful for SEO professionals and digital marketers who want to analyze how a domain's keyword rankings have changed over time, identify trends, and make informed decisions to improve search engine visibility. For example, a user can input a domain and specify a date range to get a detailed history of keyword positions, filtered and sorted by various SEO metrics.

Use Case Examples

  1. Track the ranking history of a competitor's domain to understand their SEO performance over the last year.
  2. Analyze your own website's keyword position changes over the past six months to identify successful SEO strategies or areas needing improvement.

Properties

Name Meaning
Input Requested URL or domain to retrieve position history for.
Date From Start date for the historical data in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Date To End date for the historical data in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Page Page number for paginated results.
Line Count Maximum number of results to return.
Mode Specifies whether to look for a domain, root domain, URL, or auto-detect.
Order By Field used to sort the results, such as traffic, position, volume, etc.
Additional Fields Additional optional filters and parameters to refine the query, such as keyword inclusion/exclusion regex, min/max values for various SEO metrics, date filters, and sorting order.

Output

JSON

  • data - Array of historical keyword position records for the specified domain or URL.

Dependencies

  • An API key credential for Haloscan API

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure the input domain or URL is correctly formatted and accessible.
  • Verify that the date range (Date From and Date To) is valid and in YYYY-MM-DD format.
  • Check API key credentials and permissions to ensure access to the domain position history endpoint.
  • If no data is returned, try adjusting filters or increasing the line count and page parameters.

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