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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Social Mention

    Score1 out of 10
    N/ASocial Mention is a free tool which is a kind of Google search for the social web. It provides basic search and alerts across a very broad variety of social channels.N/A

    Whitespark Local Rank Tracker

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ATrack Local SEO Success With Local Rank Tracker The Local Rank Tracker helps companies monitor their performance in search engines and discover new opportunities for improving online visibility. Users can discover where a business dominates in local search results, and track its top competitors to make informed decisions. The vendor states agencies, SMBs, and multi-location businesses use Whitespark's Local Rank Tracker to gain critical insights into their online…

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    Social MentionWhitespark Local Rank Tracker
    Editions & Modules
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    Small Business
    $25
    per month
    Specialist
    $50
    per month
    Agency
    $100
    per month
    Enterprise
    $200
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Social MentionWhitespark Local Rank Tracker
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The pricing table above is based on tracking daily rakings, however, users also have the option to track rankings weekly. Small Business $17 per month Specialist $35 per month Agency $70 per month Enterprise $140 per month
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    User Ratings
    Social MentionWhitespark Local Rank Tracker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Social MentionWhitespark Local Rank Tracker
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Social Mention
    Social Mention is a great tool for monitoring social media. This Tool can also be used to search specifically taking the keywords in the blogs, comments, news etc. It offers a third party API for users. It can be used to send email to clients of their brand performance data. This tool can indicate if your mentions are angry, happy or neutral but the data can't be reliable.
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    Whitespark
    They are a time saver for any agency looking to understand the impact of their local and organic SEO.
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    Pros
    Social Mention
    • Can predict future response from today's number.
    • Let's you judge which types of campaigns to run.
    • Has a very well managed dashboard of results.
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    Whitespark
    • Finds listings on directories
    • Finds press releases that mention brands or business names
    • Helps find bad data
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    Cons
    Social Mention
    • Under the "Free" dashboard you are limited to only receiving weekly results.
    • Can't negate those tags which contain my tags.
    • Lots of tweets missing, no noise filtering. Sometimes we get very old contents which are not needed.
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    Whitespark
    • It would be nice to see a geo-grid of ranking around a location
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Social Mention
    I love that Social Mention is so easy to use. It does not take a long time to learn how to navigate the site when you need information quickly. I don't use it as much in my new job, but I recommend it for basic monitoring and when you need social media information right away
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    Whitespark
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    Usability
    Social Mention
    While it's easy to use and pay for it's totally useless.
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    Whitespark
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    Implementation Rating
    Social Mention
    It doesn't work as well since we changed our name. We used to have a very unique twitter handle etc. so it was easier for social mention to find us. For folks who have unique names it's excellent if you don't it may not be that helpful.
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    Whitespark
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    Alternatives Considered
    Social Mention
    Social Mention streamed everything together, calculated my sentiment for me, allows me to filter what results I am personally looking for, extract my RSS feed and navigate to one of the channels of buzz.
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    Whitespark
    I prefer Link Research Tools' CBLT tool for competitive backlink reports.
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    Return on Investment
    Social Mention
    • The paid-version actually had a negative ROI for us as it would sometimes feed us topically inappropriate articles and didn't allow us to filter by source so as to eliminate inappropriate blogs and inappropriate news sources (like highly politically partisan ones).
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    Whitespark
    • The results are compelling for my presentations
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    ScreenShots

    Whitespark Local Rank Tracker Screenshots

    Screenshot of Rankings Campaign Overview - View your rankings across the different result types (Google Pack, Google Local Finder, Google Organic, etc) and see your aggregate rankings for the selected period.  This area provides you with insights on your ranking distribution, calculates your visibility score, and keyword progress.Screenshot of Ranking Results Table - This area provides a break down of your campaign.  Here you'll see what keywords are ranking and for which location, and the matched URL or phone number to that result.Screenshot of Filters -Segment your ranking data by specific keywords or keyword groups, location, URL or phone number.Screenshot of Competitor Comparison - See how you stack up against your top competitors. Use this data to identify areas of improvement for your business and outrank the competition.Screenshot of Keyword Comparison - Review keyword progress over time for your top most important keyword terms.Screenshot of Campaign Setup - Here's where all the finer details go. Tracking locations are setup individually based on Zip/Postal Code or geo-coordinates.