# Rank tracking in the dashboard > Create a tracker, understand the cost line, choose a schedule, and read the results. Source: https://docs.indexzero.site/guides/rank-tracking Rank tracking records where a domain ranks for a set of keywords each time a check runs. The agent tools are documented under [Rank tracking](/tools/rank-tracking), including the [cost model](/tools/rank-tracking#the-cost-model). This page is the dashboard view of the same thing. ## Creating a tracker [#creating-a-tracker] Open **Rank Tracking** in the project sidebar and choose New tracker. The two-step dialog asks for: * **Keywords**, up to 1,000, one per line. * **Market**: the country and language, from the same picker as research. Optionally a **City** in canonical form (`Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,United States`), which switches the tracker to city-level local results. For local trackers, keyword volumes come from Google Ads at that city, the only source with city-level numbers. * **Devices**: Desktop + Mobile (the default, two checks per keyword), desktop, or mobile. * **Depth**: Top 10, 20 (default), 30, 50, or 100. * **Schedule**: daily, weekly (default), monthly, or manual. Before you confirm, the dialog shows the cost of one check and, for a schedule, the projected monthly cost: daily counts 30 checks a month, weekly 4, monthly 1. Scheduled checks use the provider's task queue and cost about 30% of a manual check. Manual trackers with a Check now button work on every plan, including Free. Daily, weekly, and monthly schedules require Starter or above. Trackers are counted workspace-wide: on Free, on Starter, on Pro, on Scale. ## Checking now [#checking-now] **Check now** on a tracker's page shows the exact credit cost and asks you to approve it. The approved figure is a ceiling: the run re-estimates before spending and aborts if the real cost would exceed it. Only one check per tracker runs at a time. ## How schedules run [#how-schedules-run] A new schedule is given a random time between 04:00 and 09:00 UTC so checks spread across the day. Later runs advance from the previous scheduled time, so a delayed run does not drift the schedule; monthly checks land on the last day of the month. A scheduled check is skipped, and the reason recorded on the tracker, when the workspace is out of credits, the plan no longer includes scheduling, or the tracker has no keywords. ## Reading results [#reading-results] A tracker's page shows the keyword table with the latest position per device, a position matrix across runs, a trend chart, per-keyword history, and the list of runs. A blank position means the domain was not found within the tracker's depth. Removing a keyword keeps its history, so re-adding it later loses nothing.