Share of SERP
Also known as: SERP Share, Share of Voice, Visibility share
The Share of SERP is the share a domain holds of the total top-10 visibility (weighted by position and search volume) for a defined keyword set. It is calculated as the sum of a domain's own position-weighted visibility divided by the sum of the visibility of all domains in the top 10. This makes it possible to quantify how much of the ”SERP pie" a domain occupies — unlike absolute position, the Share of SERP takes the competitive constellation into account.
What the Share of SERP is good for
- Competitor comparison on equal terms — who dominates a topic area?
- Trend observation — is your own share growing, or are competitors eating visibility away?
- Success reporting — share growth is easier to understand than ”position 4 instead of 6".
- Topic cluster diagnosis — per topic cluster (rather than per keyword alone), it becomes clear where the domain is strong or weak.
Classic Share of SERP findings
Three typical patterns: (1) Dominant market leaders often hold a 30–50 % share in their core topic — hard to attack head-on, but avoidable via long tail clusters. (2) Fragmented markets with 5–10 competitors at 5–15 % share each — here, jumps are possible more quickly. (3) Topic cluster specialists with a 0 % share in the broad market but a 25 % share in a sub-niche — the genuine winning strategies.
Share of SERP in the Rankmio position tracker
In the position tracker, per project: for each topic cluster the Share of SERP is calculated across the cluster keyword set, separately for your own domain and for every pinned competitor. A trend chart covering the last 12 weeks shows who is growing and who is shrinking. Where visible jumps occur, a diagnosis is suggested automatically (for example ”competitor X has made a 5-point jump in cluster B — presumably a new pillar page has been published").
Example from practice
Example: Three competitors are fighting over a cluster of 42 keywords: competitor A holds a 28 % share, competitor B 19 %, your own domain 12 %, with the rest distributed. After six months of cluster development (4 new spoke articles, an internal linking refresh, sameAs optimisation): your own domain is at 24 %, competitor A stable at 27 %, competitor B down to 14 %. Classic SERP observation would have shown ”we are on average 2 positions better" — the Share of SERP shows clearly that the visibility shift is running against competitor B, not against A.
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Share of SERP in the position tracker
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