Settings
Every field in the Settings sidebar, covering connection, schedule, and performance, explained.
All configuration lives in one sidebar: menu → Settings. Nothing here is stored in a spreadsheet cell. It's saved to the document itself, so it survives even if you clear or rebuild the Dashboard.
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How the API key is stored
Your API key is saved to your own Google account's private storage for this document, not to a shared, document-wide setting. If you and a teammate both install Rank Tracker on the same spreadsheet, you each use your own key, and neither of you can read the other's.
Keep your key private
Never paste your API key into a spreadsheet cell, a shared doc, or a public script. The Settings sidebar is the only place it should ever be typed.
Manual setupoptional
If this spreadsheet previously used an older version of the tool with a manually-built "Settings" sheet, its values are copied into the modern sidebar-based storage automatically the first time settings are read. There's nothing to do on your end, and the old sheet is safe to delete afterward.
Search depth and cost
Search depth is the one setting that directly controls how many SERPHouse credits each rank check costs, because a deeper search scans more result pages, and pages are what's actually billed. Before changing it on a large tracked list, read Credits & Pricing to see the exact formula and a worked example.
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