Rankow
SEO content engine · English-language markets

Publish less.
Rank more.

Rankow turns competitor data into a page-level plan, writes every article to the same quality floor, publishes it, and proves what worked with Search Console.

Automatic publishing live on Shopify · 28-day feedback loop

Sample run · not live data

Today's run

Cycle 04 · 120 page units

In progress

Discovery

12 competitor domains · 12,000 candidates

09:00done

Planning

120 page units · 8 hubs

09:02done

Writing

Draft 03 / 10 · 3,000+ words

09:24running

Quality gate

4 / 4 checks passed

09:26passed

Publish

Shopify · scheduled 14:00

—queued

Feedback

Search Console · 28-day read

—pending
62%

Pages tracked

14

Index rate

57%

Words drafted

3,000+

Shopify Admin API

Automatic publishing is live today

Search Console

28-day performance feedback

DataForSEO

Keyword and SERP data

The gap

Three gaps that volume cannot close.

Most content programs fail before writing starts. The rest fail because nobody reads the data after publishing.

01

Keywords are not a plan.

A list of 12,000 keywords tells you what people search. It does not tell you which pages to build, which pages compete with each other, or which one comes first.

02

Word count is not quality.

A 3,000-word draft can still say nothing new. Length is a floor, not a finish line. Without information gain, volume becomes filler at scale.

03

Publishing is not proof.

Without post-publish feedback, every article is a guess. No index rate, no position movement, no decision about what to do next.

The loop

One loop. Four decisions.

Each step has an input and a deliverable. Nothing runs on vibes.

Discover → Plan → Write → Prove
Every cycle, measured at 28 days

Step 01

Discover

Input

12 competitor domains + a seed set

Output

12,000 keyword candidates

Step 02

Plan

Input

Entities × intent + hub rules

Output

120 page units per cycle

Step 03

Write

Input

Page brief + 3,000-word floor

Output

A draft that passes the gate

Step 04

Prove

Input

Search Console at 28 days

Output

Keep, refresh, retitle, or roll back

Deep dive · 01

12 competitors. 12,000 keywords. 120 pages.

The candidate pool is deliberately larger than the output. Twelve competitor domains and a seed set produce a 12,000-keyword pool, which the planner collapses into 120 page units per cycle.

  • Hub-first. Category and hub pages are planned before supporting articles.
  • Pillar gate. A pillar page needs more than 50k monthly volume or keyword difficulty above 40.
  • One intent, one page. Entities and intents are split so pages do not compete with each other.
See how pages are planned

Candidate pool → plan

Cycle 04
Competitor domains12

Set at onboarding

Keyword candidates12,000

Capped and volume-ranked

Page units per cycle120

Planned, not dumped

Page units

HUB

Ceramic cookware

HUB

Cast iron care

SPOKE

Seasoning

SPOKE

Rust removal

Sample plan · illustrative data

Deep dive · 02

The gate before publish.

Every draft has a 3,000-word floor. Before it can be published it also has to pass an information-gain check: at least one of four signals that the page adds something the ranking pages do not.

  • Comparison table
  • Specification numbers
  • Verifiable source
  • Craft detail

We audited 37 published articles on our customer-zero site. The floor held: nothing under 3,000 words was indexed.

Read the writing gate

Quality gate

Pass
3,000-word floor
3,000+ wordspass
Comparison table
Presentpass
Specification numbers
Presentpass
Verifiable source
2 citationspass
Craft detail
2 examplespass

Under 3,000 words

0 / 7

indexed

3,000 words or more

17 / 30

indexed (57%)

Audit of 37 articles · one site · not a ranking guarantee

Deep dive · 03

Search Console closes the loop.

After publish, every page is measured at 28 days. Index rate, position, and clicks decide what happens next. No opinion required.

Day 0

Publish with a stored snapshot

Day 14

Refresh eligibility opens

Day 28

Position and index read

Day 90

Cooldown ends before another edit

Index rate below 70%

The queue throttles until indexation recovers.

Position drops more than 3

The previous snapshot can be restored.

Read the feedback loop

Search Console · 28 days

Sample

Tracked page

Positions 5–20

Impression-weighted
Day 0Day 14Day 28
cast iron carepos 5–20Retitled
ceramic vs cast ironimp ≥ 100Refreshed
seasoning a skilletdrop > 3Rollback

Sample chart · index rate 57% from the 37-article audit

The difference

Built to answer one question.

Why buy planning, a quality floor, and feedback instead of another monthly batch of articles?

Full comparison
Rankow compared with volume-first AI tools and agencies
DimensionVolume-first AI toolsAgenciesRankow
Plan basisKeyword lists and search volumeResearch and an editorial calendarEntity × intent page units, hubs first
Quality gateA word-count targetEditorial review3,000-word floor + information gain
Post-publish feedbackRank tracking in a dashboardA monthly reportSearch Console read at 28 days
Old content refreshAd hoc regenerationHandled on request14-day eligibility, 90-day cooldown
RollbackNot a standard featureDepends on the contractSnapshot rollback after a >3 position drop
Pricing modelSeat or word bundlesMonthly retainerCustom, scoped per cycle

Every Rankow claim links to the product section that implements it.

Plans

Scoped by work, not seats.

Every plan runs the same engine. Scope decides the quote.

Starter

A first cycle on a first content section.

Price

Custom

Talk to sales
Most common

Growth

Continuous cycles across an established content program.

Price

Custom

Talk to sales

Scale

Multiple sites and editorial teams with a shared standard.

Price

Custom

Talk to sales

No public price list. Scope is agreed after a demo.

See what every plan includes

Questions

Answers, without a slide deck.

If your question is not here, ask it on a 20-minute call. We will answer with the implementation, not a promise.

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How is Rankow different from an AI writing tool?

A writing tool starts with a prompt. Rankow starts with competitor data, plans the page set first, and refuses to publish below a 3,000-word floor without an information-gain signal. The draft is the middle of the loop, not the product.

Does Rankow publish automatically?

Yes on Shopify, through the Admin API, with SEO metafields, JSON-LD, and WebP images. On other platforms Rankow produces publish-ready drafts and structured data for your team to ship. Automatic publishing is live for Shopify today.

Who approves the articles?

You do. Every cycle passes through your review before publishing. Rankow handles discovery, planning, drafting, quality checks, and measurement; your team owns brand voice and exceptions.

How soon can we see results?

Performance is read at 28 days using Search Console data. Ranking movement depends on your site, competition, and indexation. We report what the data shows rather than promise a position.

What happens if a page loses position?

If a tracked page drops more than three positions at the 28-day check, Rankow can roll back to the snapshot taken before the last change. URLs never change in the process.

Do we need an existing blog?

Not necessarily. Rankow plans new page units from competitor coverage, and existing posts are audited and refreshed instead of duplicated. A content section makes the first cycle easier to ship, but it is not required.

Start here

See the plan before you commit.

Book a 20-minute session. We will walk through a page-level plan built from your competitors, not a deck.

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