AI keyword & question research

Find the questions buyers ask AI

Rankbox maps the questions your buyers type into ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google, scores each one for volume, difficulty, and intent, and turns the winnable ones into articles.

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of buyer questions in the first pass
Hundreds
volume, difficulty, and intent per topic
3 scores
search and answer engines mapped
Google + AI
keyword tools to pay for
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Why it matters

Stop writing for keywords nobody asks AI

Classic keyword research was built for ten blue links. Buyers now ask full questions, and the answer engine picks one source to quote.

The old way

Manual, slow, and easy to skip

  • Exporting keyword lists from three different SEO tools
  • Chasing high-volume terms you will never rank for
  • Missing the conversational questions AI engines answer
  • Writing briefs by hand before a word gets drafted

With Rankbox

Answer-Space Research, on autopilot

  • One answer-space map, built from your site in minutes
  • Winnable topics ranked first by volume and difficulty
  • Questions phrased the way ChatGPT and Perplexity parse them
  • Approved topics flow straight to the writer, no briefs
Inside Answer-Space Research

Research that starts where your buyers do

Every topic on your map is a real question, scored for how much demand it has and how winnable it is.

01

Buyer-intent keywords

Surface the prompts and queries real buyers use, not vanity keywords, so every article targets demand that converts.

02

Volume + difficulty scoring

Each topic comes scored for search volume and difficulty, so you target winnable terms first instead of guessing.

03

Built for AI answers

We map question-style queries the way AI engines parse them, so your content is structured to become the cited answer.

How it works

From your URL to a topic map in minutes

  1. 1

    Analyze your space

    Rankbox scans your category, competitors, and the live SERPs and AI answers around your product.

  2. 2

    Cluster the questions

    Hundreds of buyer questions are grouped into themes and ranked by opportunity.

  3. 3

    Hand off to the writer

    Approved topics flow straight into the citation-ready writer, with no manual briefs.

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One engine

Better with the whole engine

Your answer-space map is where the engine starts. Every approved question becomes a brief for the Citation-Ready Writer, and Citation Tracking reports back on which answers you now own.

  1. You’re here

    01

    Answer-Space Research

    Map the exact questions your buyers ask AI and search.

  2. 02

    Brand Voice

    Every article sounds like you, not generic AI.

  3. 03

    Citation-Ready Writer

    Deeply researched, source-backed articles AI loves to quote.

  4. 04

    SEO / GEO Score

    Score every article for both search and AI citations.

  5. 05

    Auto-Publishing

    Finished articles reach your site on a pace you set.

  6. 06

    Authority Backlinks

    Earn high-quality backlinks that grow domain authority.

  7. 07

    Reddit Presence

    Show up helpfully in Reddit threads AI and Google read.

  8. 08

    Citation Tracking

    See where AI answers quote and recommend your brand.

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Key terms

Simple pricing

One plan, your whole growth loop

Research, a new article every day, auto-publishing and authority backlinks, for less than you'd pay for a single freelance article.

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For Google and AI search

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Business

1 website

Everything Rankbox does, in one plan.

$49.50/month

Works out to $1.65 an article, all-in.

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  • 30 articles a month

    A new article researched, written and published every day

  • Answer-space research plan

    Tailored to your buyers

  • 2,500+ word articles

    Source-backed

  • Auto-published

    To your website

  • Images, links and promotion

    Handled for you

  • 30 backlink credits

    From your first paid month

  • Unlimited rewrites

    And team members

Studio

For agencies and founders running several brands

$49.50/extra site a month

Your plan covers your first site. Every other site is $49.50 a month, on the same invoice.

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Add sites from your dashboard once your plan is active.

  • The full plan for every site

    30 articles a month for each one

  • One account, one invoice

    Every site on the same subscription

  • Its own voice and topic map

    For each brand you run

  • Unlimited team members

    No per-seat fee

  • Switch between sites

    From the dashboard

Optimized for
  • Google
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Perplexity
  • Bing
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FAQ

Answer-Space Research questions

Everything you need to know about Answer-Space Research and how it fits into Rankbox.

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Keyword research lists short search terms. Answer-space research maps the full questions buyers ask, the way they type them into ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google, and groups them by intent so each article answers one real question completely.

Most accounts surface hundreds of buyer questions in the first pass, continuously refreshed as your space evolves.

No. Answer-space research is built in, and volume, intent, and difficulty are scored automatically.

Yes. We map question-style queries the way ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews interpret them.

Yes. Add any target query or question and it is scored alongside the topics Rankbox found, then queued for the writer.

See what your buyers are really asking

Start mapping your answer space and turn buyer questions into traffic and citations.

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