SEO and AI search for new websites

A new website, not an empty one

A new domain starts with a few pages, no links and no history to plan from. Rankbox finds the questions buyers ask AI engines about your topic and writes sourced answers in the voice you set, before launch day. When Google indexes them is still up to Google.

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In short

What is Rankbox for new websites?

Rankbox for new websites is an AI content engine for sites with no traffic, no links and no publishing history yet. Before launch, it researches the questions buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews about your topic, writes source-backed articles in a brand voice you set, scores each one for SEO and GEO, and queues up to 30 a month on your schedule. It can't make Google crawl or index a new site any faster, and it doesn't report rankings or AI citations; Google Search Console shows indexing and search performance.

articles on one site, from the first month
30/mo
words in each article, with its sources cited
2,000–3,500
scores on every draft before it can ship
SEO + GEO
set up a site that isn't public yet, by hand
Pre-launch
Day zero

What a brand-new site starts with

Not a strategy problem. A starting-from-zero one: no data to plan from, few pages to find, and nobody pointing at you yet.

  • 01

    No search history to tell you what to write.

    Research starts from your topic, not your analytics: the questions buyers already ask AI engines, grouped by what they're trying to do.

  • 02

    Launch day ships four pages and an empty blog.

    The first articles are written, scored and edited before launch, so the site can open with answers on it.

  • 03

    No back catalogue to copy a voice from.

    You set the voice per site, tone, audience and product details, and every draft is written to it from the first one.

  • 04

    Nobody links to, or talks about, a site nobody has seen.

    Paid plans add a backlink-exchange allowance and Reddit reply drafts you post yourself. Both are rolling out, and neither promises a link or a mention.

Launch runway

From the domain to month two

Google says crawling can take from a few days to a few weeks, and a recrawl request is no promise of inclusion. So the plan front-loads the part you control.

Your clock

What you and Rankbox control

  1. Setup

    Describe the site, set the voice

    Add the domain. If Rankbox can't read it yet, type the brand and what it does yourself, then set tone, audience and product details.

  2. Before launch

    Write the first answers

    Approve the research. Drafts arrive scored for SEO and GEO, and wait in the editor for your edit.

  3. Launch day

    Connect, publish, submit

    A developer connects the publishing API once, the first articles go live, and you submit the sitemap to Search Console and Bing.

  4. Weeks 1 to 4

    Keep the queue, watch Search Console

    New articles keep arriving on your dates while Google crawls. Search Console's page indexing report shows what's in.

Google's clock

Nothing public to crawl yet

“Crawling can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.”

Google Search Central, page updated 10 Dec 2025

Who does what

What runs from day one, and what stays yours

Rankbox takes the research and the writing. The launch, the final word and the measuring stay with you, and some things run on nobody's schedule but the engines'.

Rankbox runs from day one

  • Answer-space research

    The questions buyers put to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews about your topic, found before you have search data of your own.

  • Sourced drafts in your voice

    Long-form articles of about 2,000 to 3,500 words, written to the tone, audience and product details you set, citing their sources.

  • SEO and GEO scores

    Each draft graded for search and for how ready it is to be quoted in an AI answer, before it can go out.

  • A queue on your dates

    Up to 30 articles a month, written ahead and scheduled, ready for your site to pull through the API once it's live.

Stays yours

  • The voice and the facts

    There's no back catalogue to learn from, so you set the voice, and you check every claim about your own product.

  • Launch-day setup

    A developer connects the publishing API once. You verify the site in Search Console and submit the sitemap.

  • Every publish

    You review drafts in the editor and decide what goes live, and when.

  • Measuring

    Search Console and your analytics show indexing, clicks and AI referrals. Rankbox doesn't report rankings or citations.

Nobody can rush

Not us, not an agency. These run on the engines' schedules, and the page says so.

  • Crawling and indexing a new domain
  • Rankings, and when they move
  • Whether an AI answer cites you

And Rankbox doesn't

  • Report rankings or AI citations
  • Audit or fix the site's technical setup
  • Build links through outreach
  • Promise a result
Off your own domain

A footprint from a standing start

A new domain has no one pointing at it. Paid plans include two allowances for that. Both are still rolling out, and both are allowances, not results.

Backlink exchange

Rolling out · paid plans

30 credits a month

Member sites carry relevant links to one another's pages inside the articles Rankbox writes for them. Credits move only when a link is verified live, no link is ever returned directly, and with no topical match no link is placed.

Link targets

Sample

/guides/herbs-without-a-sunny-window

Waiting for a member site on a related topic

How the exchange works

Reddit reply drafts

Rolling out · paid plans

30 drafts a month

Rankbox finds threads on your topic and drafts a helpful reply that says who you are. You post it from your own account; Rankbox never posts and holds no Reddit login.

Best herbs for a kitchen that gets no direct sun?

Sample

Mint, parsley and chives cope with bright indirect light far better than basil or rosemary. Keep them within a metre or so of the window and turn the pots every few days.

Disclosure: I work on Sprigwell, an indoor herb kit.

DraftYou post it yourself
About Reddit presence

Why Reddit: Profound, an AI search analytics company, reported that Reddit was the most-cited domain across the answer engines it tracks from August 2024 to late October 2025, from over 4 billion citations. It's vendor data, published with Reddit. Profound, 10 Nov 2025

Free launch-day checks

Rankbox doesn't audit sites. These free tools help

The basics a new site needs before engines can read it, as free tools with no account and no sign-up. Run them once on launch day, and again after big changes.

All free tools
Features

The four parts a new site leans on

The whole product runs either way. These matter most when the site has no history.

Launch budget

What you don't have to hire before launch

A new site's content plan is usually a strategist, a few freelancers and a tool for each step, paid for before the site earns anything.

  • Content strategistDeciding what the first articles should answer
  • Question research toolTopic discovery for a market you're new to
  • Freelance writersBriefs, drafts and revisions for a launch backlog
  • Brand voice guideWritten once so every article sounds like one company
  • On-page SEO checkerGrading each draft before it goes live

One plan is $49.50 a month for one site and 30 articles, with research, voice, scoring and the publishing API included. It doesn't replace the developer who connects the site, your analytics, or a technical audit.

Price

One site, one plan

$49.50a month per site

  • 30 articles a month, on your schedule
  • Answer-space research and a brand voice per site
  • SEO and GEO scores on every draft
  • The publishing API, for any site a developer can connect
  • 30 exchange credits and 30 Reddit drafts a month, rolling out, paid plans only
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The trial covers one site and 7 articles.

Launching more than one site? Once the plan is paid, Studio adds each extra site for $49.50 a month on the same invoice, with a full plan of its own.

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FAQ

Questions new site owners ask first

Sources, checked 10 Nov 2026

No. Rankbox researches, writes and schedules articles; it can't make Google crawl or index a site any sooner. Google's own documentation says crawling can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, and that requesting a recrawl is no promise a page will be included at all. Submit a sitemap, check the page indexing report in Search Console, and give it time.

Yes. Add the domain in onboarding. If Rankbox can't read the site yet, you type the brand name and what it does yourself, and add keywords by hand if the analysis comes back empty. Finished articles wait in Rankbox until your site is live and pulling them.

Today articles reach your site through the Rankbox publishing API, which a developer sets up once, and plugins for Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, Square, and Framer are in development. Once it's connected, your site pulls finished articles with their titles, slugs and meta when it builds or on a schedule, so articles written before launch can go out on launch day.

No. Rankbox doesn't track rankings, AI citations or AI mentions. Google counts clicks and impressions from AI Overviews and AI Mode in Search Console's Performance report, under the Web search type, and your analytics can show visits referred by AI assistants.

There's no proven number, and we won't invent one. A sensible start is one article for each of the main questions in your topic, then a steady schedule after launch. The plan allows up to 30 a month; the trial covers 7.

They open with your first paid invoice, not during the trial, and both are still rolling out. The exchange gives 30 credits a month and places a link only where a member site's article is on a related topic. Reddit gives 30 reply drafts a month, each saying who you are; you post them yourself, and Rankbox never posts.

$49.50 a month for one site, with 30 articles, research, brand voice, scoring and publishing included. Start with a 7-day free trial. A card is required, and you're charged $49.50/month 7 days after you start, unless you cancel first.

It doesn't build or host the site, run technical audits, fix how pages render, submit sitemaps, track rankings or citations, manage listings or reviews, or build links through outreach. Some launch-day checks are covered by free Rankbox tools that need no account: a sitemap generator, a robots.txt tester and an AI search readiness check.
Bing Webmaster Tools and AI indexingHow to measure GEOUsing Reddit for SEO, by the rules

Other situations

Not starting from zero?

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New websitesYou’re hereLaunch with answers already written, not an empty blog.
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Build the authority AI engines trust

Key terms

Open the site with answers on it

Add the domain, live or not yet, and see the questions your first articles would answer.

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