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The next-generation blogging CMS built to rank on Google and in AI answers

Launch your company blog on a custom domain, a subdomain or a /blog subfolder. Ranken handles hosting, technical SEO and AI search, and its agent writer drafts articles whenever you want a hand.

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A short tour of Ranken: set up a blog on your own domain, write or draft an article, check its SEO score and publish it.

Write once, get found wherever buyers ask.
Every Ranken article is structured for search engines and the AI assistants that answer questions.

THE SHIFT TO AI SEARCH.

Billions of questions now go to AI first.
Make your blog the answer it cites.

ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Gemini answer with pages they can crawl, understand and trust. Ranken publishes every article in a format they can read and quote.

ChatGPT logoweekly ChatGPT users
900M
Google logomonthly AI Overviews users
2.5B
Google logomonthly AI Mode users
1B+
Gemini logomonthly Gemini app users
950M

Sources: OpenAI (February 2026), Google I/O (May 2026) and Alphabet Q2 2026 earnings (July 2026).

What is Ranken?

Ranken is a next-generation blogging CMS for businesses. It hosts your company blog on a custom domain, a subdomain like blog.yourcompany.com or a subfolder like yourcompany.com/blog, and builds SEO and AI search readiness into every page it publishes.

Schema markup, sitemaps, canonical URLs, llms.txt, a live SEO score and one-click indexing come standard. When your team wants help with content, the built-in agent writer researches topics and drafts articles you can edit and approve.

To host your blog: domain, subdomain or /blog
3ways
On-page SEO checks on every article
6checks
To request Google indexing for a post
1click
Free plan forever, no card needed
$0to start
A CMS BUILT FOR SEARCH.

One CMS for your whole company blog.

Write in a clean editor, publish on your own domain and let Ranken take care of hosting, speed, technical SEO and indexing. No plugins, no developer, no maintenance.

Your blog on your domain, subdomain or /blog

Every blog looks like the brand behind it

An agent writer when you want a hand

FROM SIGNUP TO RANKING.

How Ranken takes you from signup to ranking

Six steps, from a new account to a blog that brings in search traffic. You focus on what to publish. Ranken handles the hosting, technical SEO, AI search readiness and indexing.

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  1. 01

    Create your account

    1 minute

    Sign up free with your email, no card needed. Upgrade to Starter or Pro when you want your own domain, with a 4-day free trial.

  2. 02

    Connect your domain

    5 minutes

    Start on a free ranken.blog address, then use a custom domain, a subdomain like blog.yourcompany.com or a subfolder like yourcompany.com/blog. SSL, hosting and the sitemap are set up for you.

  3. 03

    Brand your blog

    Same day

    Pick a template and add your logo, colors, fonts and language. The blog looks like part of your website, not like a third-party platform.

  4. 04

    Publish your first articles

    Day 1

    Write in the editor or ask the agent writer for a researched draft. Every article gets a live SEO score, schema markup and clean URLs before it goes live.

  5. 05

    Get indexed by Google

    First week

    Request indexing in one click. The indexing table shows which articles Google has picked up and which still need attention.

  6. 06

    Grow rankings and leads

    Every week after

    Keep publishing on your schedule while forms and buttons inside each post turn new readers into leads. Rankings compound as your library grows.

The SEO work an agency bills for, done automatically

A look inside Ranken: the settings, checks and automations that run behind every article you publish.

Publish in your language and market.

Choose from 6 languages and 39 countries, and every page, date and article follows them.

Connect to your website.

Go live on your domain, a subdomain or /blog, on WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Framer and more.

An SEO check on every draft.

The score climbs as each check passes, with a fix for the rest.
Starter and Pro

Seen by AI assistants.

ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini can read and quote every article.

Autopilot when you want it.

The agent writer researches topics and drafts articles for you to review.

See what brings readers in.

Insights show your visitors, top pages and every source, from Google to ChatGPT.
Starter and Pro

One blogging platform for every kind of business

Ranken fits the blog to your brand, market and language. Here are articles the businesses that use it most publish on their blogs.

  • SaaS and startups

    Build domain authority from day one by answering the problems your product solves.

    Article ideas

    • How to automate invoice reminders
    • Best tools for remote onboarding

  • Online stores

    Send buyers to product pages with guides, comparisons and buying advice that rank.

    Article ideas

    • How to choose running shoes for flat feet
    • Best gifts under $50 for coffee lovers

  • Agencies

    Run a fast, SEO-ready blog for each client. The Agency plan for several blogs in one account is coming soon.

    Article ideas

    • Local SEO checklist for dentists
    • How much does a website redesign cost?

  • Local businesses

    Answer the questions people in your city search before they call, in your own language.

    Article ideas

    • How often should you service an air conditioner?
    • What to ask a wedding photographer

  • Consultants and creators

    Turn your expertise into articles that bring inbound clients while you focus on the work.

    Article ideas

    • How to prepare for the PMP exam
    • Agile coaching for small teams

  • B2B companies

    Publish the long-form answers buyers read during research, with lead forms that feed your pipeline.

    Article ideas

    • ERP vs spreadsheets for growing teams
    • How to calculate total cost of ownership

Blogs built with Ranken

Live blogs on their owners' domains, each with its own brand, language and audience. Open one and see the result.

Teams that stopped writing every post by hand

What founders and marketers say after moving their blog to Ranken.

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Set up in 10 minutes. The AI understood my niche right away and the first draft was ready the same day. Now I mostly review and approve.
Karim A.
SaaS Founder
I was paying an agency for content. With Ranken I get more articles per month, each one SEO-scored before publishing, for a fraction of the cost.
Priya N.
E-commerce Owner
I publish in French and English without extra work. Multi-language was exactly what I needed, and my local traffic finally started moving.
Sophie L.
Marketing Consultant

Ranken compared with WordPress and Ghost

WordPress and Ghost are great at building websites and newsletters. Ranken is a blogging CMS built for one job: a company blog that ranks on Google and gets cited in AI answers.

FeatureRankenWordPressGhost
Domain, subdomain or /blogAll three, guided setupYes, with hosting setupSubfolder needs a proxy
Technical SEOBuilt inSEO pluginsBuilt in
SEO score on every articleBuilt inSEO pluginNot built in
Indexing requestsOne clickSearch ConsoleSearch Console
Updates and securityManagedYour jobManaged on Ghost(Pro)
Agent writerOptional, built inPluginsNot built in
NewslettersLead formsPluginsBuilt in
Ranken vs WordPressPlugins, maintenance and real running costs compared.Ranken vs GhostNewsletter platform or SEO blog engine, which fits you.

Plans that cost less than one agency article

Start on the Free plan, no card needed. Starter and Pro come with a 4-day free trial, hosting and SSL, and there are no contracts.

Free

$0 per month
Billed annually
7 articles a month
Blog on yourname.ranken.blog
Agent writer and AI images with credits you buy
Sitemap and fast, clean pages
Insights for the last 7 days
Start for free

Starter

$17 per month
Billed annually
15 articles a month
$19 of AI credits every month
Your domain, a subdomain or /blog
llms.txt and schema for AI search
SEO score on every article
Connect Claude and ChatGPT (MCP)
About and legal pages
Start free trial

Pro

$35 per month
Billed annually
25 articles a month
$39 of AI credits every month
Everything in Starter
No Ranken branding
All blog templates
See which AI engines read your blog
Paid traffic and campaign reports
Start free trial

Ranken questions, answered

Still deciding? Try the free SEO article checker, compare Ranken with WordPress and Ghost, or get in touch.

Getting started

Ranken is a next-generation blogging CMS for businesses. It hosts your company blog on a custom domain, a subdomain or a /blog subfolder, builds SEO and AI search readiness into every page and includes an optional agent writer for research and drafts.

A traditional CMS gives you an editor and leaves speed, SEO, indexing and AI search to plugins and developers. Ranken builds them in: structured data, sitemaps, canonical URLs, llms.txt, a live SEO score and one-click indexing, on a hosted blog that lives on your own domain.

Yes, all three. Use a custom domain, a subdomain such as blog.yourcompany.com or a subfolder such as yourcompany.com/blog. A subfolder keeps all the SEO authority your articles earn on your main domain.

Yes, for your blog. WordPress and Ghost are general publishing tools that rely on plugins or manual work for SEO and indexing. Ranken is a blogging CMS with those built in. Many teams keep WordPress for their main site and run the blog on Ranken.

No. Ranken generates the technical setup for you, including the sitemap, canonical URLs, schema markup and meta tags, and explains each SEO suggestion in plain language.

Content and AI search

No. You can write every article yourself in the editor. The agent writer is an optional feature: turn it on to research topics and draft articles for your review, or leave it off.

AI assistants quote pages they can crawl and understand. Ranken serves fast HTML with clean structured data, question-friendly headings and an llms.txt file, which makes each article easier to retrieve and cite. No tool can guarantee a citation.

Plans and results

Indexing can start within days of publishing, while rankings usually build over weeks or months depending on your domain and competition. Ranken tracks index status so you can follow progress from the first article.

Yes. The Free plan costs nothing, needs no card and includes 7 articles a month on a ranken.blog subdomain. Starter ($19 a month) and Pro ($39 a month) add your own domain or /blog, llms.txt, schema and more articles, with a 4-day free trial and no long-term contracts.