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FAQ — April 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Rankmio — credits, analyses, Keyword Hub, GEO module, competitors, tools, team, and privacy.

General

Rankmio is an SEO and AI search tool that shows you how to gain more visibility, traffic, and customers through Google and AI systems like chatbots.

Unlike traditional tools, Rankmio doesn't just analyze your website — it tells you exactly:

  • what you need to improve
  • what content you're missing
  • how to become visible in AI answers

Rankmio combines classic SEO analysis (PageSpeed, crawler, visibility) with Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) — visibility in AI search engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. All in one tool: website analysis, Keyword Hub, Content Optimizer, competitor comparison, Sitemap Hub, robots.txt tool, AI answer simulation, and team management.

No. Rankmio uses a pure pay-per-use model with credits. You buy credits and use them whenever you want. There is no subscription, no monthly fees, and no automatic billing. Credits never expire.

Rankmio works in all modern browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Brave. We recommend using the latest version. The interface is responsive and also works on tablets and smartphones.

Rankmio is one of the few tools that combines classic SEO analysis and AI visibility (GEO) in a single platform. Instead of just delivering data, Rankmio provides actionable recommendations with priorities and impact ratings.

  • GEO Module — Measure and optimize visibility in AI search engines (Learn more)
  • SEO Analysis — PageSpeed, crawler, Core Web Vitals, site audit (Learn more)
  • Keyword Hub — 10 tabs with GSC data, opportunities, AI tools (Learn more)
  • Competitor Battles — 1:1 comparisons with automated scheduling (Learn more)
  • No subscription — Pure credit system with no recurring costs

The beginner wizard helps you find the optimal starting point for your use case.

Yes, in two ways:

  • Free SEO Check — At /free-seo-check you can check any URL without registration. 16 SEO checks, weighted score (0-100), and AI visibility assessment. 1 free check per IP per day.
  • Registration — When you sign up, you receive 10 free credits to try all features.
Credits & Pricing

Credits are the currency in Rankmio. Each feature has defined credit costs. The process is simple:

  • Buy — Purchase credits via Paddle (packages: 100, 500 or 1,000 credits).
  • Use — The corresponding credits are deducted with each action. Many basic features are free.
  • No expiration — Credits never expire. There is no expiration date and no automatic billing.

Upon registration, you receive 10 free credits for testing.

Overview of the most important credit costs:

FeatureCredits
Website Analysis1
Subpage Analysis (per URL)1
AI Recommendations1
Competitor Comparison (per URL)3
Deep Analysis (50 pages)1
Deep Analysis (100 pages)4
Keyword Finder2
Keyword Cluster1
Content Brief1
Content Brief v2 (GEO)2
GEO Audit1
Sitemap Hub1
AI Answer Simulation1
Page Analysis1
Content Optimizer1
Link Analysis1
AI Visibility Check1
Keyword Enrichment (SV/KD/CPC)4
Domain Scan6
Keyword Gap Analysis6
GEO Share of Voice8
Branded PDF10
Team Member Seat20

The complete price list with all sub-features can be found in the manual. Keyword enrichment (SV/KD/CPC) has variable costs depending on the number of non-cached keywords.

At Buy Credits you choose a package:

  • Starter — 100 Credits
  • Pro — 500 Credits
  • Premium — 1,000 Credits

Payment via credit card or local payment methods (via Paddle). Credits are credited instantly. No waiting, no subscription.

Credit-based features cannot be used — you will see a notice with a link to purchase credits. Important: All existing data, analyses, and projects remain fully intact. Credits are never deducted that you don't have.

SEO Analysis

The website analysis combines three pillars that are fetched in parallel via curl_multi:

  • PageSpeed Insights — Performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO score for mobile and desktop. Including Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS).
  • SEO Crawler — 16 checks: meta tags, headings (H1-H6), images, links, Schema.org, canonical, HTTP status, redirect chains, robots.txt, and more.
  • Visibility Index — Calculated from PageSpeed, SEO checks, and keyword data.

The analysis delivers results in ~30 seconds. You can choose between three user agents: Standard, Googlebot Desktop, or Googlebot Mobile. 1 Credits Learn more

In addition to the homepage, you can also check individual subpages with the same analysis depth (PageSpeed + crawler). URLs are selected via the URL Picker — from three sources:

  • Sitemap — URLs from the latest sitemap crawl
  • Project Pages — Previously analyzed pages
  • GSC Data — Pages from the Google Search Console

Max. 5 pages per run, max. 20 per project. Optional AI audit per page. 1 Credits/URL

The Rankmio Score is a weighted overall score (0-100) based on 11 analysis pillars:

Performance (16%), SEO Checklist (16%), Keywords (12%), AI Visibility (10%), Core Web Vitals (8%), Sitemap (8%), Battle (8%), Content & AI (6%), Content Optimizer (6%), Answer Simulation (6%), and robots.txt (4%).

Color coding: Green from 70, Amber from 40, Red below 40, Gray = not analyzed. The more features you use, the more meaningful the score becomes. Learn more

The Site Audit is the central to-do list that automatically collects issues from all analysis areas. It includes:

  • 10 categories — SEO, Speed, Core Web Vitals, Keywords, CTR, AI, Sitemap, Text, Competitors, Google Business
  • 3 priority levels — High (red), Medium (amber), Long-term (blue)
  • Page filter — Each entry has a page context (homepage / subpages), filterable via dropdown

Each to-do item can be checked off. Export as standard or branded PDF available.

An interactive Chart.js diagram shows the development of all metrics over time — visibility, PageSpeed scores, Core Web Vitals, and more. This way you can identify trends and the impact of your optimizations. CSV export for all historical data is free.

Keyword Hub

The Keyword Hub is the central workspace for all keyword features with 10 tabs:

  • Overview — KPI dashboard with clicks, impressions, CTR, position
  • Keywords — All GSC keywords with trend badges (Rising/Falling)
  • Opportunities — Quick wins and CTR issues with traffic forecasts
  • Cannibalization — Keywords served by multiple pages
  • Performance — PageSpeed data linked with keyword data
  • Pages — Page-based keyword overview
  • History — Historical development of your keywords
  • Alerts — Rank alerts with threshold monitoring
  • AI Tools — Content brief, CTR optimization, keyword cluster, featured snippet, SERP landscape, SERP overlap
  • Action Plans — AI-generated action catalog per page

Additional features: Seasonality (peak badges show when keywords are in high season), Traffic Value (estimated monthly value per keyword: CPC x clicks), and SERP analysis history for all AI tools.

Works with and without GSC connection. Without GSC, the Keyword Finder is available for manual research. Learn more

The SEO Opportunity Engine is a mathematical model that automatically calculates your best optimization opportunities from GSC data:

  • Quick Wins — Keywords just outside the top 3 that can be improved with little effort
  • CTR Issues — Keywords with good position but below-average click-through rate
  • Traffic Forecasts — Estimated traffic gain with confidence intervals and revenue forecast

The model uses CTR target curves with statistical confidence (mean +/- 1.96 x std) and risk-adjusted scoring. The calculation is free (included in GSC sync). Learn more

The Action Plans tab aggregates all SEO issues from 4 sources (low hanging fruits, CTR gaps, cannibalization, ranking changes) and uses AI to generate a concrete action catalog per page with priorities.

Two stages:

  • Stage 1 (free) — Automatic data foundation with issue types per page
  • Stage 2 (credits) — AI generates action catalog. You choose via dropdown how many pages to analyze (Top 15/30/45/.../All)

Cost: 1 credits per started 15 pages. Example: 30 pages = 2 credits.

Keyword enrichment adds search volume (SV), keyword difficulty (KD), and cost per click (CPC) from current SERP data to your keywords.

  • Cache — Already enriched keywords are loaded from cache for 30 days (free)
  • Variable costs — max(1, ceil(non-cached keywords / 6)) credits
  • Transparency — The button shows the exact costs before execution

Example: 18 new keywords = 3 credits. If 12 of them are cached, only 1 credit.

Rankmio compares keyword positions from the last 14 days with the previous 14 days. Rising badges (green) indicate improvements, Falling badges (red) indicate declines. The top movers are also displayed on the dashboard.

GEO / AI Visibility

GEO optimizes your website for visibility in AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. While classic SEO targets Google rankings, GEO ensures that AI systems cite and recommend your content as a source.

The GEO module includes: GEO audit, link graph analysis, AI Visibility Score, AI crawler access, content freshness, score trend, Schema.org generator, entity gap analysis, and AI citation tracking. 1 Credits

Learn more

Rankmio checks visibility across four AI search engines:

  • ChatGPT — Answer simulation with real web search
  • Gemini (Google) — AI citability and topic analysis
  • Perplexity — Source citation and fact verification
  • Google AI Overviews — AI-generated summaries in Google search

AI Citation Tracking regularly monitors whether and how often your pages are cited by these providers. Learn more

The simulation checks whether AI systems would use your page as an answer source:

  • Enter a URL, optionally a question and city
  • AI performs a real web search via leading AI search engines
  • Checks whether your page is cited in the sources (green/red banner)
  • Evaluates on 5+1 criteria: Completeness, Structure, Directness, Authority, Freshness + optionally Local Relevance
  • Generates top 3 actions with links to relevant Rankmio tools

Saved simulations can be re-checked to measure progress. 1 Credits Learn more

The Open Industry Ranking shows which brands are most visible in AI answers for a specific topic:

  • Enter a topic (e.g. "luxury watches") and region
  • AI performs a real web search and extracts all mentioned brands with score, mentions, and context
  • Optional: Enter your own brand to see your position in the ranking
  • Color-coded ranking: green (top 5), amber (top 10), red (>10 or not found)
  • If your brand is entered, the AI generates 3-5 actionable recommendations to improve your visibility in AI answers

The Industry Ranking is located above the Answer Simulation on the same page. 1 Credit Learn more

The Citability Check evaluates how well a page can be recognized and cited as a source by AI systems. The 12-point checklist includes:

  • 8 algorithmic checks — Structure, Schema.org, headings, meta data, tables, lists, authorship, freshness
  • 4 AI checks — Content depth, factual accuracy, uniqueness, citation readiness

Result: Score 0-100 with concrete improvement suggestions. Optional: AI optimization that generates optimized HTML code with before/after comparison. 1 Credit Learn more

The AI Answer Simulation shows you how AI search engines would answer questions about your domain. You enter a URL — optionally with a specific question and a city reference — and the system simulates the AI's response.

  • The simulation uses state-of-the-art AI language models with real web search
  • You see whether and where your page is cited as a source
  • Evaluation on 5+1 criteria: Completeness, Structure, Directness, Authority, Freshness + Local Relevance
  • Concrete top 3 actions with links to relevant Rankmio tools

Ideal for regularly checking and systematically improving your AI visibility. Learn more

The Citability Score measures on a scale of 0 to 100 how likely it is that AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews will cite and reference your content as a source.

The score is based on 12 checkpoints:

  • 8 algorithmic checks — Page structure, Schema.org markup, heading hierarchy, meta data, tables, lists, authorship, and freshness
  • 4 AI checks — Content depth, factual accuracy, uniqueness, and citation readiness

The higher the score, the better your page is optimized for AI citation. Optionally, the AI optimization generates improved HTML code with before/after comparison. Learn more

Competitors

Three modes under one roof:

  • Quick Compare — Compares up to 5 domains by PageSpeed, visibility, and technologies. 3 Credits/URL
  • Deep Analysis — Crawls 50 or 100 subpages per domain, compares content, structure, and delivers AI insights. 1-4 Credits
  • Battle (1:1 Comparison) — Comprehensive comparison of two domains across SEO, GEO/AI, local search, and answer simulation. Color-coded comparison matrix shows the winner per category. 3 Credits/URL

Learn more

The Battle Scheduler automates recurring 1:1 comparisons. You choose the frequency:

  • Daily — Ideal for aggressive competitive monitoring
  • Weekly — Good balance between freshness and credit usage
  • Monthly — For long-term trend monitoring

Battles run automatically via cron job. You receive the results on the dashboard and in the battle history.

The Sitemap Monitor watches your competitors' sitemaps and automatically detects:

  • New pages — When a competitor publishes new content
  • Removed pages — When pages disappear from the sitemap
  • Changes — When lastmod timestamps change

When changes occur, you receive an email alert. This keeps you informed about your competition's content strategy.

The deep analysis crawls 50 or 100 subpages of a competitor domain and delivers:

  • Content comparison — Text length, heading structure, images per page
  • Technical metrics — PageSpeed, Schema.org, meta tags, HTTP status
  • AI Insights — Strengths and weaknesses of the competitor, concrete recommendations

1 Credits (50 p.) 4 Credits (100 p.)

Tools

The Sitemap Hub crawls your entire website via spider, technically checks each URL, and classifies it via AI using advanced language models:

  • OK — URL is fine
  • Gap — URL is missing from the sitemap, should be added
  • Zombie — URL has no value, should be removed or redirected
  • Drift — URL is outdated, should be updated

Generates an optimized sitemap.xml for download. 5-tab result: Overview, URL table, AI classification, audit, and download. 1 Credits

7 functions in one tool:

  • Editor — Edit robots.txt in the browser with automatic versioning
  • AI Analysis — Check for errors and optimization potential
  • AI Generator — Create optimal robots.txt via AI
  • Live Check — Fetch and check a domain's current robots.txt
  • CSV Bulk Test — Test multiple URLs against rules simultaneously
  • Monitoring — Automatic monitoring with email alerts on changes
  • Version History — Compare all versions with diff view (free)

The parser follows Google's specification: wildcards, $ anchors, longest-match-wins. Supports 20 bots in 4 categories (Search, AI, Social, Other).

The Content Optimizer offers two modes:

  • URL mode — Crawls a target page and generates improvement suggestions in 6 areas: title, meta description, headings, content quality, page structure, and quick wins. 1 Credits
  • Text mode — Analyzes entered text without crawling. 1 Credits

Integrated citability workflow: Load page, run citability check, generate AI-optimized HTML code — all in one flow.

Yes. The beginner wizard guides you step by step through Rankmio's key features. You choose one of 5 use cases — e.g., website check, keyword research, AI visibility check, competitor comparison, or content optimization — and the wizard shows you exactly which tools you need and how to get started.

Ideal for new users who want to become productive quickly without having to click through all features first. Learn more

The URL Picker is the unified page selector used across all tools. Instead of manually typing URLs, you conveniently choose from three sources:

  • Sitemap — URLs from the latest sitemap crawl
  • Project Pages — Pages already saved in your project
  • GSC Data — Pages from the Google Search Console

The modal includes a search function and displays sources clearly separated. Available in subpage analysis, Content Optimizer, GEO audit, answer simulation, and more.

Team

The Lead (creator) creates a team and invites members by email (they must be registered). Then the lead assigns which projects each member can view and edit.

Team management has 3 tabs: Members (invite/remove), Project Assignment (who can see what), and Credit Usage (usage per member).

All actions by team members are deducted from the lead's credit pool. Members' own credits remain untouched. Learn more

The first 2 members are free. From the 3rd member onwards, 20 Credits are charged per added member (one-time). There are no recurring costs for the team itself — only the usual credit costs for features used.

Members can:

  • Work with all assigned projects (analyses, keywords, GEO, etc.)
  • Use all features (credits come from the lead's pool)
  • Use the lead's branding (read-only)

Members cannot:

  • Invite or remove other members
  • Configure their own branding
  • Create projects (lead only)
  • Change team settings
Ask your Website

"Ask your Website" is the most advanced AI-powered SEO and GEO advisor on the market. It appears as a floating chat widget on every page in the dashboard. You ask questions in natural language and receive data-driven answers based on your real project data.

The assistant has direct access to all your project-specific SEO and GEO data — Google Search Console metrics, crawled website content, keyword rankings, GEO citability scores, and the complete Rankmio manual. Using RAG technology with vector embeddings, it retrieves precisely the information relevant to your question.

What makes it unique: The agent supports tool-calling — it can autonomously run analyses, fetch SERP data, generate content briefs, and trigger GEO audits directly from the chat. It maintains session memory per project, so follow-up questions build on previous context. Powered by the most advanced AI language models available, no other SEO tool offers this depth of AI integration. It can also be operated via voice input — simply click the microphone icon and speak.

You can ask anything related to your website and its SEO performance. Examples:

  • "What are my best quick wins?" — shows keywords with the highest optimization potential
  • "Which keywords am I losing?" — analyzes ranking changes from recent weeks
  • "Where am I wasting clicks?" — finds keywords with below-average CTR
  • "How has my traffic developed?" — shows daily traffic trends
  • "What topics does my homepage cover?" — analyzes your page content
  • "How does the Keyword Hub work?" — explains Rankmio features from the manual

The agent uses your real data and never fabricates numbers.

Yes. The agent knows your website content. Crawled page texts, headings, and meta data are automatically analyzed and prepared for the assistant.

This allows it to give concrete content recommendations — for example, which topics are missing on which pages, how a text could be better structured, or whether important keywords are sufficiently covered.

Additionally, the agent knows the Rankmio manual and can answer workflow questions like "How do I start a GEO analysis?" or "What does the Citability Score mean?".

Yes. The agent can execute actions directly on your instruction:

  • Start website analyses — crawls your page and checks technical SEO
  • Generate content briefs — creates content templates for specific keywords
  • Create CTR snippets — optimized title/description variants
  • Trigger competitor checks — compares your page with the competition
  • Start GEO audits — checks your AI visibility

Before each action, the agent displays the credit cost and asks for confirmation. The action is only executed after your approval — no hidden costs.

The chat agent has a generous free allowance:

  • 5 messages per day are completely free
  • After that: 1 credit for 20 messages

Actions like website analyses or content briefs cost the standard feature credits (shown before execution). Voice input incurs no additional costs.

Yes. Your conversations are saved per project. You can access and continue previous conversations at any time via the clock icon in the chat header. Click the plus icon to start a new chat.

All data is stored on our Hetzner server in Germany and is not shared with third parties. The content is used exclusively to answer your questions.

Unlike general chatbots like ChatGPT, "Ask your Website" offers a unique depth of AI integration that no other SEO tool on the market provides:

  • Full project context — direct access to your real GSC data, crawled website content, keyword rankings, GEO scores, and the Rankmio manual via RAG technology with vector embeddings
  • Autonomous tool-calling — starts analyses, fetches SERP data, creates content briefs, and triggers GEO audits directly from the conversation
  • Data-driven precision — provides specific numbers, keywords, URLs, and actionable recommendations instead of generic tips
  • Session memory — remembers your conversation per project so follow-up questions build on previous context
  • Most advanced AI models — powered by state-of-the-art language models for the highest answer quality

The agent is exclusively specialized in SEO, GEO, and your website. It is the most powerful AI advisor available in any SEO tool today.

Privacy

Rankmio only stores data necessary for operation:

  • Account data — Name, email, encrypted password (bcrypt)
  • Project data — Domains, analysis results, keywords, settings
  • Usage data — Credit transactions, API cache

Full details in our privacy policy. Server location: Hetzner, Nuremberg (Germany). Encryption: HTTPS (Let's Encrypt), API keys with AES-256-CBC, CSRF protection on all forms.

Rankmio automatically deletes data after defined retention periods:

  • Analysis results — Automatic deletion after 90 days (data retention cron job)
  • IP addresses — Anonymization after 30 days
  • API cache — Automatic cleanup after cache duration expires
  • Account data — Retained until manually deleted

Yes. In accordance with GDPR Art. 20 (Data Portability), you can download all your data as a JSON file at Profile → Export Data. The export includes account data, projects, analysis results, keywords, and settings.

Yes. In accordance with GDPR Art. 17 (Right to Erasure), you can permanently and irreversibly delete all your data at Profile → Delete Account. The deletion includes account, projects, analyses, keywords, team memberships, and all stored results.

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