# LaunchRanked > LaunchRanked is the SEO growth engine for founders: launch your product free, get submitted to 100+ directories, and grow on Google and in ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI answers on autopilot. Everything on LaunchRanked in one file: every page, every live launch (newest week first; upcoming ones once their week opens) and every startup directory (with price, link type and Domain Rating by Ahrefs), one line each. The short map is https://launchranked.com/llms.txt; live numbers are at https://launchranked.com/stats.json. ## Key facts - [Launch platform](https://launchranked.com/launch): free product launches with a permanent, SEO-ready product page and a weekly leaderboard. - [Link policy](https://launchranked.com/launch): we never sell followed links. Every approved listing gets the same followed link; a badge is never required. Free launches are approved within 6 hours, paid ones instantly, and we remove spam and broken sites. - [Advertise](https://launchranked.com/advertise): sidebar and in-feed ads on the weekly launch board, sold by the month in a fixed number of slots. Labelled Sponsored, links marked rel="sponsored", and they never change the board's ranking. - [Directory submission](https://launchranked.com/directory-submission): done-for-you, manual submission to 30–100+ directories with a live-link report. - [Directory tracker](https://launchranked.com/directory-submission): do-it-yourself directory submission in the dashboard. Directories picked by fit for your product, copy sized for the forms, and checks that each listing is live with a followed link. Free for 15 directories; a one-time upgrade adds every match and weekly link checks. - [Autopilot](https://launchranked.com/ai-seo-autopilot): AI SEO subscription that writes and publishes articles, optimizes pages already ranking in Google Search Console, tracks whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude name the site, and emails the owner a results report every Monday. - [Proof](https://launchranked.com/case-studies/versely): the playbook grew versely.studio to 3.04k clicks and 405k Google impressions over Jul 28 – Oct 27, 2026 (3 months). - [AI assistants](https://launchranked.com/docs/mcp): LaunchRanked's checks as an MCP server, for ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenClaw and other MCP clients. - [SEO prompts](https://launchranked.com/prompts): free prompts for coding agents that fix a site's SEO and AI readability; each is also a raw .md file an agent can fetch. - [Markdown versions](https://launchranked.com/index.md): every public page is also available as markdown at its URL plus ".md" (the homepage at https://launchranked.com/index.md), e.g. https://launchranked.com/pricing.md. ## Live data - [Platform stats (JSON)](https://launchranked.com/stats.json): live counts of launches, makers, upvotes, comments, directories and pages, plus this week's top launches. Counted from our database; the human page is https://launchranked.com/stats. - [This week's launches](https://launchranked.com/launches.md): the live weekly board, in board order. - [Past winners](https://launchranked.com/launches/winners.md): the top 3 launches of every finished week. - [All products](https://launchranked.com/products.md): every product launched on LaunchRanked. - [Startup directories](https://launchranked.com/directories.md): places to list a SaaS or AI product, each checked for price, link type and review process. - [DR leaderboard](https://launchranked.com/directories/leaderboard.md): startup directories ranked by Domain Rating (Ahrefs). - [Everything](https://launchranked.com/llms-full.txt): every page, every live launch and every startup directory, one line each. ## Pricing (USD) - [Free launch](https://launchranked.com/launch): Free (Get listed and found. Approved within 6 hours, live in the week you pick.) - [Boost](https://launchranked.com/launch): $15 one-time (Approved instantly, and any week, even a full one.) - [Featured](https://launchranked.com/launch): $29 one-time (Maximum visibility for launch week.) - [Starter](https://launchranked.com/directory-submission): $79 one-time (30+ hand-picked directories.) - [Plus](https://launchranked.com/directory-submission): $119 one-time (60+ directories, higher authority.) - [Max](https://launchranked.com/directory-submission): $159 one-time (100+ directories, the full list.) - [Directory tracker](https://launchranked.com/directory-submission): $9 one-time (Every matched directory, weekly link checks and alerts.) - [SEO Skills](https://launchranked.com/agent): $9/mo, or $90/yr billed yearly (2 months free) (Your own AI writes the articles. LaunchRanked gives it keyword data, briefs, quality checks and publishing.) - [Autopilot](https://launchranked.com/ai-seo-autopilot): $49/mo, or $490/yr billed yearly (2 months free) (AI SEO that publishes, fixes and tracks for you. Built on the Versely playbook.) - [Autopilot Pro](https://launchranked.com/ai-seo-autopilot): $199/mo, or $1,990/yr billed yearly (2 months free) (Everything in Autopilot with three times the articles, and our team on distribution: videos, link outreach and directories.) - [Done for you](https://launchranked.com/done-for-you): From $999/mo (We run the full playbook on your site: programmatic SEO, content, technical SEO, monthly GSC reviews.) - [Sidebar ad](https://launchranked.com/advertise): $30/mo, billed monthly, 2 slots (Your product at the top of the weekly board's right column, above everything else in it. Links marked sponsored.) - [In-feed ad](https://launchranked.com/advertise): $20/mo, billed monthly, 3 slots (A wide banner between rows of the weekly ranking, where people scroll through the launches. Links marked sponsored.) ## Product - [LaunchRanked home](https://launchranked.com/): Launch your product free with a followed link once approved, then grow on Google and in AI answers with the playbook we run on our own product. - [Pricing](https://launchranked.com/pricing): Every LaunchRanked plan in one place: free and paid launches, directory submission tiers, AI SEO Autopilot and Done-for-you SEO. - [AI SEO Autopilot](https://launchranked.com/ai-seo-autopilot): AI SEO that plans, writes, checks and publishes articles, rewrites titles on pages already ranking, and tracks citations in AI answers. 7-day free trial. - [Agent plan](https://launchranked.com/agent): Your own AI (Claude, Cursor, Codex) writes the articles; LaunchRanked adds keyword data, briefs, quality checks and publishing to your CMS. 7-day free trial. - [SEO automation: what's safe, what isn't](https://launchranked.com/seo-automation): What to automate in SEO (research, briefs, pace, internal links, title fixes, reports, AI tracking), what to leave alone, and how Autopilot stays safe. - [Auto blog: automatic posting without spam](https://launchranked.com/auto-blog): An auto blog that researches topics, writes original articles, checks them and posts to your CMS at a safe pace, not spun or scraped. See real examples. - [SEO content writing service: options compared](https://launchranked.com/seo-content-writing-service): Freelancer, agency, AI tool, Autopilot or done-for-you? What each costs, what you get and who each fits, with sourced prices and questions to ask first. - [AI SEO agent: what it can and can't do today](https://launchranked.com/ai-seo-agent): What an AI SEO agent can do today (plan, brief, write, check, publish, fix titles, track AI answers), where it stops, and two ways to use ours. ## Services - [Directory submission](https://launchranked.com/directory-submission): Manual submission to 30+, 60+ or 100+ directories matched to your niche, with a live-link CSV report. Delivered in 5–7 business days. - [Free 15-minute SEO call](https://launchranked.com/seo-call): A free 15-minute SEO call with LaunchRanked's founder for founders, developers and SaaS builders: your site and Search Console together, and the three changes that would move your traffic most. - [Done-for-you SEO](https://launchranked.com/done-for-you): We run the full Versely playbook on your site: programmatic page families, a content engine, technical SEO and monthly Search Console reviews. ## Launch - [Launch your product](https://launchranked.com/launch): Launch free on a weekly board: a permanent, SEO-ready product page and a followed link once approved. No badge required. - [This week’s launches](https://launchranked.com/launches): New products launching this week, ranked on a weekly board. Past weeks stay archived with their own pages. - [Products](https://launchranked.com/products): Every product launched on LaunchRanked, searchable by name, category and pricing, sorted by upvotes or date. - [Past winners](https://launchranked.com/launches/winners): The top 3 launches of every finished week on LaunchRanked, with their medal badges. - [Post and get it free](https://launchranked.com/post-and-get-it-free): Launch with Boost or Featured, post about it on X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or LinkedIn, and if the post gets 2,000 views we refund what you paid. You keep the plan. - [Advertise](https://launchranked.com/advertise): Ads on the weekly launch board: a sidebar ad at the top of the right column ($30/mo, 2 slots) or an in-feed ad between launches ($20/mo, 3 slots). Monthly, cancel any time; links marked sponsored. - [Launch badge](https://launchranked.com/badge): An optional “Launched on LaunchRanked” badge with your live upvote count, and a medal if you finish your week in the top 3. Never required for your followed link. ## Free tools - [Free tools](https://launchranked.com/tools): 130 free SEO and social media tools for startups: meta tag, sitemap and AI crawler checkers, schema and llms.txt generators, AI writers. No signup. - [AI crawler checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker): Check if GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and 11 more crawlers can reach your site, read straight from your robots.txt. - [Meta tag checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/meta-tag-checker): Check a page's meta tags: title, meta description, canonical, robots meta, Open Graph, Twitter card and hreflang. A one-line fix for each missing tag. - [SERP preview](https://launchranked.com/tools/serp-preview): Preview your title and meta description in Google on desktop and mobile. Check their length in characters and pixels, and see where each gets cut off. - [robots.txt generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/robots-txt-generator): Generate a robots.txt that blocks AI training crawlers but keeps AI search bots, or blocks every AI bot. Add paths and a sitemap, then copy it. - [llms.txt generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/llms-txt-generator): Build an llms.txt file that follows the llmstxt.org format: name, summary and sections of links. Copy or download it, plus an honest look at what it does. - [FAQ schema generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/faq-schema-generator): Turn questions and answers into valid FAQPage JSON-LD. Copy the script tag into your page. Includes what Google does with FAQ markup today. - [Open Graph checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/open-graph-checker): Check a page's og: and twitter: tags, see large card, small card and chat previews, and test the share image's size, format and dimensions. - [Heading checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/heading-checker): Free H1 tag checker: see a page's H1–H6 outline and catch missing or multiple H1s, skipped levels, empty headings and headings that are really paragraphs. - [Sitemap checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/sitemap-checker): Find a site's sitemap via robots.txt, check lastmod, host mix and limits, count URLs per file and break them down by section, month and changefreq. - [Redirect checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/redirect-checker): Follow a URL's redirects hop by hop with status codes and timings. Flags chains, loops, temporary 302s on permanent moves and http to https. - [AI title generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-title-generator): Generate 8 SEO title tags from a keyword, page type and audience. Each one is checked to fit 60 characters and about 600px in Google. Free. - [AI meta description generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-meta-description-generator): Generate 5 meta descriptions of 120–155 characters from your page title, what the page offers and a keyword. Free, no sign-up. Review before use. - [AI FAQ generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-faq-generator): Turn a topic or page summary into 5 FAQ questions and answers, edit them, and copy valid FAQPage JSON-LD. Free, written by AI. - [UTM builder](https://launchranked.com/tools/utm-builder): UTM builder and bulk UTM generator: tag one link with presets, or paste a list and tag every URL at once. Flags case and space mistakes. Free. - [Slug generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/slug-generator): Slug generator: turn any title into a clean, short URL slug. No AI needed: lowercase, accents converted, stop words optional, max length, bulk mode. - [Word counter](https://launchranked.com/tools/word-counter): Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs. See reading and speaking time at any words per minute, a Flesch readability score and long sentences. - [Keyword density checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/keyword-density-checker): Paste text to see its most-used 1, 2 and 3-word phrases with counts and share. Check a target keyword. Spot stuffing and missing topics. - [hreflang generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/hreflang-generator): Build hreflang link tags, sitemap xhtml:link entries or HTTP headers for your language and region URLs, with x-default and ISO code checks. - [Schema markup generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/schema-markup-generator): Generate JSON-LD for Organization, SoftwareApplication, Product, Article, BreadcrumbList and LocalBusiness. Fill a form, copy valid markup. - [Open Graph generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/open-graph-generator): Generate og: and twitter: meta tags from a form, with a live link-preview card and image size guidance (1200×630). Copy and paste. - [Canonical checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/canonical-checker): Free canonical tag checker: paste a URL, see its canonical from the HTML and HTTP header, and catch http/https, www, slash and cross-domain conflicts. - [hreflang checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/hreflang-checker): Validate hreflang tags and Link headers: language and region codes, self-reference, x-default, absolute URLs, and return links on up to 5 alternates. - [Structured data validator](https://launchranked.com/tools/structured-data-validator): Schema markup validator for JSON-LD: paste a URL, see every block, catch syntax errors, and check the properties Google requires for common rich results. - [Security headers checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/security-headers-checker): Check HSTS, Content-Security-Policy, X-Content-Type-Options, frame protection, Referrer-Policy and Permissions-Policy, with a simple grade and fixes. - [Broken link checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/broken-link-checker): Find broken links on one page or across up to 25 pages of your site: 404s, server errors, timeouts and redirects, with the pages that link to them. - [Image alt text checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/image-alt-checker): Free alt text checker: list every image on a page with missing, empty or over-long alt text, filename alts, missing sizes and lazy-loading mistakes. - [Internal link checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/internal-link-checker): See a page's internal links and anchor text, or scan up to 50 pages of your site for inbound link counts, orphan candidates and nofollow links. Free. - [llms.txt validator](https://launchranked.com/tools/llms-txt-validator): Validate a site's llms.txt against the llmstxt.org format: H1, blockquote summary, H2 link lists. Checks up to 20 links and looks for llms-full.txt. - [Domain age checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/domain-age-checker): Look up when a domain was registered, when it expires, its registrar and nameservers, straight from the registry's RDAP record. Free. - [AI tagline generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-tagline-generator): Describe your product and audience, get 10 taglines of 60 characters or fewer for launch sites, directories and your homepage. Free, no sign-up. - [AI product description generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-product-description-generator): Write a one-sentence, 50-word and 150-word description of your product for launch sites and directory listings, from one form. Free, review before use. - [AI launch post generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-launch-post-generator): Draft a launch post and first maker comment for LaunchRanked, Product Hunt, Show HN, Indie Hackers or Reddit, in the tone you pick. No vote-begging. - [AI keyword clustering](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-keyword-clustering): Free keyword clustering tool: paste up to 200 keywords, get them grouped by meaning with an embeddings model, each group named and exportable as a CSV. - [AI blog outline generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-blog-outline-generator): Enter a keyword and search intent. Get a title, H2 and H3 outline, FAQ questions and internal link placeholders. Copy as Markdown. Free. - [AI alt text generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-alt-text-generator): Upload an image and get 3 alt text options of 125 characters or fewer, written by a vision model. Nothing is stored. Review before you publish. - [Launch week calendar](https://launchranked.com/tools/launch-week-calendar): Find any ISO week's dates and LaunchRanked week id (like 2026-w39), then get a day-by-day launch checklist for that week. Copy it as Markdown. - [Social post character counter](https://launchranked.com/tools/social-post-character-counter): Count characters the way X (links = 23), LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon do, and see exactly where your post runs over each limit. - [Title case converter](https://launchranked.com/tools/title-case-converter): Convert headlines to AP title case, Chicago title case or sentence case, with the rules explained. Keeps acronyms and brand names. Bulk, free. - [AI press release generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-press-release-generator): Draft a product launch press release: headline, dateline placeholder, body, a quote to approve and an About section. Free draft, no distribution. - [AI visibility checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-visibility-checker): Free AI and LLM visibility checker: put 4 buyer questions to ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini and see if they name you, link to you or name rivals. - [GEO checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/geo-checker): Check if a page is easy for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI to fetch, read and cite: AI bot access, server HTML, llms.txt, schema. Free. - [Website SEO checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/seo-checker): Score any page out of 100 on 16 weighted on-page SEO checks: title, description, H1, canonical, indexability, schema, alt text, links, HTTPS and speed. - [SEO compare](https://launchranked.com/tools/seo-compare): Put your page next to a competitor's: the same 16 on-page SEO checks, word counts, links, schema, speed and Ahrefs Domain Rating when available. - [Dofollow link checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/dofollow-checker): List every link on a page with its rel value: dofollow, nofollow, ugc or sponsored. Counts per domain and a CSV export. Check a backlink is followed. - [robots.txt tester](https://launchranked.com/tools/robots-txt-tester): Test any URL against a site's live robots.txt for Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot or any user-agent. See allowed or blocked and the exact rule that decided. - [HTTP header checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/http-header-checker): See every response header for a URL, grouped into SEO, caching, security and server, on each redirect. Flags X-Robots-Tag noindex and canonical headers. - [DNS lookup](https://launchranked.com/tools/dns-lookup): Look up A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, NS, TXT, SOA and CAA records for any domain, live over DNS-over-HTTPS, with TTLs and CNAME chains. Free, no sign-up. - [SPF, DKIM and DMARC checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/email-auth-checker): Check a domain's SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MX records in one go, with plain-English verdicts and the fix for each. Counts SPF's 10-lookup limit. - [Is it down checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/website-down-checker): Check if a website is down or just slow for you: status code, response time, redirects and final URL from our server, plus a DNS check if it fails. - [IndexNow tester](https://launchranked.com/tools/indexnow-tester): Check your IndexNow key file is live and matches, then submit up to 10 URLs to Bing, Yandex and the other IndexNow engines in one request. Free. - [Webpage to Markdown](https://launchranked.com/tools/webpage-to-markdown): Turn any public web page into clean Markdown: main content only, headings, lists, links, tables and code kept. Copy it or download a .md file. - [Sitemap validator](https://launchranked.com/tools/sitemap-validator): Validate every entry in your XML sitemap: absolute same-host URLs, W3C lastmod dates, changefreq and priority values, duplicates and size limits. - [Sitemap URL extractor](https://launchranked.com/tools/sitemap-url-extractor): Pull every URL out of an XML sitemap or sitemap index, including gzip files. Filter the list, copy it, or download a CSV with lastmod. Up to 50,000 URLs. - [Sitemap compare](https://launchranked.com/tools/sitemap-compare): Compare two XML sitemaps and see which URLs were added, removed or kept, where lastmod changed, and which differ only by https, www or a slash. - [HTML to Markdown converter](https://launchranked.com/tools/html-to-markdown): Paste HTML and get clean Markdown: headings, links, images, lists, tables, code blocks and blockquotes. Runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded. - [JSON to Markdown converter](https://launchranked.com/tools/json-to-markdown): Turn JSON into Markdown: arrays of objects become a GFM table, nested objects become indented lists. Free, runs in your browser. - [CSV to Markdown table](https://launchranked.com/tools/csv-to-markdown): Convert CSV or TSV into a GitHub-flavored Markdown table. Handles quoted fields, commas and line breaks inside quotes, and pipe characters. - [XML to Markdown converter](https://launchranked.com/tools/xml-to-markdown): Convert XML into Markdown. Repeated records like RSS items or sitemap URLs become a table; other XML becomes a nested list. Runs in your browser. - [Google Docs to Markdown](https://launchranked.com/tools/paste-to-markdown): Convert Google Docs to Markdown: paste from Docs, Word, Notion or a web page and keep headings, bold, links, lists and tables. Runs in your browser. - [Email signature generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/email-signature-generator): Build a clean HTML email signature with your name, role, links and logo, plus a plain-text version. Copy it into Gmail, Outlook or Apple Mail. - [Privacy policy generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/privacy-policy-generator): Answer a short form about the data your product collects and get a plain-English privacy policy draft in Markdown. A starting point, not legal advice. - [Terms of service generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/terms-of-service-generator): Generate a plain-English terms of service draft for a SaaS, app or website from a short form. Markdown output. A starting point, not legal advice. - [Cookie policy generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/cookie-policy-generator): List the cookies and tools your site uses and get a cookie policy draft in Markdown, with a table of cookies by category. Not legal advice. - [XML sitemap generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/xml-sitemap-generator): Paste your URLs and get a valid sitemap.xml with optional lastmod, changefreq and priority. Checks each URL and splits files over 50,000 URLs. - [Sitemap index generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/sitemap-index-generator): List your sitemap files and get a valid sitemap index with optional lastmod dates. Checks URLs, duplicates and the 50,000-sitemap limit. - [Sitemap splitter and merger](https://launchranked.com/tools/sitemap-split-merge): Merge several sitemaps into one and remove duplicates, or split a large sitemap into files of any size with a matching sitemap index. In your browser. - [Redirect generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/redirect-generator): Bulk 301 redirect generator: turn a list of old and new URLs into 301 or 302 rules for .htaccess, Nginx, Vercel, Netlify, Next.js and Cloudflare. Free. - [OG image generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/og-image-generator): Make a 1200×630 Open Graph image with your title, subtitle, brand color and logo. Pick a template and download a PNG. Free, in your browser. - [Favicon generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/favicon-generator): Make a favicon from initials, an emoji or your logo. Download 16, 32, 180, 192 and 512px PNGs, a favicon.ico, the link tags and a web manifest. - [ai.txt generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-txt-generator): Generate an ai.txt file to state AI training preferences for your site's files, with an honest look at who reads it today and why robots.txt still matters. - [MCP server card generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/mcp-json-generator): Generate an MCP Server Card and a /.well-known/ai-catalog.json so AI clients can discover your remote MCP server. Follows the current draft (SEP-2127). - [Launch checklist](https://launchranked.com/tools/launch-checklist): An interactive launch checklist for pre-launch, launch day and the week after. Tick items off, it saves in your browser, and each step links to a template. - [Press kit generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/press-kit-generator): Fill in your company facts, boilerplate, founders and links. Get a press kit page in Markdown and HTML, with a marked placeholder for a founder quote. - [Show HN title checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/show-hn-title-scorer): Check a Show HN title against Hacker News guidelines (prefix, 80 characters, hype, caps) and get an AI clarity and specificity score. Not a vote predictor. - [QR code generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/qr-code-generator): Make a static QR code for a URL or text, pick the error correction level and colors, and download a PNG or SVG. No tracking redirect, no expiry. - [Startup idea validator](https://launchranked.com/tools/validate-startup-idea): Describe your idea. AI with live web search finds real competitors, their prices and people asking for a fix, then you score it and get 7 days of tests. - [Startup name generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/startup-name-generator): Describe your product and get startup name ideas with an unregistered .com: we generate 48 and check every one against the .com registry. - [Keyword idea generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/keyword-generator): Enter a seed keyword and get question, commercial, comparison and long-tail keyword ideas from AI. Ideas to research, not search volumes. - [Domain Rating checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/domain-rating-checker): Domain Rating checker: look up any site's Ahrefs DR free, straight from Ahrefs' DR API. What the number means, and what it doesn't, before you chase links. - [Bulk DR checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/bulk-domain-rating-checker): Paste up to 25 domains and get each one's Ahrefs Domain Rating in one table. Sort by DR, then export a CSV. Free, no sign-up. - [Backlink value calculator](https://launchranked.com/tools/backlink-value-calculator): Score a potential backlink from the linking site's DR, rel attribute, topical relevance and page traffic. Every weight is shown. A heuristic, not a price. - [Startup directory finder](https://launchranked.com/tools/startup-directory-finder): Describe your product and we score how well it fits each of 440+ startup, SaaS and AI directories. Get a ranked list with link type, price and submit page. - [Headline analyzer](https://launchranked.com/tools/headline-analyzer): Score a headline, title, tagline or Show HN post on clarity, specificity, benefit and hype, with calibrated AI scores and sharper rewrites. - [Search intent checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/search-intent-checker): Paste up to 200 keywords and get each one's search intent (informational, commercial, transactional, navigational) with a confidence score. CSV export. - [Landing page grader](https://launchranked.com/tools/landing-page-grader): Enter a URL. AI reads the page and checks what a first-time visitor needs: what it is, who it's for, why it's better, proof, and one clear next step. - [Reddit post checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/reddit-post-checker): Paste a Reddit post about your product and the subreddit. AI estimates how likely it is to read as self-promotion and be removed, and what to change. - [Customer feedback analyzer](https://launchranked.com/tools/customer-feedback-analyzer): Paste reviews, support tickets or survey answers. AI tags each one as bug, feature request, pricing, UX or praise, with sentiment and urgency. CSV export. - [Instagram caption generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/instagram-caption-generator): Write Instagram captions for a photo, carousel or Reel in your tone, checked against Instagram's 2,200-character and 5-hashtag limits. Free, no signup. - [Facebook post generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/facebook-post-generator): Draft Facebook posts for a Page or group: an update, an event, an offer or a link to share, in the tone and length you pick. Free, edit before you post. - [X (Twitter) post generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/x-post-generator): Write posts for X (Twitter) that fit 280 characters, counted the way X counts: every link as 23, emoji as 2. Six options in your tone, with your link. - [Threads post generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/threads-post-generator): Write Threads posts under the 500-character limit, with at most one topic tag as Threads allows. Five options written to start a conversation. Free. - [TikTok caption generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/tiktok-caption-generator): Write TikTok captions that say what the video is about in the words people search, with the hashtags and call to action you choose. Free, no signup. - [LinkedIn post generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/linkedin-post-generator): Turn a story, lesson or announcement into a LinkedIn post with a clear first line and short paragraphs, under LinkedIn's 3,000-character limit. Free. - [YouTube title generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/youtube-title-generator): Get 10 YouTube video titles from your topic and keyword, each under YouTube's 100-character limit, keyword near the start and no clickbait. Free. - [YouTube description generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/youtube-description-generator): Write a YouTube description with a summary up top, your chapters checked against YouTube's rules, your links and up to 3 hashtags. Under 5,000 characters. - [Pinterest Pin description generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/pinterest-description-generator): Write Pinterest Pin titles with the keywords in the first 40 characters, plus descriptions under Pinterest's 800-character limit. Free, no signup. - [Instagram bio generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/instagram-bio-generator): Write an Instagram bio that says who you are, who it's for and what to do next, in 150 characters or fewer. Eight options in your tone. Free. - [X (Twitter) bio generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/x-bio-generator): Write an X (Twitter) bio in 160 characters or fewer that says what you do and why people should follow. Eight options in your tone. Free, no signup. - [LinkedIn headline generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/linkedin-headline-generator): Write a LinkedIn headline with your role, who you help and the skills people search for, in 220 characters or fewer. Eight options, important words first. - [Font generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/font-generator): Type once and copy your text in 22 Unicode styles: bold, italic, script, gothic, small caps and more. Check the fit for X, LinkedIn and Instagram. - [Instagram hashtag generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/instagram-hashtag-generator): Get 5 specific hashtags for an Instagram post, the most Instagram allows since December 2025, plus 10 to swap in. And what hashtags do and don't do. - [TikTok hashtag generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/tiktok-hashtag-generator): Get specific hashtags for a TikTok video from its topic and niche, with filler like #fyp left out, and what TikTok says hashtags are used for. Free. - [Facebook ad copy generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/facebook-ad-copy-generator): Write Facebook ad primary text, headlines and descriptions sized to Meta's Feed recommendations: 50–150 characters of text, 27-character headlines. Free. - [Google Ads copy generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/google-ads-copy-generator): Write responsive search ad copy: 15 headlines of up to 30 characters, 4 descriptions of up to 90 and two paths, counted the way Google Ads counts. Free. - [Instagram engagement rate calculator](https://launchranked.com/tools/instagram-engagement-rate-calculator): Calculate Instagram engagement rate by followers, reach or views from likes, comments, saves and shares. Every formula shown. Runs in your browser. - [TikTok engagement rate calculator](https://launchranked.com/tools/tiktok-engagement-rate-calculator): Calculate TikTok engagement rate from likes, comments, shares and saves, by views or by followers. See the formula used and why tools disagree. Free. - [YouTube engagement rate calculator](https://launchranked.com/tools/youtube-engagement-rate-calculator): Calculate a YouTube video's engagement rate from likes, comments and shares, by views or by subscribers. Every formula shown. Runs in your browser. - [SERP checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/serp-checker): Check live Google results for any keyword: organic positions, titles and URLs, plus the SERP features around them (AI Overview, People Also Ask, videos). - [Keyword rank checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/keyword-rank-checker): Check where your domain ranks on Google for up to 5 keywords, by country and device: your position, the ranking URL and who's #1. Free, live results. - [People Also Ask finder](https://launchranked.com/tools/people-also-ask-finder): Find the People Also Ask questions Google shows for any keyword, by country. Copy the list or export a CSV, and use the questions as headings and FAQs. - [AI Overview checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/ai-overview-checker): See whether Google showed an AI Overview for a keyword, read a preview of it, and check which sources it cites and whether your domain is one of them. - [Website traffic checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/website-traffic-checker): Estimated Google organic traffic for any domain, by country, with keyword counts and top keywords. Data: DataForSEO. A model, not a measurement. - [Website authority checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/website-authority-checker): Check a site's authority from independent signals: Domain Rating by Ahrefs, backlinks and rank from DataForSEO, Tranco popularity and domain age. - [Free SEO growth plan](https://launchranked.com/tools/growth-plan): The searches your site could win, how many pages it has, whether AI assistants name you, and the first articles to write. Free for any website. - [Noindex checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/noindex-checker): Check up to 20 URLs for noindex in the meta robots tag and X-Robots-Tag, a robots.txt block for Googlebot, and a canonical pointing elsewhere. Free. - [Google index checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/google-index-checker): See whether Google lists a URL, or how many pages it reports for a domain, with a live site: search plus noindex, robots.txt and canonical checks. Free. - [Title tag checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/title-tag-checker): Check title tags for up to 20 URLs or one pasted title: length in characters and pixels, where Google may cut it, H1 match, duplicates and boilerplate. - [UTM checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/utm-checker): Check up to 50 UTM-tagged links for missing source, medium or campaign, mixed case, spaces, duplicates, personal data and inconsistent names. Free. - [Query fan-out generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/query-fan-out-generator): Enter a search query and see the sub-queries AI search may run for it, grouped by facet, with what a page must say to be the source. A prediction. Free. - [Topic cluster generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/topic-cluster-generator): Enter a topic and an audience. Get one pillar page and 8 to 15 cluster articles with search phrases to check, intent, angle, a link map and a CSV. Free. - [Disavow file generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/disavow-file-generator): Turn pasted URLs, domains or a backlink CSV into a valid disavow.txt: domain: lines, duplicates removed, bad lines flagged. Runs in your browser. Free. - [Rich results test](https://launchranked.com/tools/rich-results-test): Rich results test for any URL: see which Google rich results a page could get, which required properties are missing and which features Google dropped. - [Website technology checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/website-technology-checker): Find the CMS, framework, host and analytics a website uses, with the evidence for each. Detects WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Next.js and 100+ more. Free. - [HTTP status code checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/http-status-checker): Check the HTTP status of up to 50 URLs at once: final code, every redirect hop, response time, loops, chains and 302s doing a 301's job. CSV export. - [DNS propagation checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/dns-propagation-checker): Check whether a DNS change has spread: ask 18 public DNS-over-HTTPS resolvers for A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT or NS records and compare answers and TTLs. Free. - [WebP converter](https://launchranked.com/tools/webp-converter): Convert PNG, JPEG and GIF to WebP, or WebP back to JPEG and PNG, in your browser. Quality slider, batch download, size saved. Nothing is uploaded. - [What is my user agent](https://launchranked.com/tools/what-is-my-user-agent): See your browser's user agent string and client hints, parsed into browser, version, OS, device and engine, and compare them with what our server sees. - [Readability checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/readability-checker): Paste English text for Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, SMOG and Coleman-Liau scores. Marks long sentences, passive voice and adverbs. - [Meta tag generator](https://launchranked.com/tools/meta-tag-generator): Generate meta tags: title, description, canonical, robots, Open Graph, X card and theme color. Copy clean HTML or a Next.js metadata object. Free. - [Keyword difficulty checker](https://launchranked.com/tools/keyword-difficulty-checker): Free keyword difficulty checker: score up to 20 keywords by country and see KD (0-100), monthly searches, CPC and search intent. Data: DataForSEO. ## Compare - [Alternatives](https://launchranked.com/alternatives): LaunchRanked compared with Product Hunt, Uneed, Outrank, Surfer, directory submission services and more. Real models, fact tables, when to pick them. - [Comparisons](https://launchranked.com/compare): Side-by-side comparisons of AI SEO tools, launch platforms and directory submission services: Outrank vs SEObot, Uneed vs Peerlist and more. - [Best-of lists](https://launchranked.com/best): The best AI SEO tools, launch platforms, directory submission services, AI visibility trackers and free SEO tools, grouped by what each is best for. - [LaunchRanked vs Outrank](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/outrank): Outrank vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: both publish 30 articles a month. How they differ on link exchange, fixing existing pages and AI-visibility tracking. - [LaunchRanked vs Distribb](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/distribb): Distribb vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: 30 articles a month on both. How price, top plans, backlink exchange and publishing pace differ. - [LaunchRanked vs SEObot](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/seobot): SEObot vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: fact-checked AI articles and a long CMS list vs 30 articles a month plus Search Console fixes and AI-visibility tracking. - [LaunchRanked vs Arvow](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/arvow): Arvow vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: credit-based plans for 1 to unlimited sites with LLM visibility and white-label reports vs 30 articles a month per site. - [LaunchRanked vs BabyLoveGrowth](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/babylovegrowth): BabyLoveGrowth vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: 30 articles, a 4,000+ site backlink network and 10 tracked prompts vs 30 articles, page fixes and 25 prompts. - [LaunchRanked vs RankPill](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/rankpill): RankPill vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: 30 long articles, a backlink exchange and Reddit marketing vs 30 articles, Search Console fixes and prompt tracking. - [LaunchRanked vs Surfer](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/surfer): Surfer vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: a content editor and AI Search Analytics you drive yourself vs an autopilot that writes, publishes and fixes pages. - [LaunchRanked vs Product Hunt](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/product-hunt): Product Hunt vs LaunchRanked: a one-day launch with a huge audience vs a weekly launch with a permanent SEO page and a followed link. When to use each. - [LaunchRanked vs ScrollLaunch](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/scrolllaunch): ScrollLaunch vs LaunchRanked: two weekly launch platforms. Compare prices, badge rules for followed links, directory submission and life after launch. - [LaunchRanked vs CodeHype](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/codehype): CodeHype vs LaunchRanked: compare free launch terms, badge rules for followed links, paid plans and directory submission for AI tools and other products. - [LaunchRanked vs Uneed](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/uneed): Uneed vs LaunchRanked: a daily board with a free queue up to 5 months and upvote-gated dofollow links vs a weekly launch with a reviewed, badge-free link. - [LaunchRanked vs TinyLaunch](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/tinylaunch): TinyLaunch vs LaunchRanked: free backlink only for the top 3 (with its badge) vs a followed link on every approved listing. Prices, directories, AI audits. - [LaunchRanked vs Peerlist](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/peerlist): Peerlist Launchpad vs LaunchRanked: a free weekly launch in a network of engineers vs a weekly launch with a permanent SEO page and a followed link. - [LaunchRanked vs MicroLaunch](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/microlaunch): MicroLaunch vs LaunchRanked: monthly cycles with ratings, roasts and paid Pro launches vs a weekly launch with a free, reviewed followed link. - [LaunchRanked vs Fazier](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/fazier): Fazier vs LaunchRanked: a free launch that needs a backlink and up to 30 days for review vs a free launch with no link back and a reviewed followed link. - [LaunchRanked vs DevHunt](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/devhunt): DevHunt vs LaunchRanked: an open-source board for dev tools with GitHub-login voting vs a weekly launch for any product with a reviewed followed link. - [LaunchRanked vs BetaList](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/betalist): BetaList vs LaunchRanked: a paid-only discovery site for pre-launch startups with a do-follow link vs a free weekly launch with a reviewed followed link. - [LaunchRanked vs LaunchDirectories](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/launchdirectories): LaunchDirectories vs LaunchRanked: two manual directory submission services with 30+, 60+ and 100+ tiers. Prices, delivery time, reports and free lists. - [LaunchRanked vs ListingBott](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/listingbott): ListingBott vs LaunchRanked: 100 listings from a 10k+ database over a month with a DR guarantee vs manual niche submission with a live-link report. - [LaunchRanked vs Screaming Frog](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/screaming-frog): Screaming Frog vs LaunchRanked: a desktop crawler that finds technical issues vs a service that fixes pages and publishes content. When you need which. - [LaunchRanked vs Sitebulb](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/sitebulb): Sitebulb alternatives with 2026 prices and free tiers: Screaming Frog (free to 500 URLs), Ahrefs Free, Semrush, SE Ranking and JetOctopus compared. - [LaunchRanked vs Lumar](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/lumar): Lumar vs LaunchRanked: an enterprise cloud crawler with monitoring, QA and accessibility audits vs content and Search Console work for startups. - [LaunchRanked vs Conductor](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/conductor): Conductor vs LaunchRanked: enterprise SEO with 24/7 monitoring (ex-ContentKing) and AI search credits vs content and Search Console fixes for startups. - [LaunchRanked vs Majestic](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/majestic): Majestic vs LaunchRanked: a backlink database with Trust Flow and Citation Flow vs a launch page with a followed link and SEO that earns links honestly. - [LaunchRanked vs Clearscope](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/clearscope): Clearscope vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: content grading, briefs and prompt tracking for writing teams vs an autopilot that publishes and fixes titles. - [LaunchRanked vs MarketMuse](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/marketmuse): MarketMuse vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: topic modeling, content inventory and nine brief types vs 30 published articles and Search Console title rewrites. - [LaunchRanked vs NeuronWriter](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/neuronwriter): NeuronWriter vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: a $23/mo NLP content editor with AI monitoring vs an autopilot publishing 30 articles and fixing ranking titles. - [LaunchRanked vs Scalenut](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/scalenut): Scalenut vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: GEO articles, clusters and prompt tracking from $59/mo vs 30 articles, Search Console title fixes and 25 prompts. - [LaunchRanked vs Frase](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/frase): Frase vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: a research-to-publish agent with audits and AI visibility from $49/mo vs 30 articles plus Search Console title rewrites. - [LaunchRanked vs WriterZen](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/writerzen): WriterZen vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: one-time lifetime deals for keyword clustering and AI writing vs a monthly autopilot that publishes and fixes titles. - [LaunchRanked vs Keywords Everywhere](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/keywords-everywhere): Free Keywords Everywhere alternatives: Keyword Surfer, Google Keyword Planner, Ahrefs' generator, Semrush and Moz free tiers, and what each shows. - [LaunchRanked vs LowFruits](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/lowfruits): LowFruits vs LaunchRanked: find keywords where weak sites rank on page one vs have articles written and published for you. Prices and trade-offs. - [LaunchRanked vs Keyword Insights](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/keyword-insights): Keyword Insights vs LaunchRanked: SERP-based keyword clustering and AI briefs on credits vs an autopilot that plans from Search Console and publishes. - [LaunchRanked vs AccuRanker](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/accuranker): AccuRanker alternatives with 2026 prices: SE Ranking, Wincher, Nightwatch and Advanced Web Ranking on keywords, update speed, AI tracking and trials. - [LaunchRanked vs Wincher](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/wincher): Wincher vs LaunchRanked: an affordable daily rank tracker from $49/mo with a WordPress plugin vs an autopilot that acts on your Search Console data. - [LaunchRanked vs Nightwatch](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/nightwatch): Nightwatch vs LaunchRanked: daily rank tracking plus AI prompts across ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini vs Search Console-led fixes and 25 tracked prompts. - [LaunchRanked vs Rank Math](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/rank-math): Rank Math vs LaunchRanked: a WordPress SEO plugin that handles on-page basics vs an autopilot that writes, publishes and rewrites titles that rank. - [LaunchRanked vs Yoast SEO](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/yoast-seo): Yoast SEO vs LaunchRanked: the WordPress plugin for titles, schema and readability vs an autopilot that publishes posts and rewrites titles that rank. - [LaunchRanked vs AIOSEO](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/aioseo): AIOSEO vs LaunchRanked: All in One SEO's WordPress plugin with AI credits and plans by site count vs an autopilot that publishes and fixes ranking titles. - [LaunchRanked vs Ahrefs](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/ahrefs): Ahrefs vs LaunchRanked: an SEO research suite with a huge backlink index vs a service that publishes content and rewrites titles. When you need which. - [LaunchRanked vs Semrush](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/semrush): Semrush vs LaunchRanked: an SEO and AI search suite with toolkits for local, content and ads vs an autopilot that publishes and fixes ranking titles. - [LaunchRanked vs Moz Pro](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/moz-pro): Moz Pro vs LaunchRanked: an SEO suite with Domain Authority, Link Explorer and AI visibility tracking vs a service that publishes and fixes pages. - [LaunchRanked vs SE Ranking](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/se-ranking): SE Ranking vs LaunchRanked: a mid-priced SEO suite with daily rank and prompt tracking vs an autopilot that publishes content and rewrites ranking titles. - [LaunchRanked vs Ubersuggest](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/ubersuggest): Ubersuggest vs LaunchRanked: a low-cost keyword, audit and rank tool with lifetime deals vs an autopilot that publishes articles and fixes ranking titles. - [LaunchRanked vs Mangools](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/mangools): Mangools vs LaunchRanked: KWFinder and four other simple SEO tools in one bundle vs an autopilot that writes, publishes and fixes titles that rank. - [LaunchRanked vs Serpstat](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/serpstat): Serpstat vs LaunchRanked: a budget SEO suite with daily rank checks, API and an LLM brand monitor vs an autopilot that publishes and fixes pages. - [LaunchRanked vs SpyFu](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/spyfu): SpyFu vs LaunchRanked: competitor keyword and Google Ads research with unlimited results vs an autopilot that publishes and fixes your own pages. - [LaunchRanked vs Similarweb](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/similarweb): Free Similarweb alternatives and what each free tier shows: Ahrefs, Semrush and SE Ranking checkers, Similarweb's own free tools and ours (Google only). - [LaunchRanked vs Jasper](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/jasper): Jasper vs LaunchRanked: a seat-priced AI marketing platform for teams vs an SEO autopilot that publishes 30 articles a month and fixes pages that rank. - [LaunchRanked vs Copy.ai](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/copy-ai): Copy.ai vs LaunchRanked: a GTM AI platform with chat and workflow credits vs an SEO autopilot for founders. What each does, prices, and when to pick each. - [LaunchRanked vs Writesonic](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/writesonic): Writesonic vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: prompt tracking, AI articles and site audits compared, with prices, engines covered and who each is for. - [LaunchRanked vs Rytr](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/rytr): Rytr vs LaunchRanked: a $7.50/mo AI writing assistant vs an SEO autopilot. Honest take on where they overlap, prices, and which one fits your job. - [LaunchRanked vs Article Forge](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/article-forge): Article Forge vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: word-based bulk article generation vs 30 researched articles a month with Search Console fixes and gates. - [LaunchRanked vs Koala](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/koala): Koala vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: KoalaWriter, KoalaLinks and an MCP server priced by words vs 30 articles a month with Search Console fixes. - [LaunchRanked vs Byword](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/byword): Byword vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: 25 to 300 bulk SEO articles a month from $99 vs 30 paced articles with Search Console fixes and AI-visibility tracking. - [LaunchRanked vs Machined](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/machined): Machined vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: $19 for 30 cluster articles, or BYO keys for 2,000, vs 30 paced articles with Search Console fixes and tracking. - [LaunchRanked vs SEOWriting.ai](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/seowriting-ai): SEOWriting.ai vs LaunchRanked: 1-click affiliate articles and bulk WordPress posting in 48 languages vs 30 paced articles plus Search Console work. - [LaunchRanked vs Averi](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/averi): Averi vs LaunchRanked Autopilot: an AI content engine with unlimited drafts, strategy and a CMO call vs 30 published articles a month plus tracking. - [LaunchRanked vs Profound](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/profound): Profound vs LaunchRanked: enterprise AI visibility across up to 9 answer engines with agents and SOC 2 vs prompt tracking bundled into an SEO autopilot. - [LaunchRanked vs Peec AI](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/peec-ai): Peec AI vs LaunchRanked: AI search analytics with share of voice, source and citation analysis vs prompt tracking bundled with an SEO autopilot. - [LaunchRanked vs Otterly.AI](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/otterly): Otterly.AI vs LaunchRanked: $29/mo for 15 tracked prompts on 4 AI engines vs 25 prompts bundled with 30 articles a month. Prices, engines, add-ons. - [LaunchRanked vs Scrunch](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/scrunch): Scrunch vs LaunchRanked: AI visibility monitoring and an agent experience platform from $250/mo vs prompt tracking bundled with an SEO autopilot. - [LaunchRanked vs AthenaHQ](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/athenahq): AthenaHQ vs LaunchRanked: credit-based AI visibility across 11 models with content agents vs 25 tracked prompts bundled with 30 articles a month. - [LaunchRanked vs Ahrefs Brand Radar](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/ahrefs-brand-radar): Ahrefs Brand Radar vs LaunchRanked: AI visibility from a 451M-prompt index and custom prompts inside Ahrefs vs tracking bundled with an SEO autopilot. - [LaunchRanked vs Rankscale](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/rankscale): Rankscale vs LaunchRanked: credit-based AI visibility tracking with brand dashboards and page audits from $99/mo vs tracking bundled with an SEO autopilot. - [LaunchRanked vs LLMrefs](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/llmrefs): LLMrefs vs LaunchRanked: keyword-based AI tracking with auto-generated prompts and share of voice from $79/mo vs 25 prompts bundled with an autopilot. - [LaunchRanked vs Hacker News](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/hacker-news): Show HN vs LaunchRanked: what Hacker News allows, how its launches work, whether the link is followed, and when HN is the better place to launch. - [LaunchRanked vs Indie Hackers](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/indie-hackers): Indie Hackers vs LaunchRanked: a founder community with a products database and daily Build Board vs a weekly launch board with a followed link. - [LaunchRanked vs Launching Next](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/launching-next): Launching Next vs LaunchRanked: a startup showcase since 2013 with free review or a $99 fast track vs a weekly board with a followed link once approved. - [LaunchRanked vs StartupBase](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/startupbase): StartupBase vs LaunchRanked: daily launches with a badge-required free queue or $39 Premium, vs a weekly board with a followed link and no badge. - [LaunchRanked vs PitchWall](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/pitchwall): PitchWall vs LaunchRanked: free listings after a 30+ day wait or paid launches from $49 vs a weekly board with a followed link once approved. - [LaunchRanked vs OpenHunts](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/openhunts): OpenHunts vs LaunchRanked: weekly launches with a ~60-week free queue or a $9.90 Premium vs a weekly board where the followed link needs no badge. - [LaunchRanked vs Firsto](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/firsto): Firsto vs LaunchRanked: a ~180-day free queue with a badge-gated link for the top 3, or $19.90 to launch in 24h, vs a weekly board with no badge. - [LaunchRanked vs Tiny Startups](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/tiny-startups): Tiny Startups vs LaunchRanked: a free, hand-approved launch with a do-follow link and a 25k+ newsletter vs a weekly board with a permanent product page. - [LaunchRanked vs SideProjectors](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/sideprojectors): SideProjectors vs LaunchRanked: a marketplace to show off, buy and sell side projects vs a weekly launch board. Where they overlap and where they don't. - [LaunchRanked vs Submit Bro](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/submitbro): Submit Bro vs LaunchRanked: 30 or 70 directory submissions with batch-based prices vs manual, niche-matched submission with a live-link report. - [LaunchRanked vs BacklinkBot](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/backlinkbot): BacklinkBot vs LaunchRanked: an AI outreach agent at $99/mo plus 100–300 directory submissions vs niche-matched directory submission and SEO autopilot. - [LaunchRanked vs GetMoreBacklinks](https://launchranked.com/alternatives/getmorebacklinks): GetMoreBacklinks vs LaunchRanked: 100–200 directory submissions in 14 working days vs manual, niche-matched submission with a live-link report. - [Outrank vs SEObot](https://launchranked.com/compare/outrank-vs-seobot): Outrank vs SEObot in 2026: prices, articles per month, integrations, languages, backlinks and fact-checking, side by side, and when to pick each. - [Outrank vs Arvow](https://launchranked.com/compare/outrank-vs-arvow): Outrank vs Arvow: flat 30-articles-a-month vs credit-based plans for 1 to unlimited sites with LLM visibility, local SEO and white-label reports. - [Outrank vs BabyLoveGrowth](https://launchranked.com/compare/outrank-vs-babylovegrowth): Outrank vs BabyLoveGrowth: 30 articles a month each, two different backlink networks, AI-prompt tracking, guarantees and prices, side by side. - [Outrank vs RankPill](https://launchranked.com/compare/outrank-vs-rankpill): Outrank vs RankPill: both $99/mo for 30 articles with backlink exchange. How they differ on article length, integrations, languages and add-ons. - [Surfer vs Frase](https://launchranked.com/compare/surfer-vs-frase): Surfer vs Frase in 2026: content scoring vs research-to-publish, plan prices, articles, sites and AI-visibility tracking, side by side. - [ScrollLaunch vs TinyLaunch](https://launchranked.com/compare/scrolllaunch-vs-tinylaunch): ScrollLaunch vs TinyLaunch: two weekly boards, the badge rules on each free link, $39 paid launches, ads and directory submission prices, side by side. - [ScrollLaunch vs CodeHype](https://launchranked.com/compare/scrolllaunch-vs-codehype): ScrollLaunch vs CodeHype: two weekly launch boards with badge-gated free links. Compare paid plans, ads, directory submission and audiences. - [Uneed vs Peerlist Launchpad](https://launchranked.com/compare/uneed-vs-peerlist): Uneed vs Peerlist Launchpad: a daily board with a free queue and paid fast-track vs a free weekly launch inside a network of engineers. - [Product Hunt vs Peerlist Launchpad](https://launchranked.com/compare/product-hunt-vs-peerlist): Product Hunt vs Peerlist Launchpad: a daily launch with the biggest audience vs a free weekly launch in a network of engineers. Links, cadence, audience. - [Product Hunt vs Uneed](https://launchranked.com/compare/product-hunt-vs-uneed): Product Hunt vs Uneed: two daily launch boards. Audience size, free queue, dofollow rules, paid options and newsletter reach, side by side. - [TinyLaunch vs Fazier](https://launchranked.com/compare/tinylaunch-vs-fazier): TinyLaunch vs Fazier: a weekly board vs a daily one. The badge and link-back rules on each free plan, guaranteed backlinks and paid plans, side by side. - [LaunchDirectories vs ListingBott](https://launchranked.com/compare/launchdirectories-vs-listingbott): LaunchDirectories vs ListingBott: fixed 30+/60+/100+ packages in days vs 100 listings over a month with a DR guarantee. Prices, pace, claims. - [Screaming Frog vs Sitebulb](https://launchranked.com/compare/screaming-frog-vs-sitebulb): Screaming Frog vs Sitebulb in 2026: licence prices, free limits, URL caps, JavaScript rendering, reports and cloud options, and when to pick each. - [Screaming Frog vs Lumar](https://launchranked.com/compare/screaming-frog-vs-lumar): Screaming Frog vs Lumar (Deepcrawl): a £199/yr desktop crawler vs an enterprise cloud platform with monitoring, CI/CD QA and accessibility audits. - [Screaming Frog vs JetOctopus](https://launchranked.com/compare/screaming-frog-vs-jetoctopus): Screaming Frog vs JetOctopus: a desktop crawler plus Log File Analyser vs a cloud crawler with logs and Search Console built in. Prices and limits. - [Lumar vs Conductor](https://launchranked.com/compare/lumar-vs-conductor): Lumar vs Conductor (with ContentKing monitoring): enterprise crawling, release QA and accessibility vs 24/7 monitoring, rank tracking and AI search. - [Google Search Console vs Bing Webmaster Tools](https://launchranked.com/compare/google-search-console-vs-bing-webmaster-tools): Google Search Console vs Bing Webmaster Tools: both free. Performance data, indexing, IndexNow, backlinks and Bing's AI citation reports compared. - [Ahrefs Webmaster Tools vs Google Search Console](https://launchranked.com/compare/ahrefs-webmaster-tools-vs-google-search-console): Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (now Ahrefs Free) vs Google Search Console: free site audits and backlinks vs Google's own clicks, queries and indexing data. - [Clearscope vs MarketMuse](https://launchranked.com/compare/clearscope-vs-marketmuse): Clearscope vs MarketMuse in 2026: a content grader with prompt tracking from $129/mo vs topic modeling, inventory and nine brief types with a free tier. - [Clearscope vs Surfer](https://launchranked.com/compare/clearscope-vs-surfer): Clearscope vs Surfer in 2026: content grading, prompt tracking, seats and prices from $129/mo vs $49/mo, and which fits your writing team. - [Surfer vs NeuronWriter](https://launchranked.com/compare/surfer-vs-neuronwriter): Surfer vs NeuronWriter: content editors compared on price ($49 vs $23/mo), analyses, AI visibility monitoring, integrations and trials. - [Frase vs Clearscope](https://launchranked.com/compare/frase-vs-clearscope): Frase vs Clearscope in 2026: a research-to-publish AI agent with audits vs a content grader for writing teams. Prices, seats, AI visibility, trials. - [Scalenut vs Surfer](https://launchranked.com/compare/scalenut-vs-surfer): Scalenut vs Surfer in 2026: GEO article writing, content scoring, AI prompt tracking, publishing and prices from $59/mo vs $49/mo, side by side. - [Surfer vs Page Optimizer Pro](https://launchranked.com/compare/surfer-vs-page-optimizer-pro): Surfer vs Page Optimizer Pro in 2026: content scoring methods, AI visibility tracking, unlimited reports, keyword tracking and prices side by side. - [Keyword Insights vs LowFruits](https://launchranked.com/compare/keyword-insights-vs-lowfruits): Keyword Insights vs LowFruits: SERP clustering, intent and AI briefs vs low-competition keyword finding with a rank tracker. Credits, prices, trials. - [AccuRanker vs Wincher](https://launchranked.com/compare/accuranker-vs-wincher): AccuRanker vs Wincher in 2026: price per keyword, update frequency, SERP features, AI answer tracking, trials and refunds. Which rank tracker fits? - [Nightwatch vs AccuRanker](https://launchranked.com/compare/nightwatch-vs-accuranker): Nightwatch vs AccuRanker: rank tracking with AI prompts built in from €99/mo vs a premium tracker from $249/mo with AccuLLM sold separately. - [Advanced Web Ranking vs AccuRanker](https://launchranked.com/compare/advanced-web-ranking-vs-accuranker): Advanced Web Ranking vs AccuRanker: how each counts keywords, update frequency, AI visibility tracking, users, trials and real price per daily keyword. - [Rank Math vs Yoast SEO](https://launchranked.com/compare/rank-math-vs-yoast): Rank Math vs Yoast SEO in 2026: free features, paid prices, schema, redirects, AI tools, rank tracking and installs. Which WordPress SEO plugin fits? - [Yoast SEO vs AIOSEO](https://launchranked.com/compare/yoast-vs-aioseo): Yoast SEO vs All in One SEO (AIOSEO): free features, Premium vs tiered pricing by site count, renewals, AI tools and rank tracking, side by side. - [Rank Math vs AIOSEO](https://launchranked.com/compare/rank-math-vs-aioseo): Rank Math vs AIOSEO: free features, licences for many sites, rank tracking, AI credits and renewal prices for two popular WordPress SEO plugins. - [Ahrefs vs Semrush](https://launchranked.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-semrush): Ahrefs vs Semrush in 2026: plan prices, users, rank tracking frequency, backlink and keyword data, AI search tracking and trials, side by side. - [Ahrefs vs Moz Pro](https://launchranked.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-moz): Ahrefs vs Moz Pro in 2026: prices, link indexes, DR vs DA, rank tracking, AI visibility, users and refund terms, and who each suite fits. - [Semrush vs Moz Pro](https://launchranked.com/compare/semrush-vs-moz): Semrush vs Moz Pro in 2026: prices, daily vs weekly tracking, AI prompts, toolkits, trials and refunds. A broad marketing suite vs a simpler SEO suite. - [Semrush vs SE Ranking](https://launchranked.com/compare/semrush-vs-se-ranking): Semrush vs SE Ranking in 2026: plan prices, tracked keywords, projects, users, AI prompts, database size, trials and refunds, side by side. - [Ahrefs vs SE Ranking](https://launchranked.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-se-ranking): Ahrefs vs SE Ranking in 2026: price, tracked keywords, update frequency, AI prompts, link data and trials compared for small teams and agencies. - [Ubersuggest vs Semrush](https://launchranked.com/compare/ubersuggest-vs-semrush): Ubersuggest vs Semrush: a $29/mo tool with lifetime deals vs a full SEO and AI search suite from $139/mo. Limits, tracking, AI prompts and trials. - [Ubersuggest vs Ahrefs](https://launchranked.com/compare/ubersuggest-vs-ahrefs): Ubersuggest vs Ahrefs: $29/mo budget tool vs $129/mo research suite. Keyword and link data, rank tracking, AI prompts, free options and refunds. - [Mangools vs SE Ranking](https://launchranked.com/compare/mangools-vs-se-ranking): Mangools vs SE Ranking: a beginner-friendly five-tool bundle vs a fuller suite with daily tracking and AI prompts. Limits, refunds and trials compared. - [Mangools vs Ubersuggest](https://launchranked.com/compare/mangools-vs-ubersuggest): Mangools vs Ubersuggest for beginners: keyword lookups, rank tracking, backlinks, AI prompts, free plans, refunds and lifetime deals compared. - [KWFinder vs Ahrefs](https://launchranked.com/compare/kwfinder-vs-ahrefs): KWFinder (Mangools) vs Ahrefs Keywords Explorer: keyword data, difficulty, SERP analysis, limits, free options and price, for keyword research. - [Semrush vs Similarweb for AEO and SEO](https://launchranked.com/compare/semrush-vs-similarweb): Semrush vs Similarweb for AEO and SEO: AI visibility plans from $99/mo, prompts tracked, AI platforms, traffic data, prices and trials, side by side. - [Semrush vs SpyFu](https://launchranked.com/compare/semrush-vs-spyfu): Semrush vs SpyFu in 2026: SEO and PPC competitor research, prices from $139 vs $39/mo, tracking frequency, AI features and money-back terms. - [Serpstat vs Semrush](https://launchranked.com/compare/serpstat-vs-semrush): Serpstat vs Semrush in 2026: prices from $69 vs $139/mo, users, daily tracking, API access, AI search tracking and trials compared. - [Serpstat vs SE Ranking](https://launchranked.com/compare/serpstat-vs-se-ranking): Serpstat vs SE Ranking: two value SEO suites compared on price, users, rank checks, AI prompt tracking, API access, trials and refunds. - [Ahrefs vs Majestic](https://launchranked.com/compare/ahrefs-vs-majestic): Ahrefs vs Majestic for backlink research: index claims, DR vs Trust Flow, historic data, prices from $129 vs $49.99/mo, and refund terms. - [Keywords Everywhere vs Ubersuggest](https://launchranked.com/compare/keywords-everywhere-vs-ubersuggest): Keywords Everywhere vs Ubersuggest: a browser extension paid in annual credits vs a budget SEO app with audits and tracking. Prices, limits and trials. - [Jasper vs Copy.ai](https://launchranked.com/compare/jasper-vs-copy-ai): Jasper vs Copy.ai in 2026: a per-seat AI marketing platform vs a GTM AI platform with workflow credits. Prices, seats, models and who each suits. - [Writesonic vs Jasper](https://launchranked.com/compare/writesonic-vs-jasper): Writesonic vs Jasper in 2026: an SEO + GEO platform with prompt tracking vs a per-seat AI marketing platform. Prices, AI visibility and content. - [Jasper vs Rytr](https://launchranked.com/compare/jasper-vs-rytr): Jasper vs Rytr: a $59–$69/seat AI marketing platform vs a $7.50/mo writing assistant with a free plan. What you get for the price difference. - [Copy.ai vs Rytr](https://launchranked.com/compare/copy-ai-vs-rytr): Copy.ai vs Rytr: a $29/mo multi-model AI chat for 5 seats and GTM workflows vs a $7.50/mo AI writer with a free plan. Which one fits your job. - [Writesonic vs Rytr](https://launchranked.com/compare/writesonic-vs-rytr): Writesonic vs Rytr in 2026: an SEO and AI-visibility platform from $79/mo vs a $7.50/mo AI writing assistant. They no longer do the same job. - [Koala vs Byword](https://launchranked.com/compare/koala-vs-byword): Koala vs Byword in 2026: word-based plans with KoalaLinks and an SEO agent vs article-based bulk plans from $99. Prices per article, CMS and free starts. - [Machined vs Byword](https://launchranked.com/compare/machined-vs-byword): Machined vs Byword in 2026: $19 for 30 cluster articles or BYO keys for 2,000 vs $99 for 25 articles. Price per article, clusters, CMS and trials. - [Koala vs Machined](https://launchranked.com/compare/koala-vs-machined): Koala vs Machined in 2026: a word-metered AI SEO toolkit with an SEO agent vs a $19/mo cluster generator. Prices, linking, sites and trials compared. - [Koala vs SEOWriting.ai](https://launchranked.com/compare/koala-vs-seowriting-ai): Koala vs SEOWriting.ai: two AI writers popular with affiliate sites. Amazon data, bulk WordPress posting, languages, MCP and what we could verify. - [Profound vs Peec AI](https://launchranked.com/compare/profound-vs-peec-ai): Profound vs Peec AI in 2026: enterprise AI visibility with marketing agents vs self-serve AI search analytics from 50 prompts. Engines, prices, features. - [Otterly.AI vs Peec AI](https://launchranked.com/compare/otterly-vs-peec-ai): Otterly.AI vs Peec AI in 2026: $29 for 15 prompts on 4 engines vs 50+ prompts on 3 chosen models. Prices, engines, add-ons and source analysis. - [Profound vs Otterly.AI](https://launchranked.com/compare/profound-vs-otterly): Profound vs Otterly.AI: an enterprise AI visibility platform with agents vs a $29/mo self-serve tracker. Engines, prompts, prices and who each suits. - [Peec AI vs Scrunch](https://launchranked.com/compare/peec-ai-vs-scrunch): Peec AI vs Scrunch in 2026: AI search analytics with source data vs AI visibility plus an Agent Experience Platform from $250/mo. Prices and engines. - [Profound vs AthenaHQ](https://launchranked.com/compare/profound-vs-athenahq): Profound vs AthenaHQ in 2026: enterprise AI visibility with agents vs credit-based tracking across 11 models from $295/mo, with a free tier. - [Otterly.AI vs Rankscale](https://launchranked.com/compare/otterly-vs-rankscale): Otterly.AI vs Rankscale: prompt-based plans from $29 vs credit-based plans from $99 with rollover and 10 brand dashboards. Which suits your tracking? - [LLMrefs vs Otterly.AI](https://launchranked.com/compare/llmrefs-vs-otterly): LLMrefs vs Otterly.AI: keyword-based AI tracking with 500 prompts for $79 vs prompt-based daily tracking from $29. Engines, frequency and pricing. - [Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Peec AI](https://launchranked.com/compare/ahrefs-brand-radar-vs-peec-ai): Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Peec AI: a 451M-prompt AI visibility index inside Ahrefs vs a standalone tracker with source analytics. Pricing and coverage. - [BetaList vs Product Hunt](https://launchranked.com/compare/betalist-vs-product-hunt): BetaList vs Product Hunt: a paid discovery site for pre-launch startups with a do-follow link vs a free daily launch with a huge audience and ugc links. - [Indie Hackers vs Product Hunt](https://launchranked.com/compare/indie-hackers-vs-product-hunt): Indie Hackers vs Product Hunt: a founder community where stories earn attention vs a daily launch leaderboard. How each works and when to use it. - [Hacker News (Show HN) vs Product Hunt](https://launchranked.com/compare/hacker-news-vs-product-hunt): Show HN vs Product Hunt: strict rules and a technical crowd vs a daily launch leaderboard. What each allows, link attributes and when to post where. - [Hacker News vs Indie Hackers](https://launchranked.com/compare/hacker-news-vs-indie-hackers): Hacker News vs Indie Hackers for founders: Show HN's strict rules and technical crowd vs a community of bootstrappers. How to use each well. - [PitchWall vs BetaList](https://launchranked.com/compare/pitchwall-vs-betalist): PitchWall vs BetaList: a free-with-a-wait AI and SaaS discovery site with $49/$99 launches vs a paid-only site for pre-launch startups. - [Launching Next vs BetaList](https://launchranked.com/compare/launching-next-vs-betalist): Launching Next vs BetaList: a free startup showcase with a $99 fast review vs a paid-only discovery site for pre-launch startups with a do-follow link. - [OpenHunts vs Firsto](https://launchranked.com/compare/openhunts-vs-firsto): OpenHunts vs Firsto: a ~60-week weekly queue or $9.90 Premium vs a ~180-day daily queue or $19.90 Premium. Badge rules and dofollow links compared. - [StartupBase vs Tiny Startups](https://launchranked.com/compare/startupbase-vs-tiny-startups): StartupBase vs Tiny Startups: daily launches with a badge-gated free tier or $39 Premium vs a free, hand-approved listing with a do-follow link. - [Submit Bro vs GetMoreBacklinks](https://launchranked.com/compare/submitbro-vs-getmorebacklinks): Submit Bro vs GetMoreBacklinks in 2026: 30–70 directory submissions from $49 vs 100–200 submissions with audits in 14 working days. Prices and status. - [BacklinkBot vs ListingBott](https://launchranked.com/compare/backlinkbot-vs-listingbott): BacklinkBot vs ListingBott in 2026: an outreach agent plus 100–300 hand submissions vs 100 listings over a month with a DR guarantee. Prices compared. - [BacklinkBot vs LaunchDirectories](https://launchranked.com/compare/backlinkbot-vs-launchdirectories): BacklinkBot vs LaunchDirectories in 2026: 100–300 directories from $99 plus an outreach agent vs 30+ to 100+ directories from $99 in 4–6 days. - [beehiiv vs Substack](https://launchranked.com/compare/beehiiv-vs-substack): beehiiv vs Substack in 2026: subscription pricing with 0% take rate on paid plans vs free with a 10% cut of paid subscriptions. Fees, domains, growth. - [beehiiv vs Kit (formerly ConvertKit)](https://launchranked.com/compare/beehiiv-vs-kit): beehiiv vs Kit in 2026: free to 2,500 vs free to 10,000 subscribers, ad network vs creator commerce, and paid plan prices at 1,000 subscribers. - [Kit vs Substack](https://launchranked.com/compare/kit-vs-substack): Kit vs Substack in 2026: email marketing free to 10,000 subscribers with 3.5% + 30c on sales vs a free platform taking 10% of paid subscriptions. - [Buttondown vs Substack](https://launchranked.com/compare/buttondown-vs-substack): Buttondown vs Substack: a markdown-friendly newsletter free to 100 subscribers with $9 add-ons vs a free platform with a 10% cut on paid subscriptions. - [Typefully vs Hypefury](https://launchranked.com/compare/typefully-vs-hypefury): Typefully vs Hypefury in 2026: Typefully schedules to X, LinkedIn, Threads and Bluesky; Hypefury says it no longer supports X. Plans and features. - [Buffer vs Typefully](https://launchranked.com/compare/buffer-vs-typefully): Buffer vs Typefully in 2026: a per-channel scheduler for 11 networks with a free plan vs a writing-focused scheduler for X, LinkedIn, Threads and Bluesky. - [Buffer vs Hypefury](https://launchranked.com/compare/buffer-vs-hypefury): Buffer vs Hypefury in 2026: free for 3 channels or $5 per channel vs $6 per channel or $19 for all. Networks, X support and engagement features. - [Plausible vs Fathom](https://launchranked.com/compare/plausible-vs-fathom): Plausible vs Fathom in 2026: open-source, EU-hosted analytics from $9/mo vs cookie-free analytics from $15/mo with 50 sites. Prices, hosting, trials. - [PostHog vs Plausible](https://launchranked.com/compare/posthog-vs-plausible): PostHog vs Plausible: a product analytics suite with a large free tier vs simple, EU-hosted web analytics from $9/mo. What each measures and costs. - [Umami vs Plausible](https://launchranked.com/compare/umami-vs-plausible): Umami vs Plausible: two open-source, cookie-free analytics tools. MIT vs AGPL, self-hosting, cloud options, features like replays and funnels. - [Simple Analytics vs Plausible](https://launchranked.com/compare/simple-analytics-vs-plausible): Simple Analytics vs Plausible in 2026: EU privacy analytics with a free hobby plan and $20/mo for 100k pageviews vs open source from $9/mo. - [Fathom vs Simple Analytics](https://launchranked.com/compare/fathom-vs-simple-analytics): Fathom vs Simple Analytics in 2026: $15/mo for 100k pageviews across 50 sites vs $20/mo for 100k with a free hobby plan. Trials, users, EU hosting. - [Similarweb vs Ahrefs](https://launchranked.com/compare/similarweb-vs-ahrefs): Similarweb vs Ahrefs for traffic estimates and AI visibility (AEO, GEO): which AI platforms each tracks, prompts, prices, accuracy tests and who fits. - [Launch platform pricing compared](https://launchranked.com/compare/launch-platform-pricing): What 11 launch boards charge and what each asks before you get a followed link: a badge, a link back, upvotes, a top-3 finish or payment. Checked 25 Sep 2026. - [Directory submission pricing compared](https://launchranked.com/compare/directory-submission-pricing): Directory submission prices from 12 done-for-you services for ~30, ~60 and 100+ directories: manual vs automated, delivery, reports. Checked 25 Sep 2026. - [AI SEO autopilot pricing compared](https://launchranked.com/compare/ai-seo-tool-pricing): Monthly prices of 10 AI SEO autopilots: articles per month, backlink approach, AI-visibility tracking and trials, side by side. Checked 25 Sep 2026. - [AI SEO tools in 2026: the best picks for each job](https://launchranked.com/best/best-ai-seo-tools): AI SEO tools for 2026 by job: SEO suites, article autopilots, writing guides and AI-visibility trackers. Prices read 8 October 2026; ours are labelled. - [The best directory submission services, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-directory-submission-services): Directory submission services compared by use case: fast fixed packages, month-long plans, outreach, launch-platform add-ons and free lists, with prices. - [The best AI visibility trackers, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-ai-visibility-trackers): Tools that track how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews mention your brand, grouped by use case: enterprise, budget, SEO suites and bundles. - [The best launch platforms for AI tools, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-launch-platforms-for-ai-tools): Where to launch an AI tool in 2026: the biggest day, AI-only audiences, daily and weekly boards, feedback, betas and dev tools. Link rules and prices. - [The best free SEO tools, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-free-seo-tools): Free SEO tools worth bookmarking: Google Search Console, PageSpeed Insights, Rich Results Test, Bing Webmaster Tools, plus quick checkers and generators. - [The best rank trackers, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-rank-trackers): Rank trackers in 2026 grouped by job: budget daily tracking, agencies at scale, search plus AI answers, and trackers inside suites. Prices and catches. - [The best technical SEO crawlers, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-technical-seo-crawlers): Technical SEO crawlers in 2026 grouped by job: free and low-cost desktop audits, guided audits, cloud crawling with logs, and enterprise monitoring. - [The best content optimization tools, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-content-optimization-tools): Content optimization tools in 2026 grouped by job: editors for writing teams, budget scoring, site-wide planning, and AI agents that draft and publish. - [The best WordPress SEO plugins, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-wordpress-seo-plugins): Best WordPress SEO plugins in 2026: Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO, SEOPress and four more, with versions, installs, ratings and prices checked 27 October 2026. - [The best SEO tools for startups, by stage](https://launchranked.com/best/best-seo-tools-for-startups): SEO tools for startups grouped by stage: free foundations, a first paid suite, budget research, and getting the work done. Real prices, honest catches. - [The best keyword research tools, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-keyword-research-tools): Keyword research tools in 2026 by job: full databases, beginner tools, finding easy wins, clustering into a plan, and keyword data in your browser. - [The best backlink checkers, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-backlink-checkers): Backlink checkers in 2026 by job: free checks for your own site, the biggest indexes, link specialists, budget options and link audits. Real prices. - [The best AI writing tools for SEO, by the job you need done](https://launchranked.com/best/best-ai-writing-tools-for-seo): AI writing tools for SEO in 2026, grouped by job: publish-for-you writers, team platforms, SEO + GEO suites, budget assistants and bulk generators. - [The cheapest ways to track your brand in AI answers](https://launchranked.com/best/best-cheap-ai-visibility-trackers): Low-cost AI visibility (GEO) trackers in 2026: free trials, entry prices, cost per tracked prompt and which engines each covers. No enterprise contracts. - [The best newsletter platforms for founders](https://launchranked.com/best/best-newsletter-platforms-for-founders): beehiiv, Kit, Substack and Buttondown for founders in 2026: free plans, fees on paid subscriptions, automations and which fits a startup newsletter. - [The best privacy-friendly analytics tools, by use case](https://launchranked.com/best/best-privacy-friendly-analytics): Plausible, Fathom, Umami, Simple Analytics and PostHog compared for 2026: cookie-free web analytics, EU hosting, open source, free tiers and prices. - [The best social media schedulers for founders (2026)](https://launchranked.com/best/best-social-media-schedulers-for-founders): Buffer, Typefully and Hypefury for founders in 2026: which networks each supports (Hypefury dropped X), free plans, per-channel pricing and features. - [The best places to launch a SaaS, from pre-launch to after launch day](https://launchranked.com/best/best-places-to-launch-a-saas): Where to launch a SaaS in 2026, by stage: pre-launch betas, launch day, founder communities, and lasting listings with followed links. Rules and prices. - [The best free launch platforms, and what "free" really means on each](https://launchranked.com/best/best-free-launch-platforms): Free launch platforms in 2026 compared by their real terms: queue length, badge requirements, top-3-only links and followed vs nofollow links. - [SEO tool pricing](https://launchranked.com/tool-pricing): What Semrush, Ahrefs, Similarweb, SE Ranking, Jasper and Moz cost in 2026: monthly and yearly prices, limits, trials and refunds, read 8 October 2026. - [Semrush pricing (2026)](https://launchranked.com/tool-pricing/semrush): Semrush costs $139/mo (SEO), $199 (Starter), $299 (Pro+) or $549 (Advanced), up to 17% less yearly. Limits, add-ons, 7-day trial, refunds, alternatives. - [Ahrefs pricing (2026)](https://launchranked.com/tool-pricing/ahrefs): Ahrefs costs $129/mo (Lite), $249 (Standard) or $449 (Advanced), two months free yearly. $29 Starter, free plan, no trial. Limits, add-ons, refunds. - [Similarweb pricing (2026)](https://launchranked.com/tool-pricing/similarweb): Similarweb costs $125 to $542/mo billed yearly ($199 to $649 monthly), plus a $99 AI-search plan. One seat each. 7-day trial, no refunds, alternatives. - [SE Ranking pricing (2026)](https://launchranked.com/tool-pricing/se-ranking): SE Ranking costs $129/mo (Core) or $279/mo (Growth), 20% less billed yearly, with a 14-day free trial and no card. Limits, add-ons, refunds, alternatives. - [Jasper pricing (2026)](https://launchranked.com/tool-pricing/jasper): Jasper Pro is $69 per seat a month ($59 billed yearly), 7-day trial; Business is custom, 12-month minimum. Credits, extra seats, refunds, alternatives. - [Moz pricing (2026)](https://launchranked.com/tool-pricing/moz): Moz Pro costs $99/mo (Standard), $179 (Medium) or $299 (Large), 20% less yearly; $49 Starter for one site. Limits, add-ons, free trial, no refunds. ## Resources - [Hosted blog for Next.js](https://launchranked.com/docs/nextjs-blog): Show Autopilot articles at /blog on a Next.js site: copy the starter, add one API key, deploy once. Setup steps, starter files and the blog API reference. - [LaunchRanked for ChatGPT, Claude and coding agents](https://launchranked.com/docs/mcp): Connect LaunchRanked's SEO checks to ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or OpenClaw through our MCP server: live audits, PageSpeed, sitemaps, structured data and directory matching. - [Versely case study](https://launchranked.com/case-studies/versely): How our own product went from ~2 to ~40–70 Google clicks a day: 3.04k clicks and 405k impressions in 3 months, plus the mistakes we made on the way. - [AI SEO launch checklist](https://launchranked.com/ai-seo-checklist): 40 checks for getting a new site indexed by Google and cited in AI answers: crawling, titles, canonicals, structured data, AI search, speed, links and Search Console. Free, by email. - [SEO prompts for coding agents](https://launchranked.com/prompts): Free copy-paste prompts that make Claude Code, Cursor or Codex fix your site's SEO and AI readability: llms.txt, metadata, structured data, sitemaps. - [Prompt: Make your site readable by AI assistants](https://launchranked.com/prompts/ai-readable-site): A prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: markdown versions of every page, llms.txt, AI-crawler rules in robots.txt and server-rendered content. - [Prompt: Fix titles, descriptions, canonicals and social cards](https://launchranked.com/prompts/seo-metadata): A prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: unique titles and meta descriptions per page type, correct canonicals, robots meta and social share cards. - [Prompt: Add correct structured data to every page type](https://launchranked.com/prompts/structured-data): A prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: correct JSON-LD for every page type, built from the page's own data, with no fake ratings or hidden content. - [Prompt: Build a sitemap that stays correct, plus IndexNow](https://launchranked.com/prompts/sitemap-indexnow): A prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: a sitemap generated from your data with real lastmod dates, robots.txt link, and IndexNow pings on change. - [Prompt: Audit your site before launch: a prioritised fix list](https://launchranked.com/prompts/pre-launch-seo-audit): A prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: a read-only pre-launch audit of indexing, metadata, speed and sharing, ranked P0 to P2, then fixes you choose. - [Prompt: Build the pages ChatGPT and Claude cite](https://launchranked.com/prompts/ai-recommendation-pages): A prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex: answer-first use-case, comparison and how-to pages for the questions buyers ask ChatGPT and Claude, facts only. - [Blog](https://launchranked.com/blog): Founder-to-founder notes on launching, ranking on Google and getting cited by AI assistants. Real numbers from our own product, and what Google actually says. - [Startup directories](https://launchranked.com/directories): Startup, SaaS and AI directories to submit to, each checked on its own site: pricing, dofollow or nofollow link, review process and how to submit. - [Where to submit, by niche](https://launchranked.com/directories/for): Directory lists by niche: AI tools, apps, extensions, plugins, open source, regions and more, each checked on the directory’s own site. - [Glossary](https://launchranked.com/glossary): Plain-language definitions of the SEO, AI search and launch terms founders run into, from canonical tags to GEO and llms.txt, with sources and examples. - [HTTP 302 meaning: 301 vs 302 redirects explained](https://launchranked.com/glossary/301-vs-302-redirect): HTTP 302 meaning: a temporary redirect, so search engines tend to keep the original URL. How it differs from a 301 (permanent), and when to use each. - [What is the difference between 307 and 308?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/307-vs-308-redirect): 307 vs 308 redirect: 307 is temporary, 308 is permanent, and both keep the request method. How Google treats each, and the Next.js default to watch. - [What is a 404 error?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/404-error): A 404 error is the HTTP status a server returns when a requested URL doesn't exist. - [What does a 410 Gone status mean?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/410-gone): 410 Gone is an HTTP status that says a URL was removed on purpose and won't come back. - [What is a 5xx server error?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/5xx-server-error): A 5xx server error is any HTTP status from 500 to 599, meaning the server failed to handle a valid request. - [What is an A/B test?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ab-test): An A/B test shows two versions of a page to different visitors and compares results. How to run one properly, and how to test without hurting SEO. - [What does above the fold mean?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/above-the-fold): Above the fold is the part of a web page visible before scrolling. What research says about attention there, and what belongs in that space. - [What is activation rate?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/activation-rate): Activation rate is the share of new sign-ups who reach the first moment of real value in your product. How to define it and why it beats counting sign-ups. - [What is an affiliate program?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/affiliate-program): An affiliate program pays partners a commission for customers they refer through tracked links. How to run one, and the disclosure and SEO rules. - [What is an AI agent?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-agent): An AI agent is a system where a language model picks its own steps and uses tools like browsing or code to finish a task. What that means for your site. - [What are AI crawlers?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-crawlers): AI crawlers like GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot fetch pages for training, AI search or user requests. What each one does. - [What is an AI hallucination?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-hallucination): An AI hallucination is a confident, plausible statement from a language model that isn't true. Why it happens and how to lower the odds about you. - [What is Google AI Mode?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-mode): AI Mode is Google Search's conversational mode for complex questions, with follow-ups and source links. How it differs from AI Overviews. - [What are AI Overviews?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-overviews): AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries Google shows at the top of some search results, with links to supporting pages. - [What is AI referral traffic?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-referral-traffic): AI referral traffic is visits from links in AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Copilot. How to find it in analytics and read it honestly. - [What is AI share of voice?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-share-of-voice): AI share of voice is how often your brand is mentioned or cited in AI assistants' answers to a fixed set of relevant prompts, compared with competitors. - [Does Google penalize AI-generated content?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ai-generated-content): Google rewards helpful content however it's produced, but using AI to mass-produce pages to manipulate rankings is spam. What that means in practice. - [What is alt text, and how should I write it?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/alt-text): What is alt text? The alt attribute that describes an image to screen readers and search engines. How to write it, when to leave it empty, and mistakes. - [What is "Alternate page with proper canonical tag"?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/alternate-page-with-proper-canonical-tag): "Alternate page with proper canonical tag" is a Search Console status for a URL that correctly points to another page as its canonical. - [What is an alternatives page?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/alternatives-page): An alternatives page lists options to a known product for people searching "X alternatives". How to make one useful instead of a disguised ad. - [What is anchor text?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/anchor-text): Anchor text is the clickable text of a link. Search engines read it as a description of the target page. What good anchor text looks like. - [What is ARR (annual recurring revenue)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/arr): ARR is annualized recurring subscription revenue, usually MRR × 12. How it differs from revenue and run rate, and where founders get it wrong. - [What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/answer-engine-optimization): Answer engine optimization (AEO) is writing so snippets, voice assistants and AI chatbots can quote your answer. How it differs from SEO and GEO. - [What is Article schema?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/article-schema): What is Article schema? Markup telling Google a post's headline, author, images and dates. Which properties to include, and how to treat dateModified. - [What is a byline? Does an author byline help SEO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/author-byline): A byline names who wrote a piece of content, usually linking to an author bio. What Google says about bylines, and when a startup should use one. - [What is average position?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/average-position): Average position in Search Console is the mean of your topmost ranking across the searches where your site appeared. - [What is a backlink?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/backlink): A backlink is a link from another site to yours. Search engines use backlinks to find pages and judge trust. Which ones count, and which to avoid. - [What is a badge backlink?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/badge-backlink): A badge backlink is a "Featured on" badge you put on your site for a launch platform's link back. When it's worth it, and when the link depends on it. - [What is Bing Webmaster Tools?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/bing-webmaster-tools): Bing Webmaster Tools is Microsoft's free console for site owners, the Bing equivalent of Google Search Console. - [What is Bingbot?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/bingbot): What is Bingbot? Microsoft's crawler for Bing search. How it differs from Googlebot (crawl-delay, IndexNow), and why letting it in costs almost nothing. - [What is bounce rate in GA4?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/bounce-rate): In GA4, bounce rate is the share of sessions that weren't engaged. How it differs from Universal Analytics, and why it isn't a ranking factor. - [What is a brand mention?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/brand-mention): A brand mention is any place your company is named on the web, linked or not. Why mentions matter for SEO and for how AI assistants describe you. - [What is branded vs non-branded search?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/branded-search): Branded searches are queries that include your brand or product name; non-branded searches don't. - [What is breadcrumb schema?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/breadcrumb-schema): What is breadcrumb schema? BreadcrumbList markup Google can show instead of the URL. The required fields, and keeping it in sync with visible breadcrumbs. - [What are breadcrumbs on a website?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/breadcrumbs): Breadcrumbs are a row of links, like Home › Glossary › Crawl budget, that shows where a page sits in a site's hierarchy. - [What is broken link building?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/broken-link-building): Broken link building finds dead links on other sites and suggests your working page as a replacement. How it works and where it's worth the effort. - [What does build in public mean?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/build-in-public): Building in public means sharing your startup's progress, numbers and lessons openly as you go. What to share, what not to, and why it works. - [What is the CAC payback period?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/cac-payback-period): CAC payback period is how many months of a customer's gross profit it takes to recover what you spent to acquire them. How to calculate and use it. - [What is a call to action (CTA)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/call-to-action): A call to action is the prompt that tells a visitor what to do next, like "Start free trial". How to write clear CTAs and where to place them. - [Canonical tag meaning: what it is and how it works](https://launchranked.com/glossary/canonical-tag): Canonical tag meaning: rel="canonical" tells search engines the main URL when several pages show the same content. How it works, and the common mistakes. - [What is canonicalization in SEO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/canonicalization): What is canonicalization in SEO? How a search engine picks one URL from duplicates, which signals it weighs, and how to make your choice the obvious one. - [What is a ccTLD, and does it matter for SEO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/cctld): What is a ccTLD? A country-code domain like .de or .uk, which Google reads as a country signal; .io and .ai count as generic. When to choose one. - [What is a changelog?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/changelog): A changelog is a dated list of notable changes in each version of a product. How to write one people read, and why it's useful for SEO and launches. - [What is ChatGPT search?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/chatgpt-search): ChatGPT search lets ChatGPT answer with current web results and links to sources. How it finds pages, the crawler behind it, and how to track its traffic. - [What is the Chrome UX Report (CrUX)? How to see your data](https://launchranked.com/glossary/chrome-ux-report): The Chrome UX Report (CrUX) is Google's dataset of real-user Core Web Vitals. Who is included, why a site may show no data, and where to see yours. - [What is churn rate?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/churn-rate): Churn rate is the share of customers or revenue you lose in a period. How to calculate customer and revenue churn, and common mistakes founders make. - [How does Claude search the web?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/claude-web-search): Claude can search the web and answer with citations. Which Anthropic crawlers are involved, and how to stay citable while blocking training. - [What is click-through rate (CTR)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/click-through-rate): Click-through rate (CTR) is the share of impressions that turned into clicks: clicks divided by impressions. - [What counts as a click in Search Console?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/clicks): In Search Console, a click is counted when someone clicks a link from Google Search results that takes them to your site. - [What is client-side rendering, and is it bad for SEO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/client-side-rendering): Client-side rendering (CSR) means the browser builds the page with JavaScript after downloading a mostly empty HTML shell. - [What is cloaking in SEO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/cloaking): Cloaking is showing search engines different content from what users see, in order to manipulate rankings. - [What is cohort analysis?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/cohort-analysis): Cohort analysis groups users by a shared starting point, like sign-up week, and tracks their behavior over time. How to read a cohort table. - [How do you keep cold emails out of spam?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/cold-email-deliverability): Cold email deliverability is getting outreach into inboxes, not spam. The authentication, spam-rate and unsubscribe basics Gmail requires. - [What is Common Crawl?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/common-crawl): Common Crawl is a non-profit that publishes a free, open archive of web crawl data widely used in AI training. How CCBot works and how to opt out. - [What is community-led growth?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/community-led-growth): Community-led growth uses a community of users and practitioners to drive acquisition, activation and retention. When it works and what it takes. - [What is a comparison page?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/comparison-page): A comparison page puts two or more products side by side, like "X vs Y". How to write one that's fair, useful and ranks for high-intent searches. - [What is a content brief?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/content-brief): A content brief is the plan a writer or AI gets before drafting: target query, intent, angle, outline, sources and links. What a useful brief includes. - [What is content chunking for AI search?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/content-chunking): Content chunking is splitting pages into self-contained sections so search and AI systems can retrieve and quote each one. How to write for passages. - [What is content decay?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/content-decay): Content decay is the slow loss of rankings and traffic on a page that used to perform. What causes it and how to spot it in Search Console early. - [What is a content refresh?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/content-refresh): A content refresh is a real update to an existing page so it's accurate and competitive again. What to change, what to leave, and what not to fake. - [What is a context window?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/context-window): A context window is how much text, in tokens, a language model can consider at once, including its own answer. Current sizes and why bigger isn't magic. - [What is a conversion funnel?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/conversion-funnel): A conversion funnel maps the steps from first visit to paying customer and the share who make it through each one. How to find the leaky step. - [What is a Google core update?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/core-update): A core update is a broad change Google makes to its ranking systems several times a year. What to do, and not do, if your traffic moves. - [What are Core Web Vitals?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/core-web-vitals): Core Web Vitals are Google's three real-user metrics: LCP (loading), INP (responsiveness) and CLS (visual stability). The targets and what they affect. - [What is crawl budget?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/crawl-budget): Crawl budget is the set of URLs Google can and wants to crawl on your site in a given period. - [What is crawl depth?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/crawl-depth): Crawl depth, or click depth, is how many clicks it takes to reach a page from the homepage by following links. - [What is the Crawl Stats report in Search Console?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/crawl-stats-report): Crawl Stats report in Search Console: Googlebot's requests, response times and host status over 90 days. What to look for, and when you can skip it. - [What does "Crawled – currently not indexed" mean?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/crawled-currently-not-indexed): "Crawled – currently not indexed" is a Google Search Console status meaning Google fetched the page but chose not to add it to the index. - [What is Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/cumulative-layout-shift): Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is a Core Web Vital measuring how much visible content unexpectedly moves while a page is used. Good CLS is 0.1 or less. - [What is customer acquisition cost (CAC)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/customer-acquisition-cost): CAC is what you spend on sales and marketing to win one new customer. How to calculate blended vs paid CAC, and what founders leave out. - [What is customer lifetime value (LTV)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/customer-lifetime-value): LTV estimates the total gross profit you'll earn from a customer over their lifetime. The simple formula, its assumptions, and how to use LTV:CAC. - [What is deep research in AI assistants?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/deep-research): Deep research modes in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity run many searches and write a cited report. Why they reward thorough, specific source pages. - [What is digital PR?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/digital-pr): Digital PR is getting coverage and links from online publications with stories, data and expert commentary. How a small startup can do it. - [What is directory submission?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/directory-submission): Directory submission is listing your product on curated websites that catalog tools and startups by category. - [What does it mean to disavow links?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/disavow-links): Disavowing asks Google to ignore specific links to your site. Google says most sites never need it. When to use it, and when not to bother. - [What does "Discovered – currently not indexed" mean?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/discovered-currently-not-indexed): "Discovered – currently not indexed" means Google knows the URL but hasn't crawled it yet. What causes it, when to worry, and what helps. - [What does distribution mean for startups?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/distribution): Distribution is how a product reliably reaches its customers: the channels you own or can use repeatedly. Why founders say it matters as much as product. - [Dofollow link meaning: what it is and how to check one](https://launchranked.com/glossary/dofollow-link): Dofollow link meaning: a normal link with no nofollow, ugc or sponsored rel. There is no rel="dofollow" attribute. How to check one, and Google's limits. - [What is domain authority (DA and DR)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/domain-authority): Domain Authority (Moz) and Domain Rating (Ahrefs) are third-party scores, roughly 0 to 100, estimating the strength of a site's backlink profile. - [What is duplicate content, and is there a penalty?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/duplicate-content): Duplicate content is the same or very similar content available at more than one URL. - [What is "Google chose different canonical"?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/duplicate-google-chose-different-canonical): "Google chose different canonical than user" means Google picked another URL than your declared canonical. How to see why in URL Inspection, and fix it. - [What is dynamic rendering?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/dynamic-rendering): Dynamic rendering is serving crawlers a prerendered HTML version of a JavaScript page while users get the normal client-side app. - [E-E-A-T meaning: what it stands for and how Google uses it](https://launchranked.com/glossary/e-e-a-t): E-E-A-T stands for experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trust. What each part means, why it isn't a ranking factor, and how to show it. - [What is an editorial link?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/editorial-link): An editorial link is one a site owner chose to add on their own merits, without payment or a trade. Why these are the links worth earning. - [What are embeddings?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/embeddings): Embeddings turn text into lists of numbers so that similar meanings sit close together. How AI search uses them, and what they mean for your content. - [What is entity SEO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/entity-seo): Entity SEO is making it easy for search engines and AI to recognize your brand as one distinct thing and connect every fact and profile about it. - [What is evergreen content?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/evergreen-content): Evergreen content stays relevant and useful for years, not days. What counts as evergreen, why it compounds, and why it still needs maintenance. - [What is expired domain abuse?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/expired-domain-abuse): Expired domain abuse is buying an expired domain for its old reputation and filling it with low-value content to rank. What Google's policy says. - [What is faceted navigation in SEO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/faceted-navigation): Faceted navigation lets users filter a list by attributes like category, price or rating. - [What is FAQ schema?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/faq-schema): FAQ schema is FAQPage structured data that marks up a list of questions and answers on a page. - [How do I get my favicon to show in Google?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/favicon): A favicon is the small icon for your site shown in browser tabs and next to your site name in Google results. - [What is a featured snippet?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/featured-snippet): A featured snippet is a Google result where the descriptive snippet appears first, above the link, to answer a query directly. - [What is First Contentful Paint (FCP)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/first-contentful-paint): First Contentful Paint (FCP) measures how long it takes for any content, such as text, an image or an SVG, to first appear on screen. - [What is freemium?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/freemium): Freemium offers a free plan forever with paid upgrades for more features or usage. When it works better than a free trial, and what it costs to run. - [What is Google Gemini?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/google-gemini): Gemini is Google's family of AI models and its assistant app. How Gemini uses Google Search to ground answers, and what Google-Extended controls. - [What is generative engine optimization (GEO)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/generative-engine-optimization): Generative engine optimization (GEO) is making content more likely to be cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews. What research and Google say. - [What is a go-to-market strategy?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/go-to-market): A go-to-market strategy is your plan for reaching and winning customers: who you sell to, how they find you, how they buy, and at what price. - [What is GA4?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/ga4): What is GA4? Google Analytics 4, the event-based tool that replaced Universal Analytics. How engagement works, and why numbers differ from Search Console. - [What is Google Search Console?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/google-search-console): What is Google Search Console? Google's free tool for your queries, clicks and indexing status. The few reports founders use, and a simple weekly routine. - [What is Google-Extended?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/google-extended): Google-Extended is a robots.txt token that controls whether content Google crawls from your site may be used to train Gemini models and for grounding. - [What is Googlebot?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/googlebot): What is Googlebot? Google's main Search crawler, mostly the smartphone version. Its fetch limits, how to verify real Googlebot, and what blocking it does. - [What is grounding in AI?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/grounding): Grounding gives an AI model real source content, like search results, when it answers, instead of relying on training data alone. Why it matters. - [What is guest posting?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/guest-posting): Guest posting is writing an article for another site, usually with a byline and link. When it's useful, and when Google treats it as link spam. - [What is HARO?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/haro): HARO connects journalists who need sources with experts. What happened to it, the platforms like it, and how founders earn coverage from requests. - [What are heading tags (H1–H6)?](https://launchranked.com/glossary/heading-tags): Heading tags,