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Guest postsGuest posting on RankbankSubmitting your first guest postImporting from Google DocsWriting in the Rankbank editorReview & send: the last step before the editorsWhen the editors ask for changesTracking your guest postsFor site owners: opening your site to guest postsFor site owners: writing your guidelinesFor site owners: reviewing a submissionFor site owners: publishing and the live checkThe Content Library
Link exchangeLink swaps on RankbankSetting up your site for swapsPages you shareFinding a site to swap withSending a swap requestReviewing a swap request you receivedAsking a partner for a linkAnswering a link requestWhen the page is published somewhere you can't editHow Rankbank keeps watchThe partner ledger
Content calendarThe content calendarSetting up your calendarWhere the keywords come fromReading the calendarSteering an article before it's writtenReviewing and editing a draftConnecting where it publishesPublishing and what happens nextStyle & settings
TutorialsYour first site audit, from "read my site" to fixes you can ship this weekConnecting Search Console and turning its data into clicksWriting a guest post that gets accepted, the full pathRunning guest posts on your site without letting quality slipYour first link swap, start to finishKeeping your links alive, from wording changes to missing linksA month of content on autopilot, done properly
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Getting startedCreating your Rankbank accountAdding your first websiteProving your site is yoursWriter view and Site owner viewHow Rankbank tells you thingsYour dashboardRankbank Pro and billing
Site audit & search growthThe SEO overview, explainedHow Rankbank reads your siteThe site health scoreThe Problems to fix pageEvery problem type, explainedYour fix listFindings: how to read a cardEverything Rankbank looks forThe map of your siteConnecting Google Search ConsoleThe growth planSuggested linksTopics and content ideasAuthority: how much weight your site carriesThe Search traffic pagePast reads and history
Guest postsGuest posting on RankbankSubmitting your first guest postImporting from Google DocsWriting in the Rankbank editorReview & send: the last step before the editorsWhen the editors ask for changesTracking your guest postsFor site owners: opening your site to guest postsFor site owners: writing your guidelinesFor site owners: reviewing a submissionFor site owners: publishing and the live checkThe Content Library
Link exchangeLink swaps on RankbankSetting up your site for swapsPages you shareFinding a site to swap withSending a swap requestReviewing a swap request you receivedAsking a partner for a linkAnswering a link requestWhen the page is published somewhere you can't editHow Rankbank keeps watchThe partner ledger
Content calendarThe content calendarSetting up your calendarWhere the keywords come fromReading the calendarSteering an article before it's writtenReviewing and editing a draftConnecting where it publishesPublishing and what happens nextStyle & settings
TutorialsYour first site audit, from "read my site" to fixes you can ship this weekConnecting Search Console and turning its data into clicksWriting a guest post that gets accepted, the full pathRunning guest posts on your site without letting quality slipYour first link swap, start to finishKeeping your links alive, from wording changes to missing linksA month of content on autopilot, done properly
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Guest posts

Writing and submitting guest posts, and running an editorial pipeline on a site you own.

How it works

The deal, and the four steps every guest post goes through.

  • 1Guest posting on RankbankWhat a guest post is, the four steps every one goes through, and how the writer's side and the site owner's side fit together.

Writing for another site

For authors: from picking a destination to a link that checks out.

  • 2Submitting your first guest postThe two-step start screen: choosing the destination site, agreeing to its rules, and picking between a Google Doc import and the Rankbank editor.
  • 3Importing from Google DocsThe one sharing setting that matters, what the import keeps, what to do when it fails, and how re-importing works later.
  • 4Writing in the Rankbank editorA tour of the full-screen editor: formatting, autosave and its save states, links and images, the seven side panels, and what happens when editors lock your version.
  • 5Review & send: the last step before the editorsReading your own article the way a reviewer will, understanding the table of sites you link to, and what happens when you send.
  • 6When the editors ask for changesReading the feedback, replying to it, marking comments addressed, and the two different ways to resubmit depending on where your article was written.
  • 7Tracking your guest postsThe My Guest Posts table, every status a writer meets in journey order, and what the article page tells you about versions, the live URL and the link check.

Running a site that accepts posts

For owners: opening your site, reviewing well, and publishing.

  • 8For site owners: opening your site to guest postsThe switches that make your site findable, the profile fields authors see, the four visibility settings, and your public submission link.
  • 9For site owners: writing your guidelinesWhy published rules save you rejections, how versioning protects both sides, the presets, and every field on the draft form.
  • 10For site owners: reviewing a submissionThe review queue, the immutable submitted package, commenting on exact sentences in Review mode, and the three decisions with the rules behind each.
  • 11For site owners: publishing and the live checkWhat happens after Approve, submitting the live URL, what Run validation actually compares, and what a passing check sets in motion.
  • 12The Content LibraryWhat earns an article a place, every column in the table, who sees what, and why the library works as proof-of-work.
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