About RankedAI
Veteran SEO judgment meets responsible generative AI. We help ambitious brands earn durable organic visibility across AI answers, SGE, and classic search results, then turn that visibility into qualified demand and revenue.
Who we are
Ranked AI pairs 15 years of real‑world SEO with hands‑on generative‑AI research. Our team blends technical SEO, NLP engineering, content systems, digital PR, and analytics. The result is editorially sound content and clean architecture that search engines and AI systems can trust.
“The future of search is not ten blue links. It is authoritative AI answers grounded in impeccable data.”
— Mark Wolf, Founder and Chief Strategist
Leadership
Mark Wolf, Founder and Chief Strategist
- 15 years ranking small, mid‑market, and Fortune 500 sites
- Former senior consultant to Neil Patel Digital, scaling enterprise SEO programs
- Built three niche content brands to 1 million plus monthly visits
- 300 plus technical SEO audits delivered
- Built an internal LLM prompt library for topical mapping at scale
Our story
- 2009 to 2016, traditional growth marketing roots – We launched as a boutique firm across SEO, paid media, and CRO for SaaS upstarts and Fortune 500 B2B divisions.
- 2017 to 2022, data science meets search – Volatile SERPs pushed us to embed data scientists, analyze logs, build crawler simulators, and run ML link‑risk models.
- 2023, generative AI breakthrough – Internal R&D showed transformer models could accelerate topical clustering without losing editorial quality. Early pilots cut time to rank by 47 percent.
- 2024, Ranked AI – We pivoted to AI‑first SEO, retired media buying, and invested in LLM safety nets that uphold Google Helpful Content standards.
- Today – We act as the AI answers department for VC‑backed tech, high‑ticket ecommerce, and global B2B brands that want long‑tail, zero‑click, and SGE visibility.
Team expertise
From data scientists to machine learning specialists, our team covers every layer of AI‑first SEO. We bring 175 years of combined experience and 17 advanced credentials. Below is what that means in practice, without individual names and with the details that matter.
AI and NLP research
- PhD‑level specialists with peer‑reviewed work in natural language understanding.
- Build domain‑specific LLM pipelines for entity extraction, summarization, and query intent modeling.
- Implement retrieval‑augmented generation, evaluation sets, and prompt governance to keep outputs factual and on brand.
Machine learning operations
- Engineers with large‑scale production experience who deploy containerized model services with versioning and CI/CD.
- Real‑time SERP and SGE monitoring, anomaly detection, and experiment flags to validate model impact on traffic and conversions.
Crawler and technical SEO
- Architecture analysts who run log‑file studies, JavaScript rendering checks, and crawl‑budget optimization.
- Schema modeling, Core Web Vitals remediation, and internal linking systems that preserve crawl equity and discoverability.
Content systems and editorial
- Strategists who convert research into topic maps, briefs, and style guides that align with E‑E‑A‑T.
- Dual human review on all AI‑assisted drafts (senior editor plus subject‑matter expert) before publication.
Digital PR and authority building
- Outreach specialists who secure placements that strengthen entity authority and topical relevance.
- Risk‑screened link acquisition, press angles tied to data assets, and contributor programs that compound trust signals.
Analytics and BI
- GA4, BigQuery, and Looker Studio practitioners who turn raw data into decision‑ready dashboards.
- Content and technical ROI models, assisted‑conversion views, and cohort reports that link SEO work to revenue.
Safety, compliance, and localization
- LLM safety nets that check for hallucinations and policy violations, plus red‑team reviews for sensitive topics.
- Multilingual workflows (keyword research, prompts, and editorial QC) that preserve meaning and tone across markets.
Program management
- Agile delivery with weekly sprints, shared Slack channels, and transparent backlogs.
- Clear SLAs on research, production, and measurement so priorities stay aligned with business goals.
Tooling and certifications
- Mix of commercial and custom tools for crawling, entity analysis, and content evaluation.
- Credentials across GA4 IQ, Google Partner, Semrush, HubSpot Content, and cloud engineering tracks.
Mission
Empower growth‑minded brands to own every AI‑informed customer moment. We fuse ethical LLM innovation with battle‑tested search strategy to create compounding, defensible organic revenue.
