Pay per placement.

Yes. Agencies can use Rank Engine for managed placements while keeping client-facing reporting and communication under their own brand.

We cover most legitimate niches and all articles are written in English. We do not accept adult, illegal, pharmaceutical or other restricted/high-risk campaigns, and we may decline briefs where publisher fit or brand safety would be poor.

No. Rank Engine does not sell link inserts or niche edits. We avoid them because they are usually low-quality link building: links are added into older content of uncertain quality, the page can change again as more links are sold into it, and your brand may end up associated with sites or topics you would not choose. We create new editorial placements built around the brief, with the link placed in context on a publisher that fits the campaign.

Yes. Placements use dofollow contextual links placed naturally within the article.

No. There is no lock-in contract. You can order the placements you need when you need them.

Yes. Tiered discounts up to 15% are available and tracked in your dashboard.

Only if you opt into content approval at order time. With approval enabled, drafts are shared for your review before they move into publisher coordination. Without approval, Rank Engine moves straight from production to publication, which is why the no-approval lane is faster. Content and placement approvals are free on your first order and optional after.

Yes, and the process goes far beyond prompting for an article. Each piece is built through research, fit-testing, challenging the thesis and refinement to reach an outline, then several drafting stages to work the final article, with editorial QA before anything is published. That is roughly two hours of research and iteration per article. The Editorial Method page explains the full process.

Rank Engine substitutes a replacement placement at the same tier and brief. The order does not move to "delivered" status until the live URL is in your dashboard. There is no scenario where you pay for a placement that did not go live.

Yes. If you are not satisfied, Rank Engine refunds the order in full and removes any live placements.

Every placement is covered by a 2-year uptime guarantee. If a placement goes offline within two years of publication, Rank Engine restores or replaces it free of charge.

Not always. DA is a useful proxy for authority, but relevance, traffic quality and overall site quality can matter more than DA alone. Smart Select is designed for that reality.

Pick DA Targeting when you need a guaranteed minimum authority bracket: strict client reporting, campaign specifications that name a DA threshold, or strategies built around an exact DA range. Pick Smart Select when you want the strongest overall opportunity at the budget and are willing to let Rank Engine optimise across relevance, traffic and quality. Most campaigns benefit from Smart Select.

Yes. Many campaigns use DA Targeting for strict authority requirements and Smart Select for the strongest available relevance and traffic opportunities.