Onboarding Walkthrough

Six short steps, about five minutes, mostly pre-filled by AI. Check the suggestions and correct anything off — your keywords and articles are built from these answers.

Step 1: What's your website?

Enter your URL and click Continue. Grandranker detects your audience, competitors, and value proposition, and pre-fills the rest.

Can't reach your site? Fix the URL and retry, or click Skip and fill in details manually.

Step 2: Tell us about your business

• Business Name: how your brand is referred to in content.
• Content Language: the language your articles are written in. Changing it regenerates the business description.
• Target Country: the market your keywords and search data target. Language suggests a matching country, but your choice wins.
• Industry / Niche: pick the closest match.
• Business Description: 50-2,000 characters — what you sell and to whom.

If your site couldn't be reached, the pre-filled values are a best guess — check every field.

Step 3: Who is your target audience?

Add 2-7 segments (e.g. "Small business owners", "CTOs"). Suggestions load automatically; use AI Suggest for more, or type your own and press Enter. At least two are required.

Step 4: Who are your competitors?

Add up to 7, as company names or domains. AI Discover Rivals finds more. At least one is required.

Step 5: What pain points do you solve?

List up to 7 problems your customers have that you solve.

Step 6: Connect your blog

Two optional but recommended fields:

• Sitemap URL: usually /sitemap.xml or /sitemap_index.xml. Helps Grandranker understand your existing pages.
• Blog URL: your blog index (e.g. /blog), not a single post. Generated articles link back here.

Grandranker tries to auto-detect both — double-check, then click Finalize Setup.

Generating your plan

A progress screen shows Grandranker researching keywords, scoring them, and building your 30-day content calendar, then starting your first article.

While you wait, connect your CMS — if Grandranker detected your platform, it's offered right on this screen. See the Integrations overview for every option.

You'll then see your growth plan and land on the Dashboard. If your website isn't connected yet, a banner reminds you.