Analytics & Performance
How to track article performance, SEO scores, and traffic growth.
Understand how your articles are performing in search and use that data to continuously improve your content strategy.
Article quality score
Every article's preview panel shows a quality score covering:
- SEO Score — Based on keyword density, heading structure, and Meta completeness
- Readability — Sentence length and paragraph structure
- Word Count — Actual count vs. target range
Connecting Google Search Console
Coming soon — once connected, you'll be able to see directly in RankWriting:
- Impressions and click-through rate (CTR) per article
- Keywords the article is actually ranking for
- Traffic trends over time
Tracking published articles
In the Posts list, every published article shows:
- Publication date
- Target keywords
- Live WordPress URL (click to open directly)
After publishing, submit the article URL to Google Search Console's URL Inspection tool to request faster indexing.
Performance expectations
- Expect articles to appear in Google's index within 1–2 weeks of publishing
- Stable rankings typically emerge within 1–3 months — this is normal
- If an article hasn't gained traction after 3 months, use Enhance to refresh the content, or consider building external backlinks to it