Content refresh

Win back the clicks your old articles are losing

RankFlow spots the articles slipping on Google and the pages almost on page one. You pick which to refresh. RankFlow updates them against what ranks today, then shows what each refresh won back.

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Last 28 days
  • How often to replace running shoes
    Clicks down 38% vs. the previous 28 days
    6.8
    pos.
  • Stability vs. motion control
    Shows for 4 searches the text doesn't answer
    9.1
    pos.
  • Best trail shoes for beginners
    Mentions an outdated year in the title
    11.4
    pos.

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Why it matters

Articles rarely die overnight. Competitors update their pages, the year in your title goes stale, people ask things your text doesn't answer, and the clicks drain away quietly. Other pages sit just below the top spots, so close that a little work could bring real clicks.

RankFlow checks every published article against its own Search Console numbers each week, without AI and at no cost to your plan. Every page it flags comes with the reason: clicks down, position lost, a search left unanswered, an old year in the title.

You choose what gets refreshed and whether the new version goes live. Each refresh is measured 14 and 28 days later, so you see what it actually won back.

Content refresh

How it works

  1. 01

    Connect Search Console once

    RankFlow keeps the clicks, position and indexing of every published article up to date, so every decision rests on Google's own numbers instead of guesswork.

    You do

    Connect Search Console

    RankFlow does

    Syncs your numbers daily

  2. 02

    See which articles are slipping

    Every week RankFlow compares each article's last 28 days with the 28 before. Falling clicks, lost positions, unanswered searches and stale years surface on their own.

    RankFlow does

    Finds the reasons, no AI needed

  3. 03

    Find pages a step away from more clicks

    Pages ranking 4 to 20, or getting fewer clicks than their position should bring, get a score for how much they stand to win. You know where the biggest upside is.

    You do

    Pick one page or up to 20

  4. 04

    Refresh against what ranks today

    RankFlow reads today's top results and Google's AI Overview, then fills what your page misses, sharpens the title, updates old facts and adds links from related articles. Your old version stays saved.

    You do

    Choose what the refresh covers

    RankFlow does

    Rewrites where the page lost ground

  5. 05

    See what each refresh won back

    14 and 28 days after each refresh, RankFlow compares position, click rate and clicks with the same number of days before it. No more guessing whether the work paid off.

    RankFlow does

    Measures every refresh twice

Content refresh in RankFlow

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  • Every article losing clicks or going stale, with the Search Console numbers that show it.
  • Pages close to page one, what changed on each and the result 14 days later.
  • Every refresh measured at 14 and 28 days, so you see what it won back.

What you get

Articles to rescue, with reasons

Every slipping or outdated article, with the numbers behind it: the clicks it lost, the searches it misses, the year that went stale.

Pages close to the top

The searches each page ranks 4 to 20 for, whether the text answers them, and a score for what it stands to win.

Refreshed articles, history kept

Missing answers added, years and facts updated, a sharper title if you want one and new links from related articles. The old version stays in the history.

Change lists for your other pages

Pages RankFlow didn't write get sections ready to paste, what to cut and a new title and description.

Results after 14 and 28 days

Positions gained or lost, click rate and clicks against the days before, plus the total clicks won back over 28 days.

Works on its own. You stay in charge.

Runs on its own

  • Weekly check of every article

    Reads Search Console for each published article and flags the ones losing clicks, slipping, missing searches or showing an old year. No AI, on by default.

  • Search insights for the whole site

    Finds pages just off page one, pages seen often but rarely clicked, rising searches and pages losing clicks. Runs with the weekly check, no AI.

  • Automatic refresh, if you want it

    Off until you switch it on. Then it refreshes the articles losing the most, one to five a week above a score you set, and updates the live post.

  • Automatic lift for near-top pages

    Also off by default. Does the same for your best RankFlow articles ranking 4 to 20, and gets two related articles to link to each one.

  • Results after 14 and 28 days

    Measures every refresh against the days before it and tells your team the result. No AI.

Always your decision

  • Which pages get rewritten

    Finding pages is free. Nothing is rewritten until you start a refresh, or switch on an automatic run with a weekly limit you set.

  • What goes live

    You decide whether a refreshed article updates your live post right away or waits in RankFlow. Automatic runs publish only while they're switched on.

  • Pages RankFlow didn't write

    RankFlow writes the change list. You make the edits in your own CMS and tell RankFlow when they're done.

What you need

  • Search Console connected

    Everything here runs on your site's own Search Console data. You connect it once per site.

  • Published articles

    In-place refreshes work on live articles RankFlow wrote. Your other pages show up too and get a change list.

  • A working site connection

    To update a live post, the connection it was published through must work, such as WordPress with the RankFlow plugin or your Custom REST API.

Plans and allowances

Included from Pro

AI work counts toward your plan's monthly limits. You always see how much is left, and you can request more whenever you need it.

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No. The weekly check, the search insights and the measuring run on Search Console data, without AI. Only the refreshes themselves count toward your plan.

Two kinds: articles losing clicks or going out of date, and pages already ranking 4 to 20 that could earn more clicks. A page never lands in both groups, so you never do the same work twice.

Only if you let it. You decide whether each refresh goes live, and the automatic runs stay off until you switch them on and set a weekly limit.

If it rewrites nothing, because nothing needed changing or something failed on our side, the refresh goes back to your plan. If your plan's limit runs out, automatic runs pause and you can ask for more.

RankFlow compares the 14 and 28 days after the change with the same number of days before it, using the page's position, click rate and clicks from Search Console. You see the gain, or the lack of one, in plain numbers.

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