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Articles

Generate, manage, edit, and publish SEO-optimized articles with AI — from a keyword to a finished, published post.

Articles are the core output of RankTurn. Each article starts from a tracked keyword, gets an AI-generated title, is expanded into full content, reviewed in the editor, and finally published to your connected platforms.

The Article Lifecycle

Keyword → Title → Article → Review → Publish
  1. Keyword — Every article targets a keyword from your tracked list.
  2. Title — AI proposes optimized title ideas for a keyword; you pick one (or add a draft manually).
  3. Article — AI expands the title into full content, including headings, images, and supporting media.
  4. Review — You edit, refine, and check quality in the article editor before it goes live.
  5. Publish — Send the article to one or more connected platforms, now or on a schedule.

The Articles page has two views you can switch between: a Table view (the default list, with filters, sorting, and bulk actions) and a Calendar view (published and scheduled work laid out by date). For the Calendar view, see The Content Calendar.

Article Statuses

Every article carries one status that reflects where it is in the lifecycle.

StatusMeaning
DraftA title exists, but the content hasn't been written yet (or you reverted finished content back to a draft).
QueuedWaiting in line to be written automatically before its publish date.
GeneratingAI is writing the article right now.
ProcessingThe article is being finished and prepared for publishing.
ScheduledThe content is ready and waiting for its scheduled publish date.
PublishedLive on one or more connected platforms.
RejectedRemoved from your active workflow (for example, tidied up when a series topic is discarded). Rejected articles are hidden from the default list.

While an article is Generating, the list updates on its own, so you can watch it go from a draft to a finished post without reloading the page.

What an Article Contains

Beyond the body content, each article stores the metadata that platforms and search engines need:

  • Title — The headline, optimized for the target keyword.
  • Slug — The SEO-friendly URL segment, auto-generated from the title (editable).
  • Meta description — The snippet shown in search results.
  • Excerpt — A short summary used in listings and feeds.
  • Tags and categories — Used to organize content; can be auto-assigned during generation or set manually.
  • Associated keyword — The keyword this article targets.
  • Author — The byline applied when publishing.

You can review and change all of these in the editor. See The Article Editor and Article Metadata, SEO Score & Sidebar for details.

Quality Signals

Each article includes built-in signals to help you decide whether it's ready to publish.

SEO Score

The editor scores an article out of 100 across six criteria, each shown with its own sub-score and expandable feedback:

  1. Content Quality — Depth, accuracy, and usefulness of the writing.
  2. Title Optimization — How well the title fits the keyword and search intent.
  3. Keyword Usage — Natural inclusion of the target keyword and related terms. (Skipped, and shown as a dash, when no keyword is set.)
  4. Content Structure — Headings, sections, and overall organization.
  5. Meta Description — Quality of the search snippet.
  6. Readability & Engagement — Flow, clarity, and reader appeal.

The score is color-coded (green for excellent, yellow/amber for good, red for fair or poor) and labelled Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor. A score is calculated for every article and shown to everyone, and the panel notes when the article was last evaluated. The score is an AI assessment meant to guide your editing — not a hard requirement for publishing.

Fact-Checking

RankTurn also runs AI-assisted verification of claims, statistics, and references in the body so you can catch unsupported statements before publishing. Treat it as a review aid: always confirm anything that matters with an authoritative source.

Bulk Actions

Select multiple articles in the Table view to act on them at once. The floating action bar offers:

  • Generation settings — Apply a shared set of settings (length, images, style, etc.) to the selected articles in one go.
  • Generate now — Start writing the selected articles. Only Draft and Queued articles can be written; anything else in the selection is skipped. Before it runs, a confirmation dialog shows how much of your quota it will use.
  • Publish — Publish the selected articles to your connected platforms together. See Bulk Publishing & Generation.
  • Delete — Permanently remove the selected articles.

The same bar also lets you bulk-edit tags, category, author, and the associated keyword across the selection. Some actions depend on your team role — for example, publishing and deleting require the right permissions (see Team Roles & Members).

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