RankSmith will never ship a page full of fabricated client wins. Every case study that lands here is a real engagement with real numbers, signed client consent, and a full stack breakdown. Until the first cases are ready to publish, this page explains the method we use on every build.
The RankSmith method
Three principles run through every engagement. Each is a verifiable behaviour, not a slogan, and each is the reason our sites outrank the WordPress status quo in Gauteng.
Principle 01
Every claim we make about speed is a number we can show you. This page runs Vercel Speed Insights. If the numbers slip, we find out before you do.
target 1.5 s
target 100 ms
target 0.05
Principle 02
Discovery, design, build, and launch typically runs four to six weeks. Indexing and first citations follow on a predictable curve.
Principle 03
We write answer first so large language models can lift a clean citation from any heading on any page. Like this one.
## How long does it take to rank a Next.js site in South Africa?
A RankSmith Next.js site typically ranks for its primary commercial keyword within 60 to 90 days in Google and appears as a citation in ChatGPT and Perplexity within 14 days of launch.
While we write the first cases
The site you are on right now is a live proof of the RankSmith method. It runs Vercel Speed Insights, hits the RankSmith performance budget, ships a full Schema.org graph, and exposes llms.txt and llms-full.txt at the site root. Run Lighthouse on any page here, read the JSON-LD, and see for yourself.
Ready when you are
The first three clients who ship inside the Rank or Flagship tier in 2026 will become published case studies with full consent, full numbers, and the exact Core Web Vitals trend line before and after launch.