Every project below is live. Open any one in a new tab, pull apart the JSON-LD, run Lighthouse, check the headers. RankSmith will never publish a case study we cannot verify end to end, which is why this page leads with the work itself and follows up with the method behind it.
Selected work
Five live South African sites, each one at a real domain you can open in a new tab and pull apart. No fabricated metrics, no made up logos, no stock testimonials.
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.
The case study you are already reading
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
RankSmith takes on a limited number of flagship Next.js builds each quarter. If you want your brand sitting next to these five, start with a strategy call.
