> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://decageo.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Improve Your Rank

> A four-step weekly loop from diagnosis to proof — where your AI visibility comes from, what AI actually says, what to change this week, and whether it worked.

Rankings refresh every week, which means your work gets a scoreboard every week. This is the loop DecaGEO is built around — four steps, each living in a screen you've already seen. Run it weekly; the order is the point.

## Step 1: Diagnose where your visibility comes from

Two tabs on your (or your closest competitor's) product details answer it:

* **[Off-Page Citations](/docs/using/off-page-citations)** — which reviews, forums, and media AI cites in your category, and the *Not Mentioned* list: sources AI already trusts where you have no presence. That list is your PR and reviews target queue.
* **[On-Page GEO Patterns](/docs/using/on-page-geo-patterns)** — what the most-cited pages in your category do on-page that yours don't, down to the HTML.

## Step 2: Verify what AI actually says

Before changing anything, read the source material: **[Prompt & AI Response](/docs/using/prompt-and-ai-response)** shows the buyer questions behind your category's ranking and how AI answered — who it shortlists, in what order, and in its own words. This is the reality your Step 1 findings have to explain.

## Step 3: Act on this week's plays

Your **[Dashboard](/docs/using/dashboard)** turns the diagnosis into an ordered to-do list:

* Start with **Category Basics** — the fundamentals almost every top-ranked product in your category already has, sorted by how widespread each is.
* Then take the **Weekly Playbook** — the moves behind this week's actual breakouts, ranked by impact and effort.

Every action ships with a copy-paste AI prompt that applies the play to your own page — the exact rewrite, tag, or markup it calls for.

## Step 4: Track whether it worked

Give a change a few weekly cycles, then check two places:

* **[Chart History](/docs/using/chart-history)** — did your rank, DECA Score, and Mention Rate actually move, and is it holding?
* **[Compare](/docs/using/compare)** — line yourself up against the products above you and watch the signal tags shift from *Opportunity* and *Competitive* toward *Shared*.

Then the loop restarts: this week's chart is next week's diagnosis.

## Go deeper

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="GEO Playbooks" icon="book-open" href="/docs/geo-playbook/geo-cheat-keys/fundamentals/what-is-geo">
    The strategy behind the moves — how generative engine optimization works and why these patterns win.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Not ranked yet?" icon="flag-checkered" href="/docs/using/add-your-brand">
    Register your brand so you know the moment AI starts recommending it — the loop above works before you chart, too.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
