Platform
Publishing & Optimization
Once an article passes review, Outclimb publishes it to your CMS, submits it for indexing, and monitors its performance over time — automatically refreshing content when rankings decay.
Overview
Publishing is the final stage of the content pipeline. Outclimb pushes the article to your connected CMS (WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, or Sanity), then enters a long-term optimization loop: tracking rankings, detecting decay, and refreshing content to maintain or improve positions.
Key concepts
- Auto-publishing — articles that pass review are automatically published to your CMS on the scheduled date. You can pause auto-publishing at any time from Settings.
- Search engine submission — after publishing, Outclimb submits the URL to Google and Bing for indexing via their respective APIs, speeding up discovery.
- Published page tracking — each published article is monitored for indexing status, ranking position, impressions, and clicks (when Google Search Console is connected).
- Content refresh queue — Outclimb detects articles with declining rankings or stale information and queues them for automatic refresh. Refreshes update the article body while preserving the URL and publishing date.
- Performance reports — weekly and monthly reports showing ranking changes, traffic trends, and content ROI across all published articles.
How to use it
- Visit Content → Published to see all live articles with their current ranking and indexing status
- Check the Refresh Queue to see which articles are scheduled for content updates
- Visit Reports for aggregate performance data — ranking distributions, traffic trends, and content velocity
- Use Settings → Integrations to manage your CMS connection and toggle auto-publishing on or off