Rank Runner, a small SEO game where you jump the errors and climb to #1.
Guide a tiny Ciny bot along a results page. Collect links and fixes, jump the errors and see how high you can climb.
A game for a short break. The scores belong to the game, not to real search data.
The game
Play Rank Runner.
A core update lands every 30 seconds, and the Ciny team writes you a short note after each one.
Space, W or ↑ to jump · S or ↓ to duck · P to pause
Tap to jump · swipe down or hold Duck to duck
How to play
Your site starts at #48 with a full crawl budget. Jump the errors, collect links and fixes, and climb towards #1. Falling past #100 or running out of crawl budget ends the run.
Controls
- Keyboard: Space, W or the up arrow to jump. S or the down arrow to duck. P or Escape to pause.
- Touch: tap the road to jump. Swipe down, or hold Duck, to duck.
Your data
Your name and best score stay in this browser. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you choose to write to us at the end of a run.
The lessons
What each obstacle means.
Every hazard and pickup stands for a real search issue. Here is the lesson behind each one.
How our SEO service worksAvoid these
404 pageJump · Rank -6 · Crawl -5
A broken page wastes the visit. Fix the link or redirect it to the closest useful page.
Thin contentJump · Rank -4 · Crawl -5
A page with little to offer rarely earns a place. Answer the question fully or merge it into a stronger page.
Slow page (LCP)Jump · Rank -5 · Crawl -6
Largest Contentful Paint is how quickly the main content appears. Slow pages lose people before they read anything.
Duplicate URLJump · Rank -3 · Crawl -9
The same page at several addresses splits its signals and wastes crawling. Choose one canonical URL and point the rest to it.
Keyword stuffingJump · Rank -7 · Crawl -4
Repeating a phrase to game rankings is against Google's spam policies. Write for the reader and use words naturally.
Broken redirectJump · Rank -4 · Crawl -8
A redirect that loops or ends on an error loses visitors and crawlers. Send an old URL to its closest live page in one hop.
Spam linkDuck or jump · Rank -6 · Crawl -4
Bought or manipulative links break Google's spam policies and can hold a site back. Earn links with work worth citing.
Pop-up adDuck or jump · Rank -5 · Crawl -5
A pop-up that covers the content frustrates people, especially on phones. Keep offers polite and easy to close.
Collect these
Earned backlinkLeads +3 · Rank +3
A link from a relevant site is a vote of trust. It is earned with work that other people want to reference.
Schema markupRank +2 · Crawl +4
Structured data helps search engines understand a page. It can make a page eligible for richer results, with no promise of one.
Fresh postLeads +1 · Crawl +8
Useful new or updated content gives people and crawlers a reason to come back. Refresh what has gone out of date.
Internal linkCrawl +12
Links between your own pages help crawlers and visitors find what matters. Link from strong pages to the ones you want found.
Fast LCPRank +2 · Crawl +3
When the main content appears quickly, people stay to read it. Compress images, trim scripts and keep the server quick.
Search Console verifiedCrawl +10 · Blocks one hit
Search Console shows how Google sees your site, including errors and the searches that find you. It flags problems early, so in the game it blocks one hit.
The game simplifies. Real rankings depend on many signals, and no single fix guarantees a position.
Want your real rankings to climb like this?
Talk to our team about your site. We will look at what helps, what gets in the way and where to start.