Step 04 of 4
Ranked by specialist score, never by payment
RankGlobal ranks AI specialists. Every ranking orders firms by one specialist score, computed from evidence every visitor can check: how focused the firm is on the area, how much of it its own website shows, and its client ratings and reviews. Commercial relationships with RankGlobal do not change a position.
How It Works
The process behind this step
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The specialist score
Four parts, from evidence on the profile: focus, the share of the firm’s evidenced skills in the ranked area (35%); depth, how many skills there its own website names (20%); client rating, adjusted towards an average when there are few reviews (25%); and review count on a capped scale, where the first reviews count most (20%). A deep specialist can outrank a much larger generalist, and a firm with no reviews yet can still earn a place on its evidence.
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No pay-to-rank
Commercial relationships with RankGlobal do not change organic position, ever.
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Rankings update automatically
As new reviews or profile data are ingested, positions recalculate. Editors can correct a list (for example, remove a firm that is out of scope), and every correction is logged.
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What counts as a review
A firm’s review count is the reviews published about it on independent platforms such as Clutch, GoodFirms and G2, plus reviews its clients write on RankGlobal after confirming a work email. Testimonials a firm publishes on its own website are shown separately on its profile and are not counted or rated, because the firm chose them.
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Rankings need direct evidence
A skill ranking includes only firms with direct evidence of that skill, and a category ranking only firms with direct evidence of at least one skill in that category. A firm loosely mapped to a category stays listed in the directory but takes no numbered place there, so each list measures what its title says.
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Sponsors are scored like everyone else
A sponsor pays for a placement at the top of the provider list and in the spotlight. Its numbered rank comes from the same specialist score as every other firm, with no boost and no penalty.
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The Evidence Matrix
On a category page, each of its most-reviewed firms is placed by specialisation (the share of the firm’s mapped skills that belong to the category) against its number of published client reviews. The lines mark the medians of the firms shown, and sponsors are left out.
What this prevents
✓Pay-to-rank placement
✓Undisclosed sponsored results
✓Static rankings that ignore new evidence