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Boyuan Deng

Boyuan Deng

LinkedIn Content Strategy & Writing Style

Rank on Google and ChatGPT for organic traffic without manual work @ RankAI (YC S23)

United States
311 Viral ScoreView on LinkedIn

1 person tracking this creator on ViralBrain

Warm Analysis

Boyuan Deng positions himself as a pragmatic, AI-native growth founder who bridges the gap between traditional SEO and the new frontier of AI search. His content strategy centers on demystifying "black box" algorithms by analyzing technical leaks and real-world data, consistently pushing the value proposition of autonomous organic traffic through his venture, RankAI. He distinguishes himself by rejecting the "AI vs. Human" binary, instead arguing that AI simply exposes the lack of originality in mediocre human work while empowering high-taste experts to become "dangerous." Deng’s work sits at a compelling intersection of technical reverse-engineering and founder transparency, where he translates complex shifts in LLM behavior into clear, jargon-free business outcomes for SMB owners.

Performance Overview

Followers

0

Connections

0

Avg. Engagement

43

Engagement Rate

Posts/Week

5.1

Viral Score

311

Posts Analyzed

2

Top Posts by Engagement

People read blogs more than ever. If they aren't reading yours, blogging isn't dead—your content is. Every channel still works. What changes is the skill required to make it work. Companies still ma…

LinkedIn post image: People read blogs more than ever. If they aren't reading yours, blogging isn't dead—your content is.
7923066 viral
Content Marketing7 months ago
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Pretty sure this violates my NDA but here I am sharing my company secret in public. This trick helped my clients' website to get them SEO results in weeks not months. If you’ve already published 100+…

LinkedIn post image: Pretty sure this violates my NDA but here I am sharing my company secret in public. This trick helped my clients' websit
7919060 viral
SEO Content Marketing8 months ago
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I got yelled at three times this year. Same reason every time. Their websites' organic traffic is down 30%, 50%, sometimes 70%+. I get it. Seeing down trend graph is not comfortable. But here's wh…

LinkedIn post image: I got yelled at three times this year. Same reason every time.
5620156 viral
SEO & AI Search Marketing7 months ago
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Google AI Overviews don't just pull from Page 1 results. 62% of cited sources don't even rank in the top 10. ... Ahrefs analyzed 4 million AI Overview citations to map exactly where these sources l…

LinkedIn post image: Google AI Overviews don't just pull from Page 1 results.
6014148 viral
AI Search Marketing7 months ago
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Every GEO/AEO tool on the market is telling you the same thing: "Publish more content to show up in AI engines." Structure it for LLMs. Spin off 100 programmatic posts a month. Chunk everything. List…

LinkedIn post image: Every GEO/AEO tool on the market is telling you the same thing:
5613248 viral
SEO7 months ago
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My honest answer every time a client asks "do we need backlinks?" Just say no. Ahrefs just proved it with 75,000 brands. One finding that changes everything: web mentions beat backlinks 3:1 for AI O…

LinkedIn post image: My honest answer every time a client asks "do we need backlinks?" Just say no.
457028 viral
AI Search SEO7 months ago
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Posting Patterns & Frequency

5.1 posts/week

Posts / Week

1.5 days

Days Between Posts

2

Total Posts Analyzed

HIGH

Posting Frequency

Timezone: UTC

Best Performing Days

WednesdayMonday

Best Performing Times To Post

20:00 - 22:00 UTC

Topics & Content Focus

Primary Topics

AI-Native SEO & AEO StrategyThe Democratization of Content ProductionHuman-Centric AI ImplementationSearch Engine Evolution (Google vs. ChatGPT)

Secondary Themes

B2B SaaS Growth TacticsAlgorithmic Transparency & Reverse EngineeringAnti-Engagement Bait CommentarySMB Organic Traffic Scaling

Industry Focus

B2B AI SaaSDigital Marketing AgenciesSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)

Content Categories

Contrarian Industry AnalysisProduct-Led StorytellingTechnical Deep-DivesEthical Leadership in AI

Performance Insights

43%

Avg Engagement Rate

STABLE

Performance Trend

Best Performing Topics

Exposing industry hypocrisy (SEO slop)Narrative-driven product updates (April Fools/OpenAI)Technical leaks/Reverse engineering (Claude Code)

Virality Signals

High comment-to-like ratio on controversial takesUse of polarizing industry quotes to trigger debateTimely piggybacking on major AI launches (Replit, Claude Code)

Structure & Quality

1200

Avg Length (Words)

HIGH

Depth Level

ADVANCED

Expertise Level

0.85/10

Uniqueness Score

Common Hooks

The 'Uncomfortable Truth' CalloutThe 'Breaking News/Leak' NarrativeThe 'Contrarian Rebuttal' to Viral TrendsThe 'Personal Phone Call/Anecdote' Opener

Common Endings

The 'Happy April Fools' TwistThe 'I'm Boyuan' Personal Branding SignatureThe 'What are you optimizing for?' Open QuestionThe 'We just automated the [Human Quality]' Punchline

Value Delivery Methods

Synthesizing complex technical leaks into business strategyProviding psychological comfort to workers fearing AI replacementDemystifying the 'black box' of AI search ranking

Formatting Style

Single-sentence spacing for readabilityDialogue-heavy 'Script' styleBulleted lists for technical breakdownsHorizontal line separators for brand bios

Audience & Tone

YES

Question Usage

0.8%

Response Rate

Detected Tone

ContrarianPragmaticProtective of TalentTechnically Sophisticatedsemi-formalfirst-person

Interaction Style

Challenging the reader's honestyDebunking fear-based narrativesDirect address ('Be honest about how your team writes')

Community Building Signals

Positioning as a 'Founder-Practitioner'Defending the 'Dangerous Marketer' (experienced professionals)

Writing Style Patterns

Content Strategy

Hook: The 'Uncomfortable Truth' CalloutTone: semi-formalCTA: Soft-sell via product-led storytelling

Writing style breakdown

<start of post>

I watched a founder burn $15,000 on "AI Content" last month.

He was proud of it.

We're publishing 100 articles a day," he told me. "The traffic is going to explode.

It didn't.

In fact, his impressions dropped by 40% in three weeks.

He called me yesterday, sounding desperate. "The AI is broken. Google hates us."

I looked at his site for exactly 90 seconds.

The AI wasn't broken. His strategy was.

He was using AI to do what everyone else does

Search a keyword.

Summarize the top 5 results.

Regurgitate the same points.

Add a generic conclusion.

That's not content strategy. That's a digital landfill.

Google doesn't rank "content." It ranks answers.

If your article says exactly what the other 10 pages say, why would anyone—human or bot—care that you exist?

The secret to winning in 2025 isn't "more content."

It's "better data."

We took a different approach with RankAI.

Instead of just writing, we analyze what the AI search engines are actually looking for.

Structure.

Clarity.

Unique insights.

We stopped trying to "beat" the algorithm and started trying to be the most useful source on the internet.

The result?

310% increase in ChatGPT citations.

12k new organic visitors in 30 days.

$0 spent on "backlink packages."

AI didn't change the goal of marketing. It just made it impossible to hide behind a big budget and mediocre ideas.

You can't automate taste.

But you can automate the process of being the best answer.

------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm Boyuan.

I help businesses get cited by AI and ranked by Google without the agency fluff.

Want to see how we do it?

Comment "TRAFFIC" and I'll send you our internal playbook.

#seo #ai #marketing #founders #rankAI

<end of post>

1. OVERALL WRITING STYLE & VOICE
1. The Hook: A startling statement, a contrarian opinion, or a narrative 'inciting incident' (usually 1: 3 lines).
2. STRUCTURAL FLOW & LOGICAL PROGRESSION

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