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Events, travel & lifestyle · Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii

A Waikiki surf school went from 28 to 253 indexed pages: a 9x footprint in 118 days.

Star Beachboys is a Waikiki surf school offering lessons with instructors focused on safety and ocean awareness. This is what changed after the site connected to Rank Authority, measured in Google Search Console.

Star Beachboys logo StarBeachboys.com

+804%indexed-page growth
28253
indexed pages · Apr 24 → Aug 20
starbeachboys.comstarbeachboys.com homepage
Indexed at signup28Apr 24
Indexed latest253Aug 20
Pages added+225#5 of 25 by volume
Multiplier9.0x#2 of 23 by growth %
Window118 days13.3 pages/week
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The result, visualized

Five views of the same measured result.

Every chart below is drawn from two measured Search Console counts (at signup and at the latest check) plus the published window. Derived figures (multiplier, weekly rate, percentile) are calculated from those.

Trajectory

From 28 to 253 indexed pages

Only the two endpoints are measured; the curve between them is drawn to show direction, not week-by-week data.

Illustrative trajectory from 28 to 253 indexed pages; only the start and end points are measured0150300 28253 Signup · Apr 24Latest · Aug 20118 days Illustrative trajectory between measured start and end points
Before / after

Indexed pages, signup vs. latest

Star Beachboys added 225 indexed pages in 118 days.

Indexed pages at signup 28 versus latest 253, a gain of 2250150300 28253 At signup · Apr 24Latest · Aug 20 +225
Multiplier

How many times larger the index is

The site's indexed footprint is 9.0x its starting size. The portfolio median is 2.6x.

Multiplier 9.0 times the starting indexed pages; portfolio median 2.6 times 1x5x10x15x20x9.0xlatest count / signup count tick = portfolio median 2.6x
Velocity

Pages added per week

13.3 newly indexed pages per week over 118 days, against a portfolio median of 14.2 across the 12 cases with a published window.

Star Beachboys added 13.3 indexed pages per week versus a portfolio median of 14.2Star Beachboys13.3/wkPortfolio median14.2/wkPortfolio high (Bundle to Bundle)50.4/wk
Coverage

Indexed vs. not indexed today

Of the pages Google knows about on the latest count, 94% are indexed. Pages that are not indexed are the remaining opportunity.

At the latest count 253 pages indexed and 17 not indexed, 94% indexed 94%indexed Indexed · 253 Not indexed · 17 2 reasons reported by Google
Benchmark

Against the Rank Authority portfolio

At +804%, Star Beachboys ranks #2 of 23 by growth, ahead of 95% of the other cases. The portfolio median is +161%.

Star Beachboys growth +804% versus the portfolio of 23 cases, median +161%10%25%50%100%250%500%1000%2000%median +161%Auto Recon Express: +13%Carter Psychotherapy: +18%Stripes PLS: +26%Freight-Tec: +38%Soteria HR: +43%Limousine South Bay: +50%Medsco Fabrication: +74%Mild to Wild Custom Shirt Apparel: +124%Your Golf Guru: +130%TINCO Sheet Metal: +135%Good Grains: +155%The ADU Pro: +161%SoFlo Group: +213%PicsPhotoBooth: +263%Bundle to Bundle: +270%Harris Plumbing TX: +292%Little Speech Corner: +300%Master Markings: +347%Brea Auto Body: +360%Summertime Construction: +550%Gold Ridge Appliance Repair: +650%Star Beachboys: +804%Private Money Billboard: +1,750%Star Beachboys +804%Indexed-page growth, log scale · each dot is one Rank Authority client
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Industry context

Why AI visibility matters for surf schools and tour operators

Visitors plan trips in conversation now: "build me a three-day Waikiki itinerary with a surf lesson." The assistant fills that slot with an operator it can describe confidently.

BrightLocal's 2026 research found ChatGPT names about four businesses per local answer and Google's AI Overviews about 2.5. On one of the busiest beaches in the world, that is a very short list.

Sources: BrightLocal, "What 200k local AI searches tell us" (Sep 16, 2026); BrightLocal, "Nearly Half of Consumers are Asking AI for Business Recommendations" (Mar 10, 2026)

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The challenge

Where Star Beachboys started

Tourists rarely know an operator by name. They ask for a recommendation, which means the operator has to be findable by the questions visitors ask: beginners, kids, private lessons, safety.

When the site connected on Apr 24, Google had indexed 28 pages, which is very little surface area for answering those questions.

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The approach

What the Rank Authority platform does

This describes the platform's published capabilities that apply to a site like this one. It is not a log of every change made to Star Beachboys.

  1. 01

    AI Visibility

    Publishes artifact pages engineered to be cited and tracks citations across all 9 AI platforms. Rank Authority reports the site now appears in AI answers when travelers ask about beach rentals and surf lessons.

  2. 02

    AI Optimization

    Fixes titles, meta descriptions, schema and Core Web Vitals issues on Autopilot and submits every change for indexing.

  3. 03

    RankLink

    Connects lesson, rental and location pages into clusters around a central pillar so the site reads as one authority on surfing in Waikiki.

Scan the siteConnect the CMSConnect Search ConsoleAutopilot writes, ships & indexes

Google decides when it indexes, which realistically takes three to four weeks. Nothing is held hostage: cancel and every artifact, fix and article stays live.

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Results & interpretation

What the growth means for AI discoverability

Star Beachboys added 225 indexed pages, taking its index to 9.0 times its starting size. That ranks #2 of 23 Rank Authority cases by growth rate and #5 of 25 by pages added. At 13.3 pages a week it trailed the portfolio median of 14.2.

Going from 28 to 253 indexed pages (+804%, about 9x) gives travel planners and AI assistants far more to match against: lesson types, ages, times, rentals. It is the second-largest multiplier in the portfolio.

Why indexed pages matter: AI answer engines like Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode build on Google's index, and other assistants draw on search indexes and the web. A page that is not indexed cannot be retrieved, matched or cited. Indexed-page growth is not the same as citations or customers, but it is the precondition for both.

Rank Authority reportsAppearing in AI answers when travelers ask about beach rentals and surf lessons in their area.
Data coming soon

AI citation evidence

Screenshots or tracked citations from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI naming this business.

Data coming soon

Search performance

Search Console impressions and clicks over the same window.

Data coming soon

Business outcomes

Calls, leads or bookings attributed to organic and AI search.

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Aaron Rutledge
“Brian has been AWESOME. Highly recommend Rank Authority if you want your website and rankings up to par with modern technology and RESULTS.”
Aaron Rutledge · Star BeachboysReview as published on rankauthority.com
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For businesses like yours

What this means for you

Tour and activity operators compete on discovery by strangers. The more of your real offering is on indexed, well-structured pages, the more trip-planning questions you can be the answer to.

Run a free AI visibility scan →

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FAQ

Questions about this case

How long was the measurement window?

118 days (Apr 24 to Aug 20), the longest in the portfolio.

Does this include bookings?

No booking data has been published; the case reports indexed pages and Rank Authority's AI-answer observation.

What did the owner say?

"Brian has been AWESOME. Highly recommend Rank Authority if you want your website and rankings up to par with modern technology and RESULTS."

How were these numbers measured?

Indexed-page counts come from Google Search Console as shown on the Rank Authority homepage case card: 28 at signup and 253 at the latest count. Multiplier, weekly rate and percentile are calculated from those figures.

Can I see results like this for my site?

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