Can an installer pay to rank higher?
No. Installer payments do not control placement. If affiliate links, lead forms, or sponsorships are added later, they must sit outside the ranking method and be disclosed.
No paid placements. No installer pays for placement. Atlanta EV Installers compares licensed EV charger installers serving metro Atlanta, then keeps the facts current through source checks before any approved deploy.
Ranking stack
What moves an installer up or down
1. EV specialization
Companies that publish dedicated EV charging work rank above broad electrical shops when the proof is stronger.
2. Certifications
Tesla certification, charger-brand experience, and utility coordination are treated as stronger signals when they are visible from the installer or program source.
3. Service footprint
Metro Atlanta coverage matters after specialization and certification. A vague service-area claim does less work than named local coverage or project detail.
Money boundary
Why paid placement is off limits
No installer pays for placement. That is a live claim on the directory, and it has to stay true if the site later adds affiliate hardware links, lead forms, sponsorships, or badge outreach.
The business rule is simple: money can sit around the ranking, never inside it. Installer rankings stay editorial. Any future commercial relationship needs visible disclosure and must not decide placement.
Maintenance loop
What gets checked before a page changes
Check
Why it matters
What can happen
Source snapshots
Official and installer pages change.
Claims are marked changed, stale, weak, or still current.
Claim ledger
Dated facts need a trail.
Visible copy gets rewritten, retired, or held for review.
FAQ schema parity
Schema must match the visible page.
FAQPage markup ships only when the question and answer are visible.
Apartment evidence
Amenities go stale fast.
The list updates only after direct property sources are re-verified.
Deploy decision
Public changes need a human gate.
The default decision is hold for manual review.
Review dates
How often claims are re-checked
The normal operating rhythm is weekly maintenance for source drift, crawl issues, claim status, schema parity, and search-signal imports. Apartment EV charging sources get a monthly check because amenity pages can change without warning.
Visible "updated" and "last verified" dates move only when the relevant source was checked. A page does not get a fresh date just because the file was edited.
Apartment list standard
How apartment entries make the list
Apartment EV charging entries need direct property or manager source evidence. Aggregator filters are discovery only.
As of July 3, 2026, the apartment guide has 9 direct-source verified properties. Skyhouse South stays excluded until direct-source EV charging evidence appears.
Public surfaces
Where this policy shows up
- Ranked installer directory for the current installer order and top-three ranking signals.
- Apartment EV charging guide for the direct-source property list and excluded stale entries.
- Federal tax credit guide for the post-deadline 30C update.
- Georgia incentives roundup for current post-30C incentive checks.
- llms.txt for the site summary answer engines can read.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What ranking signals matter most?
Rankings weigh EV specialization first, manufacturer certifications second, and verified metro Atlanta service footprint third.
How often are claims re-checked?
The operating rhythm is weekly maintenance, with monthly apartment source checks and extra review when a dated claim, utility program, or source snapshot changes.
What happens when a source changes?
The page stays in manual review until the visible copy, claim ledger, and schema match the current source evidence.
What does the maintenance loop check?
It checks source snapshots, claim status, crawl signals, FAQ schema parity, apartment-source evidence, search-signal imports, and whether any deploy should stay held for human review.