GSC Wizard Playbooks

Each playbook is one task done start-to-finish. Goal, time required, what you'll need, step-by-step instructions with screenshots, an example outcome, and a pointer to the next playbook.

Intermediate20 min

Week 1: quick wins checklist

A 7-day plan for brand-new GSC users. One task a day, one real action a day.

Intermediate12 min

Find striking distance keywords

Surface queries in positions 4-20. The cheapest clicks you'll ever earn.

Intermediate12 min

Fix content decay

Spot pages slowly bleeding traffic, decide which are worth refreshing first.

Intermediate10 min

Audit titles & H1s

Find pages where your top query is missing from the title or H1 - and rewrite them.

Intermediate15 min

Fix keyword cannibalization

Two pages fighting for one query. Diagnose the split, pick a canonical winner.

Intermediate10 min

Recover CTR on under-performing pages

Find pages below expected CTR for their rank and rewrite meta descriptions.

Advanced15 min

Diagnose technical indexing issues

A triage flow for "Discovered not indexed", soft 404s, and canonical fights.