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.

A table of GSC Wizard playbooks listing what each one finds, how long it takes and the experience level it assumes
Every playbook is one task done start to finish, sized by how long it actually takes.
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.

Intermediate12 min

Measure AI Overviews on branded queries

Split branded traffic by intent and find where AI Overviews took clicks while rankings held.

Advanced15 min

Diagnose technical indexing issues

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

Advanced20 min

Rank in Brave Search (and get cited by Claude)

How the Web Discovery Project actually decides what gets indexed, and why "Submit URL" isn't a shortcut.

Intermediate14 min

ChatGPT connectors for Search Console data (2026)

Connectors, apps, plugins: what the renames changed, and the four routes that carry GSC data into ChatGPT.

Intermediate12 min

Connect Search Console to ChatGPT: 5 ways compared

CSV exports, DIY GPT Actions, self-hosted MCP servers, no-code connectors, or a purpose-built app.

Intermediate10 min

OpenClaw SEO best practices: 10 rules

Read-only keys, vetted ClawHub skills, trimmed tool lists and a human on every change.

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