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.
Week 1: quick wins checklist
A 7-day plan for brand-new GSC users. One task a day, one real action a day.
Find striking distance keywords
Surface queries in positions 4-20. The cheapest clicks you'll ever earn.
Fix content decay
Spot pages slowly bleeding traffic, decide which are worth refreshing first.
Audit titles & H1s
Find pages where your top query is missing from the title or H1 - and rewrite them.
Fix keyword cannibalization
Two pages fighting for one query. Diagnose the split, pick a canonical winner.
Recover CTR on under-performing pages
Find pages below expected CTR for their rank and rewrite meta descriptions.
Diagnose technical indexing issues
A triage flow for "Discovered not indexed", soft 404s, and canonical fights.
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.
ChatGPT connectors for Search Console data (2026)
Connectors, apps, plugins: what the renames changed, and the four routes that carry GSC data into ChatGPT.
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.