- \n
- \n If you like to learn by reading, download our
\n SEO Starter Guide<\/a>
\n for reading while you’re on an exercise bike, training for Ironman.\n <\/li>\n- \n Or, if you’re more a video watcher, try listening to my
\n “Search Friendly Development<\/a>”
\n session while you’re cleaning your house. Keep in mind that some parts of the presentation are a
\n little more technical.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n For good measure, and because at some point you’ll hear references to them, check out our
\n webmaster guidelines<\/a>
\n for yourself.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\nStep 2: Explore details that pique your interest<\/h2>\n
\n Are you done with the basics but now you have some questions? Good for you! Try researching a
\n particular topic in our
\n Webmaster Help Center<\/a>.
\n For example, do you want more information about
\n crawling and indexing<\/a>
\n or understanding what
\n links<\/a>
\n are all about?\n<\/p>\nStep 3: Verify ownership of your site in Webmaster Tools<\/h2>\n
\n It takes a little bit of skill, but we have tons of
\n help for verification<\/a>.
\n Once you verify ownership of your site (that is, signal to Google that you’re the owner), you can:\n<\/p>\n- \n
- \n See more confidential information about your site, like
\n crawl errors<\/a>
\n o
\n messages from Google about your site<\/a>\n <\/li>\n- \n Run through the
\n Webmaster Tools checklist<\/a>
\n and learn new ways to monitor and manage your site\n <\/li>\n- \n Forward your Google messages<\/a>
\n to your personal email address\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-4a17d7ae09fb.png\")
<\/p>\nStep 4: Research before you do anything drastic<\/h2>\n
\n Usually the basics (for example, good content\/service and a crawlable site with indexable
\n information) are the necessities for SEO. You may hear or read differently, but before you do
\n anything drastic on your site such as
\n disallow using robots.txt<\/a>
\n all of your directories or revamping your entire site architecture, please try:\n<\/p>\n- \n
- \n Researching material in our
\n Help Center<\/a>\n <\/li>\n- \n Checking for related posts in our
\n Webmaster Forum<\/a>\n <\/li>\n- \n Asking for
\n feedback from the webmaster community<\/a>
\n —we’ve got a super skilled group of Google employees, members, and
\n Bionic Posters<\/a>.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n - \n Checking for related posts in our
- \n Run through the
- \n Or, if you’re more a video watcher, try listening to my