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Discover Essentials Ebook — 33 free pages to decode Google Discover

The complete Google Discover playbook in 33 pages

33 pages to understand how Google Discover actually works, spot the levers that move the needle, and build an editorial strategy that scales. Free, no commitment — account required. (Currently in French — English version coming soon.)

33 pages · ~25 min readReal case studies + dataUpdated for 2026

Chapter 01

Understanding Google Discover

How Discover actually works, why it's not classic SEO, and what Google doesn't say in the official docs.

Chapter 02

The signals Google watches

max-image-preview, NewsArticle schema, freshness, publishing-entity authority. What's required vs. recommended.

Chapter 03

The art of the Discover title

Why 95% of publishers blow their headlines. The 6 patterns that work in 2026, the ones that tank in the first second.

Chapter 04

The hero image that converts

Dimensions, ratios, formats, weight. The 4 mistakes that shrink your thumbnail to a tiny square.

Chapter 05

E-E-A-T and editorial authority

The Google Web Profile, author pages, Person schema, and how Google links a brand to its content.

Chapter 06

Case study: +215% Discover traffic

Anatomy of a site that went from 50k to 158k Discover visitors in 30 days. Fully documented with screenshots.

Chapter 07

The 7 mistakes that tank an article

Procedural, listicle, ALL CAPS, image ratio, broken schema, missing dates, busted hreflang. Diagnostic + fix.

Chapter 08

30-day action plan

A precise weekly checklist to go from invisible site to publisher Discover regularly surfaces.

The complete Google Discover playbook in 33 pages

Discover drives more traffic than Google News on 60% of French media outlets

What you'll learn