1# Google Official SEO Documentation Summary
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3Quick reference from Google Search Central.
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7## Search Three-Stage Process
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9| Stage | Description | Focus |
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11| **Crawling** | Googlebot discovers pages | robots.txt, sitemap, links |
12| **Indexing** | Content analyzed and stored | Quality, canonical, noindex |
13| **Serving** | Results returned | Relevance, E-E-A-T, UX |
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17## Core Web Vitals
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19| Metric | Good | Needs Work | Poor |
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21| **LCP** | < 2.5s | 2.5-4s | > 4s |
22| **FID** | < 100ms | 100-300ms | > 300ms |
23| **CLS** | < 0.1 | 0.1-0.25 | > 0.25 |
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27## Structured Data Types
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29| Type | Use Case | Rich Result |
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31| FAQPage | FAQ content | Expandable Q&A |
32| Article | Blog/news | Title + date |
33| Product | E-commerce | Price + rating |
34| HowTo | Tutorials | Steps |
35| VideoObject | Video | Thumbnail |
36| BreadcrumbList | Navigation | Breadcrumbs |
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40## Spam Policies (Avoid)
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42- Keyword stuffing
43- Hidden text/links
44- Link schemes
45- Auto-generated content
46- Scraped content
47- Cloaking
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51## Official Tools
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53| Tool | URL |
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55| Search Console | search.google.com/search-console |
56| Rich Results Test | search.google.com/test/rich-results |
57| PageSpeed Insights | pagespeed.web.dev |
58| Mobile-Friendly Test | search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly |
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62## Reference
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64- https://developers.google.com/search
65- https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide
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