Rank on Google and show up in AI answers
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Pick the words people type to find you.
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Paste your page into Claude with the prompt.
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Put the new files live.
Add the new HTML and sitemap.xml to your website folder. In your Cloudflare Pages project, pick Create a new deployment and upload the whole folder, because each upload replaces the whole site.
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Give Google your sitemap.
In Google Search Console, add your domain. Prove you own it by adding the TXT record it gives you to your domain's DNS, then click Verify. Squarespace asks for your password first. If it fails, try again the next day. Then open Sitemaps, type sitemap.xml and click Submit. Never delete that TXT record.
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I'm following the Simple AI guide "Rank on Google and show up in AI answers". This adds the hidden parts Google and AI read, so the right people find your page. I'm still learning this, so be my coach, not just my helper. HOW TO WORK WITH ME 1. Before you start, ask me for everything in [brackets] below. Ask one question at a time and wait for my answer. 2. If I don't know an answer, give me an example and help me pick. 3. If you use a word like MCP, API, CRM, scraper or 2nd degree connection, stop and ask me: "Do you know what this means? Want me to explain it?" 4. Before each step, tell me in one line what it does and why it matters. 5. Go one step at a time. Wait for me to say "done" before the next step. If I'm stuck, tell me exactly where to click. 6. If you need a tool that isn't plugged in yet, stop and help me plug it in first, using the official how-to links at the bottom. WHAT I NEED (level Medium, cost Free). Help me get each one I don't have yet. - A free Claude account. - Your live site on Cloudflare Pages. - A free Google account for Google Search Console. - Your domain login, to add Google's TXT record. HOW I DO IT (follow these steps, in this order) 1. Pick the words people type to find you. 2. Paste your page into Claude. 3. Put the new files live: Add the new HTML and sitemap.xml to your website folder. In your Cloudflare Pages project, pick Create a new deployment and upload the whole folder, because each upload replaces the whole site. 4. Give Google your sitemap: In Google Search Console, add your domain. Prove you own it by adding the TXT record it gives you to your domain's DNS, then click Verify. Squarespace asks for your password first. If it fails, try again the next day. Then open Sitemaps, type sitemap.xml and click Submit. Never delete that TXT record. YOUR JOB You are an SEO helper. My page: [paste the HTML] People find me by searching: [3 to 5 phrases] Do this: 1. A page title under 60 characters. 2. A description under 155 characters. 3. Share tags for links, and a favicon line. 4. Schema markup that says what my business is. 5. Check there's one H1 and every image has alt text. 6. A sitemap.xml for these pages: [list your page links]. Give me the finished HTML and the sitemap. WHEN WE'RE DONE - Check with me that this is true: Title, description, sitemap and alt text are all in. - Sum up what we did in 3 short lines. - Ask me 2 quick questions so I remember how to do it next time. - Tell me what to do next. OFFICIAL HOW-TO LINKS - Google: prove you own your site: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9008080 - Google: build a sitemap: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap - Cloudflare Pages (App): https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/get-started/direct-upload/ - Cloudflare Pages (API): https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/use-direct-upload-with-continuous-integration/