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Guides to every part of Verand, from connecting your site to the compliance gate, Opportunities, AI visibility and your plan. 26 articles in 4 collections.
Getting started
4 articles
Getting startedHow Verand worksVerand is a content operations system, not a writing tool.Read the guide →Getting startedConnecting your siteVerand needs a connection to your site for two reasons: to read your existing pages (which is what the crawl, your scores and your opportunities are all built on), and…Read the guide →Getting startedThe MCP connectorVerand can be added to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and other AI clients as an MCP connector.Read the guide →Getting startedHome, Scheduled Tasks and RunsHome is the page you land on: what needs you, how your content is moving, and what Verand has been doing.Read the guide →
Creating content
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Creating contentGenerating an articleAn article goes through four stages: a brief defines it, Verand generates a draft, you review and edit it, and you publish it. Nothing skips the review step.Read the guide →Creating contentUnderstanding your Report CardEvery article carries a Report Card: an Overall score, three quality dials, and a separate compliance readout. Every plan gets all of them.Read the guide →Creating contentThe compliance gateEvery article, on every plan, is checked against the rules for your industry and jurisdiction before it can publish.Read the guide →Creating contentTopic Research and the Topical MapTwo tabs about what to write, from opposite directions.Read the guide →Creating contentBrand HubBrand Hub is what every article reads before it writes a word.Read the guide →Creating contentProduct cards and approvalsProduct cards tell articles what you actually sell, so an article can mention it accurately or know to leave it out.Read the guide →Creating contentVisual Guidelines and imagesEvery article Verand writes has a hero image at the top and, further down, images between sections.Read the guide →Creating contentAuthors, bylines and Author Bio ProEvery article Verand writes carries a byline: who wrote it and, if you name one, who reviewed it. The names, photos and credentials come from Brand Hub → Authors.Read the guide →Creating contentThe article editorEvery article, new or refreshed, opens in the same editor: the draft on the left, a panel of seven tabs on the right.Read the guide →Creating contentContent Refresh or Full RewriteThere are two ways to update a page you've already published. A Content Refresh edits the page you have; a Full Rewrite writes a new version from fresh research.Read the guide →
Your site
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Your siteSite Health, Issues and Page TrackerThese three tabs are three views over one thing: the deep full-site crawl. The crawl runs every two weeks, and everything on these tabs comes from its most recent pass.Read the guide →Your siteOpportunitiesOpportunities is the worklist.Read the guide →Your siteKeyword Tracking and SEO AnalyticsTwo separate tabs, because they answer different questions and cost very different amounts to run.Read the guide →Your siteLocal SEO and Directory CitationsIf your business serves a place, whether a practice with an office, a firm with a catchment area or a property with an address, then a large share of your searches are…Read the guide →Your siteAI VisibilityPeople ask AI assistants the questions they used to type into a search box. This tab tells you what those assistants say when the question is about what you do.Read the guide →Your siteAI crawlers blocked by your hostYour robots.txt can say yes while your host says no.Read the guide →Your siteCompetitorsYour competitor list tells Verand who to measure you against: on authority and search traffic, on the Google searches you track, and in the answers AI assistants give.Read the guide →Your siteNew pages and indexingA new page earns nothing until Google indexes it.Read the guide →
Account & plans
4 articles
Account & plansPlans, limits and your trialVerand meters some things and not others, and the logic behind which is worth two minutes because it explains nearly every question people have about their plan.Read the guide →Account & plansBilling, changing plans and cancellingEverything here lives in Settings → Plan & Usage.Read the guide →Account & plansAdd-on ServicesAdd-on Services is where you can have work done for you rather than doing it yourself: directory listings, Business Profile work, links, and placements on the pages AI…Read the guide →Account & plansSettings and notificationsSettings is where you manage your account, connections, sites, emails, plan and team. This article walks through each section in the order the left-hand menu shows them.Read the guide →
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