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December 12, 2025

# Google Discover Optimization FAQ: Questions People Actually Ask

**What is Google Discover optimization, in plain terms?**
Discover traffic doesn't come from a search query at all — it's served based on inferred interest, which means a headline has to work as a cold, out-of-context hook competing against everything else in someone's feed.

**How often should this be checked?**
Regularly, not just once. Using low-quality or stock-looking images that don't stand out in a visually dense feed of competing content. Set a recurring reminder rather than trusting memory.

**What's the most common mistake here?**
Writing search-engine-style keyword-front-loaded headlines that read awkwardly as a feed hook, even if they'd work fine as an SEO title.

**Does this actually affect rankings, or is it just best practice?**
It's rarely a single ranking factor on its own, but it affects whether search engines and users can do what you actually need them to do — which shows up in rankings indirectly, often more than any one direct factor would.

**What's the fastest way to check this on an existing site?**
Google Discover Headline Generator — paste your URL in and it does the check directly, no setup.

Related: our guide to programmatic SEO.

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