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title: "How to set your website's Google preview | PubliWrite"
source: https://publiwrite.com/guides/set-how-your-website-looks-on-google
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# How to set what Google shows for your website: title, picture, icon

Under Storefront, the Search & sharing tab sets what Google and shared links show for your website: a title, a short description, a share picture and a site icon. The previews beside the form change as you type, and readers see the new details once you save and publish.

## Steps

1. Open Storefront from your dashboard and click the Search & sharing tab.
2. Check your website title, usually your author name, and write a short description of up to 160 characters.
3. Add a share picture, 1200 × 630 px works best, or leave it empty to use your first book cover.
4. Add a square site icon, at least 512 × 512 px, for browser tabs and Google.
5. Keep Show my website on Google switched on, then click Save changes.
6. Click Publish changes and wait for Up to date.

## Chapters

- 0:00 [Intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEvg8asixc&t=0s)
- 0:07 [Search & sharing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEvg8asixc&t=7s)
- 0:29 [Link previews](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEvg8asixc&t=29s)
- 0:59 [Publish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEvg8asixc&t=59s)

## Learn more

- [Your author website](https://publiwrite.com/storefront)
- [How PubliWrite works](https://publiwrite.com/how-it-works)

Read the transcript

This is how your website looks on Google, and when someone shares your link. Here's how to set both. Open Storefront from your dashboard. Your website is live. Then open the Search and sharing tab. Website title is the name in a browser tab and the blue link on Google. Usually that's your author name. The short description goes under it. Say what you write and where to start, in up to 160 characters. The previews on the right change as you type. Share your link in a message or on social media, and this card is what people see. With no share picture, we use your first book cover. Add your own picture instead. Twelve hundred by six hundred and thirty pixels fits best. Add a site icon too, a square at least 512 pixels wide. It shows in browser tabs and next to your site on Google. Website language follows your books. Keep Show my website on Google switched on, unless your site isn't ready yet. Click Save changes. We ask if you'd like to publish now, and list everything that goes out. Click Publish changes. When it's done, you'll see Your website is live, and the button says Up to date. Next, watch Build your author website.

Last updated 11 November 2026

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