Getting Started With Your Portal
A first look at your Savage Digital Solutions portal: what to set up first, where everything lives, and which guide to open next.
Quick Answer
Connect Google first, then check your business details and the searches we track. Your Home page shows what needs you, and the sidebar takes you to Results, Work, Reports, Billing and Help.
- 30 secondsportal tour
- Read-onlyGoogle access
On This Page
Your portal is where you see your rankings, your work, your reports and your billing in one place. This guide covers the first things to do and shows where everything lives.
Start With These Three Things
- Connect Google. Until Google is connected, your Home page shows a Connect Google card under Needs You, and the dashboard shows empty tiles. Connecting turns them into live data, and access is read-only. See How To Connect Google Search Console.
- Tell us which searches matter. Share the searches you want customers to find you for, and your strategist will start tracking their Google positions. You can add them in Settings. See How To Update Your Business Info And Competitors.
- Wait for your first ranking snapshot. It records where your tracked keywords stand right now, the baseline every future movement is measured against. We check where you show up on Google every Monday, and your positions appear after the first check.
What Setup Asks For
When you first sign in, setup walks you through these stages:
- Website, industry and services
- Customers, locations and searches
- Where do you want to be found?
- Website, analytics and social (optional)
- Bring your accounts together
- Check your details before saving
A few things to know along the way:
- We look at your website first. "We found details on your website. Review them before continuing."
- If we can't scan your site, that's fine. We'll try again after setup.
- Share your profile URLs so we can monitor your presence and build citations.
- Competitors you'd like to beat are optional, up to 10. We compare your rankings and links against theirs.
- Connecting Search Console and Analytics is for reporting. You can finish setup now and connect from Settings later.
Take The 30-Second Tour
The portal offers a quick 30-second tour of your dashboard. You can skip anytime or replay it from Settings. It points out:
- The sidebar on the left, with everything in one place. Use the command palette (⌘K) to jump anywhere.
- Your money-keyword momentum and your overall site-health trend. Click through to rankings or health details.
- Tiles for tracked keywords, new backlinks, content published, and site health. Click any tile to drill in.
- Measured signals from rankings, backlinks, and content, with no fictional counts. Click Activity for the full feed.
What Is In The Sidebar
| Sidebar Item | What You Will Find |
|---|---|
| Home | Your headline for the month, what Needs You, recent work and your latest report. |
| Results | Your rankings, site health, content, links, and reporting in one place. |
| Work | Your work, from progress to published. |
| Reports | Monthly performance reports you can share with your team. |
| Billing | Your balance, online payment and receipts. |
| Help | Message the team directly, or find a quick answer. |
Which Guide To Open Next
- How To Read Your Results Page: your monthly headline and key numbers.
- How To Check Your Keyword Rankings: where you show up on Google.
- How To Check Your AI Visibility: when AI answers include your business.
- How To Check Your Backlink Report: your link building progress.
- How To Check Your Site Health Score: your SEO score and automated fixes.
- How To See The Work We Have Done For You: your Timeline of progress.
- How To Review And Approve A Blog Post: what to do when a post is ready for you.
- How To Read And Share Your Monthly Report: your report each month.
- How To Pay An Invoice And Download Receipts: billing in the portal.
- SEO Glossary: every term you will see in your portal.
- How Your Results Are Measured: where each number comes from.
When Will I See Results?
Most clients see their first page-one movement in 60–90 days. You'll see every step of the work in the meantime on your Work page. Some things appear sooner:
- Search data starts flowing within a day of connecting Google.
- Your positions appear after the first Monday check.
- Your first monthly report arrives at the start of a month.
Where To Get Help
Choose Help in the sidebar to message your team. A real person on the Savage Digital Solutions team reads every message and replies by email. You can also email support@savagesolutions.io. If something looks off, see Portal Troubleshooting.