Integrations / Google Docs
SerpDad + Google Docs: signed articles become private Docs in your Drive.
Connect Google Docs to a SerpDad project and each signed article becomes a Google Doc in your own Drive. SerpDad never shares it and can see only the files it creates. Your team edits, comments and publishes from there, wherever your site lives.
No token to paste. You sign in with Google.
What flows where. One signed article, one private Doc.
Into Drive: a Google Doc
SerpDad sends the signed article as HTML and Google converts it into a Doc, so headings and links arrive as Doc formatting. It sets only the name and description.
From SerpDad: signed work only
An article can be staged once it has zero unsourced sentences, every section drafted, and a named person signed that exact version.
Back again: its own Docs only
Stage the article again and SerpDad replaces the content of the Doc it made, as long as that Doc is not in the bin.
Who it suits, and what you need. When your hand-off is a Doc, not a CMS.
Some teams edit in Docs before anything touches the site. Some clients want a Doc to approve. Some sites run on a CMS that SerpDad does not connect to.
For all three, a Google Doc is the clean hand-off: the signed article, in a format everyone already knows, sitting in a Drive you control.
Prefer files? Every signed article also exports as Markdown with a receipts appendix, or as HTML with Article schema and the byline.
- A Google account whose Drive should hold the Docs.
- A SerpDad project. Draft targets are set per project.
- A signed article to send. Writers, Editors, Managers, Admins and the Owner can stage one.
Setup. Connect Google Docs in three steps.
Open Workspace, Draft targets
Pick the project and choose Google Docs.
Sign in with Google
Use the Google account whose Drive should hold the Docs. Google shows that SerpDad can see and change only the files it creates.
Stage a signed article
Send the signed article to Google Docs. A private Doc appears in that Drive, ready to edit or share.
Sign-off rules and every draft target: Drafts and sign-off docs.
What it won't do. It never shares a Doc, and never reads your Drive.
SerpDad never shares a document and never makes one public. Sharing stays with you, in Google Drive, the same way it works for any other file you own.
The Google permission is narrow: SerpDad can see and change only the files it creates. The rest of your Drive is out of its reach. It cannot publish anything anywhere, because a Doc is where its job ends.
To cut the connection, remove it in SerpDad and remove SerpDad's access in your Google account settings.
Templates. Send Google Docs from a workflow.
Stage Google Doc block
Add it after Sign-off in any workflow, and signed articles land in Drive as private Docs.
Keyword pile to signed articles
A workflow template that takes a keyword list through the plan to signed articles, ready to stage.
Agencies
Hand clients a Doc to approve before anything goes near their site.
Questions and answers.
Can't find the answer? Email us.
Can other people see the Google Docs SerpDad creates?
Not unless you share them. SerpDad never shares a document and never makes one public. Each Doc sits in the Drive of the Google account you connected.
Can SerpDad read the rest of my Drive?
No. It connects with a narrow Google permission that lets it see and change only the files it creates. Everything else in your Drive stays out of reach.
What is in the Doc?
The signed article. SerpDad sends it as HTML and Google converts it into a Google Doc, so headings and links come through as Doc formatting.
Why use Google Docs instead of my CMS?
When your team edits in Docs, or your CMS is not WordPress, Webflow or Shopify. The Doc becomes the hand-off. You can also export a signed article as Markdown or HTML.
What if I stage the same article again?
SerpDad replaces the content of the Doc it made, as long as the Doc is not in the bin.
A private Doc. Your call.
Plan 1,000 keywords free, then send the first drafts to Docs.
Your first plan is free up to 1,000 keywords, with briefs for the top 5 pages. No card needed.