Manual actions
It is the information about actions that directly affect the site’s ranking in Google search results taken by manual webspam team at Google.
It refers to search engine optimization(SEO) technique of presenting different content or URLs to human users and search engines.
Creating an XML sitemap helps search engines better crawl and categorize your site. And verifying the ownership of your site helps Google to know about the owner of your site before they’ll show your website information in their search results. If you are running a WordPress blog, then you can follow the guidelines here.