How to prevent your google account from being hacked

There are several ways to make sure no one is hacking your google account, here are three of them:

1. Activate two step verification: https://www.google.com/landing/2step/
2. Checking all outgoing mail and verify that you sent it.
3. Looking through google wallet for purchases that you did not make

If you find that you have been hacked, go here: https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery/

~Nicholas~

EDIT: Capitalized the word "how" in the title.