Indexing issue

Weekly Status Log - 2026-07-06

Indexed Pages (via site: search): ~3-5 pages (limited proxy; exact count varies)

Sitemap Total: 335 URLs

Deployment Status: ✅ Both fixes live in production

Findings

1. Code Fixes Verified Deployed
   • Commit 7357dd3 (2026-07-02 10:56:25) is in production
   • ✅ /pages link present in footer (app/_partials/homepage-body.html, line 1035)
   • ✅ Fake lastModified removed from static pages (app/sitemap.ts now omits field for non-blog URLs)
2. Indexing Progress
   • Google site: searches return very limited results (~3 pages in standard search results)
   • This is consistent with low crawl budget on a DR 0.1 domain
   • No regression; indexing moving slowly but directionally improving
3. No New Technical Issues
   • Homepage renders correctly with footer link
   • Robots.txt clean, canonical tags proper
   • No 4xx/5xx errors on sampling

Assessment

The technical blockers (orphan /pages section, fake sitemap timestamps) have been fully removed. The remaining constraint is domain authority and Google's natural crawl schedule for new, low-authority domains. Indexing will improve over weeks/months as DR increases through backlinks and natural age.

Next Steps

No code changes needed. Recommend switching to biweekly check cadence (next check 2026-07-20) to track natural growth. Issue is resolved from engineering perspective; remaining work is domain authority building over time.