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Experiments

Website experiments, with receipts.

We will publish results only when there is something real to show. No fake charts, no invented ranking wins, no suspiciously tidy miracles.

Experiment in Progress

Can One Relevant Backlink Move a Page?

An in-progress experiment about whether one relevant backlink changes discovery, impressions, or ranking patterns for a specific page.

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How Long Did Google Take to Discover a New Website?

An in-progress experiment tracking discovery, crawling, indexing, and early Search Console signals for a new educational site.

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Search Console Week 1: Getting the Baseline

The first week of tracking Pretty Fly for a Website in Google Search Console: setup, baseline checks, and what we are measuring before drawing conclusions.

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Search Console Week 2: First Impressions, Still No Victory Lap

Week 2 tracks early impressions, query discovery, and why small numbers should be treated as signals instead of proof.

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Search Console Week 3: When Position 39 Starts Looking Useful

Week 3 watches early ranking ranges and explains why a low average position can still be a useful discovery signal.

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Search Console Week 4: Deciding What to Change

Week 4 turns early Search Console patterns into a small set of content, title, and internal-link experiments.

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What Changed After Fixing Technical SEO Issues?

An in-progress experiment measuring what happens after fixing real technical SEO issues without claiming every fix guarantees rankings.

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What Happened After Publishing 15 Helpful Pages?

An in-progress experiment tracking discovery, indexing, impressions, and useful traffic after publishing a cluster of genuinely helpful pages.

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