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8 posts tagged with Growth
This status is not a verdict on your content quality. Google says so in one sentence. Here is what it actually means for a directory, why directories hit it earlier than other sites, and the four popular fixes that do nothing.
Picking ISR over full static generation is not a performance decision. It is a build-ceiling and cache-billing decision — and the failure mode that catches most directories is documented in one line of the Next.js reference.
A partner directory is lead routing, not a logo wall. How HubSpot, Shopify and Webflow gate theirs, and the Google policy problem nobody warns you about.
How to build a listing claim flow: domain-matched email verification, the manual review queue, the attack surface, and what Google and Yelp actually do.
Half the schema markup on a typical directory site renders nothing anymore. Here's what Google still supports for listing pages in 2026 — LocalBusiness, ItemList, BreadcrumbList, reviews — checked against Search Central on 27 August 2026, plus the manual action written specifically for list pages.
Why a niche directory is a distribution-first asset that can earn $2k–$10k a month with minutes of upkeep — the SEO advantage, the AI-search angle, and an honest take on the timeline.
Programmatic SEO works for directory sites — but only when each page targets a real search and earns its existence. The two patterns that win, the three failure modes that wreck most attempts, and a 90-day playbook.
Forget PageRank folklore. Here is a pragmatic SEO checklist for directory sites under 10,000 pages — what moves the needle, and what is a waste of time.
