The static build already provides the machine-facing essentials for indexing: a robots.txt that allows crawling, XML sitemaps listing every public page, canonical URLs on the apex domain https://warconomy.com, and crawler guides (llms.txt, the route catalog). What remains is manual and one-time: add the site to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, verify the domain, and submit the sitemap. Submitting a sitemap does not guarantee indexing — search engines decide coverage.
- Canonical domain: https://warconomy.com (apex, https).
- 6 crawl essentials already shipped; 7 manual console steps remain.
- Prefer a Google Search Console Domain property where possible.
- No DNS changes are made here — verification and any .org redirect are owner actions.
Already provided by the build
- robots.txt allows crawling — A static robots.txt is served and references the sitemap; normal crawling is allowed. (/robots.txt)
- XML sitemaps list public pages — sitemap.xml (with page and data segments) enumerates every public route with lastmod and priority. (/sitemap.xml)
- Canonical domain is https://warconomy.com — All canonical URLs and structured data use the apex https://warconomy.com host. (/)
- Crawler guide for AI/search — llms.txt (and llms-full.txt) describe the dataset, the canonical surfaces, and citation guidance. (/llms.txt)
- Machine-readable route catalog — Every HTML page and static endpoint is listed for crawlers at /routes and /routes/data.json. (/routes)
- Clear homepage + per-page metadata — The homepage and major pages carry descriptive titles/descriptions and JSON-LD structured data. (/)
Manual checklist (one-time, in a webmaster console)
These require a human — they cannot be automated from the site, and Warconomy makes no DNS changes.
- Add warconomy.com to Google Search Console — Create a property for the site. Prefer a Domain property (covers all subdomains and protocols).
- Verify the domain via DNS TXT — Add the verification TXT record at your DNS provider. (Warconomy does not change DNS for you.)
- Submit the sitemap — In Search Console → Sitemaps, submit https://warconomy.com/sitemap.xml.
- Inspect and index the homepage — Use URL Inspection on https://warconomy.com/ and request indexing.
- Request indexing for top pages — Inspect and request indexing for the highest-value topic pages (Ukraine, Red Sea, Hormuz, sanctions, defense, dataset).
- Add to Bing Webmaster Tools — Create a Bing property and submit the same sitemap; Bing also feeds other crawlers.
- (Optional) buy warconomy.org as a defensive redirect — If acquired, 301-redirect warconomy.org to https://warconomy.com only — never a separate content site. Keep .com canonical.
Submitting a sitemap does not guarantee indexing; search engines decide coverage. The steps above maximize discoverability, not certainty.
warconomy.com vs warconomy.org
https://warconomy.com is the one canonical site.
www and http variants are not separate pages: http://warconomy.com, http://www.warconomy.com, and https://www.warconomy.com all redirect to the canonical https://warconomy.com. None of them serve their own indexable body or a noindex tag — they only redirect. A Search Console 'Excluded by noindex' report against a www/http variant reflects a past crawl, not the current redirect behavior.
- Do not split content across warconomy.com and warconomy.org.
- If warconomy.org is purchased, it should 301-redirect to https://warconomy.com only — a defensive alias, not a separate content site.
- Keep warconomy.com canonical for SEO and brand consistency.
- Revisit a separate .org only with a deliberate nonprofit/research-institute strategy later.
Recommended property type
Prefer a Domain property in Google Search Console where possible (covers http/https and all subdomains).
Machine-readable: /methodology/indexing/data.json.