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Update: From 20 indexed pages to 200+ — now I’m trying to understand authority on a new site

Hi everyone,

A few days ago I posted here because most of my pages were stuck in “Crawled – currently not indexed.” At that time only about 20 pages were indexed.

Quick update: today I checked again and Google indexed 200+ pages 🎉 I’m honestly really happy about it.

For context:

  • Site age: 2–3 months
  • Submitted sitemap last week
  • Google discovered 1,346 pages
  • Initially indexed ~20
  • Today indexed 200+

After reading through all the replies on my previous post, I noticed something interesting: almost everyone pointed to the same core issue — authority.

So now my question is more specific:

For a brand new site (2–3 months old), what are the most realistic and effective ways to build domain authority?

I understand backlinks matter, but:

  • How many referring domains should a new site realistically aim for first?
  • What kind of links actually move the needle?
  • Should I focus on link building first, or content structure / internal linking?
  • Is gradual publishing better than submitting 1,000+ pages at once?

Would really appreciate practical advice from people who’ve grown new domains from scratch.

Thanks again to everyone who commented on the previous thread — the discussion really helped.

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