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How to verify whether an AI-coded SEO fix worked
Verification closes the loop between a shipped code change and search growth evidence.
Problem
A fix can pass code review but still fail crawl, indexing, or search-performance checks.
Symptoms
- The task is marked done without a fresh crawl.
- Search data is not compared after shipping.
- The same issue appears in later reports.
How to diagnose
- Re-crawl instant technical fixes.
- Wait for fresh search data when the metric depends on GSC or Bing.
- Compare affected rows against the original finding.
How to fix
- Attach verification type to each task.
- Keep tasks open when evidence still detects the issue.
- Use monitoring to catch regressions later.
How Search Lighthouse helps
Search Lighthouse tracks instant crawl checks, later search-data checks, manual checks, and not-verifiable tasks separately.
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