Launching and Monitoring Your Nuxt Site

Your Nuxt site is built. Now get it indexed and track its performance.

Pre-Launch Checklist

Before deploying to production:

• Production domain configured with SSL certificate
• robots.txt allows search engine crawlers
• No noindex meta tags on pages you want indexed
• Sitemap generated at /sitemap.xml
• Canonical URLs point to production domain
• Social preview images working
• Mobile-friendly design
• Core Web Vitals passing
• 404 pages return proper status codes
• Redirects from old URLs configured (if redesigning)

Don't delay your launch chasing perfection. Ship with working fundamentals, then iterate.

Getting Indexed

Your site needs two things to appear in search results: be crawlable and be indexed.

Crawlability means search engines can access your pages. Indexing means they've added your pages to their database.

Read the Going Live guide for deployment strategies and common pitfalls.

Submit to Search Engines

Google and Bing won't automatically know your site exists. Set up Google Search Console and submit your sitemap:

1. Add your property (domain or URL prefix)
2. Verify ownership (DNS record, HTML file, or meta tag)
3. Submit sitemap at Indexing > Sitemaps

For Bing, submit through Bing Webmaster Tools or use IndexNow for instant notification.

Indexing takes days to weeks. Google prioritizes sites with backlinks and regular content updates.

Check Indexing Status

# Search for your domain
site:yourdomain.com

# Check specific page
site:yourdomain.com/specific-page

Google Search Console shows detailed indexing data under Page Indexing reports:

• Indexed — in Google's index
• Discovered - currently not indexed — found but not crawled yet
• Crawled - currently not indexed — crawled but Google chose not to index

See Debugging Indexing Issues for fixes when pages won't index.

Monitoring Performance

Set up these tools after launch:

See SEO Monitoring Tools for setup guides and recommendations.

Weekly Metrics

Track these metrics every week:

Search Console:

• Total impressions and clicks
• Click-through rate (CTR)
• Average position for target keywords
• Coverage errors

Analytics:

• Organic traffic trends
• Top landing pages
• Bounce rate

Core Web Vitals:

• LCP under 2.5s
• INP under 200ms
• CLS under 0.1

Don't obsess over daily fluctuations. Look for trends over weeks and months.

Common Post-Launch Issues

Site not indexing after weeks: Check robots.txt, verify no noindex tags, confirm sitemap submitted correctly. See Indexing Issues.

Pages indexed but not ranking: Normal for new sites. Improve title tags and meta descriptions. Add internal links.

High impressions, low clicks: Your titles and descriptions need work. Check Mastering Meta guides.

Migrating to a new domain? See Site Migration SEO for redirect mapping and recovery timelines.

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