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Wave 7 Metrics Gate | When to Freeze vs Wave 8
Verdict
URL count is not readiness. Wave 7 exit requires a human metrics review in Google Search Console (or equivalent) before any Wave 8 mid-tail generation.
Overview
This page does not invent traffic statistics. Operators must paste real GSC findings into internal runbooks.
Good enough to proceed: stable indexation growth, low soft-404 on new hubs, no severe title cannibalization clusters.
Not good enough: mass “crawled not indexed,” duplicate matrix noise, or pages with no impressions after adequate time—then freeze and improve.
Cryptographic profile
- Signatures: N/A — ops policy
- Hash: N/A
- Public-key exposure: Policy page only.
What breaks
- Generating Wave 8 while soft-404 rate climbs
- Ignoring duplicate intent cannibalization across matrix pairs
Mitigations
- Review GSC coverage and excluded pages weekly for 4 weeks post-deploy
- Sample 20 random finance URLs for content quality
- If metrics poor: freeze generation 4–6 weeks; fix titles, links, thin pages
FAQ
What is the Wave 7 URL target?
About 1,000–1,200 total indexable URLs sitewide; factories may slightly overshoot if quality holds.
Where is the hub map?
/is-quantum-proof/wave7-hub-map