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How a Static Site Handles 4,400 Pages Without Breaking Google
A developer built a static hotel listing site with 4,400 HTML pages, facing issues like Googlebot's 2 MB limit and slow mobile filtering. Solutions included capping initial HTML, content-aware lastmod updates, and pre-indexed search attributes. The site uses incremental image processing to avoid re-downloading expired URLs.
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The post offers practical, battle-tested scaling tactics for static sites, but the reliance on a custom build pipeline may not suit teams without dedicated DevOps resources.
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