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IndexNow's 202 Success Code Masks Bing Rejections for GitHub Pages Sites
A developer found that IndexNow submissions to Bing returned 202 for two weeks, but pages never indexed. The issue was a missing keyLocation parameter for GitHub Pages project sites, causing verification to fail. Bing returned 403 with an error, while Yandex falsely reported success with 202.
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The story highlights a protocol flaw where different search engines interpret success codes inconsistently, potentially misleading developers into thinking submissions worked.
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My IndexNow submissions returned 202 for two weeks. None of them worked. →
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