LESSON OBJECTIVE
What you will be able to do
Combine technical audits, analytics, and Search Console while respecting what each source can prove.
Audit locally and remotely
A local file audit finds missing tags; a remote audit also sees HTTPS and deployed headers. Neither guarantees Google will index the page.
aml seo:audit https://example.com/guide --jsonSeparate analytics from search data
Analytics measures visits and behavior after a page is loaded. Search Console measures impressions, clicks, queries, sitemap, and indexing.
Diagnose excluded pages
For a non-indexed page, inspect status, canonical, robots, noindex, duplication, internal links, content value, and last crawl before requesting reindexing.
CHECKPOINT
Before you continue
Are you using analytics to claim indexing, or Search Console to claim behavior after page load? Neither inference is valid.