After moving a site to a new domain, changing its URL structure, or switching platforms, it’s unsettling to see the indexed-page count fall in Google Search Console. Some missing URLs may be expected, but others are pages we still want people to find.
When a drop follows a website migration, how do you tell normal reprocessing from a problem with redirects, robots directives, or internal links? I’m especially curious about which Search Console reports are most useful before making another round of changes.