A prioritized, living to-do list for bastropbeat.com, built from this site's sources and current trends in Texas News. Click any row for the why & how. Click a column header to sort.
| No | Rank | Cat | Date | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93 | Trends | 2026-06-21 | Publish: The Texas stories driving the most local search |
Trending angle in Texas News. A fresh, data-backed page on this draws search and gives the site a current spine. Link it from the homepage and /sources/. | ||||
| 2 | 87 | Trends | 2026-06-26 | Publish: Weather / utility / cost-of-living angles readers need now |
Trending angle in Texas News. A fresh, data-backed page on this draws search and gives the site a current spine. Link it from the homepage and /sources/. | ||||
| 3 | 85 | Trends | 2026-06-27 | Publish: State policy changes taking effect this year |
Trending angle in Texas News. A fresh, data-backed page on this draws search and gives the site a current spine. Link it from the homepage and /sources/. | ||||
| 4 | 80 | Trends | 2026-07-01 | Publish: Austin-area growth and what it means locally |
Trending angle in Texas News. A fresh, data-backed page on this draws search and gives the site a current spine. Link it from the homepage and /sources/. | ||||
| 5 | 76 | Content | 2026-07-03 | Deepen the main Texas News guide with current data and examples |
Audit the flagship page; replace anything stale, add concrete numbers and a clear next step. Depth is what separates this from a thin template. | ||||
| 6 | 69 | Video | 2026-07-08 | Add a /videos/ page curating the best Texas News videos |
Curate 6–10 authoritative, embeddable videos. Reuses the site's GA + AdSense and deepens the content spine. | ||||
| 7 | 65 | Content | 2026-07-11 | Add an FAQ answering the top questions in Texas News |
Pull the real questions people ask in Texas News and answer them plainly. Mark up with FAQ schema for rich results. | ||||
| 8 | 60 | Fresh | 2026-07-15 | Add a /live/ news feed for Texas News |
An auto-publishing, attributed Google-News feed keeps the site fresh daily and reuses the existing GA + AdSense. | ||||
| 9 | 55 | Design | 2026-07-18 | Apply a WT-Skins kit to lift the design and Agents-First score |
The page looks generic without a kit. Roll the cluster's kit (snapshot the old design first) to get the AF score into the 90s. | ||||
| 10 | 55 | SEO | 2026-07-18 | Submit updated URLs via IndexNow and refresh the sitemap |
Ping IndexNow for new and changed pages so they're discovered fast; confirm the sitemap lists /act/, /sources/, /videos/. | ||||
| 11 | 47 | SEO | 2026-07-24 | Add Article + FAQ structured data |
Schema.org markup earns richer results and helps answer-engines cite the page correctly. | ||||
| 12 | 46 | SEO | 2026-07-24 | Strengthen internal links between the core, /sources/ and this worksheet |
A tight internal-link web spreads authority and keeps visitors moving through the site. | ||||
| 13 | 39 | Monetize | 2026-07-29 | Add the network affiliate + AdSense setup |
Inject the shared Skimlinks script and the AdSense unit so existing traffic earns; one-time setup. | ||||