I Ranked on Google's First Page in 6 Weeks — Here's Every SEO Tactic I Used (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of my SEO case study. Part 1 covered the technical foundation: 9 fixes, PageSpeed 58→87, and the Astro stack setup. In Part 1, I documented the baseline of rafaelroot.com: zero indexation, zero impressions, zero clicks. Astro SSG, strict technical SEO, mobile PageSpeed from 58 to 87. Now for the growth phase. This article covers weeks 3 through 6: building authority, deploying to production, and reaching position 3 on Google's first page. 📊 TL;DR — Weeks 3 to 6 Metric Start Week 6 Indexed pages 0/16 16/16 (100%) Primary query position 100+ #3 (page 1) Weekly impressions 0 847 CTR (main query) — 12.4% Backlinks 0 7 high-quality Lighthouse scores 87/99/99/99 100/100/100/100 ⚡ 10-Day Indexation Checkpoint Ten days after submitting the sitemap, Google indexed all 16 URLs. Complete coverage. 🎯 CHECKPOINT — Week 2 (03/14/2026) Indexed Pages: 16/16 Impressions: 23 | Clicks: 2 | Position: 47.3 Why so fast? Clean sitemap — 16 URLs, zero 404s, no redirect chains Semantic HTML —