Portfolio audit · August 12, 2026
Cut the noise. Keep the proof. Give every reader a next page.
This report scores every Lab, records the ten retired routes and their destinations, and turns the article archive into 24 chapters across five acts.
Keep and strengthen
Eight customer jobs replace one flat Lab directory.
Thirteen customer-facing routes remain available, but each now belongs to one understandable studio.
Delete and redirect
The bottom ten leave public discovery.
The underlying useful idea is either absorbed into a stronger destination or preserved as a dated article. No retired URL becomes a dead end.
| Retired Lab | Score | Why | Permanent destination |
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Full inventory
Every Lab, one decision, four visible criteria.
Scores are portfolio judgments—not traffic claims—across customer job, distinctiveness, proof, and durability, each out of five.
| Lab | Decision | Job | Distinct | Proof | Durable | Total |
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Opinions as a book
Keep 13 current anchors, author 8 merged guides, and retain 3 honest archives.
All 100 source essays remain readable during the evidence window. The plan changes their sequence now and redirects them only after preservation and review.
Safe sequence
Organize first. Measure next. Redirect last.
- NowRetire ten weak Lab routes
Remove their static pages, update discovery, and return direct permanent redirects to the strongest surviving destination.
- NowPublish the five-act path and Read next
Every existing essay receives its place in the book before article bodies are merged.
- Days 1–28Collect a healthy baseline
Verify the collector independently every day; missing evidence remains inconclusive rather than becoming proof of zero use.
- After baselinePublish merged targets first
Preserve claims, citations, assets, backlinks, and discussion threads in each canonical chapter.
- 14-day trialTest one bounded link per source
Measure qualified reads and Read next handoffs without changing source canonicals or forcing a conversion quota.
- LastUpdate discovery, then redirect
Search, archive links, and sitemap move first; approved source routes receive one-hop permanent redirects afterward.
Evidence boundary
What this report does and does not claim.
The Lab ranking reflects customer fit, overlap, evidence quality, and maintenance shape observed in the committed product. It is not a popularity ranking: current aggregate receipts do not provide a trustworthy comparison across all Labs. Article redirects remain gated by the repository’s 28-day baseline, preservation packet, target-first, trial, and redirect-last contracts.