Scale programmatic SEO pages now, or wait for indexing?
Quick background:
I recently launched a new directory-style website built with programmatic SEO pages. The pages are generated by combining data from a couple of APIs.
Current setup:
~600 pages live
Mostly “service near X location” and “service in X location” type pages
Imo the pages are genuinely more useful than the competition with slightly more info and a lot better UX/UI.
So far, Google seems to like it:
Homepage ranked page 1 for the main keyword after ~2 days. About 20 diff pages are getting clicks after a week.
But here’s where I’m unsure:
After ~7 days, Search Console only reports around 30 indexed pages out of 600. However, if I run a site: search in Google, noticeably more pages appear than what GSC reports (still far from 600).
Now I’m debating next steps. There’s another search-demand category I could launch that would add ~300 more location-based pages.
Should i launch the additional pages now and keep scaling?
Or wait until indexing stabilizes / more pages are clearly indexed first?
Curious how people here would approach this, especially anyone who’s worked with newer pSEO directory sites as this is a new niche for me.
TL;DR:
Launched a new pSEO directory site with ~600 location pages generated from APIs. Google response seems positive so far, but GSC only shows ~30 indexed after 7 days (while site: shows more). Should I keep scaling and launch another ~300 pages now, or wait for indexing to catch up first?