My new website is live, but Google does not seem to know it exists

A solo founder ships a useful site that loads fine yet never appears in Google. Browser access only proves hosting. Search engines still need discovery, crawl, and index steps. Links, sitemaps, and webmaster tools help diagnose what is missing.

This is a researched blocker from The 50x Founder. Below is the solution path — from understanding it to a paste-ready asset.