This work happened behind the scenes. The new site was not yet live.

During this period, search, maps, history pages, and reporting flows were all becoming more serious, while profile and sign-in behavior kept getting more reliable.

What's new

  • Behind the scenes, search and discovery foundations were getting stronger, including unified search and broader matching behavior
  • Behind the scenes, public history, claim, and report flows were taking shape for the new site
  • Behind the scenes, host-related contributor workflows and moderation states were getting more complete
  • Behind the scenes, username-based profile routing and post-login behavior were becoming more reliable
  • German localization expanded across more filters, labels, and moderation copy
  • Venue and event coverage continued to broaden through ongoing data expansion
  • Behind the scenes, metadata, structured data, robots.txt, and sitemap.xml were being built out for the new stack
  • Behind the scenes, maps and discovery flows were moving onto a stronger OpenStreetMap-based foundation

Why it matters

This was the layer of work that made the future launch feel discoverable and credible instead of just technically functional.