Zero-Cost SEO Stack: Astro + Cloudflare Pages + GitHub Actions

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I run about-kazakhstan.com -- 83 articles, 90 URLs, growing traffic -- on a completely free hosting stack. Here is the setup.

Architecture

Astro (SSG) ? GitHub ? Cloudflare Pages (free)
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        GitHub Actions (CI)
          - Build check
          - IndexNow ping
          - Daily SEO monitor
          - Weekly content discovery

Free Tier Stack

Service	Free Tier	What I Use It For
Cloudflare Pages	Unlimited sites	Hosting + CDN + SSL
GitHub Actions	2000 min/month	CI/CD + SEO automation
Umami	Self-hosted	Analytics (no cookie banner needed)
Google Search Console	Free	Index monitoring
IndexNow	Free	Instant search engine notification

GitHub Actions Workflows

# .github/workflows/seo-monitor.yml
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 10 * * *"  # daily
jobs:
  monitor:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - run: node scripts/position-tracker.mjs
      - run: node scripts/rank-alert.mjs