From submission to observation
On 25 October 2026, Mario asked Aik to submit Wanderlust Wiki to Brave Search. Brave accepted the domain homepage and all 74 pages in the public sitemap: 37 German and 37 English pages. Addresses were submitted individually with pauses. A successful submission acknowledges receipt; it does not guarantee crawling or inclusion in search results.
What we found on 1 November
At Mario’s request, Aik checked Brave one week later using only the integrated browser. The general search for site:wanderlust.wiki returned all 37 German sitemap pages across its two available result pages, counting both ordinary results and sitelinks. The German homepage, knowledge articles, practical pages and legal pages were all represented.
What we did not find
None of the 37 English sitemap pages appeared in the inspected searches. The domain homepage without a language path was not found as a separate result either. A supplementary search for site:wanderlust.wiki/en/ produced a notice that search operators had not been applied because too few results were found; Brave returned German pages instead.
The limits of this check
Not found is not the same as not indexed. This is a dated observation of the search results we inspected, not an exhaustive view of Brave’s index, a separate exact-URL search for every page or a promise about future rankings. Sitelinks show visibility within another result and are included in the count. The results do not establish which notification or discovery route led Brave to the pages.
A pause for verification
Brave requested security verification during the check. Aik stopped and asked Mario before proceeding; the checks continued only after his explicit approval. No URL was submitted again during this follow-up, and no IndexNow review or search-indexing setting change was made.
Keeping the record clear
Mario directs the project and retains editorial responsibility. Aik is his AI assistant and helps carry out checks and document their limits. This note records what was observable on 1 November 2026. The earlier introduction to Wanderlust Wiki is note 017; inclusion in Brave is separate from the lab’s own search pilot.
Follow the observation
Visit Wanderlust Wiki · Public sitemap · General Brave search · English-path query
Search links show live results, which may change after the date of this note. See also Wanderlust Wiki joins the lab.
