🔍 Why publication stops
A Zia Tile article can remain unassigned when its selected site is no longer usable. Common reasons include no active publication, a non-US publication, a farm-listed domain, or a failed validation rule.
The assigner does not automatically replace a site selected in Publication Notes. This prevents Search Atlas from changing your publishing decision without approval. The article is therefore skipped during each hourly assignment run until a replacement is chosen.
📋 What the replacement options mean
Suggested sites come from the same assignment engine used for normal placement. Each option meets the applicable requirements, including:
- The minimum ordered DA
- DR and organic traffic requirements
- The 2.5x price limit compared with the ordered DA
- QP quality requirements
- Your account’s rejection history
Options may have a DA above the ordered range. This is expected: the price limit is the effective ceiling, and additional authority can be beneficial. Sites are listed from least used to most used where possible.
Topic evidence shown beside a site is a preference signal, not a requirement. It is based on reviewing the site’s existing article titles.
✅ How to resolve the articles
- Review each article with an unusable current pin.
- Compare the suggested domains, DA, price, prior usage, and topic evidence.
- Choose one option for every article, or suggest another suitable site.
- Provide the article ID and your choice, such as 200586 → 2.
- Wait for the approved reassignment and updated Publication Note before the next assignment run.
For multiple orders, include the order number and article ID to avoid confusion. You can choose different sites for different articles, even when they share the same order.
🔁 What happens after approval
After your choices are confirmed, the articles are reassigned and their Publication Notes are updated. This prevents the hourly cron or cascade process from moving them again. Articles should then become eligible for normal placement, provided the replacement site remains active and passes validation.
💡 Prevent future delays
- Review Publication Notes before submitting or pinning an article.
- Avoid selecting sites without an active publication.
- Confirm that the publication is US-based when that rule applies.
- Recheck saved sites if an article remains unassigned across multiple runs.
- Respond with one clear replacement choice per article.
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