My strategy is heretical. Search engine rankings accelerate spam from 0 to 100, so I keep a % of my sites' content unindexed. This violates incentives and makes for a good bot repellent. A search console’s sole purpose is to confirm the “efficacy”.
Writing or linking can also be risky or get you DMCA’d (it’s an angry world). If SEO is not a priority, then there’s maximum freedom. My technical friends and the curious know how to find things anyway.