No, I am quite aware of Google's updates. BUT I started another blog in October of last year. It currently has 4 posts in all those months, and no inbounds. It was indexed within a week. How, then, can inbounds be the issue?

There is definitely something "wrong" with this domain according to Google's algo, and the only thing I can see that distinguishes it from my sites that are getting indexed is that it used to be owned by someone else.

I hope someone reads this who does not assume I don't know what I'm talking about when I assure you I have exactly similar blogs started around the same time which were indexed within days of launch.