diff --git a/app/verify/cli.py b/app/verify/cli.py
index 522c4c6..fb39657 100644
--- a/app/verify/cli.py
+++ b/app/verify/cli.py
@@ -462,9 +462,19 @@ def _fresh(u: str) -> bool:
     # A rate-limited answer is not a verdict — leave it out so the next run asks
     # again instead of parking the URL as dead for the whole TTL.
     throttled = sum(1 for r in results if r.transient)
+    # Promotion looks citations up by exact URL, so every citation of a checked
+    # resource (e.g. other #fragments of the same page) gets the verdict.
+    by_key: dict[tuple[str, str, str], list[str]] = defaultdict(list)
+    for u in urls:
+        key = http_check.url_key(u)
+        if key is not None:
+            by_key[key].append(u)
     for r in results:
         if not r.transient:
-            cache[r.url] = http_check.result_to_entry(r, ts)
+            entry = http_check.result_to_entry(r, ts)
+            key = http_check.url_key(r.url)
+            for u in (by_key.get(key, []) if key is not None else []) or [r.url]:
+                cache[u] = entry
     http_check.save_cache(cache)
     if throttled:
         print(
diff --git a/app/verify/http_check.py b/app/verify/http_check.py
index 271a98a..b2050d7 100644
--- a/app/verify/http_check.py
+++ b/app/verify/http_check.py
@@ -244,16 +244,25 @@ def wait(self, host: str) -> None:
 # --- batch driver ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+def url_key(u: str) -> tuple[str, str, str] | None:
+    """Identity of the fetched resource: host, path and query; the fragment is ignored."""
+    try:
+        p = urlparse(u)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+    return (p.netloc.lower(), p.path.rstrip("/"), p.query)
+
+
 def dedupe_urls(urls: Iterable[str]) -> list[str]:
-    """Collapse to one representative per (host, path) — kaggle dumps share a URL."""
-    seen: dict[tuple[str, str], str] = {}
+    """Collapse to one representative per fetched resource — kaggle dumps share a URL.
+
+    The query stays in the key (``cpu.php?cpu=X`` pages are distinct resources).
+    """
+    seen: dict[tuple[str, str, str], str] = {}
     for u in urls:
-        try:
-            p = urlparse(u)
-        except Exception:
-            continue
-        key = (p.netloc.lower(), p.path.rstrip("/"))
-        seen.setdefault(key, u)
+        key = url_key(u)
+        if key is not None:
+            seen.setdefault(key, u)
     return list(seen.values())
 
 
diff --git a/tests/verify/test_http_check.py b/tests/verify/test_http_check.py
index 04ecb15..3659c90 100644
--- a/tests/verify/test_http_check.py
+++ b/tests/verify/test_http_check.py
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ def test_dedupe_by_host_and_path():
     assert len(http_check.dedupe_urls(urls)) == 2
 
 
+def test_dedupe_keeps_query_and_ignores_fragment():
+    urls = [
+        "https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=A",
+        "https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=B",
+        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List#One",
+        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List#Two",
+    ]
+    assert http_check.dedupe_urls(urls) == urls[:3]
+
+
 def test_cache_freshness():
     from datetime import datetime
     now = datetime(2026, 6, 22, tzinfo=UTC)