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SEO Optimization Implementation - Completed ✅

Fixes #99

  • Add comprehensive meta tags (Open Graph, Twitter Cards)
  • Create robots.txt file for search engine crawling
  • Create sitemap.xml for better indexing
  • Add structured data (JSON-LD schema.org markup)
  • Improve semantic HTML structure
  • Add lang attribute and proper meta viewport
  • Add canonical URLs
  • Optimize page title and description
  • Add keywords meta tag
  • Add site.webmanifest for PWA support
  • Add theme-color meta tag
  • Separate viewport export (Next.js 14+ best practice)
  • Test build and verify all changes work correctly
  • Verify all meta tags appear in generated HTML
  • Fix code review issues (removed references to non-existent images)
  • Remove misleading aggregateRating from structured data
  • Add note to sitemap about regular updates
  • Move manifest link to metadata object (Next.js best practice)
  • Remove manual head element

Summary of Changes

Enhanced Metadata (layout.tsx):

  • Comprehensive title and description optimized for search engines
  • Keywords targeting Home Assistant, automations, smart home, YAML, GitHub
  • Open Graph tags for social media sharing (prepared for future images)
  • Twitter Card tags for Twitter/X sharing (prepared for future images)
  • Robots directives for proper indexing
  • Canonical URL to prevent duplicate content issues
  • Viewport configuration for mobile-friendliness
  • Theme color for browser UI customization
  • Author, creator, and publisher metadata
  • Manifest link in metadata object (Next.js recommended approach)
  • Commented out image references with notes for future implementation

Structured Data (page.tsx):

  • JSON-LD Schema.org WebSite markup with SearchAction
  • JSON-LD SoftwareApplication markup
  • Organization information
  • Removed misleading aggregateRating (no actual rating system exists)
  • Client-side rendering with note about server-side consideration

SEO Files:

  • robots.txt - Allows all search engine crawlers, points to sitemap
  • sitemap.xml - Site structure for search engines (daily updates, priority 1.0, with update note)
  • site.webmanifest - PWA manifest using existing favicon.ico

Key SEO Benefits:
✅ Better search engine visibility with comprehensive metadata
✅ Enhanced social media sharing with Open Graph and Twitter Cards
✅ Proper indexing guidance with robots.txt and sitemap
✅ Rich snippets potential with JSON-LD structured data
✅ Mobile-friendly with proper viewport and PWA support
✅ Clear site hierarchy and crawling instructions
✅ Follows Next.js App Router best practices

All changes verified to build successfully with no errors or warnings.

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Pull request overview

This PR implements comprehensive SEO optimization for hadiscover.com to improve search engine visibility and social media sharing. The changes include enhanced metadata, structured data using JSON-LD schemas, and standard SEO files for web crawlers.

Key Changes

  • Enhanced Open Graph and Twitter Card metadata in layout.tsx for better social media previews
  • Added JSON-LD structured data schemas (WebSite with SearchAction and SoftwareApplication) for rich search results
  • Created standard SEO files (robots.txt, sitemap.xml, site.webmanifest) to guide crawlers and enable PWA features

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Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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frontend/app/layout.tsx Added comprehensive metadata including Open Graph, Twitter Cards, robots directives, viewport configuration, and manifest link
frontend/app/page.tsx Added JSON-LD structured data schemas for WebSite and SoftwareApplication to enable rich search results
frontend/public/robots.txt Created crawl directives allowing all bots and referencing sitemap location
frontend/public/sitemap.xml Created XML sitemap with single homepage entry and daily update frequency
frontend/public/site.webmanifest Created PWA manifest with app metadata and basic icon configuration

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<head>
{/* Next.js automatically handles favicon.ico from app directory */}
{/* Note: Add apple-touch-icon.png to public directory for iOS devices */}
{/* <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" /> */}
<link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest" />
</head>
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Manually adding a head element in Next.js App Router is unnecessary and potentially problematic. Next.js automatically generates the head element based on the metadata exports. The link to site.webmanifest should be included in the metadata object instead. Consider adding it to the metadata export as: manifest: "/site.webmanifest".

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@copilot apply changes based on this feedback

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Fixed in commit 9170fec. The manifest link is now included in the metadata object using manifest: "/site.webmanifest", and the manual <head> element has been removed. Next.js will automatically handle the head element generation based on the metadata exports.

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Just as a heads up, I was blocked by some firewall rules while working on your feedback. Expand below for details.

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