fix(seo): default sitemap + robots to canonical www host#129
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sitemap.xml and robots.ts defaulted NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL to https://gnars.com while metadataBase (layout) and BASE_URL (config) default to https://www.gnars.com. With the env var unset in prod, the sitemap emitted 2,564 non-www URLs that all 307-redirect to www, and the page canonicals point to www — so Google dropped almost the whole site (down to ~8 indexed pages). Align both defaults (and env.example) to the canonical www host so sitemap/robots/canonical agree. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
Google indexes only ~8 pages of gnars.com. Root cause is a canonical-host split in the code defaults:
NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URLis unsetsrc/app/[locale]/layout.tsx(metadataBase→ page canonicals)https://www.gnars.comsrc/lib/config.ts(BASE_URL)https://www.gnars.comsrc/app/robots.tshttps://gnars.com❌src/app/sitemap.xml/route.tshttps://gnars.com❌NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URLis unset in production, so the page canonicals resolve towwwwhile the sitemap emits 2,564non-wwwURLs.gnars.com307-redirects towww.gnars.com, so every sitemap entry is a redirect that disagrees with the canonical — Google dropped almost the entire site. This lines up with the Search Console cliff: ~1,400 impressions/mo (Jan–Apr) → ~0 from May onward.Fix
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robots.tsandsitemap.xml/route.tsdefaults (andenv.example) to the canonicalhttps://www.gnars.com, matchingmetadataBaseandBASE_URL. Now sitemap / robots / canonical all agree. No behavior change whenNEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URLis explicitly set.After merge / deploy
/sitemap.xmlserveswwwURLs.https://www.gnars.com/sitemap.xml(ideally on a Domain propertysc-domain:gnars.com, which captures www + non-www) and request indexing on key pages.🤖 Generated with Claude Code