SEO blog post V2

.gitignore

@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ meta-fix.js
 read-inbox.mjs
 quora_antwort_statisch_dynamisch.txt
 
+# Local blog audit reports and temporary snapshots
+scratch_blog_analysis.json
+scratch_scored_blog_posts.json
+src/lib/blog-data.snapshot-*.ts
+
 # Local developer-package workspaces and unreferenced generated media
 /packages/
 /public/Events/

src/app/(main)/(marketing)/blog/page.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardContent } from '@/components/ui/Card';
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/Badge';
 import Breadcrumbs, { BreadcrumbItem } from '@/components/Breadcrumbs';
 import { blogPosts } from '@/lib/blog-data';
+import { REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS } from "@/lib/content";
 
 // Enable Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR)
 // Revalidate every hour
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export default function BlogPage() {
 
   const publishedPosts = blogPosts
     .filter(post => {
+      if (REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS.has(post.slug)) return false;
       const publishDate = post.datePublished ? new Date(post.datePublished) : new Date(post.date);
       return publishDate <= currentDate;
     })

src/app/sitemap.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { MetadataRoute } from 'next';
 import { blogPosts } from '../lib/blog-data';
+import { REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS } from '../lib/content';
 import { pillarMeta } from '../lib/pillar-data';
 import { authors } from '../lib/author-data';
 import { industryPages } from '../lib/industry-pages';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export default function sitemap(): MetadataRoute.Sitemap {
   // Filter out future posts so Google doesn't see them
   const blogPages = blogPosts
     .filter((post) => {
+      if (REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS.has(post.slug)) return false;
       const publishDate = post.datePublished
         ? new Date(post.datePublished)
         : new Date(post.date);

src/lib/content.ts

@@ -2,10 +2,27 @@ import { blogPosts } from "./blog-data";
 import { authors } from "./author-data";
 import type { BlogPost, PillarKey, AuthorProfile } from "./types";
 
+/**
+ * Blog slugs that are 301-redirected in next.config.mjs.
+ * They must not appear in the blog index, the learn pillars, the sitemap
+ * or IndexNow submissions - linking to a redirect source wastes crawl budget
+ * and passes link equity through an unnecessary hop.
+ * Keep this in sync with the redirects() block in next.config.mjs.
+ */
+export const REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS = new Set<string>([
+    "qr-code-analytics",
+    "qr-code-restaurant-menu",
+]);
+
+export function isRedirectedSlug(slug: string): boolean {
+    return REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS.has(slug);
+}
+
 export function getPublishedPosts(): BlogPost[] {
     const currentDate = new Date();
     return blogPosts.filter(p => {
         if (!p.published) return false;
+        if (REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS.has(p.slug)) return false;
         const publishDate = p.datePublished ? new Date(p.datePublished) : new Date(p.date);
         return publishDate <= currentDate;
     });

src/lib/indexnow.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { blogPosts } from '../lib/blog-data';
+import { REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS } from './content';
 import { pillarMeta } from '../lib/pillar-data';
 import { authors } from '../lib/author-data';
 import { publishedUseCases } from '../lib/growth-pages';
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ export function getAllIndexableUrls(): string[] {
     ];
 
     // Blog posts
-    const blogPages = blogPosts.map(post => `${baseUrl}/blog/${post.slug}`);
+    const blogPages = blogPosts
+        .filter(post => !REDIRECTED_BLOG_SLUGS.has(post.slug))
+        .map(post => `${baseUrl}/blog/${post.slug}`);
 
     // Main pages (synced with sitemap.ts)
     const mainPages = [