SEO & GEO - Wasp — ContextQMD

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Search engine optimization (SEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO) are about making your app visible and attractive to search engines, social media platforms, and AI assistants. This page is a quick overview of what Wasp already handles for you, and the features you'll use to optimize your app.

What Wasp does for you

When you run wasp build, your app is automatically optimized for production. You don't need to configure anything for:

Bundling and minification. Wasp uses Vite to minify your JavaScript and CSS, and split it by page, so browsers only download the code each page needs. Page speed is a ranking factor for search engines.
Asset hashing. Assets imported from your source code get hashed filenames, so browsers can cache them aggressively.
Serving standard files. Crawlers look for standard files at the root of your site, like robots.txt, sitemap.xml, or llms.txt. Put them in the public directory and Wasp serves them as-is from the root path.

What Wasp gives you tools for

Titles and meta tags. Search engines and social platforms read <meta> tags to build search results and link previews. Set app-wide tags with the title and head fields of your app declaration, and per-page tags by rendering <meta> elements directly in your page components.
Prerendering. Wasp apps are single-page applications, and many crawlers and AI assistants don't run JavaScript, so they'd see an empty page. Mark a route with prerender: true and Wasp generates its HTML at build time, making your content readable without JavaScript.
Crawlable navigation. Crawlers discover your pages by following <a> tags. Wasp's Link component renders real, type-checked <a> tags, unlike programmatic navigation, which crawlers can't see.
Lazy loading. Split heavy or below-the-fold components out of the initial bundle with React.lazy, so your pages stay small and fast.

Learn more

For the full picture, including how to measure your app, where to apply each technique, and recommended tools, read our dedicated guide: