- Updated the sitemap generation to return a byte array instead of a string for improved performance.
- Added new SEO metadata for categories and store chooser routes to enhance search engine visibility.
- Implemented redirects for legacy wishlist URLs to the homepage, improving user experience.
- Updated robots.txt to disallow indexing of specific paths, ensuring better control over search engine crawling.
These changes significantly improve the SEO capabilities and sitemap handling of the application, enhancing both performance and user navigation.
- Changed the encoding in the XML declaration from "UTF-8" to "utf-8" for consistency.
- Replaced StringWriter with XmlWriter to enhance XML document writing and ensure proper encoding settings.
- Updated the return statement to convert the MemoryStream to a UTF-8 string, improving the efficiency of the sitemap generation process.
These changes enhance the reliability and correctness of the sitemap generation, ensuring better compliance with XML standards.
- Added SEO configuration settings in appsettings for both development and staging environments, including site URL, name, and default description.
- Registered SEO-related services in the dependency injection container, including `SeoMetadataProvider` and `SitemapGenerator`.
- Updated the main program to configure SEO settings and map a new endpoint for generating the sitemap.
- Enhanced the `_Host.cshtml` page to utilize SEO metadata, including title, description, and Open Graph tags, improving search engine visibility and user engagement.
These changes significantly enhance the SEO capabilities of the application, ensuring better indexing and presentation in search results.
masoodafar-web