diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
index ef4b7a0..260f163 100644
--- a/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -584,6 +584,23 @@ async def reload_data(
return {"status": "reloaded"}
+# =============================================================================
+# SEO FILES
+# =============================================================================
+
+
+@app.get("/robots.txt")
+async def robots_txt():
+ """Serve robots.txt for search engine crawlers."""
+ return FileResponse(settings.frontend_dir / "robots.txt", media_type="text/plain")
+
+
+@app.get("/sitemap.xml")
+async def sitemap_xml():
+ """Serve sitemap.xml for search engine indexing."""
+ return FileResponse(settings.frontend_dir / "sitemap.xml", media_type="application/xml")
+
+
# Mount static files directly (must be after all routes to avoid catching API calls)
if settings.frontend_dir.exists():
app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=settings.frontend_dir), name="static")
diff --git a/frontend/app.js b/frontend/app.js
index dddde62..ebf33f7 100644
--- a/frontend/app.js
+++ b/frontend/app.js
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ const routes = {
"/rankings": "rankings",
};
+const pageTitles = {
+ dashboard: "SchoolCompare | Compare Primary School Performance",
+ compare: "Compare Schools | SchoolCompare",
+ rankings: "School Rankings | SchoolCompare",
+};
+
function navigateTo(path) {
// Update URL without reload
window.history.pushState({}, "", path);
@@ -218,6 +224,9 @@ function handleRoute() {
const path = window.location.pathname;
const view = routes[path] || "dashboard";
+ // Update page title for SEO
+ document.title = pageTitles[view] || pageTitles.dashboard;
+
// Update navigation
document.querySelectorAll(".nav-link").forEach((link) => {
link.classList.toggle("active", link.dataset.view === view);
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 6f9ad47..6589e66 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -4,6 +4,52 @@
SchoolCompare | Compare Primary School Performance
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diff --git a/frontend/robots.txt b/frontend/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1acdcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+User-agent: *
+Allow: /
+Allow: /compare
+Allow: /rankings
+
+Disallow: /api/
+
+Sitemap: https://schoolcompare.co.uk/sitemap.xml
diff --git a/frontend/sitemap.xml b/frontend/sitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e473d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/sitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
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+ https://schoolcompare.co.uk/
+ weekly
+ 1.0
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+ https://schoolcompare.co.uk/compare
+ weekly
+ 0.8
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+ https://schoolcompare.co.uk/rankings
+ weekly
+ 0.8
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+