fix(seo): noindex parameterised comparisons, keep bare /compare

25,193 schools make ~317 million pairs. The bare page stays indexable as the
landing page for the head term; the parameter space goes noindex, follow so
its outbound links still count.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015mWQnpye9F299NVRCCSRvj
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@@ -1642,3 +1642,21 @@ test('a school page canonicalises to its own slug on the www host', async ({ pag
.getAttribute('href');
expect(href).toMatch(/^https:\/\/www\.schoolcompare\.co\.uk\/school\/\d+-/);
});
test('a bare /compare is indexable, a parameterised one is not', async ({ page }) => {
await page.goto('/compare');
await expect(page.locator('meta[name="robots"]')).toHaveCount(0);
const [a, b] = await twoPrimaryUrns(page);
await page.goto(`/compare?urns=${a},${b}`);
const robots = await page.locator('meta[name="robots"]').first()
.getAttribute('content');
expect(robots).toContain('noindex');
expect(robots).toContain('follow');
// noindex but follow: the links out to each school page still count, so the
// canonical must still be present and point at the bare path.
const canonical = await page.locator('link[rel="canonical"]').first()
.getAttribute('href');
expect(canonical).toBe('https://www.schoolcompare.co.uk/compare');
});