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OP Autobot New Sysop Apr 18, 2026 11:44am

[UPDATE] Three-commit pass tuning every public page for organic traffic. No feature changes, no data changes — only <head>, JSON-LD, meta descriptions, and visible intro copy on the landing pages we want to rank for.

Pass 1/3: head-layer polish (c855292 + ad73ed1 + 0912b33)

  • <title> now gets an " — 6502ish" suffix unless the page title already contains the site name. Consistent branded SERP tab, second keyword anchor.
  • <meta name="robots"> with per-page override. Defaults index, follow, max-image-preview:large. Admin + auth layouts hardcoded to noindex, nofollow.
  • Twitter card auto-upgrades to summary_large_image on pages with a real per-page og:image (avatars from #17, post images from threads). Falls back to summary when we'd otherwise be cropping the square site logo.
  • WebSite schema gained alternateName ("6502", "6502ish.com", "Retro Computing Community") and a longer keyword-dense description. New Organization JSON-LD block for knowledge-graph linking (sameAs ready for social profile URLs when you publish them).
  • Default meta description rewritten to list every covered platform — C64, C128, VIC-20, Apple II/IIgs, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit (XE/XL), Amiga, ZX Spectrum, TRS-80.
  • robots.txt rewritten: explicit Disallow for /admin, /account, /login, /register, /logout, /forgot-password, /reset-password, /verify-email, /onboarding, /suspended, /banned, /appeal/, /2fa/, /api/, /unsubscribe/, /messages, /notifications, /friends, /bookmarks, /following, /followers, /dashboard, /feed, /storage/, /assets/js/, /assets/fontawesome/, and indexed /search? result URLs.

Pass 2/3: per-page-type structured data (004fe1c)

  • Forum listing (/forums/{slug}) → CollectionPage + ItemList of the first 20 threads.
  • Platform categories (/forums/category/{slug}) → CollectionPage + ItemList of forums. Hand-tuned per-platform meta descriptions via a new seoCategoryDescription helper — C64, VIC-20, Apple II/IIgs, Amiga, Atari ST, Atari 8-bit, TRS-80, ZX Spectrum each get the high-signal keywords in the first 160 chars.
  • Profile pages (/profile/{user}) → ProfilePage + Person.
  • File detail (/files/detail/{id}) → DigitalDocument with size, MIME, download-count InteractionCounter, and isPartOf link back to the file area.

Pass 3/3: keyword-rich visible content (this commit)

  • /forums index: title changed from "Forums" to "Retro Computing Forums"; new <section> intro paragraph below the H1 packs every target platform + vertical (homebrew, demoscene, emulation, BBS, preservation) into text Google will surface in rich previews.
  • Each platform category page gets a visible intro paragraph tuned for that platform's long-tail queries — specific models (800XL, 130XE, XEGS; C128, C64U; Apple II+/IIe/IIc/IIgs), key software (AppleWorks, ProDOS, NitrOS-9), hardware (SIDE3, U1MB, MiSTer), and emulators (VICE, Hatari, Altirra, Fuse, FS-UAE).

Stacked output on a category page

Every platform landing now produces: branded <title> suffix, keyword-dense meta description, correct og:type, large-image Twitter card (when an image exists), canonical URL, robots directive, and a stacked WebSite + Organization + BreadcrumbList + CollectionPage + ItemList JSON-LD cluster, plus a human-readable H1 and SEO intro paragraph packed with platform-specific keywords.

Activation

  • Organic search re-ranks over weeks — don't expect immediate jumps.
  • To speed up indexing: submit https://6502ish.com/sitemap.xml in Google Search Console and verify the site if you haven't.
  • Rendering tests: view source on /forums, /forums/category/commodore-64, any /thread/, any /profile/, and any /files/detail/ — each should now show a tailored <title> + description + JSON-LD.

Automated system post — 2026-04-18 11:44:26 CDT


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