Dino Lozina

Create a Programmatic SEO Project Using Next.js and Static Site Generation

Generate over 30,000 unique landing pages from a single Next.js template. Learn to build a powerful programmatic SEO engine using static site generation.

Create a Programmatic SEO Project Using Next.js and Static Site Generation
#1about 3 minutes

How Zapier's SEO strategy inspired the project

The project was inspired by Zapier's success in generating massive organic traffic by creating thousands of integration-specific landing pages.

#2about 4 minutes

Targeting long-tail keywords instead of high-value terms

Programmatic SEO focuses on generating many pages for specific long-tail keywords instead of competing for broad, high-value keywords.

#3about 4 minutes

Why search engine crawlers prefer server-rendered HTML

Google crawlers can easily parse server-rendered HTML for quick indexing, whereas client-side rendered JavaScript can be slow and unreliable.

#4about 3 minutes

Choosing Next.js for static site generation

Next.js was selected for its powerful features like hybrid static and server rendering, route pre-fetching, and minimal configuration.

#5about 1 minute

Generating dynamic pages with getStaticPaths and getStaticProps

Use `getStaticPaths` to define all the dynamic routes and `getStaticProps` to fetch data for each page from an external API at build time.

#6about 3 minutes

Combining a .NET API with a Next.js frontend

The final solution uses a .NET backend API to provide path and content data to a Next.js frontend, which generates all static pages at build time.

#7about 3 minutes

Q&A on unique content, TypeScript, and Gatsby

The Q&A covers strategies for ensuring content uniqueness, Next.js's full TypeScript compatibility, and a comparison with Gatsby.

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