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SEO: query-facing titles for top Search Console clusters - #1109

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Summary

Search Console (90 days ending Jul 23) shows several pages ranking on page 1 for high-intent queries while capturing few clicks, because titles are product-first instead of matching how developers search. This PR applies query-facing titles and meta descriptions in three batches:

  • Network cluster (19k impressions, 1.5% CTR at pos ~5.5): retitle network-speed-control to "Slow Network & Airplane Mode on the iOS Simulator", add a "Turn off the network for the Simulator only" section covering the zero-click query variants (disable network, turn off wifi, offline mode), and give the /features/networking/ page an SEO meta_title.
  • Camera cluster (18.9k impressions, 3.5% CTR): retitle the docs page to "iOS Simulator Camera: Test Camera Flows Without a Device", add a direct-answer "Does the iOS Simulator have a camera?" section, sharpen the /features/simulator-camera/ meta title/description, and cross-link the two pages.
  • Long tail: add "iOS Simulator" phrasing to the location-simulation and voiceover-navigator titles, and an SEO meta_title for /features/accessibility/. Sidebar labels stay short via sidebar.label.

On-page H1s in docs change with the titles; feature-page heroes are unchanged (meta_title only affects the HTML title).

Test plan

  • npm run lint, format:check, typecheck, build, knip all pass
  • Rendered <title> and meta description verified in dist/ for all 7 pages
  • After merge: re-check GSC cluster CTR in 4 weeks against baselines

AvdLee added 2 commits July 25, 2026 19:45
Search Console shows these pages ranking page 1 with low CTR because
titles were product-first instead of query-first. Retitles the network,
camera, location, and VoiceOver docs pages (keeping sidebar labels
short), adds SEO meta_titles to the networking, camera, and
accessibility feature pages, and adds direct-answer sections for the
zero-click query variants (Simulator-only network off, "does the iOS
Simulator have a camera").
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AvdLee deleted the seo/query-facing-titles branch July 27, 2026 12:09
AvdLee added a commit to ralph-cmyk/RocketSimApp that referenced this pull request Jul 27, 2026
Rebased onto master (now includes the AvdLee#1109 retitle) and onto the
hardened test harness from AvdLee#1110. The FAQ block and its test are
unchanged in substance from the original branch.
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