feat: update SEO titles and descriptions for improved clarity and focus

[MODSetter]

• Revised metadata titles and descriptions across multiple pages to better reflect the open-source and privacy-focused nature of SurfSense.
• Enhanced user engagement by simplifying titles for the free AI chat feature and individual model pages.

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Motivation and Context

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Change Type

• Bug fix
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• Performance improvement
• Refactoring
• Documentation
• Dependency/Build system
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Testing Performed

• Tested locally
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Checklist

• Follows project coding standards and conventions
• Documentation updated as needed
• Dependencies updated as needed
• No lint/build errors or new warnings
• All relevant tests are passing

High-level PR Summary

This PR updates SEO metadata (titles and descriptions) across multiple pages to improve clarity and better communicate SurfSense's value proposition. The main layout now emphasizes the open-source and privacy-focused aspects for teams, while the free AI chat pages have been simplified from keyword-heavy titles to cleaner, more user-friendly messaging like "Free AI Chat, No Login Required" and "Chat with [model] Free, No Login".

⏱️ Estimated Review Time: 5-15 minutes

💡 Review Order Suggestion

Order	File Path
1	surfsense_web/app/layout.tsx
2	surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/page.tsx
3	surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/[model_slug]/page.tsx

Summary by CodeRabbit

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  • Updated SEO titles and metadata descriptions across key pages to improve clarity and consistency. Changes include refined branding language for the free chat interface and main site landing page. Updates ensure the site presents better in search results and when shared on social media.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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📒 Files selected for processing (3)

• surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/[model_slug]/page.tsx
• surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/page.tsx
• surfsense_web/app/layout.tsx

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Three files were updated to standardize SEO metadata titles across the application, shifting from longer product-comparison messaging to shorter, unified branding language emphasizing privacy, open-source positioning, and simplified value propositions.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
SEO Metadata Updates surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/[model_slug]/page.tsx, surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/page.tsx, surfsense_web/app/layout.tsx	Updated metadata.title, openGraph.title, and twitter.title strings across three pages to reflect new branding: shorter, more concise titles replacing longer product-comparison phrasing. Changes include model-specific fallback title and site-wide metadata updates.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• MODSense/SurfSense#93: Updates SEO metadata in surfsense_web/app/layout.tsx with title and Open Graph modifications, indicating ongoing SEO title standardization efforts across the application.

Poem

🐰 Hop, hop, titles now align,
Shorter prose, cleaner design,
Open-source dreams so bright and true,
SurfSense's new branding shines right through! ✨

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✨ No bugs found, your code is sparkling clean

✅ Files analyzed, no issues (3)

• surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/[model_slug]/page.tsx
• surfsense_web/app/(home)/free/page.tsx
• surfsense_web/app/layout.tsx