seo(p0): H1 benchmark on products + FAQPage on compare + RSS discovery + rich SERP

src/app/compare/[slug]/page.tsx

@@ -696,6 +696,45 @@ export default async function ComparePage({
  ]),
  };
 
+ // FAQPage schema. Google + Bing both render rich FAQ dropdowns in the
+ // SERP snippet for pages emitting valid FAQPage. Every answer here is
+ // derived from live measurements — no editorial claim. Skipped when
+ // shared is empty (never actually reached because notFound() short-
+ // circuits above, but defensive).
+ const faqEntries: Array<{ q: string; a: string }> = [];
+ const aWinsBench = shared.find((s) => s.aggregateWinner === "a" && s.aResult.p50 > 0 && s.bResult.p50 > 0);
+ const bWinsBench = shared.find((s) => s.aggregateWinner === "b" && s.aResult.p50 > 0 && s.bResult.p50 > 0);
+ faqEntries.push({
+ q: `${a.name} vs ${b.name}: which one is better?`,
+ a: `${a.name} and ${b.name} are compared on ${shared.length} shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. ${aWinsBench ? `${a.name} leads on ${aWinsBench.title}.` : ""} ${bWinsBench ? `${b.name} leads on ${bWinsBench.title}.` : ""} See the live table on this page for every metric.`.trim(),
+ });
+ if (aWinsBench) {
+ faqEntries.push({
+ q: `Which is faster on ${aWinsBench.title.toLowerCase()}, ${a.name} or ${b.name}?`,
+ a: `On the ${aWinsBench.title} benchmark, ${a.name} leads with a ${aWinsBench.unit} value that beats ${b.name}. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.`,
+ });
+ }
+ if (bWinsBench) {
+ faqEntries.push({
+ q: `Which is faster on ${bWinsBench.title.toLowerCase()}, ${a.name} or ${b.name}?`,
+ a: `On the ${bWinsBench.title} benchmark, ${b.name} leads with a ${bWinsBench.unit} value that beats ${a.name}. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.`,
+ });
+ }
+ faqEntries.push({
+ q: `How is the ${a.name} vs ${b.name} comparison measured?`,
+ a: `Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at ${SITE.url}/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.`,
+ });
+
+ const faqJsonLd = {
+ "@context": "https://schema.org",
+ "@type": "FAQPage",
+ mainEntity: faqEntries.map((e) => ({
+ "@type": "Question",
+ name: e.q,
+ acceptedAnswer: { "@type": "Answer", text: e.a },
+ })),
+ };
+
  const comparisonProse = buildComparisonProse(shared, a.name, b.name);
 
  return (
@@ -710,6 +749,11 @@ export default async function ComparePage({
  // biome-ignore lint/security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml: serialized via safeJsonLd
  dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: safeJsonLd(breadcrumbJsonLd) }}
  />
+ <script
+ type="application/ld+json"
+ // biome-ignore lint/security/noDangerouslySetInnerHtml: serialized via safeJsonLd
+ dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: safeJsonLd(faqJsonLd) }}
+ />
 
  <Breadcrumb
  items={[

src/app/layout.tsx

@@ -63,9 +63,20 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
  },
  description:
  "Live benchmarks for crypto infrastructure: RPC latency, bridge fees, L2 finality and price feed accuracy. Open methodology, updated continuously.",
- ...(IS_STAGING && {
- robots: { index: false, follow: false, googleBot: { index: false, follow: false } },
- }),
+ robots: IS_STAGING
+ ? { index: false, follow: false, googleBot: { index: false, follow: false } }
+ : {
+ index: true,
+ follow: true,
+ // Grant full snippet + large image previews so Bing / Google SERP
+ // stops truncating our data-rich prose and stops suppressing the
+ // og:image. Default meta robots caps snippet ~155 chars + max-
+ // image-preview:none (invisible on SERP for AI-scraped queries).
+ // Next.js Metadata types: camelCase.
+ "max-snippet": -1,
+ "max-image-preview": "large",
+ "max-video-preview": -1,
+ } as Metadata["robots"],
  openGraph: {
  title: "OpenChainBench",
  description:
@@ -80,6 +91,17 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
  description: "Open benchmarks for crypto infrastructure.",
  site: SITE.twitter,
  },
+ // <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"> so feed readers
+ // + AI crawlers (Perplexity, Bing News, Claude) auto-discover the
+ // RSS feed. Route: src/app/rss.xml/route.ts.
+ alternates: {
+ canonical: SITE.url,
+ types: {
+ "application/rss+xml": [
+ { url: "/rss.xml", title: "OpenChainBench — new benchmarks" },
+ ],
+ },
+ },
 };
 
 const ORG_JSONLD = {

src/app/products/[slug]/page.tsx

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ export default async function ProviderPage({
  <ProviderLogo slug={p.slug} name={p.name} size={56} />
  <div className="min-w-0">
  <h1 className="display text-2xl sm:text-3xl md:text-4xl tracking-tight">
- {p.name}
+ {p.name} <span className="text-ink-soft font-normal">Benchmark</span>
  </h1>
  <p className="mt-1 text-base text-ink-soft">
  {productProse}