From 111456910fcb16b263fd2f9284d4ff923122ffac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: spivakov83 <spivakov83@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:46:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Enhance canonical URL consistency by removing 'www'
 from the default site URL, adding a root canonical link, and improving
 absolute URL generation.

---
 app/layout.tsx       |  3 +++
 lib/site-metadata.ts | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/layout.tsx b/app/layout.tsx
index 8d2ef7b..705b549 100644
--- a/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/app/layout.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ export const metadata: Metadata = {
     default: siteTitle,
     template: `%s | DevContext`,
   },
+  alternates: {
+    canonical: "/",
+  },
   applicationName: "DevContext",
   description: siteDescription,
   keywords: [
diff --git a/lib/site-metadata.ts b/lib/site-metadata.ts
index 06447ba..777c979 100644
--- a/lib/site-metadata.ts
+++ b/lib/site-metadata.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const DEFAULT_SITE_URL = "https://www.devcontext.xyz";
+const DEFAULT_SITE_URL = "https://devcontext.xyz";
 
 const normalizeSiteUrl = (input: string): string => {
   const trimmed = input.trim();
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ export const SITE_URL = normalizeSiteUrl(
 export const CANONICAL_HOST = new URL(SITE_URL).hostname;
 
 export const absoluteUrl = (path = ""): string => {
-  if (!path || path === "/") {
-    return SITE_URL;
+  const base = SITE_URL.endsWith("/") ? SITE_URL.slice(0, -1) : SITE_URL;
+  const normalizedPath = path.startsWith("/") ? path : `/${path}`;
+
+  // Ensure the root path always has a trailing slash for SEO consistency
+  if (normalizedPath === "/") {
+    return `${base}/`;
   }
 
-  return `${SITE_URL}${path.startsWith("/") ? path : `/${path}`}`;
+  return `${base}${normalizedPath}`;
 };