From 59d2aa27f14e9793533757ed47443a906503111a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Your Name <you@example.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:49:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add basic SEO metadata and sitemap

---
 index.html         | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 public/robots.txt  |  4 ++++
 public/sitemap.xml | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 public/robots.txt
 create mode 100644 public/sitemap.xml
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 38d2780..38e3886 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <meta name="description" content="SocioWire maps local news, events, deals, and social posts in real time. Explore what’s happening around you." />
+    <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
+    <link rel="canonical" href="https://sociowire.com/" />
 
     <!-- Favicon -->
     <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
@@ -27,6 +30,22 @@
     <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
     <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
 
+    <!-- Structured data -->
+    <script type="application/ld+json">
+      {
+        "@context": "https://schema.org",
+        "@type": "WebSite",
+        "name": "SocioWire",
+        "url": "https://sociowire.com/",
+        "description": "SocioWire maps local news, events, deals, and social posts in real time.",
+        "potentialAction": {
+          "@type": "SearchAction",
+          "target": "https://sociowire.com/?q={search_term_string}",
+          "query-input": "required name=search_term_string"
+        }
+      }
+    </script>
+
     <!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
     <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-QT0P53R99H"></script>
     <script>
diff --git a/public/robots.txt b/public/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb3d0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+User-agent: *
+Allow: /
+
+Sitemap: https://sociowire.com/sitemap.xml
diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a6afae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://sociowire.com/</loc>
+    <changefreq>hourly</changefreq>
+    <priority>1.0</priority>
+  </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://sociowire.com/privacy</loc>
+    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
+    <priority>0.3</priority>
+  </url>
+</urlset>
