If you have built an app with AI your next challenge will be SEO, here’s how to navigate
By default, most AI builders like lovable generate React apps where the browser receives an almost empty HTML file and has to "build" the page using JavaScript. Yes, Google can execute JavaScript, but it’s slower and more expensive for them to crawl, and often leads to "partial indexing" where your content isn't seen instantly.
So how do you make your SEO better from day one of build? Ask the AI to build it into your app.
Being that it will be hard to do Server Side Rendering which is best for SEO, you can force the AI to do a prerendering script with a sample prompt like this one below:
>I want to optimize this site for SEO. Please implement a Prerendering script (SSG) so that each route (e.g., /about, /services) generates a static HTML file at build time. Also, ensure that the <title> and <meta> tags update dynamically for every page using a library like react-helmet-async.
Then go through the checklist below one by one to ensure these main SEO practices are implemented on your site:
Semantic HTML: Ask the AI: "Ensure all sections use semantic tags like <header>, <main>, <article>, and proper <h1> through <h3> hierarchies."
Metadata: Ask: "Add a dynamic SEO component that lets me set unique meta titles and descriptions for every page." If you have many pages on your website you probably want to ask it to implement the proper titles & descriptions as well, but try to give it a good template to by.
Sitemaps: Ask: "Generate a sitemap.xml and robots.txt file that includes all my site's routes.". For a sitemap if your AI builder doesn’t have this built in, I recommend generating one with a free sitemap generator, add it to your website then add a link to it directly on the footer.
Image Alt Text: Ask: "Ensure every image generated has a descriptive alt tag for accessibility and SEO." Alt tags and alt text are important. Also when uploading images ensure they are already named correctly.
One quick tip: You can always check if your site is "blank" to Google by right-clicking your live site and selecting "View Page Source." If you see your text there, you're good. If you see a blank <body>, i.e there is nothing between <body> … &… </body> you need to ask the AI for that prerendering script. 👆 Do this check first if you have to and be shocked then do SEO.
If you don’t have time to do all this and just want an AI builder that has all of this built in, then use Floot website builder.