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project_programmatic_seo_live

nightly-hoops programmatic-SEO prop-discovery engine is LIVE in prod (2026-06-20); free-first, $5/mo A+/A gate deferred with seam ready

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Live routes (NBA + WNBA): /{league}/props (A-Z player directory), /{league}/props/[player] (projection + verified HIT/MISS track record + FAQ/Breadcrumb/Dataset schema), /{league}/props/[player]/[propType] (long-tail, noindex < 5 graded), /{league}/matchups/[date]/[slug] (SportsEvent), /nba/results (track record). Player slug = name-id (e.g. aaron-gordon-203932). Discovery: nav + footer + picks-page links + sitemap hubs (per-player pages reached via hubs, thin ones noindex'd, NOT listed in sitemap).

Key facts / gotchas:

  • Player enumeration = SDS GET /{league}/players/all (NBA 582, WNBA 252). WNBA was 500 (missing p alias + teams join in wnba/players.go FetchAllPlayers) — fixed.
  • [internal detail removed]
  • Hit-rate excludes push/void (decided only). Thin-content gate INDEX_MIN_GRADED=5.
  • getNightlySlate now hard-guards date (^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$) before building upstream fetch URLs (path-injection fix).
  • next build needs Node ≥20.9 (machine defaults to 18.17.1 via /opt/homebrew/bin/node — use nvm v20.19.6; no .nvmrc yet).
  • nightlyhoops.com apex redirects to www — always curl -L.