Optimize theme SEO and PageSpeed for i18n multilingual sites - #253
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Optimize theme SEO and PageSpeed for i18n multilingual sites
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PageSpeed scores regressed after i18n SEO additions. The SEO tags themselves (canonical, hreflang, keywords meta) are lightweight and not the cause — the theme had pre-existing performance gaps that became visible. This PR adds the i18n SEO markup and addresses core web vitals.
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<link rel="canonical">per page to prevent duplicate content penalties across language variantshreflang="x-default"pointing to default language (resolved via.Sitesweight ordering, not index assumption)<meta name="keywords">support viaparams.keywordsdirattribute on<html>for RTL language supportcontentattr in meta description onindex.htmland404.htmlog:localealready emitted by Hugo's_internal/opengraph.htmlseo_descriptioni18n key to en/es/fr translation filesPageSpeed
<link rel="preload" as="image">in head block; addfetchpriority="high"on hero<img>footer.cssasync withmedia="print" onloadpattern (below-fold only)loading="lazy"to all below-fold images (projects, achievements, about, blog list, recent posts)altattributes on achievement card imagesExample output (English page)
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