The Next.js SEO Bug That Made Google Ignore My Entire Site (And How I Found It)

I shipped a full-featured AI travel planner. Three languages. 230+ pages. Then I realised that Google couldn't find a single one. This is the story of how I went from zero indexed pages to 176 in three weeks and the one Next.js configuration line that changed everything. Some Context I'm not a developer. I like building things and try new tools. SEO was always that thing I'd "figure out later". Famous last words. I know SEO at a very high level but working into Marketing Performance I know the importance of a well indexed website and of the keywords but I thoughts that was mostly it. Research queries and build good content around them. This time was the time I would have to "figure it out!". As I was saying, I build things to learn my way through new tools and technologies. The app is called MonkeyTravel . It uses AI to generate personalised travel itineraries — day-by-day plans with activities, restaurants, hotels, and budget breakdowns. It works in English, Spanish, and Italian. I bu