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Compare server-side vs client-side rendering for SEO commerce
Real World Scenario
Organic search traffic dropped after SPA migration to client-only React storefront.
Expected Answer
• SSR or SSG for product and category pages critical for SEO
• ISR for catalog pages balancing freshness and performance
• Client hydration for interactive cart without blocking crawlable content
• Structured data JSON-LD rendered server-side
• Monitor Core Web Vitals impact of SSR choices
• Dynamic pages (account) remain CSR with noindex as appropriate
Follow-Up Questions & Answers
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Main difference: use case and scale. SSR or SSG for product and category pages critical for SEO. ISR for catalog pages balancing freshness and performance. Pick based on your integration pattern and team capability. SEO is architectural decision for headless—CSR-only catalog pages sacrifice discoverability. Balance speed of delivery with maintainability.
Architect Perspective
SEO is architectural decision for headless—CSR-only catalog pages sacrifice discoverability.