Clean up how DebateOwl shows in search results

docs/operations.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If Actions jobs fail within 2 to 5 seconds with no runner and no logs, the accou
 
 ## Frontend hosting on Vercel
 
-Vercel builds and serves the frontend from the Git repository. A push to `main` deploys both projects: `debate-navigator` to `https://debateowl.com` (the previous domain, `https://debate.pi-stack.org`, 301s there with the path and query kept; see `vercel.json`), and `debatelab-staging` to `https://debatelab-staging.vercel.app`. Any other branch waits for an explicit preview (see [Opt-in previews](#opt-in-previews)). For a staging-pinned preview on the tailnet, use `npm run dev:preview` (see [development.md](development.md#preview-on-the-tailnet)). The production canary runs after each successful Vercel `Production` deployment of `debate-navigator`.
+Vercel builds and serves the frontend from the Git repository. A push to `main` deploys both projects: `debate-navigator` to `https://debateowl.com` (the previous domain, `https://debate.pi-stack.org`, 301s there with the path and query kept; see `vercel.json`; `https://www.debateowl.com` redirects to the apex through the project's Domains setting, not `vercel.json`, also keeping the path and query), and `debatelab-staging` to `https://debatelab-staging.vercel.app`. Any other branch waits for an explicit preview (see [Opt-in previews](#opt-in-previews)). For a staging-pinned preview on the tailnet, use `npm run dev:preview` (see [development.md](development.md#preview-on-the-tailnet)). The production canary runs after each successful Vercel `Production` deployment of `debate-navigator`.
 
 [`vercel.json`](../vercel.json) owns:
 

e2e/loading-performance.spec.ts

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ test('landing CTA enters the app without replacing the document', async ({ page
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.evaluate(() => { document.documentElement.dataset.e2eDocument = 'original'; });
   const initialDocumentRequests = documentRequests;
-  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Start trial' }).first().click();
+  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Start free trial' }).first().click();
 
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/app$/);
   expect(documentRequests).toBe(initialDocumentRequests);

index.html

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <!-- The shell for app routes. scripts/prerender.mjs writes the public pages
          from it with their own title, description, canonical URL and JSON-LD. -->
     <title>DebateOwl</title>
-    <meta name="description" content="DebateOwl is an AI debate prep and practice app for students and debaters: cases, rebuttals, evidence, coaching and timed rounds against an AI opponent." />
+    <meta name="description" content="DebateOwl helps students and debaters prepare cases, rebuttals and evidence with AI, then practice timed rounds against an AI opponent." />
     <meta name="author" content="DebateOwl" />
     <meta name="msvalidate.01" content="8FC8FD530126287EF8AD3977BFB24C17" />
     <!-- The shell for /app, /login and /share. Prerender replaces this with the
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@
     <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest" />
     <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
     <meta property="og:site_name" content="DebateOwl" />
-    <meta property="og:title" content="DebateOwl | AI Debate Prep, Cases & Rebuttals" />
-    <meta property="og:description" content="DebateOwl is an AI debate prep and practice app for students and debaters: cases, rebuttals, evidence, coaching and timed rounds against an AI opponent." />
+    <meta property="og:title" content="DebateOwl: AI debate prep and practice" />
+    <meta property="og:description" content="DebateOwl helps students and debaters prepare cases, rebuttals and evidence with AI, then practice timed rounds against an AI opponent." />
     <meta property="og:image" content="https://debateowl.com/hero-visual.jpg?v=2" />
     <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
     <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
     <meta property="og:image:alt" content="DebateOwl wordmark with the owl, for AI debate prep and practice" />
     <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
-    <meta name="twitter:title" content="DebateOwl | AI Debate Prep" />
-    <meta name="twitter:description" content="DebateOwl is an AI debate prep and practice app for students and debaters: cases, rebuttals, evidence, coaching and timed rounds against an AI opponent." />
+    <meta name="twitter:title" content="DebateOwl: AI debate prep and practice" />
+    <meta name="twitter:description" content="DebateOwl helps students and debaters prepare cases, rebuttals and evidence with AI, then practice timed rounds against an AI opponent." />
     <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://debateowl.com/hero-visual.jpg?v=2" />
     <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="DebateOwl wordmark with the owl, for AI debate prep and practice" />
     <script src="/theme-init.js"></script>

public/ai-debate-case-generator/index.html

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
   <title>AI Debate Case Generator with Citations | DebateOwl</title>
-  <meta name="description" content="Use an AI debate case generator to draft structured cases with claims, warrants, impacts, and evidence leads, then verify sources before round." />
+  <meta name="description" content="DebateOwl drafts a structured debate case with claims, warrants, impacts and cited evidence leads that you check before taking it into a round." />
   <meta name="robots" content="index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large" />
   <link rel="canonical" href="https://debateowl.com/ai-debate-case-generator" />
   <meta name="author" content="DebateOwl" />
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <meta property="og:type" content="article" />
   <meta property="og:site_name" content="DebateOwl" />
   <meta property="og:title" content="AI Debate Case Generator with Citations | DebateOwl" />
-  <meta property="og:description" content="Use an AI debate case generator to draft structured cases with claims, warrants, impacts, and evidence leads, then verify sources before round." />
+  <meta property="og:description" content="DebateOwl drafts a structured debate case with claims, warrants, impacts and cited evidence leads that you check before taking it into a round." />
   <meta property="og:url" content="https://debateowl.com/ai-debate-case-generator" />
   <meta property="og:image" content="https://debateowl.com/hero-visual.jpg?v=2" />
   <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@
   <meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-07-05" />
   <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2026-10-27" />
   <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
+  <meta name="twitter:title" content="AI Debate Case Generator with Citations | DebateOwl" />
+  <meta name="twitter:description" content="DebateOwl drafts a structured debate case with claims, warrants, impacts and cited evidence leads that you check before taking it into a round." />
   <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://debateowl.com/hero-visual.jpg?v=2" />
   <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="DebateOwl wordmark with the owl, for AI debate prep and practice" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/seo-pages.css" />
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