Zero Dollars to SEO Hero: Prerendering My React SPA on AWS Without the Bill
SPAs crush user experience but flop on SEO crawlers — until now. One dev swapped pricey services for a zero-cost AWS prerender cache, unlocking instant indexing and rich social cards.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Transparent URI rewrites in CloudFront beat redirects for SEO — keeps PageRank intact.
- Puppeteer on ARM64 Lambda renders SPAs cheap and fast; cache everything in S3.
- Dynamic rendering is Google-approved; zero-cost AWS kills $49/month services for good.
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