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SmartReview's AI Comparison Engine: 50K Searches Monthly, Next.js Magic — Or Just Clever Scraping?

50,000 monthly searches for 'AirPods vs Sony.' SmartReview built an AI engine to crush mediocre comparison pages — using Next.js and Claude. Here's the snarky breakdown.

Diagram of SmartReview's AI comparison pipeline with Next.js layers from discovery to serving

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • AI comparisons thrive on scraped data quality, not just prompts — entity resolution is non-negotiable.
  • Next.js ISR + schemas hack rich results where Google lacks native support.
  • Launch narrow, obsess over engagement: 50 quality pages > 500 thin ones.
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