add seo planning doc

Author: sanjaypinna

docs/SEO.md

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+# 📈 CivicDataSpace – SEO Setup
+
+A minimal SEO implementation guide for CivicDataSpace to improve indexing, link previews, and structured data support.
+
+---
+
+## ✅ PHASE 1: SITE-LEVEL SEO PLAN
+
+- **Add `robots.txt`**  
+  Configure search engine crawler access.
+
+- **Add `sitemap.xml`**  
+  Help search engines discover all important pages.
+
+---
+
+## ✅ PHASE 2: PAGE-LEVEL SEO PLAN
+
+- **Add `<title>` and `<meta>` tags**  
+  Set dynamic titles and descriptions for each page.
+
+- **Add Social Metadata (OG + Twitter Tags)**  
+  Enhance previews when links are shared on social media platforms.
+
+- **Schema Markup (JSON-LD for Datasets)**  
+  Enable rich results in Google using [schema.org/Dataset](https://schema.org/Dataset).
+
+- **Semantic HTML & Accessibility**  
+  Use proper semantic elements and provide descriptive `alt` text for all images.