Build a Directory site with Next.js + Postgres
Searchable databases of businesses, products, or services — built for SEO and category browsing.
Static-feel speed, dynamic-feel depth
Directory sites win on SEO because each listing is its own indexed page. The challenge is scale — 10,000 listings means 10,000 pages, each needing fast first-byte time and clean meta tags. Next.js ISR (incremental static regeneration) is the answer: pages render once, cache, regenerate when data changes.
What you get
- Per-listing pages — clean URLs, BreadcrumbList schema, rich snippets
- Category + tag taxonomy — generated landing pages per category with full SEO meta
- Search — Postgres full-text by default, pgvector for semantic if needed
- Listing submission — admin moderation queue + automated spam filtering
- Sitemap + RSS feeds — auto-generated from the database, kept fresh
- Programmatic SEO — auto-generated comparison and "best X in Y" pages where they make sense
FAQ
Can users submit their own listings?+
Yes, with admin moderation. Free tier (review-required) + paid tier (auto-approved + featured) is the standard pattern.
How do you handle duplicates and bad data?+
Fuzzy matching on submission to flag potential duplicates, plus admin merge tools. Bad data is filtered with simple heuristics + spam-classifier.
Can it handle 100k+ listings?+
Yes — Next.js ISR + Postgres + a CDN scales to millions. The bottleneck at that scale is content moderation, not the platform.
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