Lovable SEO Just Got a Major Upgrade: No More Netlify, No More Manual Code

If you've built a website with Lovable, you've probably discovered the frustrating truth: Google can't see it. Your site looks perfect to visitors, but to Google's crawler, it's an empty JavaScript shell — just a handful of script tags where your carefully crafted content should be.

We've been helping Lovable builders solve this problem for a while now, and thousands of you have used our SEO crawlability fix to get your sites indexed and ranking. But today, we're announcing a significant upgrade to how the fix works — and it's a proper step forward.

What Was Wrong With the Old Method?

Our previous approach worked. Sites got indexed, pages started ranking, and clients like Rory saw over 100,000 organic impressions on a tree surgeon's website after implementing it. But the process had friction.

The old method required you to manually paste code edits into your Lovable project. You then had to deploy everything over to Netlify, configure build settings, and make sure your routes were working properly. For technical founders, that was manageable. For everyone else, it was a stumbling block — and a fair few support messages landed in our inbox as a result.

What's Changed?

We've rebuilt the workflow from the ground up. Here's what the new method looks like:

No more manual code changes. You don't need to touch a single line of code yourself. The prompt handles everything.

No more Netlify. We've moved the entire deployment process over to GitHub Pages. You push your Lovable project to GitHub, enable Pages in your repository settings, and paste in our prompt. That's genuinely it.

Automated pre-rendering via GitHub Actions. Once you've run the prompt, a GitHub Action kicks off automatically. It handles the pre-render work on the back end, building out proper HTML for every page on your site. Any time you make a change in Lovable, the action runs again and your site is rebuilt with the updates.

Proper HTML output. The end result is the same as before — when you view the page source of your deployed site, you'll see real HTML with headings, paragraphs, and content that Google can actually read and index. The difference is how little effort it takes to get there.

How Much Does GitHub Pages Cost?

GitHub Pages runs at roughly four dollars a month as part of a GitHub Teams plan. That's it. No ongoing hosting fees beyond that, and you're not locked into any third-party platform.

What About Custom Domains?

Fully supported. You add your custom domain or subdomain in your GitHub Pages settings, update your DNS records, and once propagation completes (usually five to ten minutes, sometimes longer), your site is live on your own domain with fully rendered HTML.

What If I Bought the Previous Version?

If you've already purchased our Lovable SEO fix — whether the DIY pack or the fully supported option — this upgrade is yours for free. We're emailing all existing customers with the simplified version. You don't need to buy anything again.

What's Coming Next?

The next step on our roadmap is adding Helmet support — that means canonical tags, meta descriptions, Open Graph tags, and other technical SEO elements that help search engines understand your pages even better. We may release that as a second prompt that builds on top of this one.

How Do I Get Started?

Head straight to our SEO fix page to grab it now. You can choose between the DIY pack if you're comfortable following steps independently, or the fully supported option if you'd rather we implement it on your site for you.

Both are a one-time purchase. No subscriptions. No monthly fees. Works on unlimited Lovable projects.

If you're not sure whether your site actually has the problem, we've got a free tool below that checks whether Google can read your website's HTML. Paste in your URL and find out in seconds.