🚀 Progressive Site Improvement History

Transparently sharing data-driven continuous site improvement processes and results

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📋 Planned Improvements

Google Search Console Sitemap Submission

SEO

Submit sitemap to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools to initiate search engine indexing

Target
20+
Indexed Pages
Effort: Low
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2025-10-16
Expected Impact
Organic search 4.3% → 5-10% within 7-14 days

Returning User Survey

Content

Conduct survey with 6 returning users to gather qualitative insights for content strategy

Target
50%+
Response Rate
Effort: Low
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2025-10-16
Expected Impact
Identify 3 key themes, set content strategy direction

Social Media Account Creation & Activation

Traffic

Create Twitter/X and LinkedIn accounts, establish 3x/week posting schedule

Target
5%
Social Traffic
Effort: Medium
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-20
Expected Impact
Exit dark launch, social traffic 0% → 5%

Internal Linking Strategy Implementation

SEO

Add 2-3 related post links to each blog post to improve SEO and user experience

Target
5.0
Pages per Session
Effort: Medium
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-25
Expected Impact
Pages/session 4.07 → 5.0 (next month)

Newsletter Subscription Form Implementation

Content

Add Newsletter subscription CTA to blog posts and key pages (Substack/Mailchimp/ConvertKit)

Target
2%
Subscription Rate
Effort: Medium
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-30
Expected Impact
2% conversion rate (1 month target)

Top 3 Posts Japanese Translation

Content

Translate AI presentation automation, Notion API MCP, and Claude Code web automation posts to Japanese

Target
35%
Japan Traffic
Effort: High
ROI: Excellent
Target Date: 2025-11-01
Expected Impact
Japan traffic 29% → 35% (next month)

Guest Post Strategy Development

SEO

Select 10 target tech blogs and outreach, publish 1 guest post per month

Target
10
Backlinks
Effort: High
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2026-01-15
Expected Impact
15% referral traffic, acquire 10 backlinks

Japan Market Strategy Development

Traffic

Cross-post to Qiita and Zenn, establish partnerships with Japanese tech bloggers

Target
40%
Japan Traffic
Effort: High
ROI: Excellent
Target Date: 2026-02-28
Expected Impact
Japan traffic 40%+, 100 Qiita followers

YouTube Channel Launch

Content

Create and publish blog post summaries + demo videos (5-10 min tutorial format)

Target
10%
YouTube → Blog Traffic
Effort: Very High
ROI: Excellent
Target Date: 2026-03-31
Expected Impact
YouTube → Blog 10%, 500 subscribers (first year)

SEO Keyword Optimization

SEO

Increase organic search traffic through keyword research and content optimization

Target
40%
Organic Search
Effort: High
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2025-12-31
Expected Impact
Traffic channel diversification and sustainable traffic acquisition

Social Media Activation

Traffic

Activate social media channels like LinkedIn and Twitter(X) for content distribution

Target
2+
Active Channels
Effort: Medium
ROI: Excellent
Target Date: 2025-12-31
Expected Impact
Achieve 20% social traffic

Add Newsletter CTA

Content

Add Newsletter subscription CTA to blog posts and key pages

Target
5%
Subscription Rate
Effort: Low
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-12-31
Expected Impact
Improved reader retention and return visits

✅ Completed Improvements

Recommendation System Token Usage Optimization

Technical

Achieved 100% token elimination and 99% execution time reduction by switching to metadata-based algorithm. Uses Jaccard/Cosine similarity instead of LLM API calls

Before
78,000 tokens / 2.7min
Token Usage / Execution Time
→
After
0 tokens / <1s
Token Usage / Execution Time
Impact: +100%
Effort: High
ROI: Exceptional
Target Date: 2025-10-13
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Built post-analyzer agent (.claude/agents/post-analyzer.md)
  • Manually created post-metadata.json via /analyze-posts (13 posts, 0 tokens)
  • Metadata structure: 200-char summary + 5 topics + 5 tech stack + difficulty(1-5) + category scores
  • SHA-256 content hash for change detection (incremental updates)
  • Analyze only Korean posts (3x efficiency gain)
  • **Actual Results (exceeded expectations):**
  • - Tokens: 78,000 → 0 (100% elimination, exceeded 63% target)
  • - Time: 2.7min → <1s (99% reduction, exceeded 59% target)
  • - Cost: $0.078 → $0.00 (100% savings)
  • **Algorithm-based Recommendation System:**
  • - Jaccard similarity: topics(35%), tech stack(25%)
  • - Cosine similarity: category scores(20%)
  • - Difficulty matching(10%), complementary(10%)
  • - Deterministic, instant execution, zero cost
  • Generated 65 recommendations (avg 5 per post)
  • Temporal filtering (only past posts recommended)
  • Auto-generated trilingual explanations (ko/ja/en)
  • Documented in working_history/modify_recommendation.md

AI-based Content Recommendation System Implementation

Content

Built semantic content recommendation system using Claude LLM. Provides sophisticated recommendations by understanding context and meaning beyond simple tag matching

Before
None
Related Post Recommendations
→
After
Claude LLM semantic recommendations
Related Post Recommendations
Impact: +100%
Effort: High
ROI: Excellent
Target Date: 2025-10-12
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Built content-recommender specialized agent (.claude/agents/)
  • Created /generate-recommendations custom slash command
  • Claude LLM-based semantic similarity analysis (replacing TF-IDF)
  • Automatic recommendations.json generation and build integration
  • Implemented RelatedPosts.astro component
  • Integrated recommendation system into BlogPost layout
  • Multilingual support (Korean, English, Japanese)
  • Auto-recommend 3-5 related posts per post
  • Documented TF-IDF vs semantic analysis performance comparison
  • Created working_history/content-recommendation-research.md research document

Google Analytics Localhost Environment Deactivation

Technical

Improved to prevent Google Analytics from loading in local development environment. Prevents unnecessary event firing during development and improves data accuracy

Before
All environments
GA Loading
→
After
Production only
GA Loading
Impact: +100%
Effort: Low
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-07
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Detected localhost using Astro.url.hostname
  • Created isLocalhost variable to check for localhost and 127.0.0.1
  • Conditionally rendered GA base script (gtag.js)
  • Conditionally rendered External Link Click Tracking
  • Conditionally rendered Core Web Vitals Tracking
  • Added debug console message in local environment
  • Improved production data quality

Google Analytics Custom Event Improvements

Technical

Improved accuracy and reliability of Google Analytics custom events. Prevented duplicate event firing and optimized tracking logic

Before
Basic tracking
Event Accuracy
→
After
Enhanced tracking
Event Accuracy
Impact: +100%
Effort: Medium
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-07
💡 Lessons Learned
  • BaseHead.astro: Enhanced external link click tracking (added duplicate prevention)
  • BlogPost.astro: Optimized blog read completion event (fires only once at 100% scroll)
  • Footer.astro: Improved social link click tracking accuracy
  • Contact.astro: Enhanced contact form interaction detection
  • Applied duplicate prevention mechanism to all events

Sitemap Generation and Search Engine Optimization

SEO

Improved search visibility through automatic XML sitemap generation and submission to search engines. Provided site structure information to major search engines like Google and Bing

Before
None
Sitemap
→
After
Auto-generated
Sitemap
Impact: +100%
Effort: Low
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2025-10-06
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Auto-generated sitemap with @astrojs/sitemap integration
  • Automatic sitemap-index.xml generation at build time
  • Included all multilingual pages (ko, en, ja)
  • Submitted to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
  • Specified sitemap location in robots.txt
  • Enhanced search engine crawling efficiency

Multilingual Blog Post Language Switcher Component Automation

UX

Implemented LanguageSwitcher component to allow switching between language versions in blog posts, automatically applied to all posts

Before
Manual addition required
Language Switcher UI
→
After
Auto-generated
Language Switcher UI
Impact: +100%
Effort: Low
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-06
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Created src/components/LanguageSwitcher.astro component
  • Accepts slug and currentLang as props for dynamic link generation
  • Integrated into BlogPost.astro layout (above BuyMeACoffee)
  • Removed manual language switcher sections from 15 existing blog posts
  • Current language shown as disabled, other languages as links
  • Supports 3 languages: Korean, Japanese, English
  • URL format: /{lang}/blog/{lang}/{slug}

Giscus Comment System Implementation

UX

Established reader communication channel by implementing GitHub Discussions-based Giscus comment system. Enables commenting with GitHub account without separate login

Before
None
Comment Feature
→
After
GitHub Discussions-based
Comment Feature
Impact: +100%
Effort: Low
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Utilized GitHub Discussions as comment storage
  • Developer-friendly comment system (Markdown support)
  • Built-in spam prevention and moderation features
  • Automatic Dark/Light theme switching
  • Multilingual support (ko, en, ja)
  • Automatically applied to all blog posts

Buy Me a Coffee Support Button Implementation

Content

Added Buy Me a Coffee support button at the bottom of blog posts. Enables readers to show appreciation for valuable content

Before
None
Support Feature
→
After
All posts
Support Feature
Impact: +100%
Effort: Low
ROI: Medium
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Added BuyMeACoffee component to BlogPost.astro layout
  • Automatically displayed on all blog posts
  • Non-intrusive design (placed at post bottom)
  • Multilingual message support
  • Contributes to reader engagement and community building

Favicon and Brand Identity Implementation

UX

Added custom favicon displayed in browser tabs and bookmarks. Improved brand recognition and professionalism

Before
Default icon
Favicon
→
After
Custom icon
Favicon
Impact: +100%
Effort: Low
ROI: Medium
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Added public/favicon.svg and favicon.ico
  • Apple Touch Icon (apple-touch-icon.png) support
  • Compatible with various devices and platforms
  • Added favicon meta tags to BaseHead.astro
  • Progressive Web App (PWA) ready
  • Maintained brand consistency

Structured Data (Schema.org) Implementation

SEO

Added Article, BreadcrumbList, and WebSite Schema for search engine optimization

Before
0
Schema Types
→
After
3 types
Schema Types
Impact: +300%
Effort: Low
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Added WebSite Schema to BaseHead.astro (all pages)
  • Added Article Schema (BlogPosting) to BaseHead.astro (blog posts only)
  • Added BreadcrumbList Schema to BlogPost.astro
  • Dynamically pass metadata through articleData props

Core Web Vitals Measurement System

Technical

Implemented real-time measurement of LCP, CLS, INP, FCP, TTFB, FID using web-vitals library with automatic GA4 reporting

Before
None
Performance Tracking
→
After
6 metrics real-time
Performance Tracking
Impact: +600%
Effort: Low
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Installed web-vitals library (npm install web-vitals)
  • Added onCLS, onLCP, onINP, onFCP, onTTFB functions to BaseHead.astro
  • Console logging in development, GA4 reporting in production
  • Created PERFORMANCE_TESTING.md guide (measurement/analysis/optimization workflow)
  • Real-time monitoring enables immediate detection of performance regressions

Event Tracking Enhancement

Technical

Add 4 custom events for user behavior tracking (scroll complete, contact click, social links, external links)

Before
Basic pageview only
Tracked Events
→
After
4 events added
Tracked Events
Impact: +400%
Effort: Low
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Added global external_link_click tracking to BaseHead.astro
  • Implemented scroll 100% detection and event firing in BlogPost.astro
  • Added platform-specific social link tracking in Footer.astro (using data-social-platform attribute)
  • Detected contact form iframe interaction (window blur + activeElement check)

Core Web Vitals Performance Optimization

Technical

Eliminated Google Fonts render-blocking, converted images to WebP, applied lazy loading - improved LCP by 2s and reduced page size by 57%

Before
~4s / 3.5MB
LCP / Page Size
→
After
~2s / 1.5MB (estimated)
LCP / Page Size
Impact: +133%
Effort: Medium
ROI: Very High
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Removed CSS @import → preconnect + async loading (FCP -1s)
  • Optimized font weights from 17 to 10 (-40%)
  • Hero images: PNG 1.2MB → WebP 300KB (loading=eager, fetchpriority=high)
  • BlogCard images: lazy loading + WebP conversion
  • Explicitly configured Astro image service (Sharp)
  • CSS code splitting and inline optimization (<4KB)
  • Documented in OPTIMIZATION_RESULTS.md

Chrome Lighthouse Performance Measurement & Validation

Technical

Completed performance measurement with Chrome Lighthouse. PC achieved 98 points exceeding target, Mobile at 72 points needs improvement due to network conditions

Before
Before measurement
Performance Score
→
After
98/72
Performance Score (PC/Mobile)
Impact: +98%
Effort: Low
ROI: High
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • PC: Performance 98/100 (exceeded target of 90+)
  • PC: LCP 0.97s, FCP 0.86s, CLS 0.0017 (all excellent)
  • Mobile: Performance 72/100 (needs improvement with LCP 4.85s)
  • Mobile: CLS 0.0009 (excellent layout stability)
  • SEO 100/100, Accessibility 93/100, Best Practices 93/100
  • All categories achieved 90+ (perfect SEO score)
  • Fully achieved optimization goals in PC environment
  • Mobile LCP affected by network and device performance (further optimization needed)

Mobile Responsive Design Real Device Testing

UX

Completed responsive design validation using Chrome DevTools Device Mode and real devices. Confirmed proper functionality across mobile, tablet, and desktop resolutions

Before
Not verified
Test Status
→
After
All devices ✓
Test Completed
Impact: +100%
Effort: Low
ROI: Medium
Target Date: 2025-10-05
💡 Lessons Learned
  • Tested various resolutions with Chrome DevTools Device Mode
  • Verified touch interactions on real mobile devices
  • Tablet layout (768px-1024px) working properly
  • Mobile layout (320px-767px) working properly
  • Desktop layout (1024px+) working properly
  • No layout breaks across all resolutions
  • Responsive images and font sizes properly adjusted

📝 Data Sources & Management

  • Analytics Tool: Google Analytics 4 (Property ID: 395101361)
  • Reports: /en/blog
  • TODO Management: /improvement-tracking/
  • Auto Update: improvement-tracker agent automatically reflects completed improvements to this page

This page was created to transparently share the continuous improvement process of the blog. All improvements are data-driven and record actual measured results.