What types of pages are best suited for SSG?

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Static Site Generation (SSG) excels at pre-rendering pages that are identical for all users and can be generated ahead of time. The key considerations are content freshness requirements, personalization needs, and build-time feasibility. SSG works wonderfully for content that is publicly accessible, changes predictably, and benefits from the performance and SEO advantages of serving static HTML from a CDN. **Marketing Pages:** Landing pages, company websites, and promotional content that rarely changes and needs maximum performance **Blog Posts and Articles:** Content-driven sites where posts are published and updated occasionally, benefiting from instant CDN delivery **Documentation Sites:** Technical documentation, API references, and knowledge bases that are versioned and updated with releases **E-commerce Product Pages:** Product catalogs with thousands of items, especially when combined with ISR for updates **Portfolio and Gallery Sites:** Personal portfolios, photography sites, and creative showcases that are updated periodically **News and Magazine Websites:** Editorial content that can be pre-rendered upon publication, with breaking news handled client-side **Static Dashboards:** Public analytics, weather reports, or data visualizations that update at scheduled intervals // app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx // Perfect SSG candidate - content changes infrequently export async function generateStaticParams() { // Pre-render all blog posts at build time const posts = await getPublishedPosts(); return posts.map((post) => ({ slug: post.slug })); } export default async function BlogPost({ params }: { params: { slug: string } }) { const post = await getPostBySlug(params.slug); return (

{post.title}

{post.publishedDate}

); } // Benefits: // ✓ Instant page loads from CDN // ✓ Excellent SEO with full HTML content // ✓ Minimal server load // ✓ Great user experience SSG is most effective when your content can be determined at build time and shared across all users. The sweet spot includes pages where build frequency aligns with content update frequency, where personalized data can be fetched client-side after the static shell loads, and where the total number of pages is manageable within build time constraints. With Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR), even large sites with thousands of pages can leverage SSG by generating pages on-demand while still serving static content . Is the content the same for all users? (SSG works best when there's no user-specific data) How often does the content change? (Daily? Weekly? Monthly? This determines revalidation strategy) Can we afford to rebuild when content changes? (For large sites, ISR might be better) Does the page need real-time data? (If yes, consider client-side fetching on top of SSG) What's the total number of pages? (Thousands? Millions? This impacts build strategy) Are there any authentication requirements? (Public pages are ideal, protected pages may need client-side auth) // app/products/[id]/page.tsx // Large e-commerce site using SSG with ISR for scale // Revalidate every hour export const revalidate = 3600; // Allow on-demand generation for new products export const dynamicParams = true; export async function generateStaticParams() { // Only pre-render popular products at build time const popularProducts = await db.product.findMany({ where: { views: { gt: 1000 } }, take: 1000, select: { id: true } }); return popularProducts.map((product) => ({ id: product.id.toString(), })); } export default async function ProductPage({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) { const product = await getProduct(params.id); if (!product) { return notFound(); } return (

{product.name}

{/* Real-time inventory fetched client-side */}

); } // Client component for real-time data function ClientSideInventory({ productId }: { productId: string }) { const [inventory, setInventory] = useState(null); useEffect(() => { // Fetch real-time inventory on client fetch(`/api/inventory/${productId}`) .then(res => res.json()) .then(setInventory); }, [productId]); return inventory ?

{inventory.count} in stock

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; } Pages with content that is publicly accessible, structured, and changes in predictable ways are ideal for SSG. For example, a blog post remains the same for every visitor and only changes when an editor updates it. Similarly, a product page's core content (name, description, images) is universal, even if inventory or pricing might need real-time updat

What types of pages are best suited for SSG?

Static Site Generation (SSG) is best suited for pages with content that can be pre-rendered at build time and doesn't change frequently for different users

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