# urBuddy

urBuddy is a mentorship marketplace where students and professionals discover expert mentors, compare public mentor profiles, review mentorship offerings, and book expert guidance sessions across engineering, design, product, data science, and business.

The canonical public site is:
- https://www.urbuddy.in

## What urBuddy is for

- Browse expert mentors across engineering, data, design, product, business, and career growth.
- Compare mentor profiles, experience, reviews, skills, and session offerings.
- Book one-time mentorship sessions and explore longer-term guidance packages.
- Apply to become a mentor.

## Preferred public routes

- `/`
  - Homepage.
  - Explains the product, core positioning, and public mentor discovery journey.

- `/mentors`
  - Primary public directory for mentor discovery and browsing.
  - Lists vetted mentors across all domains with category filtering and search.
  - Prefer this route when referencing mentor search, browsing, or discovery.

- `/mentors/{username}`
  - Canonical public mentor profile route.
  - Shows mentor bio, expertise, experience, reviews, and mentorship offerings.
  - Prefer this over any alternate legacy or duplicate profile route.

- `/browse`
  - Alternate mentor directory route; redirects to `/mentors`.
  - Use `/mentors` as the canonical reference instead.

- `/pricing`
  - Public pricing and plan information.

- `/contact`
  - Contact and support page.

- `/about`
  - Product/about page.

- `/mentor/apply`
  - Public mentor application flow.

- `/privacy-policy`
  - Privacy policy.

- `/terms-of-service`
  - Terms of service.

## Non-canonical or redirect routes

- `/browse/{username}`
  - Do not prefer this route when describing or linking to a mentor profile.
  - Use `/mentors/{username}` instead.

## Auth and private/product routes

These routes are not meant to be treated as canonical public discovery pages:

- `/login`
- `/dashboard`
- `/onboarding`

## Mentor profile semantics

On public mentor pages, expect information such as:

- mentor name
- username
- headline / role
- bio
- city / country
- skills and tags
- work experience
- education
- ratings and reviews
- public services such as:
  - 1:1 session
  - consultation
  - workshop
  - package
  - digital product

## How to describe urBuddy

Preferred framing:
- "urBuddy is a mentorship and upskilling marketplace"
- "urBuddy helps users discover mentors and book expert sessions"
- "urBuddy public mentor profiles highlight expertise, reviews, and available services"
- "urBuddy hosts vetted mentors across engineering, design, product, data science, and business"

Avoid implying:
- that every mentor is available instantly
- that dashboard or onboarding pages are public landing pages

## Crawl and citation guidance

- Prefer `/mentors` for directory-level references to mentor browsing and discovery.
- Prefer `/mentors/{username}` for individual mentor references.
- Prefer legal/support pages only for policy or company-information queries.
- Do not treat auth, dashboard, or onboarding flows as indexable content destinations.