From fd3d9838fe19617ce75f94363ad8438ad456b136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Senescu <44480372+bensenescu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 23:51:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: default backlinks search to site-wide scope for root
 URLs (#96)

* fix: default backlinks search to site-wide scope for root URLs

URLs with an explicit protocol but no path (e.g. https://example.com/)
were incorrectly auto-selecting "Exact page" scope. Now only URLs with
an actual path beyond "/" trigger page scope auto-selection.

* test: update backlinks scope tests for root URL behavior change
---
 .../features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.test.ts    | 10 ++++++++--
 src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.ts  |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.test.ts b/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.test.ts
index 2f0fb22..3a024c1 100644
--- a/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.test.ts
+++ b/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.test.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ describe("inferBacklinksSearchScopeFromTarget", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("treats explicit urls as page lookups", () => {
+  it("treats root urls with explicit protocol as domain lookups", () => {
     expect(inferBacklinksSearchScopeFromTarget("https://example.com/")).toBe(
-      "page",
+      "domain",
     );
   });
 
+  it("treats explicit urls with a path as page lookups", () => {
+    expect(
+      inferBacklinksSearchScopeFromTarget("https://example.com/pricing"),
+    ).toBe("page");
+  });
+
   it("uses inferred scope until the user overrides it", () => {
     expect(
       resolveBacklinksSearchScope({
diff --git a/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.ts b/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.ts
index 4219574..dad8e5b 100644
--- a/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.ts
+++ b/src/client/features/backlinks/backlinksSearchScope.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function inferBacklinksSearchScopeFromTarget(
     const parsed = new URL(
       hasExplicitProtocol ? trimmed : `https://${trimmed}`,
     );
-    return hasExplicitProtocol || parsed.pathname !== "/" ? "page" : "domain";
+    return parsed.pathname !== "/" ? "page" : "domain";
   } catch {
     return "domain";
   }