Technical SEO for Shopify: the complete checklist
Technical SEO on Shopify means making sure search engines can crawl, index and understand your store. Connect Search Console, submit your sitemap, fix duplicate product URLs, redirect removed pages, noindex thin pages, keep the store fast on mobile, and check structured data.
By Abdullah Ashraf, Shopify expert · Last updated: October 2026
Quick summary
- Search Console and sitemap first.
- Link to /products/ URLs, not collection-based ones.
- Redirect every removed URL.
Crawling and indexing
- Connect Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
- Submit /sitemap.xml
- Check the Pages report for indexing problems
- Remove the password page at launch
Duplicates
- Update theme links to use /products/ URLs
- Noindex thin tag pages
- Avoid near-identical collections
Redirects and errors
- Create 301 redirects for deleted products and changed URLs
- Fix broken internal links
Speed and structure
- Pass Core Web Vitals on mobile
- Remove unused apps
- Check product, breadcrumb and organisation schema
Frequently asked questions
Can I edit robots.txt?
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