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Merchant fixes, no fluff.

Plain-English answers to the questions established merchants actually ask: why you're invisible on Google, why traffic isn't turning into orders, what to fix first. No jargon, no 47-point lists.

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How to get cited by ChatGPT

ChatGPT runs its own web searches before it answers. Here's how to see the exact queries it uses, then shape your pages so it cites you, not a rival.

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The problem

Sold-out pages quietly bleeding the rankings and links you spent months earning.

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Keyword cannibalisation: when your own pages compete for the same search

When two of your pages chase the same keyword, they split the rankings and both lose. Here's a one-search way to spot it, and the internal-link fix.

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Are out-of-stock products hurting your Shopify SEO?

Does deleting products hurt SEO? Usually yes. What to do with sold-out and discontinued pages so you keep the rankings instead of bleeding them.

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Why your Shopify blog gets no search traffic

You blog every week and get nothing from Google. Here's what's actually wrong and how to make the blog pull visitors and sales.

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Why your review stars don't show up in Google

Hundreds of reviews and Google shows none of them. Here's why the stars are invisible in search and how to get them back.

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How to get Shopify product pages into Google AI Overviews

The AI answer box names products and stores before anyone scrolls. Here's how to get your Shopify product pages cited in Google's AI Overviews, not skipped.

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How discount codes train Shopify shoppers to abandon their carts

If you email a code to everyone who abandons, you've taught people to abandon on purpose. Here's the trap and how to get out of it.

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Shopify 'Crawled - currently not indexed': what it means and how to fix it

Google found your Shopify page, looked at it, and chose not to index it. Here's why that happens and how to earn the spot back.

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Why ChatGPT recommends your competitor instead of you

AI assistants name rival stores and skip yours. Here's how AI decides who to mention, and how to get into the conversation.

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Shopify: lots of add to carts, no checkouts

Carts fill up and then nothing. Here's where Shopify shoppers bail between cart and checkout, and how to plug each leak.

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Your Shopify store converts on desktop but not mobile

Most of your traffic is on phones and most of your sales aren't. Here's what breaks on mobile and how to check it in ten minutes.

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Why isn't my Shopify store showing up on Google?

The honest, no-fluff reasons a Shopify store stays invisible in search, how to check each one in five minutes, and what to fix first.

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Getting traffic but no sales on Shopify? Here's where it leaks.

Traffic without sales is almost always a handful of fixable leaks: trust, friction, price clarity and mobile. How to find yours, in order.

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Why your Shopify collection pages don't rank, and how to fix them

Collection pages are where Shopify SEO money is won, and where most stores leave it on the table. The real reasons yours don't rank.

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The Shopify SEO checklist that actually moves revenue

Skip the 47-point fluff lists. These are the Shopify SEO fixes that genuinely shift sales, in priority order, plus what to ignore.

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Why your Shopify store doesn't show up in AI search

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews recommend products now. Here's why even good-looking Shopify stores get left out, and how to get cited.

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Why your Shopify store doesn't show up in local search

If you've got a real shop or serve a real area, Shopify quietly leaves your local SEO switched off. Why you're missing from the map pack, and how to fix it.

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Why your Shopify product pages don't rank, and how to fix them

Product pages are the hardest place to win Shopify SEO, and most stores make it harder than it needs to be. The real reasons yours are invisible.

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Why did my Shopify traffic suddenly drop?

A sudden traffic drop is scary but rarely a mystery. The usual causes, how to tell which one hit you, and what to check before you panic.

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Shopify duplicate content: the hidden SEO killer

Shopify quietly generates duplicate versions of your pages that compete with each other and dilute your rankings. Where it comes from, and how to stop it.

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How to write Shopify meta titles and descriptions that get clicks

Ranking is only half the job; the title and description decide whether anyone clicks you over the shop below. How to write ones that win the click.

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Why your Shopify store is slow, and what actually speeds it up

A slow Shopify store loses sales and rankings together. The real causes, what genuinely moves the needle, and the score-chasing you can ignore.

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Generative engine optimization: the merchant's guide

AI answers now decide who gets recommended before anyone clicks. Here's what generative engine optimization is, how it differs from SEO, and what to do.

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Technical SEO checklist

A technical SEO checklist for real stores: crawlability, indexation, canonicals, Core Web Vitals, sitemaps, schema and redirects, with the fix for each.

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ChatGPT shopping research: how to be the store it names

When a buyer researches a purchase in ChatGPT, it searches the web and names products. Here's how to make yours the one it recommends.

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Shopify statistics for 2026

The Shopify numbers that matter in 2026: active stores, GMV, revenue and market share, with where each figure comes from.

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